Wolves Updates 4/9 Part 2

Written by SG

Thursday, 09 April 2009 18:10

So now they win, their last three on the road and four of their last six to get to 24 victories.

The good news is, the Wolves aren’t catching Golden State ahead of them.

The bad news? Looks like they’re running away from Memphis and Oklahoma City and appear headed mathematically to the sixth pick.

From RandBall:

You can’t make it up: The Lynx today drafted Rashad McCants’ sister, Rashanda.

From Britt Robson/On The Ball:

Kevin McHale has performed yeoman duty over these past 60 games. But his warranty on charting the future of the Timberwolves, in any direct way, shape or form, should expire next Wednesday. And if it doesn't, Taylor and his minority partners have no one but themselves to blame for the dysfunction that is almost certain to ensue.

From Steve Aschburner/SI.com:

Kevin McHale always took a couple of weeks after the season to decide whether he would return as Minnesota's vice president of basketball operations. Now owner Glen Taylor -- for the same inexplicable reason -- is allowing McHale to make up his mind whether to come back as the Wolves' head coach. His record since taking over for Randy Wittman is 18-40, but that can be broken out according to pre- and post-Al Jefferson marks (11-18, then 7-22 after their All-Star worthy focal point went down in early February). McHale hates the coaching lifestyle and workload but still is enthused about his roster -- oh, so he's the one -- and did get a nice pay bump from his exec's paycheck.

From Matt Steinmetz/Fanhouse:

Taylor is currently interviewing general manager types, and he's made it clear McHale is not a candidate. The head coaching job in 2009-10 is all McHale's, however, if he wants it.

But does McHale want it?

"I don't know," McHale said Wednesday before the Timberwolves beat the Warriors in Oakland. "There's a lot of stuff I've got to think about."

That's about all you get out of McHale these days. If he knows what he's going to do, he's not saying. And what he's not saying, he's saying pretty well.

From Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports:

Kevin McHale has enjoyed coaching these young Timberwolves, who remind him of a college team. He hasn’t made up his mind for sure, but most expect that he’ll return for a full season with the future All-Star frontcourt of Al Jefferson and Kevin Love.

From Tara Fehr/The Star-Ledger:

The Randy Foye Foundation is an organization that has set out to do just that. It raises money for programs and projects aimed at helping Newark residents. Last summer, it offered a free basketball camp in Rumson for Newark youths. It hosts fundraising events that include basketball games and the organization's summer gala.

It also provides a mentoring program called Assist 4 Life, in which Foye and members from his foundation's staff work closely with seven students from Dr. E. Alma Flagg School to make sure they are trying hard in school and striving to achieve their goals for the future.

From Dan Bell/Timberwolves site:

Now Love is making his basketball home in Minnesota after the Wolves acquired him from Memphis.

“It’s been a quick turnaround,” Love said of his eventful past year. “I think the first time I got a chance to sit back and have my ‘I made it’ moment’ was in Portland in early November. I always wanted to play on that floor when I was young, growing up a Blazers fan. Everything over the last year has gone by so fast. College was like a blur for me. Even this past summer went by in a blur as well, so it’s been crazy.”

From Wendy Johnson Pine Journal:

Participating students who read a minimum of 500 pages between Nov. 17, 2008, and Jan. 16, 2009, were treated to the reward of a backpack, poster and ticket to a Minnesota Timberwolves basketball game, all thanks to the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. All it took on behalf of the school was a minimum amount of organization – and a whole lot of enthusiasm for the merits of reading.