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Wolves Updates 10/30 E-mail
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Friday, 30 October 2009 05:22

Click here for the forum's thread for tonight's game against Cleveland

Game previews:



From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:
You’ve got the undefeated Timberwolves (OK, they’re only 1-0 and how they are that, who really knows?) and the winless Cleveland Cavs set for tomorrow night at Target Center.

The Wolves practiced for more two hours this afternoon to get ready for LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal and the Cavs, who lost at home to Boston on opening night and then lost at Toronto Wednesday night.

“He probably won’t be too happy,” Wolves coach Kurt Rambis said of James. “He has also been around long enough and been the leader of a team long enough and in the playoffs long enough to know it’s a long season. The reality is most people won’t even remember how you start off a season.”



Jawai was inactive for the Wolves' inexplicable 95-93 comeback victory over New Jersey in their season opener on Wednesday, but Rambis suggested Thursday there could be a time and a place to play Jawai tonight against O'Neal and a Cavaliers team that has opened the season with a home loss to Boston and a road one at Toronto.

"That has been given strong consideration, yes," Rambis said.

For more than a week, assistant coach Bill Laimbeer has drilled Jawai -- a 2008 second-round pick who has been traded from Indiana to Toronto to Dallas to Minnesota since then -- on low-post maneuvers.



"We've talked a little bit about LeBron," Ellington said with a nervous smile. "I'm ready to take on the challenge. I have to be."

Rambis has been impressed with Ellington's skills and work ethic since training camp. He believes the coaching Ellington got from Roy Williams at North Carolina has helped his transition to the NBA. Ellington said the Tar Heels didn't play any zone defenses. It was all man-to-man, which made it easier for him to pick up some of the defensive concepts Rambis has brought to the Wolves.

"Everything Wayne does is done in a highly professional manner," Rambis said. "He seems more mature than his first year in the league. He'll still have his ups and downs, his good games and bad games, but we like him and we see his potential."




From David Thorpe/ESPN: Rookie Watch: Who's No. 1?
4. Jonny Flynn, Timberwolves
Flynn is tough to project, as he's competing for playing time with a strong player in Ramon Sessions. But whether he's starting or coming off the bench, Flynn's leadership and quickness should earn him quality minutes and solid production.

Like Evans, and Derrick Rose last season, his jump shot should improve as the season evolves. Flynn scored 18 points with 2 assists and 3 turnovers, and made some clutch plays late, as Minny came back to win its opener against the Nets.




Sports Radio Interviews posts some highlights of Coach Rambis' recent interview on KFAN.
Asked about Jonny Flynn and his leadership qualities:

“He is young so he is a little uncertain about what he wants to do right now and what he can do and developing that trust that leaders have to have in order to lead their ballclub.  He is still learning things himself, while he is trying to figure everything out and grasp all the things I am trying to preach and teach to him to do out there on the floor.



Timberwolves rookie guard Jonny Flynn, a big star in Wednesday's 95-93 victory over New Jersey to open the season and the David Kahn regime, said: "One thing [coach] Kurt Rambis told us was to remember who we are. What he means by that is that we are not the biggest team or the strongest team, but we are a scrappy team. I think in the fourth quarter, we got after it, being hectic, and got into a frantic style of play, which favored us."



Minnesota Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis said every team in the NBA is looking for shooters.

But, he added, "I prefer to find makers."

Rambis still is searching. His Wolves made just 1 of 7 three-point shots in Wednesday's opening-night victory over New Jersey, and that was by 32-year-old sub Brian Cardinal. The Nets, by the way, were 0 for 8 on three-point tries.



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