Wolves Updates 4/28 E-mail
Written by SG   
Monday, 28 April 2008
Yet seven seasons after the NBA started the D-League as a training ground for all levels, from management and referees to players and coaches, the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs remain the only franchises to run their own affiliate. No matter how logical it seems for the development of first-round picks and other well-regarded hopefuls, the 28 other organizations, including the Kings, share assignments and have no authority to dictate the critical decisions of hiring coaches, distribution of minutes or the style of play.
 
"I think it is a big advantage (for L.A. and San Antonio)," Timberwolves general manager Jim Stack said. "They're running all their stuff. They can kind of control it how they want to control it, where we may be able to influence it, but we don't control it. There's that level of difference between those two things."
 
 
 
MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER: Corey Brewer. Wolves' fans hoped the rookie, seventh overall pick and 2007 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player would prove to be the sleeper of the draft. He demonstrated flashes of great athleticism and enough length and ability to defend the other team's best player many nights. But he also couldn't shoot a lick, averaging 5.7 points on 37.5 shooting for the season. So skinny, Brewer must get stronger and relax with his shot.
 
 
 
While awaiting his appeal in his lawsuit against the University of Minnesota, in which he claimed he quit his job as an Oklahoma State men's basketball assistant coach because he already was hired to do the same job with the Gophers, Jimmy Williams is conducting a clinic for young players, and one his students is Gerald Green, the former Wolves player who was traded to Houston and subsequently released by the Rockets. 
 



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