Wolves Updates 9/7
From Sid Hartman:
-Ed Pinckney, an assistant basketball coach at Villanova, will replace Rex Kalamian as an assistant with the Timberwolves...
-Wolves owner Glen Taylor held a board of directors and owners meeting Wednesday and he reported to the group that the franchise lost more than $20 million last season..
-Juwan Howard "has named three teams he would prefer to play with, but so far none of the three have offered what the Wolves believe would be adequate trade value."
-The Wolves have offered a "one-year contract at the minimum of $420,000 and a club option for two more years" to second round pick Chris Richard but the player's agent is looking for a two-year guarantee...
The Sioux Falls Skyforce announced today that Bob Thornton has been
named as an assistant coach for the 2007-08 season. He has four seasons
of NBA coaching experience with the Chicago Bulls (2002-04) and
Minnesota Timberwolves (2005-07).
Randy Foye on participating in the NBA Live Summer Camp event.
"I give the guys who make these games a lot of respect because I know
it's a lot of long hours and a lot of work to get the game out by a
certain time," said Foye, who's an avid Madden player. "It's kind of
like being an athlete. They have to work as hard as they can to get the
job done."
Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site talks to Wolves fan Rick Kamla of NBA TV.
Wolves play-by-play announcer Brian Sieman on taking a job with the Clippers:
"It was a tough decision," Sieman said. "There are so many great people
who work there that I will miss, and that's what made the decision a
difficult one. I was happy in Minnesota and could have been there a
long time. But this situation is one that probably won't come up again."
From Sam Smith/MSNBC:
But this is going to work in Boston. It’s going to work because of Kevin Garnett.
They offered Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom for Minnesota's Kevin Garnett but were turned down...
