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Timberwolves assistant GM Fred Hoiberg will represent the team at the NBA draft lottery on May 20 in Secaucus, N.J. The Wolves have a 13.8 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick and a 14.2 percent chance of getting No. 2. They currently are in the No. 3 spot. The lowest spot the Wolves could fall to is No. 6.
Hoiberg represented the Wolves in the 2004 lottery,
when they had the No. 14 spot and a .5 percent chance of moving up.
They didn't budge.
Hoiberg didn't take any good-luck charms to that lottery but says he will this time. He won't reveal what he's taking, however.
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Mankato businessman Glen Taylor and his wife Becky are donating $7
million to Minnesota State University Mankato. The money will establish
an institute, a faculty position and a scholarship, all centered around
nursing.
Glen Taylor is a graduate of Mankato State. He has a long history of philanthropy to his alma mater...
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Green and Horford, part of the magical 2004 class that led Florida to back-to-back national titles in 2006-07, have returned to Florida to enroll in classes for the first summer session.
Classmate Corey Brewer wanted to join then, but his offseason workout
schedule with the Minnesota Timberwolves conflicted with the six-week
class period.
10,000 Takes on Christian Laettner's upcoming induction into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame
Foye and Pinckney are part of a group headlined by current Turkish
players Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu that will hold camp at
Darüssafaka Tesisleri, Ayhan Sahenk Spor Salonu in Istanbul from June
4-7. Basketball without Borders Europe was last held in Istanbul in
2002, though the city was part of NBA Europe Live 2007, which featured
the Timberwolves playing an exhibition game against local pro team Efes
Pilsen Istanbul. Also joining Foye and Pinckney in Turkey are current
NBA players Bruce Bowen, David Lee and Mickael Pietrus, along with
former Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey.
Every major franchise or team in the Star Tribune's coverage area —
just like most franchises or teams in most newspapers' coverage areas —
has multiple blogs devoted to it, featuring the work of both passionate
fans and inflamed critics. To use one example, at any random
Timberwolves games this past season, there were no fewer than three or
four writers from alternative media sources, representing online
outlets such as Hoopsworld.com, SLAMonline.com and the thinking fan's
site of choice, Britt Robson's "On the Ball'' from rakemag.com. Me? I was there a lot, too, representing both MinnPost.com and SI.com, where I'm a regular contributor.
Carlisle is
expected to bring his own crew of assistant coaches, though Paul
Westphal, Joe Prunty, Mario Elie and Popeye Jones all have one more
year on their contracts. Former NBA head coaches Dwane Casey and Terry
Stotts have been mentioned as possible targets for Carlisle's staff.
Phone rang last night and it was Rob Babcock calling. He did not apologize for not drafting Andre Iguodala, but at this point it's understood. Instead he was calling to offer his appreciation on Chuck Swirsky, who, as we all know, is heading to Chicago...
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman said all his assistant coaches
will return for the 2008-2009 season. ... Corey Brewer and Chris
Richard, the two top draft choices last year, will start summer
workouts soon, with other players to follow later. Wittman said the
club will start bringing in draft candidates June l.
Point guard Randy Foye, assistant coach Ed Pinckney and athletic
trainer Gregg Farnam have been asked by the NBA to participate in this
year's Basketball Without Borders program.
Foye and Pinckney will go to Turkey in June, and Farnam will go to India in July.
The millions of dollars doled out to professional athletes, including
some native Chicagoans, doesn't shield them from the perils ofstreet
violence and brazen home invasions.
When it comes to targeted armed attacks or random assaults, the list of victims in the last 10 months with local ties includes Antoine Walker, Eddy Curry and, most recently, Rashard Mendenhall.
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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CHICAGO Bull Joakim Noah enjoying table dances at Scores East while Minnesota Timberwolf Sebastian Telfair and male model Marcus Schenkenberg were similarly distracted .
RandBall creates a team using only ex-Wolves from the teams still left in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
That stance quickly led Dallas to Carlisle, who, according to team
sources, plans to bring two recent former NBA head coaches -- Dwane
Casey and Terry Stotts -- to Dallas as assistants on his staff.
Along with Orlando's Dwight
Howard, Minnesota's Al Jefferson and Washington's Antawn Jamison,
Boozer was one of four NBA players to average at least 20 points and 10
rebounds this season.
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are not having much luck trying to get Antoine Walker to accept a buy out.
The Timberwolves site has launched Draft Central 2008- a page dedicated to providing info on potential draft picks.
From RandBall: Revisionist history: What if Cassell wasn’t hurt?
But Szczerbiak supposedly took exception to being
treated like a bug in the years following his rookie season, and he and
Garnett got into a confrontation over respect. The two appeared to have
patched things up. No matter, Szczerbiak eventually was shipped off in
one of Kevin McHale's worst deals. Ricky Davis was the co-headliner,
and a heap of lousy players were included both ways. But, of course,
McHale tossed in a first-round pick.
Now Wally and K.G. are facing each other. The winner
gets the right (most likely) to face Saunders and his Detroit Pistons
in the conference finals. The Pistons aren't having many problems
against the Orlando Magic.
Saunders was another guy "done wrong" by McHale...
The Wild ranked 31st among 122 professional sports teams based on fan satisfaction in a survey of more than 80,000 fans by ESPN. The Indianapolis Colts were No. 1, the Green Bay Packers No. 4, the Twins No. 39, the Vikings No. 110 and the Timberwolves No. 118. Criteria included what the teams "give back to fans who invest their time and money in the organization."
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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The Wild ranked 31st among 122 professional teams based on what they give back to the "fans who invest their time and money in the organization." The Minnesota Twins ranked 39th, the Minnesota Vikings 110th and the Minnesota Timberwolves 118th...
...The Minnesota Vikings and Timberwolves, meanwhile, scored below-average
in every category. The Vikings scored highest in bang for the buck (83)
and lowest in stadium experience (120). The Wolves highest ranking was
96th in bang for the buck and its lowest was 120th for title track.
And if you’re a conspiracy theorist you can even point out that Tom
Mauer, the clock operator Monday night, was from the Minnesota
Timberwolves, where Detroit Pistons Coach Flip Saunders once coached.
But whatever you do, do not — I repeat, DO NOT — try to blame the clock
operator for the Orlando Magic’s Game 2 playoff loss to the Detroit
Pistons.
There is little love lost between Kevin Garnett and former teammate Wally Szczerbiak, who plays for the Cavaliers. The two played together in Minnesota for 6 1/2 seasons, before the Timberwolves traded Szczerbiak to the Celtics in 2006. Garnett was asked if Cleveland was an ideal situation for his former teammate. He paused for more than 10 seconds before answering. "Sure," said Garnett. "It's the first I've ever heard a question about Wally and his situation. He's got a guy who is dominant on the ball and he can play second-tier. I guess, yeah, sure. I don't really know how to answer that."
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
The On Deck Circle hosts the latest edition of the Carnival of the NBA, a roundup of recent news and opinions from around the hoops blogosphere.
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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The most telling factor on what the rest of the league thought about
the Mavs' talent was when the Timberwolves flat laughed at a package
topped by Howard and Harris for Kevin Garnett. The two best young
players on the team, including Howard being an All-Star, drew nothing
but chuckles from the T-wolves.
By the way, Minny was right. Getting Al Jefferson from the Celtics proved to be far better than Howard/Harris combined.
How the lottery plays out could be more vital to Bayless than any other prospect. Right now the Timberwolves are slated to pick third, and it's hard to imagine them taking Bayless considering their other needs and the guards they currently have that high.
A long back-and-forth between the NBA Players Association and the Heat is close to being resolved, with the Heat agreeing to return some of the fine money it took from three players (Posey, Antoine Walker, and Dorrell Wright) for not meeting Pat Riley's draconian body-fat standards during the 2006-07 season. The thing has been dragging and dragging, in part because one of the Miami lawyers was on maternity leave, but a union source said last week that it was close to being settled.
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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-Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and ex-Gopher Jim Petersen, the Timberwolves' TV analyst, finished at plus-2 in a team scramble while competing for a $100,000 scholarship at the posh Reynolds Plantation golf course near Atlanta the other day.
-It's unclear whether the Timberwolves would take Michael Beasley of Kansas State or Derrick Rose of Memphis if they were to land the top pick in June's NBA draft. But people in the know say Beasley is the more talented of the pair.
-Look for Timberwolves TV analyst Jim Petersen to agree to a three-year contract extension soon.
Multiple sources close to the process have described Carlisle as the
Mavs' clear-cut No. 1 candidate, indicating that contract negotiations
are already underway. It's also believed that Carlisle intends to bring
two recent NBA head coaches to Dallas as assistants on his staff --
Dwane Casey and Terry Stotts -- but one team source insisted: "Nothing
is done with anyone."
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