In about a week and a half he’ll have the knee checked again. If all is
well he could return to practice and begin prepping for his first game
action.
 
On Monday’s practice:
Veteran guard Greg Buckner stayed home sick. Forward Craig Smith, who
sprained his left ankle in California — the same ankle that bothered
him during training camp — was walking with a limp and didn’t do
anything in practice today.
 
 
Corey Brewer comes in at #9 on SI.com’s Rookie Rankings.  
When given the PT, Brewer is responding. Twice last week he scored in
double digits, with a 10-point, six-rebound night and a 15-point,
eight-rebound performance. Of course, those two games sandwiched a
scoreless night in which he played just seven minutes in a loss to the
Lakers. Ah, the life of a rookie.
 
 
The Wolves are at #29 this week in ESPN’s power rankings and at #30 in Marty Burns/SI.com’s rankings.  
 
 
Postgame quotes from the Lakers game and the Kings game.