Timberwolves point guard Sebastian Telfair missed
Saturday night’s game and likely will miss at least a couple more games
with a sprained left ankle.
Saturday night’s game and likely will miss at least a couple more games
with a sprained left ankle.
Telfair was walking with crutches Saturday after
getting injured with about 5 minutes left in the third quarter of
Friday’s 111-103 win over the Sacramento Kings.
getting injured with about 5 minutes left in the third quarter of
Friday’s 111-103 win over the Sacramento Kings.
"He tweaked it pretty good. It’ll be a little while,
I anticipate," Wittman said. "He’s going to miss the next couple games,
I’m sure."
I anticipate," Wittman said. "He’s going to miss the next couple games,
I’m sure."
Also from Alonzo:
Michael Doleac, who missed the past two games
because of the death of his grandmother, should return to the team
early this week, Wittman said.
because of the death of his grandmother, should return to the team
early this week, Wittman said.
Foye has always considered himself a point guard first and foremost, though he’s played mostly the off-guard position since returning from a knee injury that caused him to miss the first 43 games this season. It’s safe to say he loved the switch back to point guard.
“I was a lot more comfortable,” Foye said. “That’s the position I usually play. I just felt comfortable doing it. Coach (Randy Wittman), he ran a lot of plays to help me get off early.”
From Sid Hartman:
Remember the name Danilo Gallinari, a 6-9 small forward playing in Europe who a lot of NBA scouts say could be the first player taken in the draft. The Wolves have scouted him and like him a lot. … Meanwhile, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, a European player taken by the Wolves in the second round of the 2006 draft, is not displaying the type of form that could help the Wolves in the future.
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune on Kirk Snyder:
Who ever would have thought? Buried on Houston’s inactive list, the
fourth-year player from Nevada has instantly found his way onto the
floor with the Wolves. He delivered defense and spunk to a team badly
needing both. Averaged 31 minutes in the week’s first three games,
started the Charlotte and Utah games when Corey Brewer was out injured
and scored a season-high 16 points against the Jazz.
Jonathan Feigen/Houston Chronicle on the Rockets cutting Gerald Green:
"We have no formal plans for Gerald in the offseason except we will
take a close look at signing him," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey
said. "We feel the same way about Gerald now as before — lots of
potential."
take a close look at signing him," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey
said. "We feel the same way about Gerald now as before — lots of
potential."
Michael Doleac on high stakes card games among players in the league:
"Sometimes," he says, "you get a life’s lesson. And just like anywhere
else, there’s people who let it get out of hand, and that could be
trouble."
else, there’s people who let it get out of hand, and that could be
trouble."
Those early Timberwolves expansion teams sure didn’t play very well,
but they’ve produced a growing list of coaches, as the current Wolves
team has seen in the past 10 days: Toronto head coach Sam Mitchell,
Seattle assistant Scott Brooks, Utah assistant Tyrone Corbin and
Sacramento assistant Chuck Person.
but they’ve produced a growing list of coaches, as the current Wolves
team has seen in the past 10 days: Toronto head coach Sam Mitchell,
Seattle assistant Scott Brooks, Utah assistant Tyrone Corbin and
Sacramento assistant Chuck Person.