Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site transcribes Kevin McHale’s interview with KFAN’s PA & Dubay from Thursday morning:
McHale: Well, we haven’t decided exactly who we are going to take yet
and I’m from the other school (of thought) – I like to keep everybody
guessing, I don’t like anybody knowing what we are doing. There is
interest in that pick, a lot of people have talked and I’m not going to
not draft (at No.3) until it gets to the point where I say, "Hey, we
can move back and get a player we really like and add another asset or
do something else." Right now we are concentrating really hard on who
is going to be that third pick. No, I don’t think we are going to throw
that out though, good try though guys.
and I’m from the other school (of thought) – I like to keep everybody
guessing, I don’t like anybody knowing what we are doing. There is
interest in that pick, a lot of people have talked and I’m not going to
not draft (at No.3) until it gets to the point where I say, "Hey, we
can move back and get a player we really like and add another asset or
do something else." Right now we are concentrating really hard on who
is going to be that third pick. No, I don’t think we are going to throw
that out though, good try though guys.
Click here for a pic of Randy Foye at the Basketball without Borders Europe instructional camp in Istanbul
Brian Dohn/Daily Breeze on Kevin Love:
Love also has workouts scheduled
for the Memphis Grizzlies (fifth overall pick), Minnesota Timberwolves
(third) and New York Knicks (sixth).
for the Memphis Grizzlies (fifth overall pick), Minnesota Timberwolves
(third) and New York Knicks (sixth).
Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site talks to USC coach Tim Floyd about O.J. Mayo:
MT: What should we know about Mayo that we don’t already?
Floyd: Well, he’s a good person. He’s been so scrutinized for so long –
since he was a seventh-grader. I think often times he’s been
misrepresented and misportrayed by irresponsibility in the media. I
think people really love him, he’s respectable, he did the right thing
when he was here and I think the Timberwolves would be fortunate to
have him.
Floyd: Well, he’s a good person. He’s been so scrutinized for so long –
since he was a seventh-grader. I think often times he’s been
misrepresented and misportrayed by irresponsibility in the media. I
think people really love him, he’s respectable, he did the right thing
when he was here and I think the Timberwolves would be fortunate to
have him.
From Andy Katz/ESPN:
Current Minnesota Timberwolves forward Ryan Gomes’
goal is to have every NCAA basketball team go through an emergency
training procedure on how to use an Automated External Defibrillator.
goal is to have every NCAA basketball team go through an emergency
training procedure on how to use an Automated External Defibrillator.
The reason he wants such a dramatic training session is quite simple:
There are plenty of times players will be in the gym working out and
playing pickup basketball late at night when there are no coaches,
trainers or anyone else around who could provide emergency treatment to
someone in cardiac arrest.
There are plenty of times players will be in the gym working out and
playing pickup basketball late at night when there are no coaches,
trainers or anyone else around who could provide emergency treatment to
someone in cardiac arrest.
"An AED can be the first sign of help," said Gomes. "We’re trying to reach out to all the schools to see if they have one."
From RandBall: Stu’s Hunt Down: Luc Longley
Under terms of their new radio agreement with KFAN, the Wolves are expected to pay the station in the neighborhood of $2,000 per broadcast next season. It cost the team roughly $500 to $600 per game to be on BOB 106 the past two seasons. As for reaction from BOB officials to the Wolves’ decision to opt out of their contract a year early, station manager Neil Freeman expressed disappointment but said the sides are discussing some "multicultural opportunities." That could include Spanish-language broadcasts on BOB 106 or other another station owned by Dennis Carpenter.