Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review Journal on the Team USA Select Team:
Kevin Love’s Achilles’ tendon continued to give him problems, and he was sent home to rest. Love was on the Select roster.
McHale said he’d like to add a combo guard who can serve as a third
point guard, but said he doesn’t currently consider it a pressing
issue. He said he’d consider one of the team’s summer league guards —
Blake Ahearn looked most like a combo guard from a group that included
Drew Neitzel, Pooh Jeter and Bryce Taylor — for that spot when those
players decide in the coming weeks whether they will play in Europe or
the United States…
point guard, but said he doesn’t currently consider it a pressing
issue. He said he’d consider one of the team’s summer league guards —
Blake Ahearn looked most like a combo guard from a group that included
Drew Neitzel, Pooh Jeter and Bryce Taylor — for that spot when those
players decide in the coming weeks whether they will play in Europe or
the United States…
McHale said he is making “headway” in negotiations with restricted free agent Ryan Gomes.
David Thorpe/ESPN on Kevin Love:
Not just a brilliant outlet passer, he also makes quick, perfect passes
from the pinch post. Al Jefferson will love running high-low action
with him. And yes, Minnesota’s athletic wings will dunk more (as long
as they race the floor), thanks to Love’s uncanny ability to survey the
floor and deliver a perfect 30-foot pass. The best rookie center of the
summer.
from the pinch post. Al Jefferson will love running high-low action
with him. And yes, Minnesota’s athletic wings will dunk more (as long
as they race the floor), thanks to Love’s uncanny ability to survey the
floor and deliver a perfect 30-foot pass. The best rookie center of the
summer.
Although the Timberwolves have been accumulating first-round draft picks via trades and could end up with four for next year’s draft, the team’s plans are to use most of them to trade for players rather than select entry-level players.
Gomes’ 5.7 rebounds a game (in just 29.7 minutes per game) put him between Vince Carter and Ron Artest, 70th in the league. The closest big men to him on the list are Nazr Mohammed and Mikki Moore (tied 6.0 a game, 66th) and then Marvin Williams (5.7, 73rd), Joakim Noah (5.6, 75th) and Paul Millsap (5.6, 76th).
Gomes actually averaged more minutes than all of those players (slightly more than Moore). Both Moore and Mohammed are on close to mid-level contracts, while Williams, Noah and Millsap are on rookie contracts.
Hmm…maybe Gomes is worth $5.85 million if that’s the market value for those rebounding numbers.
The 2008 U.S. Bank Timberwolves Caravan opened it’s three-day tour
through Mankato, Wilmar and Brainerd on Tuesday, July 22, in Southern
Minnesota with a hoops clinic, a golf outing and an appearance by
mascot Crunch at Mankato’s Immanuel St Joseph’s Hospital.
through Mankato, Wilmar and Brainerd on Tuesday, July 22, in Southern
Minnesota with a hoops clinic, a golf outing and an appearance by
mascot Crunch at Mankato’s Immanuel St Joseph’s Hospital.
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