As first reported by the Rocky Mountain News, Harrison will sign a one-year contract with the Wolves when they visit Denver on Friday for an exhibition game against the Nuggets.
Harrison, a former University of Colorado star, averaged 5.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in four seasons with the Pacers, who elected not to sign him after last season.
He also served a five-game suspension last season for violating the NBA’s drug policy.
Signing the 7-footer is a low-risk move for the Wolves, who are lacking center size with Jason Collins and Calvin Booth injured and Rafael Araujo perhaps headed for Europe…
-Wittman said Collins remains on track to return in early November.
-Booth, who has been sidelined all of the preseason so far because of back spasms, participated in the team’s morning shootaround. Booth, 32, said he injured his back playing pickup games a week before training camp began.
Both the Thunder and the Nuggets like to push the ball, a trait that troubled the Wolves in a season when they won 22 games. On Monday, the Wolves held the undermanned Bucks to 79 points and 33.8 percent shooting in a 38-point victory.
Now, the pace of play picks up.
“Transition defense, that’s a point of emphasis whether we’re playing Oklahoma City, Denver or Detroit, who walks it up,” Wittman said. “We’ve got to get better there…”
That was former Timberwolves guard Troy Hudson sinking five consecutive three-point shots and playing pickup basketball Monday at Life Time Fitness Crosstown in Eden Prairie.
Ex-Timberwolf Trenton Hassell has sold his Eden Prairie home for $835,000, the Business Journal reports.
