Hornets 247 plays host to the season’s first blogger power rankings.
WCCO has video of Kevin Love serving up free coffee and Wolves tickets at Starbucks this morning.
From the Timberwolves site:
Minnesota will open the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 29 against the Sacramento Kings at Target Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CDT. The game will be telecast on FSN North with Tom Hanneman and Jim Petersen calling the action and can be heard on KFAN AM 1130 with Alan Horton and Kevin Lynch.
David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.: I like what Minnesota’s building, and the combination of their strength inside with the low expectations of opposing teams will translate into some surprising wins.
Coach Randy Wittman said after practice he does not anticipate any roster moves before the start of the season and expects the 15 that were on the floor for Thursday’s preseason finale to be the roster come Wednesday night.
Sebastian Telfair practiced with the team today but veteran Kevin Ollie got most of the reps as backup PG since Telfair is suspended for the first three games of the season.
Paul Lukas/ESPN on the new Wolves uniform.
Former Nevada shooting guard Kirk Snyder will play basketball this season in China, his agent Chris Emens confirmed via e-mail Monday.
The NBA’s Board of Governors unanimously elected Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, as its chairman last week.

The classy Taylor replaces Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison, who served in the position for the past three years…

Taylor’s first order of business will likely be the future of the NBA’s participation with FIBA.