A couple of sources connected with the Timberwolves who have been reliable with me in the past have indicated that the team has interviewed Portland Trailblazers Assistant General Manager Tom Penn, presumably for their open GM position.
The excellent website Blazersedge.com conducted an interview with Penn last September, almost solely about the salary cap situation facing the team. It is well known that one of the thing Wolves’ owner Glen Taylor is looking for is a salary cap expert to help maximize a situation where the Wolves are expected to be significantly under their league salary cap in two years, a year after holding a number of early draft picks. Here is the link to that interview http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/9/25/622134/blazersedge-exclusive-a-ch