Lindsey’s withdrawal leaves former Indiana Pacers executive David Kahn as the only outside candidate confirmed to have interviewed with the Wolves, although ESPN.com reported that former Miami Heat general manager Randy Pfund could do so soon, “if he already hasn’t.”
Wolves general manager Jim Stack and assistant GM Fred Hoiberg are the internal candidates.
Wolves owner Glen Taylor was out of the office Friday and unavailable for comment, and CEO Rob Moor declined an interview request.
Click here for video of Kevin Love on Jim Rome’s show this past Thursday.
On another subject, just turned away from the Heat-Hawks game to watch on tape delay the final minutes of Wolves pick Nikola Pekovic lead his Greek Panathinaikos team to an 84-82 victory over Olympiacos earlier today in a Euroleague championship semifinal game.
Pekovic scored 20 points (including the eventual winning basket), had two rebounds and a couple turnovers in just under 20 minutes. He looked a lot like the youtube clips I’ve seen of him: Bullish with an efficient offensive game (7 for 10 from the field, 6 for 7 from the line) that’s all within three feet of the basket seemingly. Looks pretty lean and runs the floor fairly well.
From Jake Curtis/Stanford Cardinal Basketball Examiner: Which Stanford alumni had best NBA seasons?
The other former Stanford twins — Jarron and Jason Collins — never seemed to get going during injury-plagued seasons that started going wrong when both were injured when their golf cart overturned last summer. Jarron got some playing time in the playoffs for the Utah Jazz, but he played only 26 games and his numbers were down. Jason played 30 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves and his numbers were poor as well. Both averaged less than two points a game. Now 30 years old, they both want to keep playing, although they might have to do it for different teams.
Mark Madsen was Jason’s teammate at Minnesota, and he was even less productive, averaging 0.3 points while playing 19 games. He was a starter in the final regular-season game, though, as coach Kevin McHale started the five oldest players on the team. At 33, Madsen’s NBA future is uncertain.