From Sid Hartman:
Bill Duffy, a member of Jim Dutcher’s greatest recruiting class when he coached the Gophers, is now one of the top-rated agents in the NBA, representing players such as Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns and many other top players.
Duffy is also a great judge of talent, according to former Timberwolves chief Kevin McHale.
So when Duffy says he didn’t have Ricky Rubio, the team’s top draft choice, rated as fifth in the first round, you listen…
Duffy can’t represent coaches, but he has heard that former Pacers player Mark Jackson and Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis are the two prominent names that Kahn he has been looking at as the next Wolves coach.
“I think Mark Jackson is going to get the job,” Duffy said. “He doesn’t have a background in coaching, but most of this is just communication with these guys — 82 games you have to keep them motivated and responsive to you. He can get some technical guys behind him, but he has to be charismatic, that is the whole key and I think he would do that.”
T-Wolves GM David Kahn told me it was “highly unlikely” Ricky Rubio has agreed to a contract with a Euro team
David kahn is back from Spain. Called week working for Rubio’s release “productive” but declined further comment.
MNSportsFans post pics of David Kahn and Ricky Rubio together.
There’s little doubt that the center the Timberwolves currently covet for next year’s NBA draft is Kansas’ 6-foot-11 Cole Aldrich, a former Bloomington Jefferson star.
