Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site on the draft prospects coming to work out at the Target Center next week:
First on Monday, the Wolves welcome French forward Nicolas Batum,
Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, Oregon guard Bryce Taylor and
Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington….
Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, Oregon guard Bryce Taylor and
Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington….
Then on Tuesday, the Wolves will look at a slew of big men including
Kevin Love, DeAndre Jordan, JaVale McGee, Alexis Ajinca and Kosta
Koufos.
Kevin Love, DeAndre Jordan, JaVale McGee, Alexis Ajinca and Kosta
Koufos.
McHale has gotten the prototype player he wanted in Al Jefferson, and
Big Al, who should never be judged as the KG compensation because it
just isn’t fair to him, played well enough that all the homers around
the Wolves in the local media crowed that Minnesota actually got the
better of the KG trade. One columnist for one of the local dailies even
said he wouldn’t trade Jefferson for two KGs. Well it is pretty close
to final accounting time and what we see is that the Celtics won a
league best 66 games, had the greatest single season improvement in NBA
history, and are one victory in three chances away from being crowned
NBA champion over the MVP on the favored squad from the better
conference.
Big Al, who should never be judged as the KG compensation because it
just isn’t fair to him, played well enough that all the homers around
the Wolves in the local media crowed that Minnesota actually got the
better of the KG trade. One columnist for one of the local dailies even
said he wouldn’t trade Jefferson for two KGs. Well it is pretty close
to final accounting time and what we see is that the Celtics won a
league best 66 games, had the greatest single season improvement in NBA
history, and are one victory in three chances away from being crowned
NBA champion over the MVP on the favored squad from the better
conference.
From the Timberwolves site:
The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced they have
re-signed team television broadcasters Tom Hanneman and Jim Petersen to
multi-year contracts to continue announcing Timberwolves games on KSTC.TV Ch.
45 and FSN North.
re-signed team television broadcasters Tom Hanneman and Jim Petersen to
multi-year contracts to continue announcing Timberwolves games on KSTC.TV Ch.
45 and FSN North.
And owners are getting increasingly more cautious of paying for potential in the current economic climate.
What that means is restricted free agents this summer — such as
J.R. Smith, Sasha Vujacic and Sebastian Telfair to name a few —
probably aren’t going to command the kind of money they might have been
able to even four or five years ago. This provides an advantage for
the teams that own the rights to these kind of high-potential
restricted free agents because their current clubs will likely be able
to retain them at a very reasonable figure.
J.R. Smith, Sasha Vujacic and Sebastian Telfair to name a few —
probably aren’t going to command the kind of money they might have been
able to even four or five years ago. This provides an advantage for
the teams that own the rights to these kind of high-potential
restricted free agents because their current clubs will likely be able
to retain them at a very reasonable figure.