Small forward Danilo Gallinari belongs on the short
list of players the Wolves could be looking at with the third
selection, but it does not appear he will be coming in for a workout.
 
Gallinari indicated after a Thursday workout in New
Jersey that he wants to play for the Nets (who pick 10th) or New York
Knicks (sixth) and might not make any other visits.
 
"I like New Jersey and New York," he said. "I like those two places."
 
 
 
Even at their apex, the Hawks of old had to fight perception. During
their titanic 1988 playoff series against Boston, assistant coach
Brendan Suhr told Jack McCallum of Sports Illustrated: “We all know
what people think of when they think of the Hawks. They think of a
jivin’, high-fivin’, low-IQ team.”
 
Twenty years later, one of those Hawks (Doc Rivers) is a coach on the
cusp of a championship. Randy Wittman, Rivers’ backcourt partner from
1983 through 1988, coaches the Minnesota Timberwolves…