Wolves Updates 7/29 Part 2

The Timberwolves site has a transcript of this afternoon’s press conference announcing that Ryan Gomes has been re-signed.

 

Q: On if Gomes ever felt during the process that he wouldn’t be back with the Wolves:
Gomes: No, I didn’t. This was my first time going through (free agency)
so the time was coming where I was getting a little nervous about what
was going to happen. The uncertainty is what worried me. I didn’t know
where I was going to be at, who was showing a lot of interest, who was
just saying things – I didn’t really know about it. But I think my
agent did a great job of getting this done and getting it done with the
team that I was last with. I played a lot of games here last year,
started a lot of games for this organization. This organization knew me
well. They knew what I could do, what were my limitations, what they
liked, what were my strengths. They wanted to come up with a good offer
that we could not turn down. I’m glad it was with the Timberwolves. 

  

 

 

From Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site:

We know that Al Jefferson and Love are going to be here for a long
time, and can at least predict the same for Randy Foye, Corey Brewer
and Miller (based on what he’s said). With Gomes, the bottom line is
that since he knows his strengths and weaknesses so well and can play
in so many different situations, he makes the team better regardless of
what kind of lineup head coach Randy Wittman puts out.

 

"His consistency made a great impression on us," explained McHale. "But
more than that, it was his knowledge of the game, his personality, the
match-up problems that he poses for other teams and the fact that he
can go out and spread the court was what made us want to re-sign Ryan. 

"He’s so versatile – that versatility comes because he is such an
intelligent player. He’s a heck of a basketball player, but he’s a
better person than he is basketball player and that’s saying quite a
bit."

 

 

 

From Henry Abbott/TrueHoop:

The photos that are taken today will be on these players’ official
Upper Deck and Topps cards. The NBA also takes photos for their vast
photo archive.

 

But some teams are about to unveil new uniforms.

 

So the players from those teams have been asked to be sneaky. They are
wearing the new uniforms. But when they are not being photographed,
they are wearing shooting shirts over the top so the secret .