At a listed 6-10, Wolves center Al Jefferson is giving up eight inches to Yao, but McHale said few teams can match up with a player that size.
“I’ve often said that unless you have a guy 7-3, if you’re a post guy and you’re being guarded by a guy 6-2 or 6-4, it doesn’t really matter that much,” he said. “It’s a relative thing until you get just big enough. In all honesty, you might as well guard him with a guy 6-6 who’s a lot quicker than he is, running around and stuff like that.”
Jonah Ballow/Timberwolves site posts a scouting report for tonight’s game against Houston.
Vikings coach Brad Childress gets top billing while Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith gets “a very special guest appearance” credit in KOOL 108’s adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” What’s up with that?
Smith was such an unexpected addition that the Hollywood star is not even in some of the promos for the radio play that airs on KOOL 108 at noon today, at 10 a.m. Monday, at 2 p.m. Tuesday and at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve…

Timberwolves rookie Kevin Love is the Boy Outside the Window