From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune:Wolves set to open ‘09-10 season Oct. 28 at home vs. New Jersey
I’m also hearing there will be as many as 20 fewer games televised this season — 75 of 82 were shown last season – and many of those will be home games, a decision intended to get people to buy tickets. Last season, 35 home games were televised.
And for the coaching decision…David Kahn said he hopes to have one named by the end of next week, perhaps sooner. I’ve talked to a couple people in coaching circles and they say the Kurt Rambis probability all depends on money and length of contract.
And for the coaching decision…David Kahn said he hopes to have one named by the end of next week, perhaps sooner. I’ve talked to a couple people in coaching circles and they say the Kurt Rambis probability all depends on money and length of contract.
From Syracuse.com (via TrueHoop): Jonny Flynn pursuing his dream (video)
From Pine Journal:
Minnesota Timberwolves forwards Corey Brewer and Ryan Gomes will join the Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity Home Build on Friday in Cloquet.
Brewer, a former two-time NCAA champion from the University of Florida who missed most of the 2008-09 season after tearing the ACL in his knee, and Gomes, who averaged 13.3 point per game last season, will be at the job site, located at 909 Spruce St., from 2-3 p.m. to help raise walls, and greet fans and the new homeowners.
The group also will be surprising another family chosen as recipients of a new home to be built in Cloquet later this summer.
From the Timberwolves site:
Al Jefferson, star of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, will host an assortment of charity events in his hometown of Prentiss, Mississippi during the last week of July. He will kick off the week with his first annual Charity Basketball Camp for Prentiss youth and end the week with the Al Jefferson Family Fun Day.
Al Jefferson, star of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, will host an assortment of charity events in his hometown of Prentiss, Mississippi during the last week of July. He will kick off the week with his first annual Charity Basketball Camp for Prentiss youth and end the week with the Al Jefferson Family Fun Day.
Al Jefferson grew up in the small town of Prentiss, Miss., and wanted to help encourage and empower the young people of this small community to work hard, follow their dreams, and provide them with basketball skills in the process. “I have been so blessed in my life, and I wanted to give back to the community that raised me,” Al said. “I hope these camps will be the beginning of an annual event to help the Prentiss community.”
It seems a stretch to think Rambis would take the job considering he said the Sacramento Kings were too much of a rebuilding project for him. What is Minnesota, after all? Plus, it seems almost certain that this will be Phil Jackson’s last year in L.A., so it seems logical Rambis would want to wait around.