Assistant Jerry Sichting assumed coaching duties
Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers after the Wolves announced
head coach Randy Wittman would have back surgery today.
Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers after the Wolves announced
head coach Randy Wittman would have back surgery today.
Wittman told the team he expects to miss two to
three games while recovering from the outpatient operation.
three games while recovering from the outpatient operation.
Starting point guard Marko Jaric missed his second consecutive game because of a sprained ankle and foot he said felt better on Tuesday. He said he expected to return to play this week.
"It was so painful when it happened, I thought it was something more dangerous," he said. "It’s so frustrating because I started feeling really, really confident. This is a really bad time for this."
Duncan had
tangled the game before with a bullish forward he had known since
college. Mark Madsen, then a freshman at Stanford, was part of a
physical tag-team that beat on Duncan and eliminated Wake Forest from
the NCAA tournament.
tangled the game before with a bullish forward he had known since
college. Mark Madsen, then a freshman at Stanford, was part of a
physical tag-team that beat on Duncan and eliminated Wake Forest from
the NCAA tournament.
Madsen plays
basketball the way a sumo wrestler plays tag, and it’s something that
has kept him employed despite an alarming lack of talent. Last week,
playing for Minnesota, Madsen managed to get Duncan angry enough to
draw a rare technical foul. But Duncan’s only bruise that night was the
following foul shot.
basketball the way a sumo wrestler plays tag, and it’s something that
has kept him employed despite an alarming lack of talent. Last week,
playing for Minnesota, Madsen managed to get Duncan angry enough to
draw a rare technical foul. But Duncan’s only bruise that night was the
following foul shot.
At no point in this game were the Timberwolves coordinated. They looked
as if they expected to lose from the very beginning and played as such.
To me, this is unacceptable. We repeatedly heard heading into this
rebuilding season that the one thing this team of cherubs would hang
their hat on would be giving the proper effort.
as if they expected to lose from the very beginning and played as such.
To me, this is unacceptable. We repeatedly heard heading into this
rebuilding season that the one thing this team of cherubs would hang
their hat on would be giving the proper effort.
Timberwolves Today has posted the latest installment of the Kissing Marney Gellner podcast.
The Wolves dancers have a new page on the team’s site.
From the Sioux Falls Skyforce site:
The Sioux Falls Skyforce will host a basketball clinic prior to the
game against the Idaho Stampede on Friday, Dec. 7 from 4:30-6 p.m. The
clinic will be conducted by Minnesota Timberwolves Assistant General
Manager Rob Babcock with the assistance of Skyforce coaches and
players.
game against the Idaho Stampede on Friday, Dec. 7 from 4:30-6 p.m. The
clinic will be conducted by Minnesota Timberwolves Assistant General
Manager Rob Babcock with the assistance of Skyforce coaches and
players.