"Somebody out there must feel sorry for me."
 
Wolves forward Antoine Walker, when informed of an Internet campaign trying to drum up votes (at allstarshimmy.com) to get him to New Orleans in February as a West starting guard. 
 
 
Wittman is part of a conference call with the coaching staff before
practices and on game days. Sichting also talks with Wittman during
halftimes.
 
"He told me, when it happened, ‘Just go coach the team like it was
yours,’" Sichting said. "But obviously, I need his input, and he needs
to talk to me. He sees things I don’t see, too."
  
 
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune writes that all but one of the players who left the Timberwolves in the past few months "have discovered inactivity, injury and perhaps the
realization that even greener pastures aren’t always what they seem to
be"
 
 
The Star Tribune names Corey Brewer its star of the week.
 
 
Jerry Zgoda/On The Wolves on the team’s building blocks:

Al Jefferson — the only Timberwolf other than KG to record a 30-point,
20-rebound game — so obviously is one. Corey Brewer, for his all
current offensive liabilities, is another. If Randy Foye’s kneecap
passes an medical-imaging test on Monday, he could soon prove to be a
third. And Craig Smith’s play since his sprained ankle has healed
completely looks like he could be a fourth. Gerald Green and Chris
Richard? Nobody knows because nobody has seen them for more than only
fleeting glimpses. The others — Rashad McCants, Ryan Gomes? The jury’s
still way out…