Wolves coach Randy Wittman vows the same franchise that sat Kevin
Garnett out in seasons’ final days and had Mark Madsen hoisting
three-pointers to keep their draft pick has one objective in mind down
the stretch.
 
Just win.
 
"No, not with this group," Wittman said when asked if he’ll ponder
lottery ramifications in the season’s last weeks. "We’ve got to
continue to let this team grow and learn and play. And that’s what
we’re going to do. We’re going to try and win. That’s exactly what
we’re going to do."
 
 
 
Young enough: Foye, a former lottery pick, knows a
high draft pick in the upcoming draft isn’t a guarantee of an immediate
turnaround. That’s why the Wolves aren’t worried about hurting their
odds of winning the lottery with victories down the stretch this
season. They’re focusing on improving and winning.
 
"We’re young enough," Foye said. "I don’t think
young is going to help us that much. I think we just keep on playing
hard and keep building for next year."

 

   
 
From Empty The Bench: Why the Timberwolves Are Far From the Worst Team in the NBA 
 
 
 
"He really worked hard this summer," UNC product Marvin Williams of the
Atlanta Hawks said of McCants, his friend and former teammate.
 
McCants, who left UNC after his junior year, was taken in the first
round of the 2005 draft by Minnesota as the 14th overall pick. (No. 32
at Carolina, he adopted No. 1 for his T-wolves jersey.) He has no
regrets leaving Chapel Hill after his junior season.
 
"There was nothing left for me to prove at the college level after winning the championship," he said.
 
Bnei Hasharon won for the fifth time in six games on
Sunday, defeating Ironi Nahariya 84-81 behind Ndudi Ebi’s 24 points and
eight rebounds.
 
 
Postgame quotes from this weekend’s loss to Portland.  

 
 
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