He will not play either Thursday against the Pistons or Friday at Sioux Falls against Toronto and instead will recuperate with Wednesday’s regular-season opener against New Jersey his aim.
These days off also will give his inflamed Achilles tendon time to heal as well.
Welcome to the new timberwolves.com!
The interactive services department inside the offices of the Minnesota Timberwolves spent countless hours this offseason working on a complete redesign of the team Web site. Significant changes were seen throughout the organization during the summer, including a new president of basketball operations, a new coaching staff, and a revamped roster for the 2009-10 season.
WolvesNation.com, which launches Monday, will gather all of the latest social media content from the team’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr accounts, as well as information from players’ personal accounts. It also will include fan forums, discussion boards and blogs.
Reiner signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent at the end of September. He averaged 3.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in three preseason games. He has previously had stints with Milwaukee and Chicago and played college ball at Iowa.
The chaos has settled, and Flynn has become Minnesota’s starter. The reviews so far are mostly good, and credit Flynn for realizing how difficult it is to learn to become an NBA point guard.
“It’s definitely a tough situation,” Flynn said in an interview with FanHouse. “It’s the toughest position on the floor to be a rookie. First, a guy has to have leadership and to have everybody on the same page.”
“They had players in his position already in front of him so that makes it difficult for him to break in,” he said.
“Going to Minnesota gives him a real opportunity to get some game time and really develop his game further and develop his wares.”
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