Love had three screws inserted into his left hand to repair a fracture during Tuesday’s surgery in New York and has remained there for an important checkup scheduled for today.
You can expect Wolves basketball boss David Kahn to exercise Brewer’s $3.1 million option for the 2010-11 season by the Halloween night deadline.
What could go wrong: The Wolves need something to go right before we start wondering what could go wrong. A good start would be if Rambis found a way to maximize the backcourt production among Flynn, Sasha Pavlovic and Sessions. But it’s a tricky proposition for a first-year coach trying to establish relationships.
“That’s our new guy,” Laimbeer said. “Nathan … and the last name is a good question. Jawai, or something like that. … He’s a big dude. I didn’t think he could shoot. I saw him today around shootaround and saw him going through the motions and was like, ‘OK, I didn’t know he could jump.’”
Laimbeer said Timberwolves first-year coach Kurt Rambis is “just like me.”
“He’s demanding, sarcastic,” he said. “He’s exacting. He wants everything done perfectly.” Good person to work for.”
That said, there seems to be some dispute whether Laimbeer brings up the past too often. Al Jefferson lit the match, saying Laimbeer brings up his playing career more than any other coach.
“Not true. Al was joking with a writer,” Laimbeer said.
“Oh yeah,” he said. “And if they don’t he will tell them.”
“What did you say?” Laimbeer screamed, laughing. “He is just trying to stir stuff up.”
“It’s a lot of work; there’s no question about it,” Laimbeer said of being an NBA assistant coach. “It’s been very enlightening. I’ve learned a lot.”
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