Wolves coach Kurt Rambis had no idea Sunday if Jefferson would be ready for Wednesday’s opener, but he sounded as if Jefferson might need more time to get healthy when asked if Jefferson did anything other than ride the bike on Sunday.
“No, he went through semi-practice,” Rambis said, “Pretty much how we approach it at the beginning of training camp. Going to slowly bring him back into everything then reevaluate the following day.”
“Originally, they were saying six to eight weeks, but hopefully I can get back sooner than that,” Love said. “They didn’t make any promises.”
He said he will have an x-ray taken again in 3 1/2 to 4 weeks and have that sent to the New York City doctor to see if he gets the OK to return.
Kahn still believes the timing is good for the Wolves to take advantage of a quality free-agent market. Since coming to the Twin Cities, he has seen the excitement surrounding the Twins and Vikings and how fans have embraced the teams’ star players — particularly the Vikings.
“Two of the NFL’s biggest stars are playing in Minnesota — Bre tt Favre and Adrian Peterson,” Kahn said. “You’ve got a hall of fame quarterback who came out of retirement to play in Minnesota. It takes away (negative) perceptions about playing in the Twin Cities. What’s important to players is the culture, the opportunity to win and the opportunity to make money.”
“There’s probably 70 percent of the guys on our team are new,” Rambis said. “So they’re all trying to learn about each other on the court and off the court and learn how to play together. It’s a difficult situation for any team to assimilate that many new ballplayers and find that chemistry that they need in order to play out there on the court.”
I just want to see these guys play the right way. I want to see them play together. And I want to see them play hard. If they’re doing those things, I think the wins eventually will come. The education will come. And the process moving forward will come.
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