Big Al participated in his second straight day of practice and is ready for the season opener on Wednesday night. The team will continue to monitor his minutes with a careful eye on the tendonitis that was giving Jefferson issues.
From LaVelle E. Neal III/Star Tribune:
Neither Flynn nor guard Wayne Ellington were at practice Tuesday because of the illness, although coach Kurt Rambis said both rookies felt better. Today’s midday shootaround will be their chance to prove they’re ready for tonight’s opener against New Jersey.
“If they are feeling much better and they come to shootaround, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be able to play,” Rambis said.
If it were up to Jefferson, Jawai would get significant playing time.
“The guy’s a beast,” Jefferson said after battling him in practice. “I’m sure glad he’s on my team.”
“He’s a giant inside that small body,” Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson said. “He won’t be denied. That’s the type of leader from the point guard position we need for our team.”
“I think it would have been a terrible waste of his talent and his readiness to return as an assistant coach,” Kahn said. “I feel like he’s completely ready for this. It feels to me like he has been doing this for a long, long time. I knew he was ready, but I didn’t know he was this ready. I think he has seen a lot. There’s very little that will surprise this guy.
Not Taylor and his cultish franchise wreckers. The new guys.
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