Minnesota only had seven wins going into its game at San Antonio on Tuesday, but two came against Utah in nine days earlier this month — one a run-away 108-101 victory at the Target Center, the other a come-from-behind 110-108 thriller at EnergySolutions Arena.
“They definitely have our number this year,” Boozer said. “And we look forward to playing against them again.”
The Timberwolves sent away never-used backup point guard Jason Hart to Phoenix on Tuesday in yet another deal all about acquiring an “asset.”
In this case, it was a 2010 second-round pick obtained along with unproven forward Alando Tucker and cash to pay for Tucker’s salary the rest of this season.
“When you have an opportunity to acquire a pick basically for free, it’s hard not to do,” Wolves basketball boss David Kahn said before Tuesday’s game against the Spurs.
But Brown was able to block that deal from going through, much to the disappointment of the tax-conscious Hornets.
Sources with knowledge of the teams’ discussions told ESPN.com that Brown and agent Mark Termini refused to reduce the amount on the 10-percent trade kicker in Brown’s $1.1 million contract. Brown was not asked to waive the whole kicker, sources said, but the trade math on a deal with the Hornets would not work unless Brown consented to forfeiting some money.
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