Kevin Love goes on a donut run for his teammates as part of his rookie duties (WCCO video).
“No, I’m just playing, man,” he said. “I’m feeling good, that’s all.”
McHale wasn’t so sure.
“Like I told Al, the only thing you can do, big fella, is go out there and prove them wrong,” he said. “He got 34 against two very good defensive teams.”
• McHale on being named Western Conference Coach of the Month: “Well, it’s a nice honor to have. What it really shows is the team played well.”
• Chris Richard and Blake Ahearn — among the last Wolves cuts in October — will play in the NBA Development League’s All-Star Game that is part of the NBA’s All-Star weekend in Phoenix.
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Randy Wittman: It feels good. I hate it because I’m not very good watcher with my background in coaching. I’d much rather coach than sit in the stands. It’s an opportunity for me that I haven’t had even through his high school days being a professional coach; our schedules didn’t match, so this has been fun.
Kevin McHale said he “really liked” Granger in that draft and considered him a unique player, but said he was warned off by doctors who “red-flagged” a knee injury that ended Granger’s final season at New Mexico.
Funny, but doctors’ warning helped scared McHale off both Granger and Brandon Roy and yet the Wolves had three first-round picks in a row — McCants, Randy Foye, now Corey Brewer — who all missed a good chunk of a season with a knee injury.
Caleb Sherman writes about his father David Sherman, the Wolves photographer.
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