Kahn, the team’s new president of basketball operations, told The Associated Press in a text message Wednesday that he plans to wrap up his first round of interviews on Thursday and there is no timetable set for a final decision to be made.
Rockets assistant Elston Turner and Portland assistant Monty Williams are the only two candidates who have publicly acknowledged interviewing for the job. ESPN analyst Mark Jackson is also considered a candidate because of his ties to Kahn when both were with the Indiana Pacers.
On who would be the Wolves’ point guard, him or Rubio: “You see the NBA going to two point guards at the same time. I think we would just be labeled as guards. I don’t think we’d have a position.”
Pecherov is also wearing No. 4 for the Timberwolves. Pesh wore No. 14 with the Wizards because the number he really wanted (41, in honor of his favorite player, Dirk Nowitzki) is retired for some guy named Wes Unseld. I wondered why he didn’t get 41 in Minnesota, then I saw that the last player to wear that number for the Timberwolves was Eddie Griffin, who died in a tragic automobile accident two years ago.
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