{"id":229826,"date":"2008-06-11T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T15:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2008\/06\/11\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/"},"modified":"2008-06-11T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T15:11:02","slug":"wolves-updates-611-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 6\/11 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/news?slug=ys-northwestdraftneeds061108&amp;prov=yhoo&amp;type=lgns\" target=\"_blank\">DraftExpress:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Almost every draft service around has tabbed Brook Lopez as the third<br \/>\noverall pick in their mock draft, and they&rsquo;ve reached that consensus<br \/>\nfor good reason. Lopez has everything you look for in a young center,<br \/>\nand while he isn&rsquo;t an explosive athlete, his game fits perfectly next<br \/>\nto Al Jefferson. Despite all that, Kevin McHale has been known to think<br \/>\noutside the box (for better or worse), and Lopez should not be viewed<br \/>\nas a lock until he hears his name called on draft day. Kevin Love might<br \/>\nactually garner some attention, too&#8230;<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducksbasketball\/oregonian\/index.ssf?\/base\/sports\/1213152903243520.xml&amp;coll=7\" target=\"_blank\">John Hunt\/The Oregonian <\/a>on Bryce Taylor:&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>After Tuesday&#8217;s workout, Taylor will get some rest<br \/>\ntoday, then showcase himself for Milwaukee and Chicago<br \/>\nbefore returning to Eugene on Saturday for graduation. Then<br \/>\nit&#8217;s on to Minnesota, Charlotte, New Orleans, Boston<br \/>\nand Golden State. <\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lossip.com\/12352\/la-reina-and-the-beast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lossip.com <\/a> (with pictures):\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>The notoriously beautiful Brazilian model, Adriana Lima was spotted hitting up the ballet with her novio, NBA player Marko Jaric in New York City yesterday evening. The couple attended the American Ballet Theater for the Noche Latina performance of the literary classic, &ldquo;Don Quixote.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Despite engagement rumors, Adriana was not seen sporting any sort of<br \/>\nbling on her left finger. This average Joe better get his game tight<br \/>\nand wife her up before a hot smooth talker comes along and snatches her<br \/>\naway. <\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\nFrom the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/timberwolves\/news\/foye_pinckney_basketball_without_borders_in_turkey_080611.html\" target=\"_blank\">Timberwolves site:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Wolves guard Randy Foye and assistant coach Ed Pinckney are in Turkey taking part in the NBA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/global\/europe\/bwb_2008.html\" target=\"_blank\">Basketball without Borders<\/a> program, promoting education and health among Turkish youth.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Foye and Pinckney joined Turkish natives Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu,<br \/>\nin addition to Bruce Bowen, David Lee and Mickael Pietrus to<br \/>\nparticipate in NBA Cares events throughout Istanbul. <\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oursportscentral.com\/services\/releases\/?id=3657637\" target=\"_blank\">OurSportsCentral.com:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>The Sioux Falls Skyforce announced today that they will continue to serve as the NBA Development League affiliate of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Bobcats for the 2008-09 season. The affiliation system allows the Timberwolves and Bobcats to assign players in their first or second season to Sioux Falls.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Sioux Falls has been affiliated with the Minnesota Timberwolves the last two seasons. While Minnesota did not assign anyone to the Skyforce during the 2006-07 season, this past season, Chris Richard, a 6-9, 270-pound rookie forward, became the first Timberwolves player ever assigned to the Skyforce and averaged 10.2 points and 11.5 rebounds in six games.&nbsp;<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/yourturn\/viewtopic.php?t=422341\" target=\"_blank\">Mike DeCourcy\/Sporting News:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Some of the others, though, are listed at more than 2 inches taller<br \/>\nthan their barefoot heights. Renaldo Balkman was 6-5 1\/4 at the NBA<br \/>\ncamp; he is 6-8 as a New York Knick. Craig Smith&#8217;s height was inflated<br \/>\nfrom a barefoot 6-5 1\/2 to 6-8, which means the Minnesota Timberwolves<br \/>\nare telling a bigger whopper than Boston College did; as a BC Eagle,<br \/>\nSmith was listed at 6-7.<\/i>&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DraftExpress: Almost every draft service around has tabbed Brook Lopez as the third overall pick in their mock draft,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605037453],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wolves Updates 6\/11 Part 2 - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wolves Updates 6\/11 Part 2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-06-11T15:11:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Wolves Updates 6\/11 Part 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-11T15:11:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-06-11T15:11:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":501,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"TWolves Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2008\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-611-part-2\/\",\"name\":\"Wolves Updates 6\/11 Part 2 - 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