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\nFrom the Portland Tribune:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\nWith rookie Kevin Love and the acquisition of Mike Miller, the Minnesota Timberwolves “should make a big jump in the win column this season,” says Kevin McHale, the team’s vice president of basketball operations.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\nThe T-Wolves were 22-60 in 2007-08.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\n
\n“Our young guys were really starting to play well
\nat the end of last season,” McHale says. “I felt like even if we’d
\nadded nothing from last season, we would have been above .500 this
\nseason. Now, with the additions of Kevin Love and Mike Miller, we have
\na chance to really make some noise this season.”<\/i>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\nJessica Camerato\/Hoopsworld<\/a> on the lottery picks from the 2000 NBA Draft. \n<\/div>\n
\n5. Mike Miller: Underappreciated for years in Memphis, Miller now has a chance to showcase his game in Minnesota. The Timberwolves are not a major market team but the tandem of Miller-Al Jefferson-Kevin Love will be one to watch. <\/i>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\nFrom Chris Korman\/Times-Mail:<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\nCrean planned the event, which also includes a golf outing on Monday,
\nafter meeting with local billionaire Bill Cook, who financed the
\nrestoration of the French Lick Resort. Crean has spoken openly of his
\ndesire to heal wounds left by the firing of Bob Knight and the hiring
\nof Kelvin Sampson, which many former players opposed.<\/i>..\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n
\nEvery former Indiana player, coach and manager was invited to French
\nLick, and over 300 people had said they would come as of Friday,
\nincluding Ted Kitchell, one of the most vehement critics of Sampson,
\nand NBA coaches Mike Woodson and Randy Wittman.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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