{"id":231048,"date":"2009-07-31T03:47:28","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/07\/31\/wolves-updates-731-v15-2407\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T03:47:28","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:47:28","slug":"wolves-updates-731-v15-2407","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-731-v15-2407\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 7\/31"},"content":{"rendered":"
Turner told FOX 26 Sports Thursday his second interview took place Saturday in Las Vegas.<\/em><\/p>\n Turner said he met again with the Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations David Kahn.<\/em><\/p>\n “David and I met Saturday in Las Vegas,” Turner said. “There are a lot of guys who would like this job and a lot of guys who applied for it.<\/em><\/p>\n “I’m blessed I was called back.”<\/em><\/div>\n “Pau and Ricky are two of the most exciting players in the world, and it will be a pleasure to see both of them on the floor together,” FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin said at the ceremony.<\/em> <\/div>\n
<\/a>Timberwolves first-round pick Ricky Rubio received his award for 2008 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year on Thursday. The 18-year-old guard is the first player to win the award two years in a row.<\/em>
“I’m proud to receive this award two years in a row because it proves I am working hard,” Rubio said after receiving the award.<\/em>
Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol, Rubio’s teammate on the Spanish national team, was awarded FIBA Europe Player of the Year. Spain is getting ready for the European tournament EuroBasket 2009, which begins in Poland next week.<\/em><\/p>\n