{"id":231079,"date":"2009-08-09T07:44:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T07:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/08\/09\/wolves-updates-89-v15-2438\/"},"modified":"2009-08-09T07:44:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T07:44:29","slug":"wolves-updates-89-v15-2438","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-89-v15-2438\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 8\/9"},"content":{"rendered":"
Taylor said it’s his assumption that Rambis will sign the contract, believed to be for four years and more than $8 million, on Monday and be introduced at a Tuesday news conference.<\/em> Taylor cited the fact that Rambis is in Los Angeles, and team president of basketball operations David Kahn is spending the weekend at home in Portland, Ore., as reasons for the delay in the news conference. <\/em><\/div>\n David Kahn, the team’s president of basketball operations, denied to the Star Tribune that an agreement had been reached with Rambis, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers player and current Lakers assistant under Phil Jackson.<\/em><\/div>\n
“Kurt, with his experience playing and coaching for a winning organization and working under people like Pat Riley, will bring a lot to our organization,” Taylor said. “In meeting with him and talking to him, I know he’s very excited about having an opportunity to help build his own team.”<\/em><\/p>\n
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The Pioneer Press said it had reached Taylor late Saturday night.<\/em><\/p>\n
“No deal has been reached with any prospective coach,” Kahn said by text message at 10:24 p.m. Saturday.<\/em>
ESPN.com reported Saturday night that the Wolves and Rambis had reached an agreement on a four-year deal worth more than $8 million. The ESPN story cited unidentified NBA coaching sources, and Kahn’s message came in response to that report.<\/em><\/div>\n