{"id":231109,"date":"2009-08-21T05:43:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T05:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/08\/21\/wolves-updates-821\/"},"modified":"2009-08-21T05:43:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T05:43:09","slug":"wolves-updates-821","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 8\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/vikings\/ci_13172634\">Charley Walters\/Pioneer Press: <\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Timberwolves President David Kahn has made a second trip to Spain to try to learn more about what it will take to get Ricky Rubio, the team&#8217;s No. 1 draft pick, to Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s still unclear whether the 18-year-old point guard could get out of his DKV Joventut Barcelona team&#8217;s contract, which includes a $6.6 million buyout, in time for Wolves training camp in October.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the Wolves, as the Vikings did this week with quarterback Brett Favre, would allow Rubio to come to training camp late. That&#8217;s because Rubio has started practicing with the Spanish national team and would be in shape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s expected to be several more weeks before the Wolves learn whether they will have Rubio for the coming season. But Rubio has indicated to Kahn that he&#8217;s willing to come to Minnesota if the buyout issue can be resolved.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Right now, the issue is money. <\/em><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/240102-the-impact-that-kurt-rambis-can-have-on-the-wolves-roster\">Matthew Hayden\/Bleacher Report: <\/a>How Does Kurt Rambis Affect The Timberwolves Roster?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/vikings\/53884477.html?page=4&amp;c=y\">Sid Hartman:<\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Kevin Love, Dave Winfield, Tubby Smith and Eric Musselman were the speakers at the Harold Pump Foundation dinner in Los Angeles this past week. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo also was on the program.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Charley Walters\/Pioneer Press: Timberwolves President David Kahn has made a second trip to Spain to try to learn more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605037453],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wolves Updates 8\/21 - 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-821\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wolves Updates 8\/21\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-08-21T05:43:09+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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Wolves Updates 8\/21\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-08-21T05:43:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-08-21T05:43:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"TWolves Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2009\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-821\/\",\"name\":\"Wolves Updates 8\/21 - 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