{"id":231207,"date":"2009-10-08T05:17:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T05:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/10\/08\/wolves-updates-108-v15-2568\/"},"modified":"2009-10-08T05:17:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T05:17:27","slug":"wolves-updates-108-v15-2568","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-108-v15-2568\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 10\/8"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rob McClanaghan was in town Wednesday to audition for Rambis and assistant coach\/player development director J.B. Bickerstaff.<\/em> Rambis on the progression of Flynn:<\/em> Even if Cardinal makes the Wolves’ final roster, he knows most of the playing time at power forward will be divided between Al Jefferson and Kevin Love. <\/em><\/div>\n
McClanaghan, a player at Syracuse in the early 2000s, has become a player development guru. He prepares college players for the NBA draft through Wasserman Media Group and NBA super-agent Arn Tellem.<\/em>
He worked with current Wolves forward Ryan Gomes when he was a junior at Providence in 2003-04.<\/em><\/div>\n
“[Flynn] is trying to learn the most difficult position in the NBA to learn. Offensively and defensively it’s going to be tough for him. I keep encouraging him to execute our offense. That’s the initial phase of our offensive thrust is to get us organized so everybody knows how we are playing and spots on the floor. I need him to be a leader on the floor and to show his team how to play and how to execute and how to play together, that’s part of his role as a leader and an orchestrator out there.”<\/em><\/div>\n
In other injury news, 7-footer Oleksiy Pecherov (fractured left wrist) participated in the scrimmage a day after just working out with assistant coach Reggie Theus following a lengthy practice. Rambis said Tuesday he does not expect Pecherov to play in Friday\u2019s preseason game against Toronto.<\/em><\/div>\n
“I can’t dunk on anybody, but the game is far bigger than being the greatest athlete or having a muscled-up body,” Cardinal said. “It’s about playing smart and doing the right things. That’s why I’ve been fortunate to play this long.”<\/em><\/p>\n