Thursday, February 02, 2006

Wolves Updates

Steelers Ben Roethlisberger and Jerome Bettis, both sporting a Billups jersey, and Hines Ward sat courside during the Wolves loss in Detroit last night.

KG says his relationship with Szczerbiak did not contribute to the trade with the Celtics.
Garnett: I have a lot of love for him. I think people took our mishaps and wanted it to be more than what it was. It wasn't that.

Ricky Davis is going to continue paying for the seats of the Get Buckets Brigade at Celtics games though he's no longer in Boston and the members are now focusing on Kendrick Perkins.

From The Pioneer Press:
Casey, the Timberwolves' coach, has been lobbying NBA vice president Stu Jackson and director of officials Ronnie Nunn for Wolves forward Kevin Garnett to get more foul calls from officials.

"We've got a postal bill that's pretty high," Casey said Wednesday.

Garnett shot just three free throws Wednesday night in a 90-74 loss to Detroit. He averaged 10 free throws in the four games befor that, compared with his season average of 6.4 trips to the line. Casey pinpointed two factors that helped Garnett get to the line more: his aggressiveness and the influence of last week's trade with Boston.