Sunday, July 09, 2006

Wolves Over The Weekend

Mike James' agent Bill Duffy (who played ball at the U of M with McHale) says that James will probably choose a team by Monday.

Rockets assistant GM Daryl Morey, a stats analysis/Moneyball guy, says that it'd be difficult to get full value for Garnett in a trade and agrees that McHale should continue to build the team around him.

Sid Hartman says that KG has not asked for a trade and " is happy because he has been assured that the team is going to add some veteran players to take the pressure off him."

Two months after the fact, Danny Ainge is expressing some displeasure with Mad Dog attempting 3 pointers during the must-lose final Wolves game of the season:
"That was obviously as ugly as it gets in that last game," Ainge said.

Glen Taylor is planning to talk to Griffin about staying out of trouble.

The Wolves are "taking a long look at" Reggie Evans.

Amare Stoudemire offers some advice to McCants:
"What he (McCants) has to do is really take his time. You've got to exercise every day. You've got to look at it as a 9-to-5 job and work hard. When you're at home, you've got to stretch and take care of yourself. It's tough. But I'm pretty sure he can overcome it."

Banks' agent says they have offer from two other teams but Banks would prefer to remain with the Wolves.
"I've gotten a chance to play the way I know how in Minnesota," Banks continued. "If I can stay there, that would be great. But this is a business and you've got to be patient."
The Cavs have also been looking at Banks.

Hoopsworld interviews Bracey Wright.

Flip Saunders compares Rick Rickert to Joel Przybilla.