Friday, July 07, 2006

Wolves Updates 7/7

Deadspin on the "odd film choices" reportedly found in Griffin's car after his accident.

Griffin on the lawsuit filed against him:
"It's been difficult because you've got the guy or his brother putting out false claims or whatever that I was masturbating and all that stuff," Griffin said during a brief interview. "It's been difficult. My mom got to read that stuff. My family got to read that. The bottom line that it comes down to is the guy's just trying to sue me for a ridiculous amount of money.

Free agent Mike James talked with with McHale, Rob Babcock, and Jim Stack at the summer league games.
"Minnesota is definitely one of my top (choices)," James said. "They have one of the best players in the NBA in Kevin Garnett. I've been a fan of Kevin since I've been in the game. It would be an honor for me to play with somebody like that, because I think he thinks like me as far as how I approach the game, and he would bring out the best in me."

According to the Rocky Mountain News, Marcus Banks' agent says "it's most likely Banks, primarily a point guard, will return to the Timberwolves."
Banks was in Vegas watching the Wolves summer league opener.

From Britt Robson/City Pages:
It's time to shoot the moon. In order to capitalize on KG's remaining years as a premier NBA talent—and that clock is certainly ticking down—the Wolves will have to take risks and get lucky. That means rolling the dice on an enormously talented, recently dinged problem child like Portland's Darius Miles, who'd fit perfectly into Casey's up-tempo scheme and is rumored to be available for Jaric and one other player.

Ricky Davis and Mad Dog are part of the Wolves Summer Caravan that starts later this month.

The Celtics did not take Ndudi Ebi to the summer league.