Al Jefferson has lost 31 pounds, from 293 to 262, in seven months simply by eating Subway sandwiches.

"Ham and turkey on wheat bread, footlongs; sometimes I eat two footlongs," Jefferson said.

Jefferson is not a paid endorser of Subway.

"But I'm going to speak to my agent about the possibility," he said.

The Timberwolves have promoted Fred Hoiberg to vice president of basketball operations and demoted assistant general manager Jim Stack to a scout.

Hoiberg had been an assistant general manager for the past three years in Minnesota.

In other moves, assistant coach Jerry Sichting became the director of pro player personnel. Assistant general manager Rob Babcock will be the director of scouting/administration.

Timberwolves general manager David Kahn sees rookie point guard Jonny Flynn as a future superstar.

"I'm really eager for this town to get to know Jonny because I think that Jonny has a chance, just because of his innate charisma, to become one of the most popular players to ever play here," Kahn told NBA.com. "I really believe that. And I'm not just talking about basketball. I'm talking about in this city."

Ricky Rubio's decision to stay in Spain for at least two more seasons will give Flynn the opportunity to show what he's capable of right away.

"I truly believe he's that special in terms of his charisma and his leadership capabilities," Kahn added. "I don't want to go too far on the basketball part of it because I don't want to put an inordinate amount of pressure on the kid. I probably have said too much already. But I think that his personality is unique and I think that people will gravitate towards him and it will be fun to watch."

Timberwolves general manager David Kahn will look to trade guard Antonio Daniels to a club that can assure him significant playing time.

Kahn, in a conversation with the Star Tribune, said that he will look to deal Daniels for a similar expiring contract, worth roughly $6.6 million.

Mark Blount will stay away from training camp after the Wolves gave his agent permission to seek a trade.

Blount, acquired from Miami in mid-August for Quentin Richardson, is due to make $7.962,500 this season in the last year of his six-year, $42 million contract. But with Minnesota in full rebuilding mode, general manager David Kahn told ESPN.com Wednesday that the club has given Blount's agent, Mark Bartlestein, permission to seek out a trade.

The Wolves on Tuesday waived veteran guard Chucky Atkins, agreeing to pay him $760,000 for a $3.48 million contract that was mostly non-guaranteed.

Mark Blount and his $7.96 million expiring contract are expected to be waived in the next week.

Timberwolves rookie point guard Jonny Flynn wishes fellow 2009 draft class member Ricky Rubio was playing with him this season.

Rubio's decision to remain in Spain for at least another two years came last month.

Minnesota selected Rubio with the fifth overall pick in June, and then took Flynn right after with the sixth.

Flynn told the Associated Press that he is disappointed Rubio decided to stay overseas and not join the team this season.

He added that he looked forward to learning from Rubio and playing with a player considered to be the best pure passer in the draft this season.

The Knicks reportedly had interest in signing Sasha Pavlovic before he was scooped up by the Timberwolves on Tuesday.

"The New York Knicks also had an interest in signing Sasha Pavlovic, sources said," Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports posted on his Twitter feed Tuesday night.

After reaching a buyout agreement with the Suns, Pavlovic agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million deal with Minnesota.

The Timberwolves plan on playing both Jonny Flynn and Ramon Sessions in the backcourt at times.

"In the times that they do play together it's going to be pretty fun to watch because of their ability of both of them to create for other people, to get inside the lane, either to draw a foul or find a teammate," Minnesota president David Kahn said Tuesday.

Sessions played some shooting guard for the Bucks last season after Michael Redd went down with a knee injury.

"This past year was really my first year playing off the ball and I felt really comfortable with it," Sessions said. "With Michael Redd going down in Milwaukee, that gave me the opportunity to show that I can off the ball a little bit so I'm definitely looking forward to that challenge."

Sasha Pavlovic, recently waived by the Suns, has agreed to sign with the Timberwolves on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

The Knicks also expressed interest in Pavlovic.