Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn has yet to inform coach Kurt Rambis if he'll keep his job, but Kahn appears to be taking steps to find a replacement.

Philadelphia 76ers assistant Quin Snyder has been interviewed by Kahn, an NBA coach with knowledge of the situation said Monday night.

Snyder, 45, just completed his first season as an assistant to Sixers coach Doug Collins and has been a head coach at Missouri and for the Austin Toros in the NBA Development League from 2007-10.

Kahn, who hired Snyder to coach the Toros, was unavailable for comment, and a Rambis representative said Monday evening that there had been no communication from Kahn or Wolves owner Glen Taylor regarding Rambis' status.

The Portland Trail Blazers have acquired a future second round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the draft rights to forward Tanguy Ngombo, it was announced today by the team.

Selected by Dallas with the 57th overall pick in the second round of last week's draft, Portland gained the draft rights to Ngombo as part of the trade that sent guard Rudy Fernandez to the Mavericks.

Mike Krzyzewski has rejected NBA overtures from the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers since he became Duke's men's basketball coach in 1980.

On Saturday night, he said the Minnesota Timberwolves won't be luring him away either.

While a published report said the Timberwolves were interested in hiring Krzyzewski as they were moving to fire coach Kurt Rambis last week, the coach said through a school spokesman that it was a non-starter.

Duke spokesman Matt Plizga said he spoke with Krzyzewski Saturday night and the coach said "no one had contacted him and he hadn't contacted anyone" about the Minnesota job.

Timberwolves GM David Kahn made a run at Mike Krzyzewski.

Talk about a waste of time. Coach K once turned down a chance to go to the Lakers and coach Kobe Bryant in his prime. Did Kahn really think that he could get Krzyzewski to leave his Duke kingdom? He did.

"He tried to get him," said one Kahn confidante.

Tanguy Ngombo, who was drafted with the 57th overall pick in Thursday's draft, lied about his age and is actually 26.

Ngombo was selected for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Miami has dealt for the 28th overall pick and selected Norris Cole, according to Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports.

Cole is a point guard from Cleveland State.

The Rockets have traded Brad Miller, the 23rd overall pick and a future first rounder to the Wolves for Jonny Flynn and Donatas Motiejunas, sources have confirmed.

The Minnesota Timberwolves added a significant piece to their puzzle by drafting Derrick Williams with the second overall pick on Thursday night, but they will reportedly begin a coaching search soon.

It has been reported that Minnesota will officially fire Kurt Rambis after the NBA Draft, but Williams isn’t focused on the fact that he doesn’t currently have a coach.

“I’m not really focused on that right now, who the coach is or who it isn’t going to be,” he said. “I’m not really focused on that right now. I’m just going to get my body into the best shape as possible. If he’s the coach, that’s great.”

I asked Williams if he felt the addition of Ricky Rubio immediately made the Timberwolves more appealing.

“He makes them a lot better,” he said of the Spanish point guard. “Even though he has not played any games over here yet, when you have a pass-first point guard on your team, he wants to make you better.”

The Wolves are considering acquiring Monta Ellis from the Warriors in exchange for the No. 2 overall pick, according to sources.

Minnesota has been attempting to trade the pick for several weeks.

The Atlanta Hawks are attempting to acquire the second overall pick to draft Enes Kanter, according to sources, using Josh Smith in discussions.

Minnesota is reportedly biding their time about completing the discussed deal. The Wolves are under the cap and could therefore absorb the salary of Smith.