March 2014 Minnesota Timberwolves Wiretap

Source: Stan Van Gundy Uninterested In Timberwolves' Coaching Job

Apr 30, 2014 2:12 PM

Stan Van Gundy will not have interest in the Minnesota Timberwolves head coaching job, according to a source.

Van Gundy was reportedly a candidate for the open position.

Van Gundy has a career regular season record of 334-179 with the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic.

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Tom Izzo To Return To Michigan State Next Season Despite Reported NBA Interest

Apr 30, 2014 2:08 PM

Tom izzo said he will return to coach Michigan State despite reportedly being a candidate for the coach openings of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons.

"First of all, I'm going to be at Michigan State,'' Izzo said Wednesday. "I still listen to things every day in our town about Nick Saban saying I'm not going to be the Alabama coach [when Saban was coach of the Miami Dolphins].

"Nobody knows where any of us are going to be. You have to look at your track record and, over all these years, is this what he's done?"

The Spartans lost in the Elite Eight last season to Connecticut.

"If somebody made me an offer to be the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers that was so good that it would impress everybody, does that mean I would never say never?" Izzo said. "I'm not doing that anymore. I've seen too many people get stung that way.

"Put it this way: I've got a big-time recruit coming in an hour and if I was leaving I wouldn't be recruiting.''

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Ron Howard, Othyus Jeffers Named D-League Co-MVPs

Apr 24, 2014 5:03 PM

Fort Wayne Mad Ants guard Ron Howard and current Minnesota Timberwolves and former Iowa Energy guard/forward Othyus Jeffers have been named the 2014 NBA Development League’s Co-Most Valuable Players, as voted by the NBA D-League’s 17 head coaches.

Howard (6-5, 200, Valparaiso) played in 49 regular season games for the Mad Ants, averaging a team-high and career-best 20.5 points to go with 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists.  Howard spearheaded Fort Wayne’s offense, leading the team in scoring 24 times and serving as the high-assist man in 22 games.  A seven-year Mad Ants veteran, Howard became the league’s all-time leading scorer on March 29 when he scored 20 points to pass Renaldo Major’s previous record of 4,252 points.

Jeffers (6-5, 210, Robert Morris) played in 44 of the Energy’s 50 regular season games before earning a GATORADE Call-Up to the Timberwolves on April 8.  He averaged a team-high 20.9 points, good for eighth-best in the NBA D-League, to go with 9.9 rebounds (fourth) and 2.2 steals (fifth).  He led Iowa in scoring 20 times and was the team’s high-rebounder in an additional 20 contests.  Jeffers scored in double figures in 43 of his 44 games with the Energy, scoring 30 or more points twice.

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Flip Saunders Doesn't Anticipate Coaching Wolves

Apr 23, 2014 1:54 PM

Flip Saunders is unlikely to move down from the front office to coach the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"I don't really see that scenario," Saunders said.

"I know it's been brought up a lot, and you never say never, but we have a lot of things going on here," Saunders continued. "I've got a lot on my plate, and that's enough right now to deal with."

ESPN.com reported Monday that Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Florida's Billy Donovan and Iowa State's Fred Hoiberg are all on Minnesota's list of potential Rick Adelman replacements.

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Rick Adelman Retires As Head Coach

Apr 21, 2014 12:13 PM

Rick Adelman retired from coaching in the NBA after 23 seasons as a head coach.

Adelman will remain with the Minnesota Timberwolves in a consultant role.

Adelman ranks eighth all-time in NBA coaching wins with a 1042-749 (.582 winning percentage) career record in 23 seasons as a head coach. Adelman took over a Wolves team prior to the 2011-12 campaign that had won 15 and 17 games the previous two seasons, and won 26, 31 and 40 games under his leadership.

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Izzo, Hoiberg, Stan Van Gundy On Wolves' Coaching Wish List

Apr 17, 2014 6:59 PM

Tom Izzo, Fred Hoiberg and Stan Van Gundy are on the Minnesota Timberwolves' coaching search list assuming Rick Adelman leaves, according to sources.

Izzo and Hoiberg have never coached in the NBA, though the latter was formerly in the Wolves' front office.

Van Gundy has been out of coaching since 11-12.

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Spurs, Clippers, Thunder, Heat, Warriors Finish In Top-5 In Efficiency Differential

Apr 17, 2014 12:30 PM

The San Antonio Spurs finished the 13-14 regular season with the best efficiency differential in the NBA with a mark of +8.1. The Spurs scored 110.5 points per 100 possession while allowing 102.4 points per 100 possessions.

The Los Angeles Clippers ranked second, followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors. 

The Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns round out the top-10.

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Timberwolves Plan To Be Active On Offseason Trade Market

Apr 12, 2014 2:27 PM

The Minnesota Timberwolves plan to trade for help in the offseason after missing out on the playoffs once again.

Glen Taylor said the Timberwolves won't make a "big" trade.

The Timberwolves moved to 40-39 after beating the Houston Rockets on Friday.

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Othyus Jeffers To Sign With Timberwolves For Remainder Of Season

Apr 8, 2014 9:49 AM

Othyus Jeffers will sign a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Jeffers has spent most of the season with the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League. 

Jeffers received a call-up with the San Antonio Spurs in January.

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Wolves Waive A.J. Price

Apr 3, 2014 12:55 PM

The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived guard A.J. Price. The Wolves roster stands at 14.

During the 2013-14 NBA season, Price appeared in 28 games with the Timberwolves and averaged 1.6 points, 0.5 assists and 0.4 rebounds in 3.5 minutes per game. Playing in his fifth season out of Connecticut, Price has averaged 5.9 points and 2.2 assists in 15.3 minutes over a 235 game career.

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Dante Cunningham Arrested On Domestic Abuse Charge

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Carter-Williams, Gorgui Dieng Named Rookies Of The Month For March

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