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The Timberwolves lost more than a coach Wednesday when they announced that Kevin McHale would not return next season.

The reaction from players differed greatly from that of most fans. Last update: June 18, 2009 - 12:24 AM PLAYERS Timberwolves star Al Jefferson on reaction in a locker room that perhaps universally wanted Kevin McHale to return: "I think everybody understands this is business.

New Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn has spent much of his first three weeks on the job meeting with staff members, season ticket holders, the team's minority owners.

The Timberwolves wrapped up four days of pre-draft workouts Thursday, after which most of their scouts and personnel people hit the road for camps and campus visits.

Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor appears focused on hiring an outside candidate to lead his team, an indication he is prepared to make sweeping organizational changes soon that would include Kevin McHale's departure after 16 years with the franchise, 14 years as the basketball operations boss.

Diogu topped 20 points in two straight games for the first time in his career and Andres Nocioni scored 17 points for the Kings , who had lost nine in a row and 16 of their previous 18.

It is Monday night and the Minnesota Timberwolves are preparing to take the floor in Dallas against the Mavericks.

Kevin Love poured in 20 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a hard-fought 105-97 win over the Golden State Warriors in a battle between two lowly teams at ORACLE Arena.

In the cosmic scheme of things, the Minnesota Timberwolves had no point and no reason to win Friday night's 103-102 decision over Utah in hostile EnergySolutions Arena.

Ryan Gomes hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with a minute left and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off Utah 103-102 on Friday night to snap a nine-game road skid and end the Jazz's home winning streak at 15.

Kevin Love: The best new product of 2008-09. At least that's how the Minnesota Timberwolves are touting their excellent rookie forward in a spoof "infomercial" the team is distributing as a campaign for rookie of the year honors.

The points are obvious. They've come in bunches lately for Thaddeus Young, the Sixers' second-year forward from Georgia Tech.

Photo by Idiolector After Friday's methodical 107-85 beatdown at the hands of the Cavs, I was all set to write about how the Wolves were unequivocally done with basketball.

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, top, and Minnesota Timberwolves' Brian Cardinal battle for a loose ball in the second quarter in an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Cleveland.

After breaking the franchise record for wins in a season, the Cleveland Cavaliers don't want to suffer a letdown with so much still at stake.

Thaddeus Young continued his recent surge in production, leading the 76ers with 29 points in their 96-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

You don't need the final score of another lopsided Minnesota Timberwolves loss -- Atlanta 109, visitors 97 -- to tell they're in a mindless late-season funk: Rookie Kevin Love wearily left the team's locker room Monday with a plastic container filled with cornbread, chicken wings and macaroni for the night's plane ride to Philadelphia, and only one ...

APRIL 05: Kevin Love #42 of the UCLA Bruins blocks a shot against the Memphis Tigers in the first half during the National Semifinal game of the NCAA Men's Final Four at the Alamodome on April 5, 2008 in San ...

Last summer, the Memphis Grizzles were so determined to dump Brian Cardinal and the two remaining seasons on his contract that they accepted Marko Jaric's longer, more expensive deal from the Timberwolves in ...

Rookie Kevin Love had 19 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high four assists against the team that traded away his draft rights, and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 104-79 ...