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Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves poses with his good luck charm, a Ricky Rubio figurine, at the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night in New York.

Fresh on the job, Flip Saunders, the Minnesota Timberwolves' new president of basketball operations, worked the room when NBA executives, coaches, scouts and 60 prospects in the June draft gathered in Chicago for three days last week.

April 10, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic dunks to score a basket against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half at Staples Center.

Back in Black : Adelman will return to the sideline for the Wolves in 2013-14. Harry How/Getty Images , 66, has already had considerable success at his stops with the Portland Trail Blazers , Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets .

The draft ultimately proved to be Kahn's achilles heel and it will be the first test Saunders faces as GM of the Wolves.

Nov 2, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor looks on during the fourth quarter against the Sacramento Kings at the Target Center.

Leading up to the draft lottery, members of the Detroit Bad Boys staff will weigh in on the Detroit Pistons' draft prospects.

Apr 15, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Derrick Williams point guard Ricky Rubio and center Greg Stiemsma watch action from the bench late in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz at Target Center.

This off-season, the Timberwolves are in a position to secure a core of Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio , and Nikola Pekovic for at least the next couple of seasons.

As new GM, Flip Saunders' first order of business needs to be bringing in a legitimate building block at shooting guard to put this team over the top.

Minnesota Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio of Spain, right, causes San Antonio Spurs' Matt Bonner to lose the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Minneapolis.

When the 2012-2013 season started, many fans of the Timberwolves were brimming with optimism.

Budinger is a capable outsider shooter that the Timberwolves would be wise to re-sign in the offseason.

April 09, 2013; Oakland, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman looks to the court against the Golden State Warriors during the second quarter at Oracle Arena.

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor sat before a throng of media, swallowed hard and said what many in and around the organization had been thinking for about nine years.

Timberwolves beat writer Jerry Zgoda held an in-depth conversation with David Kahn on the day he got fired as the team's president of basketball operations.

Three people with knowledge of the situation tell The Associated Press that team owner Glen Taylor has decided not to pick up the option for next season on Kahn's contract.

Saunders, 58, has been negotiating a contract that, with option years, could run through the 2017-18 season and could be worth more than $9 million over the full five years, according to league sources who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the hiring.