The final weeks of the NBA playoffs tend to bring a slow trickle of non-playoff team news, and rightly so. But Wolves fans have a special understanding for just how lonely and dead mid-May through mid-June can feel for the fans of lottery-bound teams.
And sure enough, we’re scraping for any small scrap of news, and there is a small smattering of items worth discussing at the start of the week.
First, Marc Stein of ESPN.com reports that new Sacramento Kings head coach Dave Joerger is targeting current Timberwolves assistant coach Bryan Gates for his new staff.