MINNEAPOLIS — Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition.
He had sealed a deal to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team he grew up watching in suburban Minneapolis. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call.
“I think I said, ‘Dad, I’m coming home,’” Aldrich recalled on Thursday.
The message did not quite have the effect he had planned on.
“I thought you were coming home from vacation!” Walter Aldrich hollered from the back of the room.