Ricky Davis played 117 games in a Timberwolves uniform over two seasons before being traded to Miami in 2007. His time in Minnesota was brief, and he never envisioned putting down roots here once he retired from basketball.
"Not at all," he said, chuckling. "I thought it would always be LA or Miami."
Imagine the surprise then, when Minneapolis North announced last August that it had hired Davis to be head coach of its storied boys basketball program.
The reaction within the local basketball community was universal — Huh? Ricky Davis?