Using sign language skills, Wolves' LaVine silently speaks volumes

Video (06:18) : Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine took American Sign Language in high school and has turned that into a relationship with the Metro Deaf School in St. Paul, where he cut the ribbon Monday on a new kitchen to which he donated $10,000

In high school, young Timberwolves star Zach LaVine and a good friend took American Sign Language as a second-language elective, a choice that has led him regularly in his second NBA season to the Metro Deaf School in St. Paul.

“Everybody was taking Spanish and German or French or something like that,” he said. “I wanted to do something different.”

So he learned to speak with his hands, discovering both a different way to express himself and a…