Timberwolves Vegas Summer League Thread (roster included)

GeorgiaWolf · Post #401 » by **GeorgiaWolf** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:10 am

From ESPN Summer League Blog: Love Gets Hurt

Early in the third quarter, Minnesota's Kevin Love appeared to roll his ankle and was helped to the locker room. I'll try to get an official word. Before the injury, Love had 10 points and nine rebounds.

It turns out that Love has a sore right Achilles and will not return to the game.

jpatrick · Post #402 » by **jpatrick** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:23 am

Sore achilles? Anyone know if this could be serious? Can sore mean torn? I would assume this means no work with the USA select team unless it really is minor, which it could be. Hopefully, he just needs a few days off.

Post #403 » by **Calinks** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:28 am

Ah hell.

Post #404 » by **Klomp** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:35 am

I'm not too worried

jpatrick · Post #405 » by **jpatrick** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:57 am

Kevin Love’s relentless summer-league play has impressed more than the scouts sitting courtside: USA Basketball on Saturday selected him as one of two final players picked for a young select team that will practice and scrimmage against the U.S. Olympic team in Las Vegas this coming week.

Love and Robin Lopez join O.J. Mayo, Derrick Rose, Rodney Stuckey, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Luther Head, Al Horford, Andre Iguodala and Kevin Martin on a 12-man team that begins four days of training against the Olympians on Monday. Oklahoma City’s P.J. Carlesimo will coach that team.

I guess now he’ll discover how he’ll fare against the biggest, the quickest and the best well before he gets to fall training camp.

Love leads the Vegas summer league in rebounding with a 15 a game and is seventh in scoring (20.7 PPG, 45.1 percent) shooting entering tonight’s game against Milwaukee. He did not play most of the second half against the Bucks because of soreness in his right Achilles tendon, a precautionary move to keep him healthy when he joins the select team today. He will not expected to play in today’s summer-league finale against New York.

http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/wolves/

Precautionary move...I feel better.

Post #406 » by **Calinks** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:13 pm

We are playing and somehow up with No Love.

Post #407 » by **Calinks** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:54 pm

... Nate Robinson just got his summer league jersey retired.....

They don't have rafters so they stapled it to the wall.....

Laughing Out Loud

dunkonu21 · Post #408 » by **dunkonu21** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:05 pm

Right now if I were to make out our depth chart I'd have two of the summer leaguers on the final roster and have Gomes and Richard not on the team.

Foye PG/SG
McCants SG
Mike Miller SG/SF
Kevin Love PF/C
Al Jefferson PF/C

Brewer SG/SF
Bassy PG
Jason Collins C
Craig Smith PF
Carney SG/SF
Pops Mensa-Bonsu PF/C
Calvin Booth PF/C
Adhern PG/SG
Brian Cardinal SF/PF
Mark Madsen PF

collin_k41 · Post #409 » by **collin_k41** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:33 pm

I didn't know we were playing.....Brewer with the steal and dish for the and 1 dunk to Longar!!!!

closg00 · Post #410 » by **closg00** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:36 pm

Pops beasting for you guys, any chance he gets a contract?

collin_k41 · Post #411 » by **collin_k41** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:37 pm

111-91 WE WIN!!!!

collin_k41 · Post #412 » by **collin_k41** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:39 pm

closg00 wrote:Pops beasting for you guys, any chance he gets a contract?

I can't really see him getting a contract from us. He's a PF and we're in a logjam at that position already. If we had room I'd be all for him but I just don't see it.

Mcfale313 · Post #413 » by **Mcfale313** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:40 pm

man....pops deserves a NBA contract, if not from the wolves at least from other teams, this guy can be a rotation player....

prefuse73 · Post #414 » by **prefuse73** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:56 pm

Pops is a better fit for our team then Smith IMO. If we can get him out of his overseas contract, I would think our FO has got to be interested in a 6'9 explosive, athletic guy that can block some shots. We do have to keep in mind that this is summer league and the Knicks "d" was a joke....but he still showed me plenty.

Ahearn, Jeter and Taylor should get invites to camp as well.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #415 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:40 pm

isn't Pops signed in Europe? Maybe he has a buy-out clause...

big3_8_19_21 · Post #416 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:44 pm

if we did manage to get Pops out of his Euro contract, I'm sure we'd have to give him guaranteed money...which is fine with me. Maybe Richard is gone if we get Pops?

Jefferson, Love, Collins, Smith, Cardinal, Booth, Madsen, Richard, Pops...that's 9 guys at 4/5. Maybe Booth or Cardinal get waived?

karch34 · Post #417 » by **karch34** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:35 am

It sounded like Pops wants to play in the NBA regardless. I think he could get out of his overseas contract, but no clue on the details. I think waving Booth (likely anyways) would get it done.

theGreatRC · Post #418 » by **theGreatRC** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:00 am

Where can I watch the summerleague archived games?

All Day · Post #419 » by **All Day** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:07 am

theGreatRC wrote:Where can I watch the summerleague archived games?

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008/schedules/index.jsp

theGreatRC · Post #420 » by **theGreatRC** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:09 am

Thanks All Day, watching Blazers-Wolves.