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Kahn declined to discuss the futures of such players as Darko Milicic, Michael Beasley, Anthony Randolph and Martell Webster. Beasley and Randolph will become unrestricted free agents if the team doesn't pick up rich qualifying offers for each of them. Webster's $5.7 million option for next season can be spent more wisely, and Milicic almost certainly has played his last game for Adelman. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Randolph, Darko Milicic, Michael Beasley, Martell Webster, David Kahn 

When asked if he would contemplate selling the Utah pick after the Wolves used the 20th pick last summer to repeatedly trade down for a lot of cash and future picks, Kahn said, "That would be a terrible thing to do, and I can assure you that never would we consider that." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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Timberwolves president David Kahn says he will be very aggressive this summer through trades and free agency to supplement a promising young core. The only two players who are considered untouchable right now are All-Star forward Kevin Love and point guard Ricky Rubio. Kahn says "no stone will be left unturned" to try to end a seven-year postseason absence. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Free Agency, Trade, Ricky Rubio, David Kahn, Kevin Love 

Wolves owner Glen Taylor said the team has already informed or is informing president of basketball operations David Kahn that it has picked up Kahn's option for next season. That means Kahn will be back for his fourth season with the club. Kahn signed a three-year deal in May 2009 that included two more years of team options, each separate. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn, Glen Taylor 

Jerry Zgoda: Wolves prez of BB operations David Kahn was in Vail today to be with Rubio the day of his surgery. Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Injuries, David Kahn 

The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced that an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) taken this morning revealed that Wolves guard Ricky Rubio has a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in his left knee. Rubio, who will have surgery scheduled at a to-be-determined date, will miss the remainder of the 2011-12 NBA season. The injury occurred with 16.4 seconds remaining in last night's game vs. the L.A. Lakers. "Obviously, Ricky's injury is an unfortunate turn of events for him and our team," said David Kahn, Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations. "I feel bad for Ricky having to miss the rest of this season. But Ricky is a competitor, and I am confident that he will work hard to get back on the court next year and continue his progression as one of the top point guards in our league. We have 25 games left this season, and I look for our team to continue to play hard and fight for a playoff spot.” NBA.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Injuries, David Kahn 

David Kahn will be back next season to continue rebuilding the Timberwolves. Kahn, 50, is in the third year of a three-year contract as president of basketball operations. But the deal includes two more years at the team's option, and owner Glen Taylor said Wednesday night he wants Kahn back. "I like David; I'm happy with him," Taylor said. Taylor said he and Kahn will firm up the option at season's end. The Wolves (21-19), who play host to the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, are tied with Kevin McHale's Houston Rockets for the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference. St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn 

The McDonald's Timberwolves? The Coca Cola Timberwolves? The Kentucky Fried Chicken Timberwolves? The NBA is considering allowing corporate advertising on players' jerseys. "With every maturing business, you always need to be aggressive in seeking new ways to drive revenue without perhaps impacting the fans," Wolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said. "I'm not advocating it or opposing it. I'm just saying I think it's smart to be thinking about everything under the proverbial sun." St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn 

David Kahn will be back next season to continue rebuilding the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kahn, 50, is in the third year of a three-year contract as president of basketball operations. But the deal includes two more years at the team's option, and owner Glen Taylor said Wednesday night he wants Kahn back. "I like David; I'm happy with him," Taylor said. Taylor said he and Kahn will firm up the option at season's end. St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn, Glen Taylor 

It's highly publicized that the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking for a shooting guard and the Portland Trail Blazers are looking for a point guard. Trail Blazers guard Jamal Crawford as one league source has told CSNNW.com, “the T-Wolves are definitely interested in his services” and the Trail Blazers have been contemplating adding Luke Ridnour. However, if you asked Timberwolves president of basketball operations, David Kahn, about a potential deal before the trade deadline, surprisingly he says he's willing to finish the season out with the trio of point guards he has on the roster and justifies it with the addition of J.J. Barea. “We're not looking to address anything this season,” Kahn told CSNNW.com. “I think that with this season, we've made a purposeful decision to add J.J. Barea. I just felt very strongly that just having Ricky (Rubio) and Luke by themselves, would be really hard to get through a season during this kind of a year. Adding J.J., we felt was a must. “Now how it plays itself out down the road, I don’t know. But at least this season, I have every expectation that this is the way the situation will be.” CSNNW.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Trade, Luke Ridnour, David Kahn, Jamal Crawford 

CSNNW.com proceeded to ask Kahn if he was content with starting two point guards the rest of the year. “Yes, because both Luke and J.J. have demonstrated the ability both now and in their past, as being able to play off the ball as well,” Kahn said. “So, the fact that those two can play a lot of minutes at the two, has made the situation actually fairly easy for coach (Rick) Adelman.” Kahn says that if there is a deal to be made, it likely will not be a splash and that it's still early in the process. “There is eight days until the deadline and in the NBA, that's an eternity,” Kahn said. CSNNW.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Trade, Luke Ridnour, David Kahn, Jamal Crawford 

The NBA trade deadline is March 15. Don't expect a major deal, Timberwolves' basketball president David Kahn says. "The likelihood of us doing something dramatic is miniscule," Kahn said after the Wolves' victory over Charlotte on Wednesday night at Target Center that moved them to within two games of a playoff spot. "That doesn't mean that maybe we do something minor. But the last thing I want to do is send a message to our players that they should be looking over their shoulders right now." St. Paul Pioneer Press

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Trade, Pau Gasol, David Kahn 

Matching Gasol with fellow Spanish countryman rookie point guard Ricky Rubio is intriguing. But what the Wolves could use more than the seven-foot Gasol, who is 31 and signed for two more seasons after the current one for $19 million each, is a proven shooting guard. Kahn doesn't seem desperate for a shooter. "We have five people who can play the position," he said. "(Luke) Ridnour, (J.J.) Barea, (Martell) Webster, (Wayne) Ellington and Wes Johnson." St. Paul Pioneer Press

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Trade, Pau Gasol, David Kahn 

Talking to Kevin over the past few weeks, he's said several times that this team is moving in the right direction but that it still needs a few pieces, a few more players. Is that something you agree with, and is signing him sort of an implicit acknowledgement of that? KAHN: Kevin is a cornerstone, and the way Ricky (Rubio) is performing, he may well be a cornerstone. We're certainly not taking the opinion that this is it, we're done. But I certainly don't want to send a message to the players that we're looking to make some wholesale changes. That's not very helpful for team chemistry, either. I think we're very much in between. I think the most important thing we can do now for the next four to six weeks -- now that we have everybody healthy for once -- is to let the team play and just breathe. Fox Sports North

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn 

The Timberwolves, who play host to the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at Target Center, are one victory from reaching .500 for the season. Give David Kahn his due credit, Mychal Thompson says. "I would say 90 percent of the basketball world owes an apology to David Kahn," Thompson said Saturday from Milwaukee, where the Lakers played the Bucks on Saturday night. Thompson, the former Gophers star who played 14 seasons in the NBA, is the peerless radio analyst for the Lakers. St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn 

But the decision, no matter how much flexibility it gives the Wolves, leaves the unmistakable impression that Love wasn't offered the five-year max because he's not David Kahn's "guy." That would obviously be Ricky Rubio, whereas Love is the only player still left on the roster Kahn inherited when he took over as Wolves president of basketball operations weeks before drafting Rubio with the fifth overall pick in 2009. ESPN.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, David Kahn, Kevin Love 

Don't be surprised, furthermore, if Rubio doesn't even ask for "designated player" status when he's eligible for it heading into the 2014-15 season. I've been led to believe he'd prefer the same flexibility Love got anyway, with the opportunity to become an unrestricted free agent three seasons into a four-year arrangement. "I hope that Ricky gets to the point that we're talking about that," Adelman said of the Spanish point guard playing consistently well enough to earn the "designated player" status that only one player on a team's books can possess. "That would be a nice thing." "My concern was that Kevin was the first chip here," Adelman added. "He's shown what he can do, [but] I just try to stay away from the future. You don't know what can happen in three or four years with a player." ESPN.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, David Kahn, Kevin Love 

"As a fan, I'd pay to watch [Ricky] Rubio. I'm not going to pay to watch Kyrie [Irving] just like I'm not going to pay to watch D-Will [Deron Williams]. But if I had to coach one of them, I'd pick both those guys over Rubio. "Don't get me wrong: Rubio is good. He's exciting. But he's in the right system because [Rick] Adelman lets guys make reads and be intuitive. Rubio is so smart and mature that he can handle that. But I still worry that he's going to be like a major league pitcher and that [teams] will start to figure him out after they've seen him once. "Until he's more confident knocking down outside shots, then Kyrie is clearly ahead of him, because Kyrie is a better defender and a better outside shooter. He's not as in tune running his team as Rubio, but he can shoot, he can drive, he can defend. He values the ball and he's going to get a better feel as he gets older." ESPN.com

Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, David Kahn, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving 

Timberwolves President David Kahn, who hired Adelman in September for $20 million over four years, said he's pleased with his new coach's early performance. "He's even better (than expected), though that's not to say I didn't expect great things from him," Kahn said. "He's had a great feel and touch for the team, and I think the entire organization has been lifted by his quiet, confident approach." Kahn declined to compare Adelman with his predecessor Kurt Rambis, whom Kahn fired after the Wolves won just 32 games over two seasons. St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, Coaching, David Kahn, Rick Adelman 

I asked NBA spokesman Mike Bass about this, and he responded: “I am not aware of any instance where the team was asked (by the league) to change a player's listed height.” Perhaps I am cynical and paranoid, but I could easily envision a dystopian future where David Kahn successfully trades “7-1” Michael Beasley. ESPN.com

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