Timberwolves Re-Assign Bracey Wright to D-League

January 31, 2006
Minnesota Timberwolves Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale today announced the team has re-assigned guard Bracey Wright to the Florida Flame of the NBA Development League (D-League). The Flame has been assigned the Timberwolves´ D-League affiliate for the 2005-06 campaign. Wright was recalled by the Wolves on Jan. 10.

Wright, a 6-3, 210-pound guard, made his NBA debut on Jan. 24 against Detroit, scoring five points. In two appearances with the Wolves since being recalled, Wright is averaging 3.0 points and 4.0 minutes per game. He has averaged 21.1 points (.460 FG%, 34-for-76) with 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 16 starts for the Flame. The rookie from Indiana University netted a season-high 33 points on Dec. 2 at Roanoke, one of 10 games with 20-plus points.

Wright, who was originally assigned to Florida by the Timberwolves on Nov. 4, was selected by the Timberwolves 47th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft, and signed on Sept. 12. The Colony, Texas native spent three seasons at Indiana University (2002-03 - 2004-05) where he led the Big Ten in scoring last season with 18.3 points per game and averaged 17.6 points (.405 FG%), 5.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game in 85 career contests for the Hoosiers.

C´est quoi cette équipe qui sans Garnett ne fais rien

Lut Mustang

salut goji

et critique pas les wolves

ben ben les wolves vont pas fort, le topic nn plus d´aileurs sniff

ce soir reception de Minnesota a Phoenix . Bobo contre KG . Je crois qu´il passe en France sur NBA+ .

Excusez moi mais entre un week end bien chargé et la reprise des cours je n´ai pas pu passer sur le forum

c´est vrai que c´est pas vraiment la joie dans les plaines gelées du nord en ce moment meme si l´equipe reste sur une tres belle victoire face aux suns grace notament a Un contre de ouf de KG sur Marion au buzzer

Par contre j´avais ete surpris par le collectif de Ricky Davis lors de son premier match avec les wolves(Shaq 17 avait fait le meme remarque il me semble) mais ce n´etait qu´un acte rare et isolé. En effet depuis c´est le Davis de cleveland qui shoote a tout va
Bref le trade avec les celtics est bof pour l´instant car blount est un kandi en puissance et Reed un joueur du fin fond du banc
Heureusement qu´il y a Banks qui s´est metamorphosé depuis son arrivé chez les wolves...Tant mieux et esperons que ca dure

Updated: Feb. 3, 2006, 8:42 PM ET
Timberwolves owner reaffirms faith in McHaleAssociated Press

MINNEAPOLIS -- Criticism of Minnesota Timberwolves vice president Kevin McHale has been building, at least locally, in recent months.

But team owner Glen Taylor said Friday that McHale is still his man.

"I hear what people are saying," Taylor said, "but I don´t let that bother me."

Many fans were surprised by last week´s multiplayer trade with Boston that brought guard Ricky Davis to Minnesota and sent swingman Wally Szczerbiak to the Celtics.

The popular Szczerbiak is having a career season, the players received beyond Davis weren´t big names and the Wolves also gave up a first-round draft pick in the deal -- which has been in short supply in Minnesota for several years. (This one is lottery-protected.)

But Taylor, who stressed a wait-and-see analysis of the latest move, did not question the job McHale has done for him as the chief decision-maker on all personnel matters over the past decade.

"I think most fans overreact when we do well and overreact when we do poor," Taylor told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "I just have to look at the long run. In the long run, we´ve done some really nice things. Overall our team, since I bought it 10 years ago, we´ve been a really good team.

"That´s how we really calculate the results that Kevin has done, from where we started to where we are now. I don´t just take it one day. I like what Kevin has done."

Signing Joe Smith to an illegal long-term contract ultimately cost the Wolves three first-rounders, and many of the picks McHale has supervised -- excluding Kevin Garnett and Szczerbiak -- have not panned out. There have also been questionably expensive contracts.

But, as Taylor noted, Minnesota was a mess when McHale was promoted to vice president of basketball operations in 1995.

"I don´t think anybody´s as good as they think they are," Taylor said, "and I also think they are not as bad as some people think they are. I back up Kevin, and I ask him to take risks. I ask him to do things that aren´t exactly popular."

McHale has occasionally hinted that this isn´t a long-term gig for him, and he normally re-evaluates his interest each summer. But Taylor said he has not had any discussion with McHale about whether he´ll continue beyond this season.

"I can tell you this -- that he´s really immersed into the team right now," Taylor said. "He, like I, would like to see this trade work out."

The Wolves were one of the teams pursuing volatile forward Ron Artest, who eventually landed with the Sacramento Kings. Taylor expressed some interest, but he acknowledged that a bad experience with his last acquisition of a player with a questionable past might have dissuaded him from approving a potential deal.

Latrell Sprewell had a solid 2003-04 season after arriving in a trade and helped lead Minnesota to the Western Conference finals, but he carped about his contract at the beginning of the next season -- souring the experience for everyone.

"As the owner, you have to look at some things other than winning at all costs," Taylor said, "because you´re looking at the long run. Player characteristics are important to an owner."

The Wolves played the Trail Blazers Friday night in Portland.

J´ai beaucoup de respect pour cette équie et depuis l´arrivée de Davis je commence à suivre l´équipe d´assez près ... C´est un bonne série qui est lancer la je pense que c´est une équipe de devenir même si KG devient (vieux)

si le trade nous a permi de nous faire des news fans apparament,je doute qu´il nous fasse gagner plus de match

on parle d´un possible futur trade incluant Jaric et Griffin qui n´ont pas joué "bizarrement" face aux suns

Aujourd´hui on parle d´un transfert entre Jaric + un autre joueur en echange de Steve Francis .

Le transfert avec les Celtics me semble tout de meme apporter un peu plus aux Wolves . Bnaks n´a jamais aussi bien joué , Davis a un peu arrosé mais reste une boule d´energie et Blount manque e temps de jeu .

Par contre le petit McCants commence a bioen prendre ses marques

exact pour rashad

pour Davis il apporte autant de point que wally(meme un peu moins) pour un pourcentage beaucoup plus faible, de plus le peu que j´ai vu de lui en defense c´est pas terrible terrible(d´accord ce n´etait pas la specialité de szczerbiak non plus)

Pour Banks, rien a dire c´est la bonne surprise de ce trade, dans chaque categorie, il a doublé ses stats si ce n´est triplé... De plus il a la faveur de KG alors...

Pour blount il n´a pas beaucoup de temps de jeu,il apportera peut etre un peu plus que kandi lorsqu´il aura des minutes mais a mon avis il n´atteindra jamais le niveau que son haut salaire implique

Sinon j´ai vu coté celtics que Wally a aussi un peu de mal a se fondre dans le collectif, que kandi cire le banc, et que Jones coupe les citrons...

Pour l´echange concernant jaric je savais pas que c´etait contre Francis
J´aime pas trop le joueur et son caractere mais il apportera plus que notre ami serbe a mon avis...
Quel est l´autre joueur impliqué si tu es au courant stp?

je ne suis pas au courant du 2eme joueur qui pourrait faire partit du trade . Jpense que tu es dans le juste avec Griffin qui est moins bon qu´auparavant . Les Wolves ne veulent pas se separer de Hassell , et jvois mal Orlando echanger Francis contre Jric + A.Carter ou Madsen .

J´aime pas trop non plus Francis , mais peut qu´une association avec Garnett pourrait le relancer .

Les Clippers sont interessés par Eddie Griffin , ils ont proposés Chris Wilcox en echange , mais les dirigeants des Wolves ont pour le moment refusé l´offre .

Y a de grandes chances qu´il y ait du changement aux Wolves avant la date limite des transferts .

a part KG, les autres joueurs n´auront pas beaucoup de ballons, il sera monopoliser par les arrieres Francis et Davis...Bref pas beaucoup de points dans la raquette a mon avis

sinon je pense que c´est griffin vu qu´il n´a pas jouer contre les suns comme jaric, snas excuse valable

Enfin Il y a interet que ce ne soit pas Hassell d´impliquer.Le joueur que je prefere dans cette equipe apres KG

Ben ca va de mal en pis pour les wolves

j´ai vu leur dernier match, et c´est vraiment pas zoli zoli. Faut pas esperer accrocher une place en PO en jouant comme ca, contre un adversaire direct en plus.

Excusez moi d´insistez mais Rendez nous Szczerbiak , Davis est de pire en pire
Au premier match j´avais ete surpris par son sens du collectif, son devouement pour l´equipe...En fait il ne devait pas oser prendre tous les shoots pour son premier match sous ses nouvelles couleurs
Mais maintenant il doit se sentir de plus en plus chez lui et le collectif NIET,NADA. Bonjour je m´appelle Ricky et je shoote Pire qu´a Cleveland. Et quiand on voit la reussite...

Sinon le banc n´a que tres peu apporter et toutes l´equipe a eu des problemes d´adresse notament a cause d´une bonne defense adverse

Va falloir se rattraper des ce soir pour ne pas laissez filer Denver et Utah

Jaric says he was unfairly demotedGuard claims lack of playing time sealed his fateBY RICK ALONZOPioneer PressTimberwolves point guard Marko Jaric´s frustration bubbled over, the former starter saying coach Dwane Casey hamstrung him with a lack of playing time that helped lead to his demotion.
"I feel like when he wanted somebody else to give the role to, he made me kind of give up the role …" Jaric said before Friday night´s 94-80 loss to Utah at Target Center.
Jaric´s comments came after he was informed of Casey´s assertion that the veteran was given a fair chance to maintain the starting job.
Jaric didn´t play in either of the previous two games after being demoted following a 109-77 loss last Saturday at Golden State. He started the first 46 games of the season but was averaging just 20.5 minutes a game in the first eight games since a multi-player trade with Boston on Jan. 26, not including Friday´s meeting with the Jazz.
Jaric played seven minutes Friday night and did not score.
"When he wanted to give me a chance to play the point guard, I played the point guard position," Jaric said. "As soon as he thought that I´m not supposed to be the point guard for the team, he wanted to kind of prove to himself that I´m not supposed to play. I went from playing 30 minutes a game to 10 minutes a game. I couldn´t even do anything in those 10 minutes a game."
Jaric was the team´s marquee addition last summer, acquired in a sign-and-trade deal with the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Sam Cassell and a protected first-round pick. Jaric signed a six-year, $38 million deal.
Casey said before the game that he believes he gave Jaric the opportunity to succeed.
"Marko had 40-something games to get it done, and we were below .500," Casey said. "I feel very good that I gave Marko more than a fair chance with the starting position."
On Jan. 26, Minnesota traded Wally Szczerbiak to Boston as part of a seven-player deal. Marcus Banks came to the Wolves and has entrenched himself as the backup point guard, though he averaged 29.5 minutes in his first six games with Minnesota, essentially making him the primary option.
Jaric´s name has surfaced as the subject of trade rumors.
"I don´t care about that," he said. "I have respect for the team that acquired me, Minnesota. I play for this team here. As long as they want me, I´m going to be a part of this team and try to help this team win."
This has been a disappointing season for Jaric, who hasn´t lived up to the increased expectations that go along with the contract he signed. He was averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 assists a game while shooting 41.7 percent heading into Friday´s game.
Casey has a plan to get the 6-foot-7 Jaric minutes by playing him at shooting guard. One of Jaric´s weaknesses is guarding shorter, faster point guards.
Matchups aside, Casey has said he wants to see more energy, passion and leadership from Jaric. The coach and player met Thursday and discussed Jaric´s role.
"I´ve explained to him to get in there and push the ball and defend and do what he´s supposed to do when he´s starting," Casey said. "… The key is getting that opportunity, because Marcus is playing so well right now."
Playing shooting guard isn´t Jaric´s preference. He played several positions with the Clippers but always considered himself a point guard, first and foremost.
"I just hope whatever (Casey) does is going to help the team," Jaric said. "That´s why we´re all here, right?"
In two weeks, Jaric went from starting point guard, albeit one who was struggling, to a player who barely gets off the bench.
Said Jaric: "I am very frustrated. It´s hard to hide because I am very frustrated."

bon ben je vais pas trop m´attarder sur la defaite des Wolves face aux raptors(un des cancres de la ligue) a domicile
le tout a cause d´un match complet des deux joueurs de la ligne arrieres canadienne

A noter tout e meme le 11/16 a 3pts des raptors difficile de lutter malgré une nette domination dans tous les autres secteurs du jeu
Les wolves eux ne sont qu´a 2/9 a 3pts je crois...

Sinon KG a fait un super match avec 23pts 19 rbds 6passes et une super defense sur Bosh qui n´a rien pu faire mais ca n´a pas suffit
sinon Davis prend toujours autant de shoots avec toujours une pietre reussite

Pour finir il faut signaler l´absence de Jaric de la feuille de match et le DNP de Griffin
Il y a de forte chance que ces deux la quittent les wolves avant la date limite des trades qui est le 23 fevrier je crois...

t´es dur avec Davis Mustang !
il fini avec un 7/17 ce qui n´est pas extraordinaire , mais y a eu pire . Sans compter ses 9 passes et 5 rebonds . J´ai pas vu le match , mais en voyant les stats , on voit que Minnesota domine dans tous les compartiments du jeu : passes , rebonds , interceptions , contres et % aux tirs ( sauf 3pts ) . Comme tu le dis , les 11 shoots a 3pts de Toronto ont du faire la difference , ainsi que le 14/20 aux LF des Wolves .

Davis n´est pas mon joueur prefere(comment ca vous l´aviez deviné? ) , et ces prestations avec Minnesota me confirme pour l´instant dans mon idée...
Maintenant je ne lui en voudrait pas si il me fait mentir, au contraire!!! Mais j´attends...

une petite info :
Hier j´etai au match entre Orlando et Miami , j´ai discuté avec un journaliste local , et parait-il que Minnesota s´est renseigné sur Turkoglu et Battie .

Ya rien de concret , mais Minnesota compte serieusement changer quelque chose .