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Minnesota Timberwolves President David Kahn said last week that he asked current head coach Kurt Rambis to write a report about the changes he would make if he is retained for a third season as head coach.
Rambis has two years left on a four-year deal and he has a career 32-132 record so far...
Kahn says he and Rambis met for four hours before his homework assignment was given, and the two met to discuss the report Rambis turned in.
The reason the HQ tells you about the beginning is that Yahoo!Sports is reporting that Rambis will not be retained...
The end...
Did he flunk out...???
A source close to Rambis told ESPN's Ric Bucher that Rambis' firing is "not true," and that Kahn wouldn't talk about speculation of any kind...
This comes two days after the introduction of Ricky Rubio to the Twin Cities...
FOSG Adrian Wojnarowski says that the T-Wolves are looking at Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar as the replacement, and he will be named after the completion of the NBA Draft.
Ugh, yuck, and poo...
Showing posts with label Ricky Rubio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ricky Rubio. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Monday, August 31, 2009
What's Catalan For "Two More Years...?"
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Ricky Rubio – the fifth pick in the 2009 NBA draft – has agreed to a six-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona that doesn’t allow for an escape to the NBA until 2011. Kahn made several trips to Spain to try to get Rubio’s previous team, DKV Joventut, to lower his $8 million buyout price, but couldn’t get it done.
The Timberwolves will retain Rubio’s rights, and will now hand the team’s point guard duties to rookie Jonny Flynn. Kahn drafted Flynn one pick behind Rubio.
Rubio, 18, apparently won’t play for the T’wolves until the 2011-12 season, and that’s devastating for the franchise’s new regime, which hoped to tout Rubio as one of its fresh-faced stars. Minnesota was able to legally pay only $500,000 toward the buyout, and the relative constraints of the Twin Cities’ market made the accumulation of endorsement deals difficult to close the gap on the buyout figure. Rubio would’ve made nearly $3.3 million in the NBA this season as the fifth pick in the draft.
Rubio and his family were never enamored with Minnesota, and along with agent Dan Fegan, longed for a big-city franchise to market Rubio’s wares. Now, there’s a chance that Minnesota eventually will have to trade Rubio’s rights – perhaps to the New York Knicks, a preferred destination – when it’s time for the point guard to leave Europe in 2011.
Here's what David Kahn and the Timberwolves were banking on:
((HT: ESPN/SportItalia/NBA TV))
Ricky Rubio – the fifth pick in the 2009 NBA draft – has agreed to a six-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona that doesn’t allow for an escape to the NBA until 2011. Kahn made several trips to Spain to try to get Rubio’s previous team, DKV Joventut, to lower his $8 million buyout price, but couldn’t get it done.
The Timberwolves will retain Rubio’s rights, and will now hand the team’s point guard duties to rookie Jonny Flynn. Kahn drafted Flynn one pick behind Rubio.
Rubio, 18, apparently won’t play for the T’wolves until the 2011-12 season, and that’s devastating for the franchise’s new regime, which hoped to tout Rubio as one of its fresh-faced stars. Minnesota was able to legally pay only $500,000 toward the buyout, and the relative constraints of the Twin Cities’ market made the accumulation of endorsement deals difficult to close the gap on the buyout figure. Rubio would’ve made nearly $3.3 million in the NBA this season as the fifth pick in the draft.
Rubio and his family were never enamored with Minnesota, and along with agent Dan Fegan, longed for a big-city franchise to market Rubio’s wares. Now, there’s a chance that Minnesota eventually will have to trade Rubio’s rights – perhaps to the New York Knicks, a preferred destination – when it’s time for the point guard to leave Europe in 2011.
Here's what David Kahn and the Timberwolves were banking on:
((HT: ESPN/SportItalia/NBA TV))
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