------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minnesota Timberwolves to hire general manager after season, owner says McHale isn't a candidate, owner Taylor says By Don Seeholzer [email protected] Posted: 04/05/2009 12:01:00 AM CDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As the Timberwolves' season draws to a close, the team still has some work to do on and off the court. Owner Glen Taylor, interviewed at halftime of Minnesota's 110-87 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night at Target Center, said he still expects Kevin McHale to return as coach next season but that McHale hasn't told him he would. Taylor also said the team will have a general manager-type to head up basketball operations, ending the committee-style approach it has used in recent seasons. "We're going to have one person that will be at the top," Taylor said. "We've interviewed quite a few people." Asked if that person will come from inside or outside the organization, Taylor said: "We're interviewing inside and outside. I'd say we're pretty much done with it." Since McHale gave up his position as vice president of basketball operations to become coach on Dec. 8, his front-office duties have been divided among general manager Jim Stack, assistant GM Fred Hoiberg and others. Taylor said he expects to fill the front-office position within a couple of weeks after the end of the season and reiterated that McHale returning to his former job is not an option. "He's not one of the candidates," Taylor said. Taylor has said more than once that he expects McHale to return as coach, but McHale has consistently declined to commit to anything beyond this season. Taylor wouldn't discuss what the team might do if McHale decides not to continue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Taylor希望他們在季後幾個禮拜內能搞定行政事務的分配， 並表明他希望McHale擔任教練一職，可是McHale似乎不願... 在行政總管方面，Taylor希望另找他人。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I expect him to, but it's not based upon any conversation that I've had with him," Taylor said. "I haven't asked him." With rookie Kevin Love sidelined by the flu, the undermanned Wolves didn't do anything Sunday night to make McHale want to come back. Led by Carmelo Anthony's 23 points, the playoff-bound Nuggets (52-26) built a 20-point halftime advantage and led by as many as 32 in beating Minnesota for the ninth consecutive time and sweeping the four-game season series. Sebastian Telfair had 18 points, and Rodney Carney added 16 for the Wolves (22-55), who in McHale's estimation didn't put up much of a fight. "I thought we gave in at times," he said. "There are times when we just do not go out there and give the second and third and fourth effort that it takes when you're undermanned. And that's what you've got to do." Love's absence left the Wolves without four of their top six scorers, including center Al Jefferson, guard Randy Foye and forward Craig Smith. Even so, McHale said it was no excuse for his team's lack of effort. "If you're not quite as talented as them, you'd better outwork them," he said. "You can't be out-talented and outworked." Telfair conceded that the Wolves probably could have played harder, but he disagreed with the notion that the team has given up. "We're not giving up," he said. "We're not going to ever give up. We were undermanned today. We didn't really have it. I don't think we had enough." Telfair cited Minnesota's 103-102 victory at Utah on Friday night as evidence the Wolves are still playing hard with just five games left. With so many players out, though, he said they can't even run some plays in their offense. "Big Hoss went down, we've been riding the Pony," he said, referring to Jefferson and Love, respectively. "Pony down, we went to the Rhino (Smith). Rhino down ... I don't know. I guess next game we're going to have to feed the Dog." That would be veteran forward Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen, who went scoreless in just under 15 minutes Sunday. Chauncey Billups scored 17 points for the Nuggets, and Linas Kleiza had 14. Next for the Wolves is a two-game road trip Tuesday at the Los Angeles Clippers and Wednesday at Golden State. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love因感冒而與Al Jefferson, Randy Foye, Craig Smith一起缺賽。 McHale表示這不是球隊不努力而輸球的藉口 Telfair承認狼群們不夠拼，但他否認他們有任何想擺爛的意圖。 雖然人手不足，無法完成許多戰術，但狼群用力起來，依然可以幹掉強敵。 例如上次的爵士隊。 接下來還有LAC及GSW兩場客場之旅，加油吧。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 大概翻一些重點而已，有錯煩請前輩指正。 -- Life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but by the moment that take your breath away. -- Hitch --

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