Last Updated on September 30, 2009 2:59 pm by admin
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -Al Jefferson walked into the Minnesota Timberwolves practice facility this week and glanced around. He didn’t recognize many faces and almost wondered if he’d been traded to a new team.
It turns out that Jefferson was one of the few Timberwolves who didn’t leave town this summer.
New president of basketball operations David Kahn orchestrated more than a dozen moves this offseason to reshape a team that won just 24 games a year ago. He hired a new coach, restructured the front office and made trade after trade all summer long.
All his wheeling and dealing mean only five players return from last year’s roster.