Timberwolves hire Rick Adelman

With Kurt Rambis out, Rick Adelman is being brought in.

Rick Adelman coached four teams in his first two decades in the NBA, each time taking a year off before starting his next journey.

He didn’t wait nearly as long to take over perhaps his most challenging job yet.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are bringing Adelman in to try and turn around one of the NBA’s most downtrodden franchises.

Two people with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday that the team and the 65-year-old Adelman have agreed on terms and a contract is expected to be signed soon. The people requested anonymity because an official announcement has not been made.

Good move in my opinion. He obviously doesn't have a fantastic roster to work with but there is some talent there and he did an admirable job in Houston despite injuries and the like.

With Kurt Rambis out, Rick Adelman is being brought in.

Rick Adelman coached four teams in his first two decades in the NBA, each time taking a year off before starting his next journey.

He didn’t wait nearly as long to take over perhaps his most challenging job yet.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are bringing Adelman in to try and turn around one of the NBA’s most downtrodden franchises.

Two people with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday that the team and the 65-year-old Adelman have agreed on terms and a contract is expected to be signed soon. The people requested anonymity because an official announcement has not been made.

Good move in my opinion. He obviously doesn't have a fantastic roster to work with but there is some talent there and he did an admirable job in Houston despite injuries and the like.

Hopefully he'll get the T-Wolves back on track. I'd really like to see them in the playoffs again within the next 2-3 years.

Good signing for Timberwolves. Good luck Rick!

was kinda hoping he'd sign with the lakers

It's official then. Now Rubio will be a star. (?)

Rubio has first to develop an offensive game. Right now he is able to carry and pass the ball. period.

was kinda hoping he'd sign with the lakers

For obvious reasons, no thank you.

was kinda hoping he'd sign with the lakers

For obvious reasons, no thank you.

I feel much the same about this...

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2011/09/rick-adelman-doesnt-like-david-kahn-very-much/

Theres actually are articles that Adelam wants nothing to do with Kahn. Wondering how this might play out, would fucking looooove to see Kahn get fired.

Money trumped Rick Adelman’s feelings about Wolves’ GM David Kahn. Fun times ahead in Minny. Reports Yahoo! Sports: “Privately, Adelman didn’t disguise his disdain for Kahn. They go back to Adelman’s glory days coaching the Portland Trail Blazers in the late 1980s and 1990s, when Kahn was covering the NBA beat as a sportswriter for the Oregonian. The idea that a bad sportswriter had turned into a brutal NBA executive troubled him, sources said. He couldn’t stand him then, and had no intention of resurrecting a working relationship with the man. As they say, you can’t pick your family members, or your beat writers. Your GM? Well, that’s different. Adelman badly wanted the Los Angeles Lakers job, and he would’ve been hired had GM Mitch Kupchak not had to defer to Jim Buss’ desire for Mike Brown. Once Kurt Rambis was fired, Kahn reached out, and Adelman resisted. Ultimately, Kahn needed Minnesota owner Glen Taylor to get involved in the recruitment of Adelman, because the GM had no chance with him. Five months ago, Adelman never would’ve imagined he’d coach the Timberwolves. He was 65 years old, wanted a contender, and the Wolves are a long, long way away. Well, $5 million a season can change a man’s mind. It’s no crime, but understand: The money mattered here. Probably mattered the most. Yes, Adelman wanted to coach Kevin Love, but he had no intention of doing it on a discount. In the end, money overrode everything – including the presence of Kahn. ‘Rick would never agree to anything with Kahn,’ one league official connected to Adelman said Monday. ‘This had to be [a deal] with Taylor. …Rick has talked many times of his dislike for Kahn.’”

Rubio has first to develop an offensive game. Right now he is able to carry and pass the ball. period.

Jason Williams

I like this signing. He will be good for Rubio.

Hubie Brown not Adelman was good for Williams. Can't say the same for Rubio.