Wolves Notes: LaVine, Miller, Garnett

The staff at ESPN.com ran down a number of topics for the upcoming NBA season, including a debate on who the top breakthrough player will be, and J.A. Adande chose Wolves youngster Zach LaVine.  LaVine, he feels, will go from a guy known just for his dunks into someone who will be recognized as a legitimate player.  The Wolves made LaVine a full-time starter for the final stretch of is rookie year and he averaged roughly 20 points, 6 assists, and 5 boards in that time.  Here’s more on the Wolves..

  • Former Nets exec Bobby Marks (on Twitter) opined that if he were a young player, he would want to join up with the Wolves to play with Kevin Garnett and Andre Miller.  The Wolves signed Miller on Wednesday, presumably in large part because of his basketball IQ and the wisdom he can impart on the team’s younger players.  Before signing Miller, Marks notes (on Twitter) that the Wolves had the eighth-youngest team in the NBA at an average of about 25 years old.  Nine of those Wolves players are under the age of 25.
  • Wolves coach/exec Flip Saunders may still add another veteran between now and the start of the season, Jon Krawczynski of The Associated Press tweets.
  • Jerry Zgoda of the Star-Tribune (on Twitter) also believes that the Wolves could add another vet to their young roster.  Another roster move involving Damjan Rudez or Anthony Bennett could make room for a free agent signing, Zgoda says.
  • Miller “was sold on the direction of the [Wolves] and the veteran leadership he could provide,” agent Andy Miller told Krawczynski (on Twitter).
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