[外電] Griffin likely to be a short-timer
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Whether Eddie Griffin remains a member of the Timberwolves today at the
conclusion of his five-game drug-test suspension, don't count on seeing him
in a game.
The team has not acknowledged publicly its efforts to terminate the rest of
the troubled forward's three-year, $8.1 million or its efforts to reach
agreement on a buyout. An announcement by the team on the issue is likely to
be made today, according to a team official.
However, owner Glen Taylor told the Associated Press before the game that a
decision on Griffin's status would be made next week, whether the
Timberwolves issue their own suspension or release him from the roster.
"My guess is it would be the latter," Taylor said.
But even if he remains on the roster, he won't be part of the game plan.
Griffin, who was involved in three separate late-night incidents involving
police each of the past three years, has not played since Dec. 13 and has sat
out 25 of the team's 38 games this season. And coach Dwane Casey suggested
that idle status won't change anytime soon.
"As far as being back in the rotation, we'll see what happens with that,''
Casey said. "We'll just have to try to get some time back with the team (in
practice) before we see which way we're going to go as far as active or
inactive is concerned.''
At the very least, practice time will be scarce over the next week or two as
the Wolves embark on a five-gamesin-seven-days trip out west. Eight of their
next 10 games are on the road.
"There's not going to be a lot of grueling practice time," Casey said.
"There's going to be a lot of individual work, a lot of three-on-three and
four-on-four, and stuff like that. We'll try to get him incorporated into
that and back into the swing of things. But as far as actual up and down,
it's going to be hard to find in the next week or so."
Garnett says Flip would help U: Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett doesn't know
why his former coach with the Wolves would want to leave the NBA to coach in
college, but he endorsed Detroit coach Flip Saunders for the University of
Minnesota vacancy, if that's what he wants.
"Flip's a great coach. It doesn't matter if he's coaching the YMCA," Garnett
said, "or coaching you all (media), or coaching me. Again. Someday... . He's
a good coach, and if he's at the U, he's at the U, and he's going to do a
great job, wherever he's at.
"I don't know if being in the league as long as he's been in the league and
going back to college is his preference, but if he does that, I wish him the
best."
Bobbled paint job: Rookie guard Randy Foye had just one problem with his
special bobblehead night: The likeness of the Foye bobblehead given to fans
at Friday's game.
"It's not too good. It's a lot darker than me," he said. "That's my main
thing. It should at least be my complexion."
Still, he seemed thrilled to have a bobblehead night in his honor less than
halfway into his first NBA season. "I've been waiting for this day my whole
life," he said, "Just being able to be on a poster or bobbleheads or
something like that."
As for whether it's a sign he's arrived in the big leagues?
"I don't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, especially when the
thing don't even look like him," Garnett said.
Foye did not start but finished with 16 points..
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