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The Wolves have several more slots to fill on the staff, and they have been working to lock those down. Kevin Burleson, a former Golden Gopher who drew high praise last year while he was in Memphis, will likely be joining the staff in a player development role, sources said.

UnFadeable21 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:49 pm Kevin Burleson looks quite a bit like former Vikes Nate Burleson, I wonder if they are cousins.

Catalyst wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:56 pm

UnFadeable21 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:49 pm Kevin Burleson looks quite a bit like former Vikes Nate Burleson, I wonder if they are cousins.

According to Wiki...he is Nate's older brother.

irishman89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:47 pm This is obviously so Ricky Rubio and Pau Gas-oil feel comfortable here.

irishman89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:47 pm This is obviously so Ricky Rubio and Pau Gasol feel comfortable here.

KATMANDUDE wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:05 pm So last year Kevin worked under JB Bickerstaff, a former teammate of his on the Gophers.
This year he will coach under Ryan Saunders, who played for the Gophers a couple years after Kevin graduated.

Hope it goes better this time around.

YBBR wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:37 am

KATMANDUDE wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:05 pm So last year Kevin worked under JB Bickerstaff, a former teammate of his on the Gophers.
This year he will coach under Ryan Saunders, who played for the Gophers a couple years after Kevin graduated.

Hope it goes better this time around.

JB got a raw deal. He earned his head coaching gig and injuries really derailed Memphis' season and he did the best with what he had. I was kinda hoping they'd bring him in for associate head coach.

Not in a country club way, but in these guys are good coaches way.

HeHateMe wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:04 am

YBBR wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:37 am

KATMANDUDE wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:05 pm So last year Kevin worked under JB Bickerstaff, a former teammate of his on the Gophers.
This year he will coach under Ryan Saunders, who played for the Gophers a couple years after Kevin graduated.

Hope it goes better this time around.

JB got a raw deal. He earned his head coaching gig and injuries really derailed Memphis' season and he did the best with what he had. I was kinda hoping they'd bring him in for associate head coach.

Not in a country club way, but in these guys are good coaches way.

I think JB had a lot of teams after him as a top assistant. He's been in the league for a long time now where he doesn't have to look too hard for a gig -- and obviously the Burleson connection makes sense, you gotta keep guys you're familiar with around you too. I love to see former gophers have success post college -- whether it's Humphries remaining in the league for as long as he did or JB moving up the coaching ranks.

UnFadeable21 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:49 pm Kevin Burleson looks quite a bit like former Vikes Nate Burleson, I wonder if they are cousins.

j2j wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:15 pm

irishman89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:47 pm This is obviously so Ricky Rubio and Pau Gas-oil feel comfortable here.

FTFY

Spoiler:

Dont screw it up again.

flexbuffchest wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:36 pm

j2j wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:15 pm

irishman89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:47 pm This is obviously so Ricky Rubio and Pau Gas-oil feel comfortable here.

FTFY

Spoiler:

Dont screw it up again.

One last chance.

memyworld wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:22 am

Seenin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:51 am How does it work when a guy gets a assistant GM job yet represents other NBA players? Are they still allowed to represent those players or is it a conflict of interest?

jodaman01 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:37 am

memyworld wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:22 am

Scott Layden has to go down as the worst hire the Wolves organization has ever made.

The guy was brought in by Thibbs to essentially suck Thibbs nuts and say yes to all things Thibbs. Thankfully him being a giant Thibblodyte puppet helped Thibbs to expose himself as the world’s biggest POS much faster than if there was an actual GM here that could provide any checks and balances on him.

Seven figures to go watch some pro, college and high school basketball in New York and stay the hell away from the Team....not bad for Layden at all.

KevinBaconIsNotMyHero wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:45 pm

jodaman01 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:37 am

memyworld wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:22 am

Scott Layden has to go down as the worst hire the Wolves organization has ever made.

The guy was brought in by Thibbs to essentially suck Thibbs nuts and say yes to all things Thibbs. Thankfully him being a giant Thibblodyte puppet helped Thibbs to expose himself as the world’s biggest POS much faster than if there was an actual GM here that could provide any checks and balances on him.

Seven figures to go watch some pro, college and high school basketball in New York and stay the hell away from the Team....not bad for Layden at all.

Are you paying part of his salary? What the fuck do you care as long as he’s away from the team not making decisions? You bitch that he was hired and a Thibs yes man, then they cast him off and you bitch about him making 7 figures to scout. Shut the fuck up and be happy that a new executive is in charge. Or stop rooting for Minnesota and stay off the board.

memyworld wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:15 pm

PRESS RELEASE - The Minnesota Timberwolves finalized their coaching staff by naming Kevin Hanson Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development, Jeff Newton Offensive Associate/Player Development Coach, Max Lefevre Video Coordinator/Player Development Associate and Greg Stiemsma Player Development Associate. In addition, Kwadzo Ahelegbe begins his fourth season on the Wolves staff and first as Associate Video Coordinator/Player Development and Cole Fisher begins his second season with the Wolves and first as Basketball Operations & Coaching Analyst as he incorporates coaching staff responsibilities to his role.

“We’re excited to add Kevin, Jeff, Max and Greg to our coaching staff in addition to giving new responsibilities to Kwadzo and Cole,” said Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas. “Our coaching additions have very diverse backgrounds and approaches which will strongly complement our current coaching staff. We’re confident that under Ryan’s leadership we have the best group in place to maximize our players’ success both on and off the floor.”

“We welcome Kevin, Jeff, Max and Greg to the Wolves family,” said Timberwolves Head Coach Ryan Saunders. “I feel great about the high-character group of coaches and people we’ve assembled on our coaching staff. Player development is a priority for our staff and I’m excited about the expertise we’ve assembled in this area as we aim to put our players in the best position to have success. Also, as we place more emphasis on using analytics to impact our decision making as a coaching staff, we’re excited about adding Cole and his expertise in that area.”

Hanson spent the previous eight seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans, the last five as assistant coach. He joined the Pelicans in 2011 as the team’s player development coach before being elevated to assistant coach. He was the team’s summer league head coach in 2018. Hanson joined the San Antonio Spurs in the summer of 2008 as an assistant video coordinator and was named the Spurs’ player development assistant in the summer of 2010. He served as an assistant coach for the Spurs summer league teams each of his last two seasons with San Antonio. Hanson played four seasons at the University of San Diego and after college spent five seasons playing professionally overseas in Argentina and Germany.

Prior to joining the Wolves, Newton served as an assistant video coordinator for the Sacramento Kings the last three seasons. Prior to that, he was with the Houston Rockets for three seasons, spending one year each as personnel scout, assistant video coordinator and basketball operations intern. Newton also served as a coach liaison for the Greece National Team in the summer of 2017.

Lefevre spent the last three seasons on Chris Beard’s staff at Texas Tech as the team’s director of player development. He also was on Beard’s staffs at Arkansas-Little Rock in 2015-16 as director of basketball operations and Angelo State from 2013-15 as a graduate assistant.

Stiemsma rejoins the Timberwolves after playing for the team during the 2012-13 season where he averaged career-highs of 4.0 points and 76 games. He also saw action in the NBA with Boston (2011-12), New Orleans (2013-14) and Toronto (2014-15). After completing his collegiate career at Wisconsin in 2008, Stiemsma played overseas in Turkey and Korea and in the NBA G League. He was the NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year with the Sioux Falls Skyforce in 2009-10.

Ahelegbe was an assistant video coordinator for the Wolves the past three seasons. Prior to that, he played professionally overseas for several seasons in Austria, Netherlands and Germany. Ahelegbe played collegiately at Northern Iowa from 2006-11, averaging 10.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 133 career games, and helped the Panthers reach the Sweet 16 in 2010.

Fisher joined the Timberwolves last season as basketball operations analyst. He began his NBA career as a basketball operations intern for the Toronto Raptors in 2017 and was a basketball analytics intern for the Sacramento Kings in 2018. In addition, Fisher has created a web application to help accurately predict future NBA success for current G League players, as well as other web applications.