Sam Cassell paid us a visit and gave us a scare!

Sam Cassell, Clippers, Dwayne Wade, Fred Hoiberg, Kevin Garnett, Minnesota, Randy Foye

In warmups before the game Sammy told me I needed a haircut. I told him I would get him a bottle of Rogaine for his bald head. We both had a good laugh out of it. Sam Cassell is one of my all-time favorite teammates. At halftime of tonight’s game against the Clippers, he walked … Read more

Pre-Season Games

Last night against the Chicago Bulls I think that we showed some flashes of what is to come. First of all, Craig Smith threw down a thunderous dunk in the first have that had people on the bench remembering what Charles Barkley used to do on the court. Craig Smith has had a phenomenal training … Read more

Fred Hoiberg gets promoted!

Fred Hoiberg, Assistant General Manager, Jason Collier, TimberWolves, NBA, NBA Players,

Fred Hoiberg is now assistant GM! It has been a tumultous past year for Fred Hoiberg. Ever since he had major heart surgery last summer he has been dying to return to his playing days as one of the best shooters ever to play in the NBA. A few days ago, the Timberwolves announced that … Read more

Fred Hoiberg gets promoted!

Fred Hoiberg, Assistant General Manager, Jason Collier, TimberWolves, NBA, NBA Players,

Fred Hoiberg is now assistant GM! It has been a tumultous past year for Fred Hoiberg. Ever since he had major heart surgery last summer he has been dying to return to his playing days as one of the best shooters ever to play in the NBA. A few days ago, the Timberwolves announced that … Read more

Empty Seats

Flight, Memphis, Coach Casey Bracey Wright, NBA Development League, Road Trip

The flight today to Memphis wasn’t the same without Anthony Carter, Ricky Davis and Kevin Garnett in their usual seats on the plane. All three of them stayed back to get physical therapy treatments on their injuries. It’s the first time I’ve ever gone on a road trip without KG. But we did add an … Read more

2005-06 Mad Dog Diary Week 16

Valentine's day, Surprise, Campus, Freindship, NBA All star, Timberwolves, Stanford, Weekend

This week there are two major events that aren’t totally related to our team. First is Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) and the other one is the NBA All-Star Weekend (Feb. 17-19). I’m kind of shy when it comes to talking about the former in this diary, but the media people upstairs tell me that fans … Read more

2005-06 Mad Dog Diary Week 14

Trade, Fred Hoiberg, ESPN.com, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Phoenix Suns, Celtics

Fred Hoiberg called me on my hotel phone at about 8:00 p.m. Thursday in Houston and asked, “Did you hear about the trade?” I told him that I had heard about it already, as I had just read on ESPN.com that Nikoloz Tskitishvili had been traded to the Phoenix Suns for a future second round … Read more

A TRADE!!!!!!

Trade, Fred Hoiberg, Wally, Dwayne Jones, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nikoloz Tshkosvili Phoenix, Ricky Davis, Justin Reed, Marcus Banks, Target Center

Wow!!! Last night I was sitting in my hotel room and the phone rang…….no one ever calls me in my hotel room unless it’s a tricky radio show just trying to see if anyone on our team will answer their hotel phone. All of us players use each others cell phones. It was Fred Hoiberg … Read more

2005-06 Mad Dog Diary Week 10

Miami Heat, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O'Neal, Lakers, Jason Collier, NBA

Before our game against the Miami Heat, I was stretching at mid-court and watched as Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O’Neal headed to the captain’s circle for the pre-game meeting with the referees. It struck me that here were two of the greatest basketball warriors on the planet. Each over seven feet tall and able to … Read more

Some random thoughts

Blog, Football Pad, Nick Collison, Supersonics, NBA Players, Miami Heat, Kevin Mchale, Wally Szcerbaik, Fred Hoiberg, Kevin Garnett

I’m sorry that I’ve been away from the typewriter for so long……it’s been tough with losing lately and so tonight, now that we just won, I can be happy and return to the keyboard. I played our game tonight with some sort of football pad on the right, lower part of my back. It’s a … Read more