NBA.com on Wolves coaching search

LAS VEGAS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves' deliberate coaching search will soon move into its next phase with ESPN/ABC analyst Mark Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis and Houston Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner expected to progress to the deciding round of interviews, according to NBA coaching sources.
There might be others who advance -- it's believed that Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Terry Stotts could also be invited back

Terry Stotts? Really? Yikes.

Mark Jackson -- if his announcing is any indicator, he knows absolutely nothing about basketball.

Elston Turner -- hmmm, well, if you can find a 50 year old guy whose only head coaching experience is as a player-coach 20 years ago in the CBA, how can you not consider him?

Other candidates believed to have been interviewed by Kahn include former WNBA coach Bill Laimbeer, Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw and Monty Williams and Dean Demopoulos from the staff of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Laimbeer -- I see him as a no-lose choice. He desperately wants to escape the label of WNBA coach, and he would probably work for nothing. Plus he is entertaining as a TV interviewee. Imagine his salty comments after the Wolves lose 10 straight.

Shaw -- don't know much about his coaching record, but I was always impressed with him as a player

Williams -- I am afraid to hire a guy with a heart condition to lead a team which will surrender 120 points a game.

Demopoulos -- if Williams is the #1 assistant, how far have we sunk that we can only get the #2 guys?

A Guy Looking For a "Prom Date" Comparisons:

Jackson -- the crazy chick you used to put up with in your old school. You both have moved from your old school to the new school and you may be the other's only choice.

Rambis -- you see a cheerleader arguing with her boyfriend and you say, "Ah, might as well ask...."

Elston Turner -- Your mom says, "Why don't you ask that girl you knew 4 years ago? She might go with you."

Stotts -- Your little sister's friend who is 20-25 pounds overweight.

Laimbeer -- the mediocre-looking funny girl who everyone else is sorta freaked out by.

Shaw, Williams, Demopolous -- You are walking down the hall with a female friend who already has a date and she keeps saying, "How about her? Her? Her? She is nice, so is she, so is she.....Come on, you don't have a date yet!"