Wolves Begin Assembling Staff

Jerry Zgoda (Star Tribune) reports the Minnesota Timberwolves and head coach Kurt Rambis will add former Detroit Pistons’ center Bill Laimbeer and former Sacramento Kings’ head coach Reggie Theus as assistants.  Zgoda cites a “league source” as his source of information in his report.

Laimbeer and Theus will join former Boston’s assistant general manager Dave Wohl in Rambis’ staff.  Wohl is expected to become Rambis’ No. 1 assistant.

Here are Zgoda’s information on the new Wolves’ assistants:

Laimbeer, 52, resigned as the Detroit Shock’s head coach and general manager in June after winning three WNBA titles in seven seasons as its coach. He did so in a surprise move presumably to pursue a coaching career in the NBA, where he won two NBA titles with the Pistons displaying an agitating playing style that earned him the nickname “His Heinous.”

Theus, 51, coached the Kings to a 44-62 record before being fired last winter 24 games into his second season as head coach. He previously coached New Mexico State for two seasons and was an assistant coach to Rick Pitino at Louisville before that.

Zgoda also reports that current assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff may be retained from the team’s former coaching staff.   Jerry Sichting and Dean Cooper will likely be reassigned to the front office until their contracts expire.

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