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New Timberwolves basketball boss David Kahn promised he'd be hyperactive in his efforts to rebuild a franchise that can't sell a $5 ticket since it traded away superstar Kevin Garnett two summers ago.

The Kevin McHale era in Minnesota is over. New basketball chief David Kahn is now running things in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and hopes to build on a nucleus that includes one of the top power forwards in the game, Al Jefferson, and the emerging Kevin Love.

In his first month on the job, new Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations David Kahn through his blunt words and first defining action has left the franchise's dwindling, downtrodden fan base intrigued and its players truly atwitter.

JUNE 27: Minnesota Timberwolves 2008 First Round draft pick Kevin Love autographs 300 basketballs after being introduced to the media on June 27, 2008 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mark Madsen of the Minnesota Timberwolves started his NBA career with the Lakers.

Kevin McHale is out as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. New president of basketball operations David Kahn announced the move on Wednesday.

New Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn has spent much of his first three weeks on the job meeting with staff members, season ticket holders, the team's minority owners.

The Timberwolves wrapped up four days of pre-draft workouts Thursday, after which most of their scouts and personnel people hit the road for camps and campus visits.

Chauncey Billups, Sneaky Player of the Year . Fantastic. UPDATE: The Onion proves the theory .

Third-year guard Randy Foye missed the season's final nine games because of a hip injury that bothered him all of March.

This is off the media beat, but longtime readers know I'm a Timberwolves fan and write a "Where are they now?" column for the club's season ticketholder magazine.

Diogu topped 20 points in two straight games for the first time in his career and Andres Nocioni scored 17 points for the Kings , who had lost nine in a row and 16 of their previous 18.

Head coach Kevin McHale of the Minnesota Timberwolves gives a thumbs up prior to the game against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center December 10, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.

He doesn't play as much as he used to, but, nearing the end of his ninth NBA season and sixth with the Timberwolves, Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen remains a fan favorite.

Already short-handed, the Timberwolves had to make do without rookie forward Kevin Love for Sunday night's game against the Denver Nuggets.

Playing more aggressively than he has in months, Mike Miller had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to help the Minnesota Timberwolves snap a seven-game losing streak with a 108-99 victory over the fading Nets on Sunday.

Timberwolves coach Kevin McHale swapped out his starting lineup Wednesday at Philadelphia and likely will try an integrated approach tonight when the Wolves meet a Cleveland team that has won a franchise-record 58 games and is aimed at winning 11 consecutive games for the sixth time in its history.

Clad in dark gray sweatpants and a dull gray sweatshirt, white athletic shoes and no socks, his cheeks and chin coated with stubble, his lanky body wedged into an end-zone seat, Kevin McHale is the portrait of ...

Following Portland's 95-93 defeat of Minnesota Saturday evening, Brandon Roy signed his sneakers and and presented the pair to a clubhouse attendent.

Mark Madsen, Minnesota Timberwolf and Shaquille O'Neal's former Laker teammate, writes : I played with Shaq for three years in Los Angeles and while I did see the big fella sacrifice his body and step in and ...