Will Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman quit his post especially if his team fails to make the playoffs?
Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting that Rick Adelman will be leaving the team after this season after three years with the team. Adelman, who nearly walked away for good last season because of his wife's persistent illness, is believed to have made up his mind about opting out of the final year of his contract.
"Luring the former Blazers, Warriors and Kings coach to Minneapolis was widely acclaimed as one of the few true successes of the David Kahn era, but Adelman's partnership with the Portland-raised Love hasn't been able to offset the close-game plague or the injuries to manufacture the playoff breakthrough many expected by now," wrote Stein.
If Adelman quits, Stein said there are two likely candidates to occupy his spot-team president and part-owner Flip Saunders and Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg. Saunders has been a coach before, taking the Kevin Garnett-led Wolves to the Western Conference Finals in 2004. Hoiberg, meanwhile, is a former Timberwolf and is considered one of the best college coaches today.
"Widely regarded as the most NBA-ready college coach in the game, Hoiberg was a Wolves executive for four years before leaving the pros to coach the Cyclones. It should be noted that Saunders is close with Michigan State's Tom Izzo, as well, but the rumbles out of Sota are getting louder that the Wolves are going to court Hoiberg hard if they, as expected, have an opening," added Stein.
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