MINNEAPOLIS -- With the Memphis Grizzlies front office in turmoil, the Minnesota Timberwolves are considering trying to lure coach Dave Joerger away to coach the
team in his home state.
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interview Joerger for their head coaching vacancy, two people with knowledge of
the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The people requested
anonymity because the Timberwolves are not commenting publicly on their coaching
candidates. Joerger, who is from Staples, Minnesota, and went to college at
Division-II Minnesota State, Moorhead, went 50-32 in his first season as
Grizzlies coach last year. After a rough start while the team transitioned from
coaching veteran Lionel Hollins to the first-timer Joerger, the Grizzlies pulled
together, overcame several injuries to key players and surged to the seventh
seed in the hyper-competitive Western Conference. But after losing in the first
round of the playoffs to the Oklahoma City Thunder, owner Robert Pera made the
surprising decision to overhaul the front office. He fired CEO Jason Levien and
director of player personnel Stu Lash, two moves that immediately called into
question Joergers job security. Joerger goes way back with Timberwolves
president of basketball operations Flip Saunders. As a young coach trying to
make his way up the ladder, Joerger came to watch Saunders, who coached the
Timberwolves from 1995-2005, run practices. The two formed a mutual respect
which lasts to this day. Saunders, who coached in the CBA before breaking into
the NBA, has long had an affinity for coaches who had to grind it out in the
minor leagues, believing they learn not only how to coach, but to run an
organization. Joerger won championships in the NBDL, the International
Basketball Association and the CBA before joining the Grizzlies as an assistant
to Lionel Hollins. Joergers experience as a head coach last year with the
Grizzlies helps him fit the profile Saunders is looking for in a replacement for
Rick Adelman, who retired last month. Saunders has said he wants a proven coach
who knows the demands of running an NBA team, including handling questions from
the media. The latter qualification is of particular concern for the Wolves
right now with star forward Kevin Love set to opt out of his contract after next
season. The Wolves are considering all their options with Love, including
potentially trading him this summer. If the Wolves do not trade Love, they will
head into the season with one of the major storylines in the league, one sure to
draw attention from media all across the country. Thats part of the reason
Saunders is reluctant to turn over the keys to a first-time head coach. The
Wolves interest in Joerger was first reported by the Star Tribune of
Minneapolis. The Timberwolves opening has also been linked to Hollins and
college coaching stars such as Michigan States Tom Izzo, Floridas Billy Donovan
and Iowa States Fred Hoiberg. Saunders has yet to offer the job to anyone, but
it is believed that the uncertainty surrounding Love has caused some of the more
high profile names on Saunders list to give tepid responses to inquiries. The
situation with Love in Minnesota pales in comparison to the upheaval in Memphis,
and the opportunity to bring his family back to his home state could be enough
to convince Joerger to make the move if an offer comes his way. The two sides
were working Wednesday to set up a meeting, which could come as soon as
Thursday.
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4-3 on Friday night.WASHINGTON -- Chris Davis snapped a lengthy slump with a
tiebreaking homer in the 11th inning, part of a six-run uprising that carried
the Baltimore Orioles past the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Monday night.
Manny Machado had a career-high five hits, including a homer in the 11th, and
Nelson Cruz hit his 28th home run to help the AL East-leading Orioles earn their
seventh win in eight games. Anthony Rendon homered for the Nationals, who lost
for only the second time in nine games. After Cruz led off the 11th with a
broken-bat single off Craig Stammen (0-4), Davis worked the count full before
launching a drive into the centre-field seats to end a 2-for-38 funk that had
dropped his batting average to .198. It was his 14th home run of the season, the
first since a game-winning, pinch-hit shot against the Chicago White Sox on June
23. Davis led the majors with 53 homers last year. J.J. Hardy followed with a
solo shot, Nick Markakis chased Stammen with an RBI double and Machado added a
two-run drive off Aaron Barrett. T.J. Macfarland (2-2) worked two scoreless
innings for the win. The first seven innings featured a pitching duel between
Baltimores Chris Tillman and Washingtons Stephen Strasburg, each of whom had a
solid outing interrupted by a two-run homer. Tillman gave up two runs on five
hits, striking out six and walking one. Strasburg struck out nine and allowed
two runs on four hits, three by Machado. The nine strikeouts were his most in
six starts since June 4. Each team managed only one hit overr the first three
innings.
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Strasburg singled on a 3-2 pitch in the third. In the fourth, Machado led off
with a single and Cruz drove a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right-centre. Cruz has
already topped his home run total of last year, when he hit 27 during a season
cut short by a 50-game suspension as part of the Biogenesis
performance-enhancing drug scandal. Strasburg struck out the next four batters
before Tillman grounded out to end the fifth. The Nationals didnt get a runner
past first base until the sixth, when Denard Span hit a leadoff single and
Rendon followed with his 13th home run, the first since June 24. He hit only
seven last year. NOTES: Washingtons Bryce Harper went 0 for 3 and is 4 for 24
since coming off the DL on June 30. ... Washingtons Wilson Ramos extended his
hitting streak to a career-high 11 games. ... The Orioles optioned RHP
Kevin Gausman to Triple-A Norfolk and purchased the contract of RHP
Julio DePaula from Double-A Bowie. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said the
move was designed to fortify the bullpen while addressing the inning-count
Gausman is on this year. ... Nationals RHP Doug Fister and Orioles RHP
Bud Norris each seek their eighth win Tuesday night in the second game of the
home-and-home series, which moves to Baltimore on Wednesday night. ...
Washington played its 12th consecutive errorless game. Since moving from
Montreal in 2005, the Nationals longest errorless streak is 13 games, in 2011.
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