Timberwolves interview Carlesimo

Mon., May 30, 2005

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS – San Antonio Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo interviewed for the Minnesota Timberwolves coaching job during a break of the Western Conference finals.

Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said he received permission from the Spurs to speak to Carlesimo on Friday, an off day for the Spurs in their series against Phoenix.

Taylor said he still has a few candidates he wants to interview before deciding on a successor to Kevin McHale. McHale, also the team’s vice president of basketball operations, fired Flip Saunders in February and coached the team for the rest of the season. He is staying as an executive.

Carlesimo has been a head coach at Portland and Golden State. If he were hired by Minnesota, Latrell Sprewell’s contentious run in Minnesota almost surely would end. Sprewell played under Carlesimo at Golden State and choked Carlesimo during a practice in 1997, prompting a national debate on the conduct of athletes.

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