There are certain NBA jobs that swallow head coaches alive. Somebody asked Jackson before Friday's game if he thought the Wolves' job was the right one for Rambis when he was considering it two summers ago and if he still believed his friend and former apprentice would survive long enough to avoid such a fate.
Jackson mentioned the Timberwolves' "devastating" loss of Kevin Garnett -- who was traded away in July 2007 -- and described the team's most recent efforts to rebuild by compiling former lottery picks who failed elsewhere as "haphazard."
"The purpose seemed to be right, the words were said that we're going to build a championship," Jackson said. "I remember the commercials during the game last year. Wasn't it about how to build a championship with the general manager [David Kahn] and the whole bit? Then there's nothing spent. They still have a payroll that doesn't reflect the idea of going after a championship.
"It's hard to measure the words with the action. It doesn't look like they've really acted that way. They've acted toward accumulating raw, young talent, which is hard to coach."
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