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"(President) David Kahn and the coaches asked me to be patient this year," Wolves owner Glen Taylor said Thursday.
Taylor's patience will end April 14, when the Wolves play their season finale against the Detroit Pistons at Target Center.
"We're going to start meeting immediately at the end of the season to put the opportunities in place to improve this team next year," Taylor said. "We have a lot of them. We have the opportunities for our draft (currently three first-round picks); we'll see what (lottery) positions we get.
"We'll have the opportunity to look at other players, and possibly trades if we feel that will help our team.
"So (management) is going to be really active and we're going to start really early to prepare ourselves. We have a lot of work to do; I'm excited about working with the guys on that."
The Wolves are expected to be aggressive in the free-agent market.
"There are never enough good players, so it will be competitive," Taylor said. "We realize that right from the very beginning. We're going to have to be aggressive and tell players we would like them here. They've got to know they're wanted. We're hopeful they will like the coaches, that these are the type of guys they want to play for. And that they're willing to be part of building a program."
I asked Taylor if he would put up with another season like this next season.
"We all anticipate we'll have quite a bit of improvement next year," he said. "They didn't ask me to have patience for two years. They asked me to have patience for one year."
Harrison Barnes says bye. I wanted to rebuild for one more year because Rubio's still in Europe, but it's Taylor's money. Can't blame the guy for wanting something to be finished at the deadline.
