This is the product Rambis envisioned when he asked Kahn after last season to make the team quicker, longer and more athletic. Perhaps the biggest move Kahn made in the offseason was to trade Al Jefferson to Utah. Rambis made a subtle yet defining reference to the trade after the game, giving a clear indication of the dramatic change in the Wolves' approach.
"We're not going to just throw the ball inside to somebody and everybody stand around and watch him," Rambis said. "That's not what we're going to do. The ball is moving more. We have a lot of players who can space the floor and shoot the ball well. It puts a lot of pressure on the defense to defend those three-point shooters."
Rambis isn't ready to scrap the Wolves' low-post game entirely, but their effective outside shooting is keeping the team from relying on Love or Darko Milicic to get inside baskets. Love, however, seems intent on replacing Jefferson as the team's primary low-post option. He credited Jefferson for being one of the game's "best low-post scorers" but he wanted to ease fears that the team will struggle to get easy baskets.
"Don't forget about me," Love said. "I still want to do some things down low."
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We obviously have't been watching the same preseason games.