--Until Wednesday, the Wolves were 2-0 this season when veteran F Damien Wilkins had a double-double game in points and rebounds.Of course, until Wednesday the Wolves had only won twice and lost 15 times in their first 17 games. He had 14 points and three rebounds in Wednesday's home loss to Memphis. Now, if he only can record another, oh, 30 double-doubles this season? "Don't put that kind of pressure on me," he said, shaking his head. "Don't put that pressure on me."
--F Kevin Love is back helping collect winter coats in cold Minnesota for needy families for the second consecutive year. He remembers a Trail Blazer -- he can't remember if it was Rasheed Wallace or Brian Grant -- doing the same when he was a kid growing up in Portland. Anyone who brings a new or gently used coat to one of six Twin Cities locations receives a pair of tickets Love has purchased to the Dec. 18 game against Sacramento at Target Center.
"I wanted to put my stamp on something," said Love, who said he hopes the drive receives 600 or 700 coats after about 500 were donated last year. "It didn't take me too long when I got here to realize Minnesota was probably the best place for a coat drive."
QUOTE TO NOTE: "You mean, like rebound the basketball better, that kind of thing?" -- Wolves coach Kurt Rambis, when asked if his team will be able to do different things offensively once F Kevin Love finally returns.
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