The Timberwolves have suspended starting C/PF Al Jefferson for the next two games after his arrest on suspicion of DWI. Jefferson has played in 59 games (all starts) for the T-Wolves this season and he is averaging 32.6 minutes, 17.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Darko Milicic and Kevin Love will likely see bumps in playing time the next two games. Milicic has played in 5 games (0 starts) since coming over in a trade with the Knicks and he is averaging 20.4 minutes, 4.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. Love has played in 41 games (20 starts) for the T-Wolves this season and he is averaging 29.2 minutes, 15.1 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. The Timberwolves pay Jefferson enough money that he could have called a cab.

The Timberwolves have released 34-year old center Mark Blount who has been with them all season despite not playing in a game. Blount played in 124 games (111 starts) in his three years with the T-Wolves and he averaged 29.8 minutes, 11.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. The T-Wolves aren’t going anywhere this season so that won’t miss Blount at all. But, they did him a favor as he is a free agent now.

The Timberwolves have acquired 24-year old power forward Darko Milicic from the Knicks for 32-year old forward Brian Cardinal. Milicic was deep in Mike D’Antoni’s Dog House in New York but the T-Wolves will give him a fresh start and another opportunity to prove himself in the NBA. Milicic has played in only 8 games (0 starts) this season for the Knicks and he averaged 8.9 minutes, 2.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. He has now played in 345 games (98 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 17.0 minutes, 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Brian Cardinal was looking like a player nearing the end of the line in his NBA career this year for the T-Wolves. He played in 27 games (0 starts) for the Timberwolves this season and he averaged 9.0 minutes, 1.7 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. The T-Wolves really had nothing to lose in making a trade like this one.

The Timberwolves have acquired 25-year old small forward Alando Tucker, a conditional future 2nd round pick and cash from the Suns for 31-year old point guard Jason Hart. Tucker played in 11 games (0 starts) for the Suns this season and he averaged 6.5 minutes, 3.9 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He has now played in 47 games (1 start) in which he has averaged 8.5 minutes, 4.3 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.3 assists per game. Jason Hart only played in 1 game for the Timberwolves this season and he played 5 scoreless minutes with 1 assist and 1 steal. The Suns immediately cut Hart. This was a good trade for the Timberwolves as Tucker will get a chance to show what he can do for them off the bench.

The Minnesota Timberwolves (4-22) were ice cold from the field Wednesday night and were blown out by the Los Angeles Clippers (11-13).  They shot 39% from the field and hit only 1-11 three points attempts.  The T’Wolves were within 12 going into the final quarter, but they were outscored 29-16 in the fourth.  Kevin Love was pretty much the only T’Wolves player to play well, going 7-12 from the field for 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.  They only had three players score in double figures, while the Clippers had six with Eric Gordon leading the way with 25 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists.