I'll be doing a live chat at noon today, so get your questions about Saturday's training-camp opener and the upcoming season ready.

Follow the link at www.startribune.com. Just click on the Wolves logo and my handsome photo (and no Slingblade refererences please. You know who you are!)

Also, my colleague Alan Hahn, who exhaustively covers the Knicks for Newsday, asked me to pass along a mention for a Minnesota friend and former Timberwolves season ticket holder (until they traded KG; there's a lot of those folks around) who is raising money to fight Lou Gehrig's disease. Here it is: http://tiny.cc/8dckq

Talk to ya in an hour!