Thaddeus Young is OK. He passed a concussion test and was able to go full-out in Monday's vigorous Wolves practice.

"Actually, they tried to hold me back a little bit, but I just went and kind of told them I'm fine," Young said. "I'm ready to get back into the full swing of things.''

Young, as you'll recall, was knocked to the floor and out of the game in the first half Saturday when Bulls guard Jimmy Butler hit him in the head with his elbow as both were going for a loose ball in the corner of the court near the Wolves bench.

Young did not return to the game. But he passed his concussion test and is OK.

Coach Flip Saunders said Young's back was a bit sore, but that was all. In fact, Young was feeling good enough that Saunders was able to make light of the situation. "I told him he's never going to be an MMA fighter," Saunders joked. "He went down like a redwood out in California. He did go down hard. But his regret was that he wishes he was on the floor at the end of the game to try to help us win the game."

Here are some other nuggets from today:

-As you probably already know, guard Kevin Martin was fined 15,000 by the league for what it termed an obscene celebratory gesture late in Saturday's game. It came with 1:37 left, after his three-pointer had given the Wolves a two-point lead in a game they ultimately lost.

Martin clearly has a good sense of humor about this. Because the first thing he said to reporters after practice Monday was, "I'll bet you $15,000 I know what the first question you're going to ask is.''

The gesture harks back to a similar one made by Sam Cassell in Game 7 of the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals vs. Sacramento. But, as Saunders was quick to note, that gesture had more far-reaching ramifications. Cassell injured his hip doing his …. Dance. And while he appeared in the conference finals, he was not the same. The Wolves lost that series to the Lakers in six games.

"I told [Martin] we lost a championship because of that," Saunders said. "Sam Cassell did that against Sacramento, and when he did that he had an avulsion fracture in his hip. … I've always been against that type of thing.''

--Wiggins had a taped thumb at practice, but Saunders said he didn't know anything about it, so it must not be serious.

-Not that it changes things, but Saunders reiterated that, upon further review, Butler did travel at the end of Saturday's game when he slipped to the ground, got up, pump-faked and induced Andrew Wiggins to foul him. Butler made both free throws with 0.2 seconds left to give the Bulls a one-point victory.

That's about it for now. I'll get back at you after Tuesday's practice.