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McHale's Minnesota moments

Last update: June 17, 2009 - 10:45 PM

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High school: Hibbing's star, leading his team to the Class AA state title game in 1976.

Star player: A standout with the Gophers, averaging 15.2 points and 8.5 rebounds. He was selected in the first round in 1980 (third overall) by Boston, where he had a Hall of Fame playing career (1980 to '93) and won three NBA titles.

Wolves: Hired in 1993 as a special assistant and became basketball boss in '95. In 2005 he had the first of two stints as coach, going 19-12 after firing Flip Saunders and 20-43 in 2008-09 after Randy Wittman was fired and McHale was stripped of personnel duties.

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