The Toronto Raptors are expected to send a sizable contingent to two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash's New York City doorstep at the strike of midnight Saturday, when teams can begin wooing free agents this year.
Just don't expect Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations David Kahn to go knocking anywhere.
"I'd be afraid to have the doorbell ring myself if it were 12 o'clock at night," Kahn said.
Have no fear then, Jamal Crawford, O.J. Mayo, Courtney Lee or other possible shooting guards such as Brandon Roy that the Wolves might target in free agency.
Before midnight, the Wolves must decide whether to extend qualifying offers to Michael Beasley ($8.1 million) and Anthony Randolph ($4 million) and whether to pick up a team option on Martell Webster's $5.7 million salary for next season or pay him about $600,000 to let him become an unrestricted free agent.
Kahn said after Thursday night's draft that he hadn't made those decisions, even though it seems unlikely he will commit any or all of those millions.
He has promised changes to a roster that added Chase Budinger this week, and considering that he continues to discuss trades, including one that would acquire Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol.
Those trade discussions date to last year's draft, before the Wolves took Derrick Williams second overall. On Friday, the Associated Press reported Charlotte refused when the Wolves offered Williams for Thursday's No. 2 overall pick, a trade that would have been part of a bigger deal for Gasol.