The Wolves had the chance for a full practice today, and coach Rick Adelman used just about all of it to work on the half-court offense.
Injures and the compressed preseason and season schedules made it hard to put in much in the way of offense. Indeed, Adelman had to back off from that early in the season with his team turning the ball over at an epic rate. Adelman simplified things and, with point guard Ricky Rubio, went almost exclusively with the pick and roll.
But now, a third of the way through the season, that has to change, Adelman said.
"We decided we were going to go out and work on the half court offense," Adelman said after practice. "We are not getting enough out of our half-court offense. We are not patient in it and we're relying too much on pick and rolls. We have to get baskets out of our half-court offense. So that's all we did today."
Adelman had everybody but Darko Milicic at his disposal, so it was a productive session. Milicic, who has been sick of late, got hit in thigh last night against Indianapolis and was unable to practice.
In other news:
--Adelman continues to discuss his starting lineup and the rotation with his coaches, but doesn't sound like he's about to change who starts games.
"What (players) were good last night in the first half?" he asked. "I mean, someone has to separate themselves to change things up. I mean, one game a guy does great and the next game he doesn't. I don't know, in my experience once you start making changes, and if it goes the other direction, then what do you do with that then?"
