LOS ANGELES -Sebastian Telfair's winter clothes are packed away untouched in his garage.
"Don't need those anymore," he said.
He doesn't now that he's living in Los Angeles and playing for the Clippers after the Timberwolves decided to go forth with rookie point guard Jonny Flynn and free-agent signee Ramon Sessions.
Telfair and Craig Smith met their former teammates for the first time in Monday night's 93-90 victory over the Timberwolves at Staples Center four months after David Kahn traded them and Mark Madsen away for now forgotten Quentin Richardson in a trade structure to create roster spots and salary-cap flexibility.
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Kahn considered Telfair expendable after he drafted point guards Ricky Rubio and Flynn consecutively in last summer's draft. He deemed Smith the same because he was a 6-6 power forward on a team already undersized with Al Jefferson and Kevin Love up front.
On Monday, the Wolves were overcome by a Clippers team that won for the first time after an 0-4 start after center Chris Kaman delivered 25 points and 11 rebounds and forward Rasual Butler made four consecutive free throws in the final 19.4 seconds to secure the victory.
While Telfair and Smith came off the bench in measured roles for the Clippers, Wolves coach Kurt Rambis started Flynn for the fourth time in as many games this season and brought Sessions off the bench.
But also once again, he tinkered with the point-guard combination, searching for the guy who can get his triangle offense organized and running efficiently.