Jerry Zgoda is off and Phil Miller, the newest guy on our Wolves coverage team, reports that Al Jefferson will not play in games Friday night against Dallas at Target Center and Saturday in Memphis due to a family member’s illness in Florida. It’s expected he’ll return to the team early next week.
Jefferson, who missed the last 32 games of last season because of knee surgery, is still rounding back into shape. He was not present at Thursday’s practice.
The Wolves, in the midst of an eight-game losing streak, had not landed on a starting lineup, according to coach Kurt Rambis. The team did post a “probable starting lineup” on its media game notes that looked like this:
SF: Ryan Gomes
PF: Oleksiy Pecherov
C: Ryan Hollins
PG: Jonny Flynn
SG: Corey Brewer