Wolves name Hoiberg, Babcock asst. GMs (AP)

[Baseball Guru]

Former Timberwolves player Fred Hoiberg and former Toronto general manager Rob Babcock were hired as assistant GMs for Minnesota on Thursday. A heart ailment forced Hoiberg to retire in April after 10 years in the NBA, including his last two in Minnesota. He had surgery in 2005 to correct an enlarged aortic root and briefly contemplated a comeback last season before calling it quits and joining the...

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[Atlanta Braves Freak]

It's good to see Fred Hoiberg get back into basketball, it was unfortunate that the heart problem ended his career.

[uj4l]

yea when i read this i was like why the hell hoiberg, sad to see him go, but at least he still gets to stay involved