Michael

Olowokandi

The Spurs are expected to pursue Olowokandi, but only if they fail to land Jason Kidd. Olowokandi is scheduled to meet with Nuggets officials this weekend in Los Angeles.

His knee is going to be evaluated when the team returns to Minnesota and he could end up on the IL before it’s over. If he does, Ndudi Ebi would likely be activated and see time in his place. It’s too bad Eddie Griffin got hurt, or this would be a prime opportunity for him.

There’s opportunity for him in Minnesota, but so far very little value.

Olowokandi had knee surgery last month. “Right now he’s gaining strength,” Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. “The swelling is going down. What happens is it swells up a little bit. I hope (he’ll be ready) sometime in the latter part of the week. The thing that doesn’t help is the traveling. We’re up and down in the air and that has a tendency to cause joints to swell up.”

Olowokandi had surgery on his knee last month to relieve irritation from previous surgery.

Olowokandi is recovering from knee surgery. He’s expected to start at center for Minnesota.

''It’s to get the swelling out of it,’' Olowokandi said. ''I have a good degree of strength in it, which you usually have to work at to get swelling down. As soon as the swelling goes down, I’ll be good to go.’'

This stance doesn’t figure to last for long, but it does make it difficult to judge how much time Michael Olowokandi is going to miss due to his sore knee.

Olowokandi had offseason surgery on his left knee, but yesterday he was complaining of soreness in his right leg. Coach Flip Saunders stopped short of calling it a setback, but the Wolves need their center to play. They are 3-0 when Olowokandi scores in double digits.

Olowokandi remains out after undergoing knee surgery. He has been undergoing daily treatment with an independent therapist since.