After his team completed its first 60-loss season since he accepted the job 13 years ago, Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale on Thursday said he is committed to his job; returning to the playoffs and headed toward a championship, a development he claimed is not as far away as you might think.

McHale said he thinks the Wolves—a team that won five of its first 39 games after being completely remade after last summer's Kevin Garnett trade—can follow their 22-60 season by winning as many as 20 more games next season in a league that he says has few great teams.

That is, if the Wolves stay healthy. Guard Randy Foye missed this season's first three months, an absence McHale deemed significant in his team's slow start. ...More