The Wolves opened training camp with a 2 1/2-hour workout this morning in Mankato in a collegiate building named after their owner (heck, he even has his own permanent parking-space sign outside) and the door that Kevin McHale and Jim Stack said had closed on Shaun Livingston Monday appeared to creak open just a little on Tuesday.

On Monday, both men said Livingston was going to sign with Miami, but the Heat have given no indication that’s going to happen. On Tuesday, as far as we know, Livingston remains unsigned.

“I don’t know, who knows?” McHale said when asked if the Wolves’ pursuit of the unrestricted free agent is over. “You’d think so, but he hasn’t signed anywhere.”

The Los Angeles Clippers, the team for which he played his first three seasons before missing all of last season with a severe knee injury, could still be in the running.

Meanwhile at Bresnan Arena at Taylor Center (that’s a mouthful), the Wolves worked mostly a defense, a point of emphasis expected to continue daily until the team returns to Minneapolis after Saturday night’s scrimmage.

“We might not look too good offensively those first two preseason games because we won’t have put too much in by then,” Wolves coach Randy Wittman said, referring to his offensive systems. “We’re going to stress defense this opening week of camp.”

Al Jefferson was on the floor early in practice but watched most of it either from an exercise bike or seated with an icebag on his injured knee. Newcomer Rodney Carney demonstrated a couple of explosive dunks (including one on a posterized Brian Cardinal) even though he said his legs still aren’t back to their springy selves after a summertime hamstring injury and rookie Kevin Love accomplished what he on Monday called his major objective for his first NBA practice.

He didn’t puke.

“Not yet anyway,” Wittman said, “although I see him standing over by the trash can.”

The Wolves practice again this evening.

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