Kevin McHale returns to the sidelines tonight at Target Center, ironically enough on the 20th anniversary of Utah coach Jerry Sloan’s hiring. Sloan has been the Jazz coach longer than the Wolves have existed, and he is the longest current tenured coach in pro sports.

No word yet on whether McHale will wear a suit or one of his fabulous sweaters, but his starting lineup is going to look like this: Randy Foye is back at point guard, Rashad McCants will start at two guard, Ryan Gomes at small forward, Craig Smith at power forward and Big Al at center round out the frontcourt.

That’s right, sorry, Wolves fans: No Kevin Ollie in the starting lineup…

McHale said he wants to exploit matchups and run a “multi-flow” offense in which practically anybody can bring the ball up the court and get it into a spot when a guard can accept the ball and continue the offense.

“That’s the way we want to play,” he said. “Whether we can play that way, that’s the question.”

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