Detroit Pistons director of basketball operations Tony Ronzone will become Minnesota's assistant GM next month, according to a source.

Amick reports the move is unrelated to the departure of Fred Hoiberg, who became the head coach of Iowa State this week.

Timberwolves forward Kevin Love doesn't necessarily want to start, but he does want a defined role on the team.

"It's not necessarily about starting," Love said. "I just want to know what their plans are for me and what I mean to the team. I need to get some things figured out. I plan to work my butt off in the summer to prove to the organization what I can do."

Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis said that the team is still trying to figure out whether they can use Al Jefferson and Love on the court at the same time.

The NBA is sending the Lakers, Knicks and Timberwolves to Europe for the fifth installment of the league's preseason Europe Live Tour.

Each team will play two games overseas this coming fall, including contests against top European squads.

Los Angeles features Spain's Pau Gasol and New York has Italy's Danilo Gallinari.

"We like to bring the hometown player back to have his fans, and given the popularity of Pau in Spain, particularly Catalunya, we think that's a great idea," NBA commissioner David Stern said Tuesday on a conference call.

The Minnesota Timberwolves today signed center Greg Stiemsma of the Sioux Falls Skyforce, making him the record 39th Call-Up of the 2009-10 NBA Development League season.  Stiemsma joins 84 current NBA players with NBA D-League experience.

Stiemsma appeared in 45 games, 44 starts, for Sioux Falls during the 2009-10 NBA     D-League regular season, averaging 8.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.6 blocks in 28.0 minutes.  He scored in double figures 24 times, recording 11 double-doubles and one triple-double, when he scored 20 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked 10 shots in a 107-105 victory over the Springfield Armor in Sioux Falls on Dec. 27, 2009.

Perhaps stating his case to remain in Minnesota past this season, Darko Milicic believes that he and forward Al Jefferson are a good fit together.

The pair started alongside each other on Monday night against the Spurs.

"I think we work well together," said Milicic. "He's a righty. I'm a lefty. He's got left block. I got right block. He's a talented player. I got a long way to go."

Milicic has allowed Jefferson to move from center to his natural position of power forward.

"It's a lot easier having a guy like Darko because he's a shot blocker," Jefferson said. "He plays great D. He's more of a goaltender. We both can score on the block. I like one side, he likes the other, otherwise we'd be fighting over the same block.

"He's basically the left hand of Al Jefferson, is the way I look at it. Or I'm the right hand of Darko."

Earlier this season, while with the Knicks, Darko Milicic was adamant that he wanted to return to Europe.

After a trade to the Timberwolves, Milicic is now very open to remaining in Minnesota and the NBA when he becomes a free agent this coming summer.

"I like it here," Milicic said. "There's nothing they've done to not make me stay here, but you never know. If these guys want me to stay, be on the same page for next year, why not stay here?"

Milicic's $7.5 million contract expires after the season.

"You never know, it's the NBA," Milicic said. "You never know what will happen in the summertime, how things can go. Next year? Until I sign it, I can't tell you if I'll be here or not."

With Al Jefferson unavailable, Kevin Love returned to the starting lineup on Wednesday.

"It definitely got me going. You've got energy, your legs are warm, you're feeling good when you start," said Love, who spent 35 minutes on the floor for just the second time since Jan. 11. "I was a lot more energized."

His playing time declined by more than five minutes per game, his scoring dropped from 15.5 per game as a starter to 13.6 as a sub, and his rebounding went from 13.1 as a starter to 9.7.

"At one point, I was sulking a little bit. ... I was tired," said Love, who admitted he sometimes complained -- causing Kurt Rambis to use him even less. Eight times since the all-star break, Love has been on the floor for less than half the game.

"I want to be great. I want to reach what I know I can be. So I had a few bad games, missed some shots, and laid my head down a little. But I got through it. I stood up and started playing some good games again."