<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">William Avery and Loren Woods are quick to say that regret is not the right word. At the same time, they say they wish they had done things differently. Avery and Woods, both former Timberwolves, are here at the Wolves' week-long summer league. Avery is trying to prove he can play point guard for the Bucks, who are thin at the position. Woods is with his third NBA team, trying to win a spot as a big man off the bench for Charlotte's expansion team. Avery, a former No. 1 draft pick, spent two years in Europe trying to get better. Woods, picked late in the second round in 2001, also is trying to show he has benefitted from lessons learned. Avery, picked 14th overall by the Wolves in 1999, was the first player to leave Duke early without coach Mike Krzyzewski's blessing. But Avery, who struggled fitting in at the point, spent three mostly unproductive seasons with the Wolves before playing a season in France, then another in Israel. "I wish I could do it all over, differently," Avery said of his decision to leave school early. "I can't. But I was able to do some nice things for my family." Avery came to a playoff team, and never was able to prove he could be a reliable backup at point guard. "I guess it would be different if you got drafted and came to a team that wasn't a playoff team," he said. "Where they could let you play through your mistakes. In [the Wolves'] offense the point guard has the ball 90 percent of the time, it all goes through you. You have to set the tone." Woods is not willing to use the word regret but blames himself for what went wrong with the Wolves. "I messed it up for myself," he said. "My attitude wasn't what it should have been coming into the situation. I just wasn't mature enough to accept going from a star in college [at Arizona] to being a role player. " Woods needs a strong week here to stay in the Bobcats' plans. "I don't want to make the same mistakes. That's how a lot of players get out of the league," Woods said. Hudson update Bill Neff, the agent for free agent guard Troy Hudson, said the two sides remained far apart in negotiations for a long-term deal. "I hope it will get done," Neff said. "But I don't know that it will get done. I'm not optimistic." The Wolves have offered a five-year deal worth $18 million, with incentives that would bring the total to $25 million. But Neff is unhappy with the guaranteed portion of the deal. "I definitely want to come back here," said Hudson, who attended Wednesday's Wolves summer league game. "But I want to be satisfied with the position I'm in." Hudson said he has been doing rehab work on his surgically repaired right ankle for three weeks. He is scheduled to have the protective boot taken off July 14, then begin running. "There is still some work to be done [on the contract]," he said. "Hopefully we can get it done." Etc. ? Mark Bartelstein, the agent for guard Trenton Hassell, said he's had preliminary talks with the Wolves. In a sign that the Wolves might be making contingency plans, he said he had talked briefly with the Wolves regarding another of his clients, Lakers free agent Derek Fisher.</div> Read the bottom of that too. It has a little info on Hassell and Hudson. Source: Startribune.com
