"Wolves coach Rick Adelman loves the pick and roll. Really, he does. But it is time for his team to diversify.

That was the message during practice Thursday. Nearly the entire session was spent working on the half-court offense.

"We're not getting enough out of our half-court offense," he said. "We're not patient in it, and we're relying too much on pick and rolls. We have to get more baskets out of our half-court offense. So that's all we did today. We told them, 'This is what we want to do. We've got to do it consistently.' That's going to make the game easier for us."

This had been coming for a while. The combination of a shortened post-lockout training camp and the compressed schedule has limited playing time. That the Wolves have several new faces, young players and have dealt with injuries hasn't made it any easier.

Indeed, Adelman had to back off a little early in the season when the Wolves, struggling to learn his offense, committed too many turnovers. That decision was made easier given how well point guard Ricky Rubio works the pick and roll.

"Pick and rolls are great," Adelman said. "But you have some other answers."

Kevin Love agreed.

"It's something we need to get better at," he said. "It's good we were able to practice it a bunch. We were happy to get at it.""