"The Timberwolves will use October to consider options for a third point guard. They also by month's end must make contract-extension decisions on youngsters Kevin Love, Corey Brewer and Oleksiy Pecherov.

Extending Love a $3.6 million qualifying offer by the Oct. 31 deadline is what Wolves boss David Kahn calls a "no-brainer," but Pecherov is an unlikely keep.

On Thursday, Kahn said he "can't fathom" not guaranteeing Brewer -- the seventh overall pick in the 2007 draft -- a $3.7 million contract for the 2010-11 season.

"I think I need to visit with the coaches and we need to watch Corey play this year," Kahn said. "It'd be hard for me to fathom as we speak today that we don't pick up Corey as well [as Love]. But we've got all month to think about it."

Brewer said he hasn't even thought about that Oct. 31 deadline.

"Either they like me or they're not going to like me," he said. "I hope they like me because I like being here in Minnesota."

Scrimmage time Al Jefferson played one game of Thursday's night scrimmage and then watched the rest with a gigantic ice bag taped to each leg. Coach Kurt Rambis called it a precaution to ensure Jefferson's surgically repaired knee remains pain-free.

Point guards Jonny Flynn and Ramon Sessions played together for the first extended time in a scrimmage. "We wanted to see what it looked like," Rambis said. "It didn't look great, but that doesn't mean anything."

Missing The Wolves play on without veterans Antonio Daniels and Mark Blount, who have been given permission to pursue work elsewhere.

And Kahn doesn't appear rushed to solve either situation. He said he isn't actively trying to trade either player. If their agents can't arrange a trade, the Wolves are expected to agree to a contract buyout with each player.

Still hurting Pecherov, the 7-foot, third-year forward acquired from Washington last summer, remains sidelined by a broken wrist sustained while playing with the Ukrainian national team more than a month ago."