"Rick Adelman doesn't have time to ponder how close he was to being the Lakers' coach. He's too busy winning games with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Adelman was one of three candidates when Phil Jackson stepped down last May, but Mike Brown got the job over him and Brian Shaw.

"I don't think about it that much," Adelman said Sunday before the Timberwolves played the Lakers. "That was a long, long time ago and it was just a conversation we had. I never look back at something like that.""