"Timberwolves point guard Jonny Flynn will miss at least the first week of the season while recovering from hip surgery in July, Wolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said Friday.

Flynn, who participated in the Wolves' media day activities Friday, is recovering from a labral tear in his left hip, a cartilage that connects the hip joint. He suffered the injury in the final week of last season as a rookie and aggravated his hip while competing with the Wolves' summer league team. Flynn underwent surgery July 27 at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo.

"I'm going back out there with Jonny on Oct. 18 when he's re-evaluated," Kahn said. "We'll know more then, but Jonny is progressing well."

Flynn, who started 81 games as a rookie, will sit out Wolves' training camp, which starts today at Minnesota State Mankato, and the entire exhibition schedule. Kahn said Flynn would not accompany the team next week on its trip to Europe to play exhibition games against the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. The Wolves play the Lakers on Oct. 4 in London and the Knicks on Oct. 6 in Paris. "