MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves announced a number of additions to their front office and coaching staffs on Sunday night, including assistant general manager Noah Croom and director of player personnel Brian Pauga.Croom comes to the Timberwolves after spending the last 12 years as an agent and legal counsel with Goodwin Sports Management, one of the top agencies in the NBA. He is widely known as an expert at navigating the salary cap and collective bargaining agreement and has long been well respected in NBA circles for his ability to help facilitate deals. He also served as an assistant GM for the Vancouver Grizzlies.Pauga follows GM Scott Layden to the Timberwolves from San Antonio. Pauga spent the past nine seasons with the Spurs, where he was director of scouting in 2012 and the GM of the Austin Spurs in the D-League in 2013.Thibodeau also officially named his assistant coaches on Sunday. Andy Greer, who spent five years at Thibodeaus side in Chicago, joins from the Toronto Raptors and Rick Brunson, who coached with the Bulls from 2010-12, also was hired.Ryan Saunders, son of the late Flip Saunders, was retained from the previous staff, as was Vince Legarza, who was promoted to player development coach.The Wolves hired Peter Patton as shooting coach. Patton has tutored under Spurs shooting guru Chip Engelland and is the single-season record holder for 3-point accuracy in college, when he shot 54.1 percent from deep as a junior at DePaul.Minnesota hired Matt Duhamel away from the Minnesota Vikings to serve as director of athletic therapy. 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Sydney defender Aliir Aliir still has some chance of playing in next Saturdays AFL grand final against the Western Bulldogs, after scans revealed he suffered a minor medial ligament knee strain against Geelong on Friday.None of the Sydney players under an injury cloud have yet been ruled out of the season decider.Precautionary scans cleared midfielders Luke Parker and Josh Kennedy after they suffered knee knocks.Co-captain Jarrad McVeigh (calf) and Rising Star winner Callum Mills (hamstring), neither of whom played last week, will be tested at training this week.Aliir was hurt in the first quarter of last Fridays preliminary final against Geelong.He was unable to continue playing after he landed awkwardly following a marking contest.Aliir, whos played in 13 games in his first season, including Sydneys last 11, had a scan on Saturday.The scans have revealed Aliir has suffered a low-grade medial strain, Swans head of football Tom Harley said.We will continue to monitor Aliir and assess him as the week progresses. He remains a chance to play.Should 22-year-old Aliir not be passed fit, it could leave the door ajar for 33-year-old veteraan Ted Richards to play one last game.ddddddddddddRichards, who will retire at the end of the season, hasnt played a senior game since round 17.While he would be a positional like-for-like replacement for Aliir, the Bulldogs dont have a large array of tall forwards and the Swans could potentially get away with not picking another tall back.Coach John Longmire would ideally like to squeeze Mills and McVeigh back into his top 22, meaning two players would have to drop out.If Allir, Mills and McVeigh are passed fit, then Jeremy Laidler, Harrison Marsh and Zak Jones are among the defenders who might be sacrificed.Laidler played the last two games in place of Mills, first-season back Marsh has appeared in the last four matches and Jones made an impressive return from injury against Geelong.Most other players further forward look well set unless the Swans match committee opts for a little more experience in picking someone like Harry Cunningham instead of a younger forward like Xavier Richards or George Hewett. 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