Question: Which close friend of an American former basketball player was signed for to play for the Timberwolves?

Ricard Rubio i Vives (born October 21, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14.  He made his EuroLeague debut on October 24, 2006, at age 16, becoming the first player born in the 1990s to play in a EuroLeague game.  He is the fifth-youngest player to make their debut in the EuroLeague.  On June 25, 2009, he was drafted with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Timberwolves, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted by the NBA.  The Timberwolves had an agreement in principle with his former Spanish team, DKV Joventut, to buy out his contract, but Rubio backed out of the deal.  On August 31, 2009, Joventut traded the rights to Rubio to FC Barcelona, and Rubio signed a six-year contract with FC Barcelona the following day.  In 2011, Rubio joined the Minnesota Timberwolves, and spent six seasons in Minnesota before being traded to the Jazz in June 2017. <SEP> Delray Brooks (October 24, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former basketball player.  Brooks was an Indiana high school basketball star who was named both 1984 Co-Indiana Mr. Basketball and 1984 USA Today Player of the Year.  After high school, he first attended Indiana University to play basketball for Bobby Knight.  When he didn't fit into the team plans as he had hoped he transferred to play for Rick Pitino at Providence College, where the team was one of the most successful in school history.  As a professional player, his career floundered in various leagues before he began coaching basketball as an assistant for Pitino at the University of Kentucky.  He reached the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship final four as both a player and assistant coach.  When Pitino left for the NBA, he moved on to a head coaching position at the University of Texas-Pan American.  He was eventually caught up in a scandal and fired.  He has since coached various high school teams.  , he is the head coach for the men's basketball team at Clay High School. <SEP>  He played the power forward and center positions.  In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and won a national player of the year award. Kevin Maurice Garnett (born May 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  He entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years. <SEP> The 2000–01 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 12th season in the National Basketball Association.  After the death of Malik Sealy, the Timberwolves scrambled to find a replacement for him, signing free agent Chauncey Billups, a close friend of Kevin Garnett while signing LaPhonso Ellis.  Meanwhile, the Timberwolves secret free agent deal signed by Joe Smith was voided by the NBA, who ruled their proper procedure in signing the contract, while stripping their first round draft picks for the next five seasons and fined $3.5 million.  Smith would sign with the Detroit Pistons, and the Timberwolves' owner Glen Taylor, and vice president Kevin McHale were both suspended for one year.  Despite the troubles, the Timberwolves posted an 11-game winning streak midway through the season, and finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record, with Garnett being selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.