HOUSTON – Eight days after the Timberwolves dealt him to Houston, Robert Covington did something that was unusual for a player just traded away — he came back for a game, and the game didn’t involve his new team.
Covington returned to Target Center for the Wolves’ game against Charlotte just before the All-Star break. He happened to be in town moving stuff with his brother from his old residence to Houston when Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns called him and demanded he come to the game. Covington didn’t see a problem with it.
“There was no bad blood.