Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio said he got some advice from former Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett while he was working out in Los Angeles during the NBA lockout. "He told me the people in Minnesota are really nice and that they'll do a lot to help you," Rubio said of his chats with Garnett during a brief press conference with reporters this afternoon at Target Center. ... Tolliver, Johnson, Beasley, Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic were among the first group of Timberwolves players to arrive at the team's practice facility for individual workouts.