Building A Mystery In Minnesota

Feel bad for Al and Ryan. Hope Al has a great recovery from his knee surgery.

They got Blount right? I say NO.

So far, I’m not impressed with Kahn. The TWs had a very good January and looked like they were starting to turn the corner and then Big Al goes down. Kahn comes in and blows everything up and what does he have to show for it? Rubio’s been a fiasco so far and QRich for Blount just to save $1.4 million next year? Better to keep and play him him rather than obtain Blount and cut him (and it would be even dumber not to cut him).

Overall, they’re in a salary dump and their attendance is going down the toilet. They’ll have a lot of cap next summer, but so what. What premier FA will go to Minnesota without being wildly overpaid?

Is that a pic of Big Al on the field of fenway park on his wall,? Not trying to be a jerk, serious question.

BTW, Gomes is never mentioned among the core. Even Brewer, who is obviously one of the bigger busts of the last couple of drafts has gotten some recognition from Kahn.

how much rebuilding can you do… didn’t we do the same and finally realize that quality, talented Veterans win games…. In my mind the TWolves have gone backwards and until they finally realize that they need players, not projects, then they are heading nowhere.

I sometimes wonder if Big Al and Ryan Gomes wishe they never signed that contract with the TWolves. Al has 4 years left on his contract right now as does Ryan.

The one thing I do give you is that Minnesota has 8 expiring contracts at the end of the 2009-2010 season with Blount being one of them. But even still, what player wants to go and play for the TWolves right now.

Many players have their choice between Boston, LA Lakers, Cleveland, San Antonio as being their first choice because of the chance of winning a title. The only players the TWolves will attract are average to below average players and they might overpay to have them come their.

It’s a sad situtation to say the least. I would have given Kevin McHale 1 more year with the core he started with along with the draft picks and see how far they could go. The new GM just wanted to clean house with everything Kevin associated with it.

I just read Rubio will remain in Spain thru the end of his contract with DKV Joventut. NBA for “the spanish kid” now, only in 2011. I feel sorry for Big Al.

id be getting annoyed if i were al too…all hes done in his career thus far is rebuild

is how they will become a running team and utilize Al Jefferson to his best abilities.

Kahn has gone on record as saying he wants a team that runs a lot. Al is a half court guy. It can happen, but it will be interesting to see how they do it.

It sound like they may want to try to play Al and Kevin at the same time a lot for rebounding purposes. Rambis stated that fast breaks start with rebounds in one comment.

Will Rambis stress defense? How about the triangle? Will that be coming over?

With the new roster, I’d like to get some direction from Rambis before hazarding a guess. And like all first time head coaches, (that short previous period not counted) Rambis is a question mark himself at this point.

From everything I’ve read (and have seen) Jonny Flynn looks like a solid pick up.

I love you Big Al please come back to play for the Celtics

A first-time head coach, a start from scratch (almost) roaster and a not-so-happy All-Star are not the right ingredients for a smooth rebuilding. What they need is a Bill Parcells type if they want to turn things around.

Big Al is the only one on the face of this Earth who misses Sebastian Telfair

big al has got to be worried about this team. losing kevin was a big loss for al and there will be way too many l’s in the loss column. no way do any of the big free agents to come will want to go to minny. sucker contract, al.

They could’ve had Stephen Curry along with Johnny Flynn, instead they took Rubio who wanted to go to a major city where he’d get exposure. And he is going to finish out his contract in Spain, so they are stuck with just Flynn as a top 10 pick. The new guy Kahn is a serious bonehead for this reason alone and I’m sure after Stephen wins rookie of the year honors it will be viewed as a botch up.

They still have a huge holes at the wing and until we actually see Flynn and Rubio on the NBA court very much unproven at the point despite how talented they are. They could even take a step back this year after losing a couple good players in the Wizards trade.

Too early to comment on their direction. Too many things need to happen before any clarity comes …

The Wolves got considerably worse in the short term this summer, but there’s a good chance it’ll help them in 2-4 years time.

The Wolves were going nowhere under McHale. Sure they could have won 40 or so games, but they were hitting a roadblock once they got there. They just weren’t built for sustainable progress, there wasn’t enough high end young talent on the roster.

What I don’t understand is why some sneaker company won’t finance Rubio’s buyout. He’s an exciting player who will sell alot of sneakers. A $5M sneaker contract is small potatoes, even in this economy.

And why is DKV Jovenhut digging in its heels? If they force him to stay for two more years, they get nada when he leaves.

But I don’t expect Rubio ever to play for the Wolves. I expect his rights to be traded to the Knicks in some sort of sign and trade involving David Lee, or a deal in which NY agrees not to match MN’s offer sheet to Lee (assuming Lee would agree to play for two years at the MLE).

Here are all the reasons free agents want to come to Minnesota:

1. The beaches are great in January! (Hell, it’s only 30 below!)

2. I really like lefties and Minny is full of them!

3. Lots of good blonde girls and not much virile competition (goes with the lefties).