I don’t think any of these candidates care very much what the inside of 600 First Ave. looks like because they’re not working for anyone there except Glen Taylor. Might be different if they were interviewing for an Asst. GM position. As GM, I think it’s understood that they’re coming here to do their own thing, even if Freddy stays on to help evaluate talent. You can evaluate talent but still change the system (kind of like how the Vikings changed their drafting/evaluation system but retained most of their scouts some years back—basically modernizing the info collection and access system, leading to better communication and drafting).

How about those Rockets?! I get a little tired of the Lakers bias in ESPN’s coverage, and how nobody there (at ESPN) seems to give any team that’s not the Lakers, Celtics, or Cavs a chance, but how about them Rockets?! And Nuggets for that matter too. Talk about two teams finding success by playing team ball and utilizing a combination of star players, very good players who make those around them better, and competent role players.

Man, nothing has made me more hopeful as a TWolves fan than the success of the Rockets and Nuggets (still wish Chauncey was here). I hope hope hope that the Rockets win game 7 against the Lakers, and that our GM position remains vacant just a bit longer, although I’d love it if Penn came here too. If the Rockets can take LA to game 7, and Orlando can to BoTown to game 7, and Denver can dispatch everything in sight, then that tells me that the Twolves could do the same in 2-3 years with the right management.