Word of the Day: Kahned
by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 4:39 PM CDT
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We here at Hoopus have submitted a new word to the Urban Dictionary. If it is accepted, this is what you will see:
tr.v.
The act of being disappointed after anticipating something new and fantastic and instead ending up with some retread failure who is presented to you as being nothing other than the bee's knees. Named in honor of the Timberwolves selecting David Kahn as their new GM.
nd)Example #1: After I asked for a big wheel for my birthday but my parents kahned me out when they gave me a sweater.
Example #2: Man, I was totally promised that this new MP3 player was going to be the business but instead it's just some old-ass model from about 5 years ago that no one really wanted in the first place. I was totally kahned.
Let's see your creativity at work. The best sentence in the comments gets an invisible Canis Hoopus for GM game worn jersey.
UPDATE: Bill Simmons now has his very own Wolves GM campaign poster:
You can hear his pitch for the position on the BS Report by clicking here (a written version of his argument can be found on RandBall here.) You can read about Kahn and D-League debts and lawsuits by clicking here.
UPDATE ii: You can join the Simmons for Wolves GM Facebook page by clicking here.
As a quick side note, it is impossible to state just how depressing of a choice Kahn is. If you add in the fact that a promising up-and-coming GM from the best franchise in the NBA turned the team down because he wasn't on the same page as the owner, and we later find out that the owner's page has something to do with maintaining a large portion of the status quo on a team that has won 24 games in consecutive years while mismanaging its assets for the better part of a decade...well, let's go crazy. Simmons it is. The news about Kahn is like waking up in a cold sweat realizing that the whole thing about Obama was just a dream and that we really elected Jeb Bush.
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I thought Randy Foye was going to be a stud lead guard like Chauncey Billips but I got Kahned.
My T-Wolves season tickets were a total Kahn job.
Papa Glen kept telling us it was a new beginning, but it was a total Kahn since he didn’t disrupt the country club.
by Eric in Madison on May 6, 2009 5:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A scout that I trust more than anyone said..
I could write a book on how it would be a bad move (to hire Kahn). But every person in the know that I have talked to was shocked that he would even be considered.
excuse me while I drink.
by revprodeji on May 6, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i had an email from a media-based contact...
…in one of his D-League stops that actually used the phrase “Kahn artist”.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...
…no it won’t.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also wonder...
…how much he had to do with setting up Conseco Fieldhouse. I think he was the GM when the deal for that thing was hacked out.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kahn Positives
1. He did mention in his Maury Brown interview he played a big role in Conseco Fieldhouse being built. If this is true- it’s supposed to be perhaps the nice venue in all of American Sports- http://www.thesportsroadtrip.com/nbafavorites.html. Although this doesn’t have much to do with the task on hand.
2. Networking Skills- His Resume is impressive just in the number and variety of connections he’s made in the game (Media and League). So we can hold out hope that he could bring some additional young-talent to the Front Office.
3. Constant Promotions from Donnie Walsh to become the Pacers GM. I don’t think anyone would really call Walsh’s history one of poor operation.
4. We’re probably going to keep getting mulitiple perspectives in Personnel decision-making. I tend to think this is more a good thing than a bad thing.
What I Wonder is his exact role in all of this? CEO?? Team President?? Chief Basketball-Decision Maker?? Chief Contract Guru??
I can’t say what’s going to come. Although Ridiculous Scott and Rev. don’t inspire confidence. I’m just trying to bring some balance to this ordeal.
by Jose Cordoba on May 6, 2009 9:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Fieldhouse..
…is also a debt machine that will require large amounts of tax dollars to maintain.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And the Pacers claim they’ve only made money in one season since the arena opened. So if he had anything to do with the lease…
Very nice place to watch a game, though.
As someone who was in Indiana through 2002, I honestly can’t remember hearing Kahn’s name. Donnie Walsh was portrayed as the decision-maker in the front office. Granted, I didn’t follow the team that closely, so I could have the wrong perception.
by RedCandyStripedPants on May 6, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
And I hate to bring the man down without knowing him personally, but being pretty intertwined in the D-League, I hear enough. Mostly, him as a person though. I sent a CanisHoopus link to someone in the D-League this morning and they replied with:
Assume you were talking about the Kahn statement…not the Bill Simmons.
If it’s true…the world is a very strange place that he can get a job in the NBA after the way he treats people.
Just doesn’t sound like a good dude to me..
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by Scott Schroeder on May 6, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On another note
How much validity is to be made of mulitple mentions in recent days from both Zgoda and Paul Allen that if Kahn’s the GM- SMITCH is the Coach?
by Jose Cordoba on May 6, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If he is making business decisions then at least he is qualified. If he is making basketball decisions then we are in some trouble. Simple as that.
by revprodeji on May 6, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just talked to that scout friend. Kahn in charge, freddy having a lot of say.
by revprodeji on May 6, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
wow
Kahn in charge.
But to be fair, here are two positives about Kahn
1. He has a Portland connection (but not the basketball kind, he just lives there).
2. His Fort Worth Flyers signed Twolves fan favorite Ndudi Ebi in Feb 2007.
Seriously, how can the Wolves lose?!
by littleboxes on May 6, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that Lindsey..
…didn’t get the job because he wanted to clean the Basketball Operations house.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine that..
….the Wolves not getting someone from the best operation in the NBA because they didn’t want to get rid of existing BO personnel. Whether for cost or loyalty, it’s still bullshit.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 6, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is pretty depressing.
For news we’ve been waiting for with baited breath for years, it’s a total non-climax. How many of us are left wondering if maybe we weren’t better off with McHale?
by princelyfrank on May 6, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well put
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 7, 2009 6:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I would ask
for people in the know is-“Of Kahn’s Detractors are the issues concerning leadership skills, business acumen or Personnel decisions?”
by Jose Cordoba on May 6, 2009 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Leadership skills
Business acumen is debatable… He made a good amount of money buying and selling D-League teams, but did it shadily.
Personnel decisions – He’s never really been a personnel guy. He hired coaches in the D-League, and they were hit and miss. Seems his ego is quite large.
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by Scott Schroeder on May 6, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Off the record, what he wrote was that he still owes money to some friends. He is super cheap and not qualified. Very arrogant.
by revprodeji on May 6, 2009 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What is up with the local teams in this town? The Twin Cities feature a relatively well-educated and (traditionally, maybe less so now) open-minded public, and the local media is generally tame and fair, compared to other cities. It’s also a mid-sized sports market that could use some savvy to level the playing field. It seems as good an environment as any to host some cutting-edge front office types. Yet all the teams here seem not just behind the curve in that regard. David Kahn? Seriously?
I don’t know. This might be the last straw for me and the Wolves. Unless they luck into Ricky Rubio, I don’t know if I can bother with them anymore…
by jianfu on May 6, 2009 11:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Man … Papa Glen just showed us that he is just a very big chicken. Don’t wanna resort to name calling but there’s just no other way to describe it.
He’s just a scared, scared man.
It’s also not a slap but an extremely violent fist to the face of the fans. He’s completely turning a blind eye to what the fans have been wanting for a long time now: change.
I am really growing convinced now there’s no way the Timberwolves will ever turn the ship around as long as Glen is owning the club. He’s just unwilling to take some risk and is always one step behind instead of one step ahead.
The fact alone that he probably doesn’t realise that a lot of people are giving up on the Wolves because of this decision is really, really depressing. It makes you wonder how we deserved this.
I get that Hoiberg is not a bad guy but seriously, have some guts Glen. For once go with the best option instead of the chicken way out.
Now what are we going to do. I really can’t bear to suddenly change my fandom, that just wouldn’t go.
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by Wim (Belgium) on May 7, 2009 1:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yes, yes, and more yes
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 7, 2009 6:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eureka!
I’ve figured it out! Kahn was hired at the request of the Commish. Our new GM/Prez/whatever alienates the entire fan base so completely that Papa Glen can sell out to an ownership group from Seattle, who then move the team. In return for this favor, Papa Glen is then allowed first bid on either the Bobcats or the Hornets in order to rid The Commish two owners who may be even worse than our own!
Ok, it’s a bit far-fetched, but I’m desperate enough to hope it’s true!
by SoDakHmr on May 7, 2009 1:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Seattle Timberwolves. Mhm, has some ring of truth to it.
by Norsktroll on May 7, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOLA will beat them to it..
….or the Griz.
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by Stop-n-Pop on May 7, 2009 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or Sac-Town
Or the Clippers. Or the Pacers. Lots of struggling NBA franchises from which to choose.
by PoorDick on May 7, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When International league pass come out I really wanted to watch a lot of T-wolves games but they totally kahned me because they didn’t allow the service in Belgium. Then when they finally did allow it Jefferson got injured: double khaned.
SnP also got Khaned because the thought he was gonna be watching a lot of T-wolves games but a lot of them were blacked out…
NBA League pass: where khaning happens
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by Wim (Belgium) on May 7, 2009 4:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now we are all acting like this is going to happen. This is the Timberwolves we are talking about, right? I will admit that this does sound like a decision they would make, but let’s wait until we hear something official from Stearn, like Kahn isn’t the FO guy, he is the new owner and he’s moving them to Seattle so he doesn’t have as far to commute. . .
NBA: Where Kahning happens
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by frankenhoops on May 7, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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