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3) Don't doubt that someone may have told CBSSports.com that Kurt Rambis is in trouble in Minnesota. But if that's so, that stinks. For two years, the Wolves have done nothing but turn over their roster, bringing in younger and younger players, and asking Rambis and his staff to teach and live with all those Ls on their ledger. You don't win with young in this league; you win with talented veterans, and other than Kevin Love, the Wolves barely have enough talent to compete on a nightly basis. (Michael Beasley can score, no doubt, but his defense, like Love's, is, uh, a work in progress.) Lottery picks Jonny Flynn and Wes Johnson have been slowed by injuries, and the big man combo of Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic has been decidedly meh.
"This team plays hard," Rambis said last week, "and they have moments where they play extremely well together at both ends of the floor. But they haven't connected it for 48 minutes. They allow teams to get on runs. Clearly we lack the composure and experience and savvy, and maybe in some extent, personnel, to finish out games when things are tight. You know, that veteran, calming influence."
A team source insisted this weekend that it would take a major collapse down the stretch for management to even consider replacing Rambis, who got a four-year contract with the Wolves for that very reason -- to take a lot of losses while developing the team's young talent, including still-in-Europe Ricky Rubio. (The Wolves can buy out Rubio's contract in Spain next season for $500,000, with Rubio paying the remainder, and Minnesota still expects Rubio will come over next year, regardless of whether there's a lockout.) The Wolves have already won more games this season than last, with a month left in the season. Love, who clashed with Rambis last season, has seen that playing on a really bad team won't keep him from individual accolades like making the U.S. World Championship team last year and the All-Star team this year -- and as such, the source claims, Love isn't going anywhere when and if he becomes a free agent.

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Rambis marshals his defensive forces?
Clearly we lack the composure and experience and savvy, and maybe in some extent, personnel, to finish out games when things are tight. You know, that veteran, calming influence."

I haven't written an insightful post in years.

by littleboxes on Mar 14, 2011 3:30 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm assuming he's talking about veterans

Considering the only 3 players that enough experience to be off their rookie contracts are Darko, Webster and Ridnour.

by shangrila on Mar 15, 2011 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions  

I was just checking out the team payrolls by rank.

Wolves are incredibly low. Plus we spend it all on young guys. Still not a Kahn fan but I feel for the guy in a way.
Lakers 95
Magic 89
Mavs 85
Celts 83
………….
Clips 47
Bulls 46
Kings 39
Wolves 37

by fanslaststand on Mar 15, 2011 4:38 PM CDT reply actions  

I might be willing to agree with Aldridge

about Rambis getting a raw deal if his rotations weren’t terrible, his defensive scheme even remotely worked, and he was flexible enough to adjust his offensive system to fit his players (meaning don’t run it through Darko, Kurt!). Unfortunately that’s not the case. This is an extremely young and inexperienced team with way too much roster turnover, but it is better team than its win/loss record shows and that’s on Rambis.

by AQuintus on Mar 15, 2011 4:58 PM CDT reply actions  

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