Lotto Day Open Thread
by Stop-n-Pop on May 17, 2011 7:06 AM CDT
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Here it is folks, the last top pick before Clippergeddon. Did you ever in a hundred years think that a franchise that has never moved up in the lottery, and that has never landed the top pick, and that has won a combined 32 games over the past two seasons would be in a position where there is legitimate speculation that should they buck two historical trends they might trade away their long-sought-after booty? Well, on the bright side of things, should they finally break through with the lotto and trade the pick, they just might be on the cusp of something even more historic: 3 consecutive sub-20 win seasons! Onward and upward, I always say.
Anywho, despite all of that, let's think positive thoughts today. After all, today from 12:01 AM to 7:29 PM is pretty much the best time to be a Wolves fan. It's our glory (half) day. Some suggestions:
- Walk around work like you own the place. Brag about how your favorite team is going to land the best player in college basketball and take the NBA world by storm during the 2011/12 season.
- Talk s#$t about the Twins.
- Point out how lovely the Sanford Health sign looks out there in right field.
- Drink some milk. Say the word "Vikings". Snort milk through nose. Ask Vikings fans if they look forward to having the only NFL stadium to be built on a Superfund site.
- Imagine that your favorite team is led by someone who actually knows what he is doing.
- Mutter to yourself "Kahn" and then let loose a wry smile, knowing full well that this will all be a funny cosmic joke in a few years.
- Photoshop pictures of Kyrie Irving in a black Wolves uniform and email them to your North Carolina-loving friends.
- Photoshop pictures of Kyrie Irving in a black Wolves uniform and a big bold heading that says "Derrick who?" or "The REAL rosy future". Post pictures to Blog-a-Bull. Make sure to post pics next to several trade proposals that include Jonny Flynn and Joakim Noah.
- Talk some more s%*t about the Twins. Make sure to work in a few "bi-lateral (insert word) weakness" jokes.
- (Most importantly) Quietly tell HR that you will likely have to take the day off tomorrow. Either you will be too hungover due to the celebration of the #1 pick, you will be too hungover due to the celebration of the #1 pick and the quick realization that David Kahn is an incompetent and will trade said pick, or you will be too shamed by your pre-7:30 actions to come in and face up to your one glory day of insufferability.
Enjoy the day...well, enjoy it until 7:30.
Until later.
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Tell Kahn the draft is on May 18th
“I told Ricky that he will be the starting point guard the minute he walks into Target Center,” by David Kahn.
Dingus Kahn, it's over
It's only right we get the first pick knowing that it will be traded.
I fully expect to get the first pick it will be traded for someone young, long, and athletic who isn’t very good. The good news is that when the team fails to reach 20 victories again that Kahn will be fired.
I don't know that even that can be considered good news.
Probably just a silver lining. Because, if the Wolves trade the first for someone not very good, and the team goes out and lays another sub-20 egg, there will be a mess of things going wrong. Kevin Love will almost definitely be forcing his way to another team. The Wolves will not have a Lottery pick. They probably will have a little bit of cap space. They still won’t have anything to build on. Who exactly would want to GM that mess? Or coach it? Or play for it?
by Krotz the Wall on May 17, 2011 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm starting to believe you want this team to move.
Everything in the computer need my face on it. Mega Gigabytes, son!
nope
I don’t want them to move, but a couple more seasons like the past three seasons and it’s likely to happen. Unless there is a MN buyer.
I haven't written an insightful post in years.
by littleboxes on May 17, 2011 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Leave it to the organization to put a damper on even this.
Sure, there isn’t a whole lot to get excited about with this draft. I do like Kyrie Irving, and I would love to see him play for the Wolves, but he has a great many more question marks than a typical #1. I think he could have a pretty dang good career. Okay, so that would make me at least a little excited and drawn in by the lottery, just a little less than in other years. Then we have multiple sources close to the team saying that the team would rather trade the #1 pick and wait around for Rubio. I have to say, having watched this FO, that it probably isn’t any sort of smokescreen. It just doesn’t make sense for it to be one as there is no reason to hedge anything prior to even the lottery. It’s just deflating. No matter what happens… I’m just thinking ‘What will they do now?’.
Probably.
I mean, most likely it will be hilarious, but I would love to see something that closely resembles a serious basketball decision be made. I guy can dream, right?
by Krotz the Wall on May 17, 2011 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think the writers need to resort to serious basketball decisions
until at least season 4. Then we’ll know that the Twolves have jumped the shark.
I haven't written an insightful post in years.
by littleboxes on May 17, 2011 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
By then...
they’d probably be the Seattle Land Sharks.
by Krotz the Wall on May 17, 2011 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
by Wile E Coyote on May 17, 2011 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Sanford sign
Is a crime against beauty. Sanford and Taylor…FYI guys, you can’t take it with you when you go and your kids are going to blow it on crap like hovercrafts and robots.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 7:42 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
What the Sanford sign is
Is completely normal, totally reasonable advertising. As a Wolves and Twins fan, the Twins’ reaction pissed me off. Have some comradery. Especially now that you play like the Wolves.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
If everybody slapped giant tacky signs on the sides of their building mpls would look like a giant tacky city. Part of the reason that city looks so nice now is that you can’t do that (except for a few blocks over there or something).
As long as it’s just one tacky sign on one building, sure, no big deal, but where do you draw the line? Slippery slope argument is what I’m making here.
Plus it’s ugly, and I’ll be the judge of that.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions
The world of advertising has been a slippery slope for the past century...
That sign isn’t remotely cutting edge.
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I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Why aren't the Best Buy, FS North, US Bank, Treasure Island, Pepsi, Mortenson, Target, Delta, and Qwest advertisements tacky?
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Because they dont look like giant bedsheets hanging from the side of a frat house.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Your opinion is based on how you think it looks (and how TC looks, it seems)
The Twins lambasted it before it ever went up, for no good reason, besides a very selfish approach to their place in the Twin Cities.
Also, I disagree with your opinion of its relative appearance.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Setting aside the issue of whether they have a right to do it,
the Wolves (and Sanford Health) did their sign in the chintziest way imaginable. Anyone looking at the picture above can imagine better options than a plain rectangle with a generic logo on it. Put it on the blue circle on the left, there, and it would fit in.
I said "relative" appearance
Because the plastering of ads in the stadium looks chintzy to me, too. And it’s also everywhere in stadiums. It’s not like Target Center is some historic old building. It’s a sports arena…
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Relative to the cityscape behind it it’s an abomination.
Some of us poor souls get sick to our stomachs when we see a vista decimated (hyperbole). You have to admit that we in the tacky police do provide some service to a city.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, I'm totally for the proposed TC renovations, which I believe stand to de-tackify that view a bit...
I’m not fully against your stance on “tacky.” I just think the Twins org getting pissed about TC’s advertising was ridiculous.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I’m a sucker for art deco but a reno wouldn’t kill me either.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
And the Wolves might even fill it.
Might.
They say it's always darkest just before dawn and man, was it dark last year. Come to think of it, I'm not needing my sunglasses this year, either.
Sorry man, I’ll fight tacky to the death in that city. Honestly compare the skylines of Mpls and St. Paul. In St. Paul they allow signs on the buildings. St. Paul looks fine, Mpls is beautiful.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions
I work in downtown St. Paul
What signs? The names of building ownership? That’s there in Minneapolis.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Y, those signs. They are lit at night and you can see them for miles.
Everybody has a different sense of what’s tacky. I wouldn’t fly my college’s flag on the front of my house either.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
The blinking "1st" on First National Bank Building
is what you can see for miles.
I call it iconic.
You call it tacky.
I’m ready to agree to disagree.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
It’s really fine if they all do it. Many of the buildings in St. Paul have lit signs that you can see though. In Mpls it’s very out of place to paint a giant ad on the side of your building. It makes it stand out like a sore thumb and unquestionably detracts from the downtown view of Targer Field.
That’s my summary. I hear where you’re coming from too but at least they could have done a better job with it.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
That sounds ok to me
But the last thing I’ll reiterate is that Target Center is an old sports arena. Yeah, it is ugly, but it’s pretty typical for them to advertise.
Lord knows, the big screens on the (much newer and prettier) Xcel Energy Center would look gaudy on any iconic old downtown building, along with the Target Field ads seen above.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Neighborhoods should care about this, and some do control it.
The Edina theater down in the 50th and France neighborhood, for a long time, had restrictions on how much the lights on the front of the thing were allowed to blink and move around and so on. Developers Uptown have trouble getting permits for building parking lots with front entrances; it doesn’t fit with the neighborhood, so you don’t see too much of that.
There is a planning/regulation sweet spot and each city needs to find it for themselves through healthy debate. People can choose to live and play in the area that suits their style.
What’s frustrating about the Sanford sign is that mpls has a well established aesthetic for it’s large buildings and Glen Tacky poo’d on it.
If people don’t complain about it they will keep doing it. See billboards on highways prior to highway beautification act.
I’m talking out of my ars but you get the point.
by fanslaststand on May 17, 2011 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
And if your tacky fight to the death involves the spread of advertising
RIP
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions
A few weeks ago
I made a $1 bet with my mate that the Wolves would win the lottery. When I get to work I’ll talk up the demise of his beloved Lakers and how good it is to be a Wolves fan with the #1 pick.
Got to love a glimmer of hope.
In truth, I reckon the Wolves can get a servicable player with the 4th. Always fun to support the young prospects.
Wrong thought process.
I keep hearing how we are going to get screwed out of the number 1 pick. Before the year started we knew how the lottery worked. Finishing last gives you the 4th pick. That’s what we have. We have the chance to move up, but what we have is the 4th pick. Today is the day where we find out if we get Bismack or something more than that.
Sure it’s okay to be disappointed if we don’t move up, but crying injustice about a system that was in place years before we went into the crapper is non-sense. Worrying about trading something we don’t have is non-sense.
So long as we are talking non-sense. If we are number 2 and the Wizards are not number 1 do we call them offering 2 for Javale McGee allowing them to get Kanter and Williams? Or do we just take Williams/Kanter/Biyombo for ourselves?
Agreed
But that’s still not going to stop me from whipping my remote control across the living room at a high rate of speed when we drop out of the top 3.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on May 17, 2011 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Thank you
As I posted on another thread, it’s been more likely for a team w/the worst record to get the #4 than the #1 in the last 10 years. If a person wants to argue about the law of averages, that’s fine, but I’m done with assuming this franchise is cursed. It was silly when applied to a Red Sox team that perennially won and had a few slip-ups in the World Series, and it’s asinine when talking about a franchise that forfeited 3 first-round picks to sign Joe Smith to an illegal deal and has the longest out-of-playoffs streak in the NBA.
The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart. -- Sarah Silverman
by pagingstanleyroberts on May 17, 2011 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
(Probability isn't the same as past results.)
The most likely team to get the #1 pick before the lottery is still the hapless franchise with the worst record from the previous year.
None of us really expect to draw the first pick, but probability isn’t the opening scene in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, no matter how much Wolves fans feel like we’re seeing an unending string of coin tosses with the same result.
The odds
Seems that the odds are 25% chance they will draft Irving and 75% chance they draft Biyombo. I guess we could adjust the odds a bit for the probability that the Wizards get the #1 and pass on Irving, but the most likely outcome is that Biyombo will be wearing a Wolves jersey if/when next season begins. From what I’ve read about Biyombo, he might actually be smart enough to understand the triangle offense. Something to look forward too!!! Let the hype begin!
Go look at his euroleague assist numbers
that will bring your optimism crashing down.
Here's all the more he needs to understand of the triangle offense.
We don’t run it. Or at least not enough that it would matter.
please stop raining the hype %%
facts & statistics aside, Biyombo will be easy to sell. A lot more so than a redunant D.Williams or another Euro contract buyout nightmare from Jonas V. My point was just that, as fans, all signs and probabilities are pointing toward BB if the Wolves end up with the 2, 3 or 4th pick tonight.
Y'know, I think I'm OK with Bismack if we don't land #1
I’m just not seeing Derrick Williams as being a difference maker. I don’t see too many scenarios where Biyombo totally busts. Guys that size with that sort of athleticism that like playing defense have to have something go wrong to fail. Maybe he won’t be able to stay on the floor because of fouls, or maybe he has no idea where to be on the court. Those are really the only ways I see him failing unless his motor isn’t as strong as it appears.
Conspiracy theory
Should the Wolves win tonight it will strengthen the belief that the lottery is contrived.
Agree Kyrie is best available but it is a bit of a tease. Crazy numbers over a small sample. He may be a star in waiting but it’s not like drafting LBJ, Shaq, or even Durant or Blake.
Perfect year for the NBA to display the “integrity” of the lottery.
Additionally, no opportunity for agenda. No major market traditional franchises in the mix.
Should be a shoe in.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 8:33 AM CDT reply actions
Good post.
Today is a day when we might (emphasis on might) win the opportunity to have the first overall pick and it will still most likely be the second worst day of the year for Wolves fans. The worst day is the actual draft day. Anger and disappointment are guaranteed on that day. The tunnel ahead seems very dark and very long. Perhaps the only saving grace is that our misery now officially has a lot of company. The Twins are terrible. The Gophers are terrible. The Wild are lousy. The Vikings are whatever the Vikings are (which ain’t much). Both the NFL and NBA might wind up not having seasons at all this coming year. Those who are not Wolves fans in MN are not as prone to pile on us.
What we're seeing
is a reversal of Bill Simmons’ theory that a city’s teams can catch momentum from each other and have a “year of…” type thing where that city dominates the nations sports landscape. Last example being Boston when the Patriots, Red Sox, and Celtics all made the finals in their respective leagues.
Minneapolis is suffering from the opposite of the “year of…” phenomenon. We’re not catching momentum, we’re catching horrible displays of athletic ineptness. It started with the Wolves not living up to expectations and then transferred to the Gophers, Vikings, Wild, and now the Twins.
But I see a bright light. With Minnesota now the home of the best female basketball player things are about to turn a corner. The wolves will WIN the lottery, they will KEEP the pick and Irving WILL win Rookie of the year and MVP next season. This will feed over to the Gophers, Vikings, Wild, and Twins.
Get ready for it folks.
The year of Minnesota baby!
I don't think the WNBA can ever be factored in to a city's momentum.
Ever.
The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart. -- Sarah Silverman
by pagingstanleyroberts on May 17, 2011 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Mr. I-Hate-Every-Woman-Ever is back at it again...
hating all the woman.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Hard not to agree with Stanley
If chicks aren’t winning is there ANY level of interest?
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep. That's exactly right.
So many of my posts are misogynistic. I hate all the woman.
The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart. -- Sarah Silverman
by pagingstanleyroberts on May 17, 2011 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
i want de numba 1 pick
but at de same time i really, really, really dont. I dont want kahn to have a number 1 pick. De way he will fuck it up will be epic, wun fo de ages. Dont think i can lvie wit dat again. fuck
MAYN HOL UP!
Ultimate Cosmic Slap in the Face
Not sure if this is getting much press in Minnesota, but some bible group has determined that May 21 is going to be judgement day.
http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/
A New York man then decided to spend his life savings putting up subway ads declaring the impending day of judgement.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/14/new-york-man-spends-life-savings-ahead-21-doomsday/
Not to rain on our half-day of glory, but wouldn’t it be the ultimate cosmic slap in the face if we got the number one pick, kahn said we were all in on irving, and then the world ended?
For me personally I'd be happier that I'm finally out of debt.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
A girl in front of me in creative writing class when I was 15 told me
that she was going to have her children so that, just as they became teenagers, judgment day whisked them all away. That would spare her the joys of parenting a teen. So she thought.
Years later, she was my kids’ fourth grade teacher. And a darn fine one, too. She’s into teaching kids poetry, and does a better job with that than most. People get older and wiser.
Apparently it will START ending on May21 and be FINISHED on October 21
So there is a window in which, if the earthquakes, undead, and fires are navigable, we could still sign him before the end of days.
The threat of earthquake and catastrophic flooding should be much lower in Minneapolis than in Barcelona- that is a potential selling point.
The whole End of Days process has striking congruencies with the potential NBA lockout.
Has anyone ever seen Glen Taylor’s feet? Cloven? No?
that's interesting
it makes me wonder WHY Glen Taylor has NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, revealed his bare feet when sitting court side. Methinks, something is fishy or cloven.
I haven't written an insightful post in years.
by littleboxes on May 17, 2011 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you kidding!!?!?!?!?!
That sucks My wife’s birthday is the 22nd. I thought we would get to celebrate it in Heaven and Jesus would pay for her present. Darn now I better figure out what i’m going to get her.
I'm Trill, I'm running w/ the WOLVES
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on May 17, 2011 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I've got the older part down pat.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
You can have the payments
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
This is the biggest bunch of BS ever written!!!
Anybody with even the smallest brain knows the world isn’t ending as we know it until 2012….the end of the Mayan calendar. Man, you guys will swallow anything!!!
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
There is nothing good about today
except that I get a better sense of whether we’re fucked (no #1) or Kahn will fuck us in the future ( trade #1 pick for Sefalosha / draft Biymbo #1 )
Now you're a maaaaoowwhhhnnn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXaT_1I-vw
"We must always seek the truth in our opponents' error and the error in our own truth." - RN
Raja? Maybe a second round pick at best.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Glad to see you're back SnP...
I know I should be terrified right now, but I can’t help but feeling excited. Lotto Tuesday…a Twolves fan’s Christmas!!!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Probably more like Christmas Eve...
Then you wake up to find your stocking full of socks, fruit, and drakkar noir.
by eshold on May 17, 2011 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
More like a stocking full of coal
The Wolves are like the worst meal you've ever had--terrible while you're eating it and even worse later.
by Eric in Madison on May 17, 2011 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Best cologne (aftershave) I've used since High Karate!
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
David Kahn's going to look pretty good next to...
The Cavs are sending Nick Gilbert, son of Dan Gilbert, in an effort raise money for cancer research. Pretty incredible gesture on their part.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Last year
Washington sent Abe Pollin’s window and won the first pick. I have a feeling that the Cav’s will get it with this gesture (because it makes a good story) and as a consolation prize for losing LeBron.
We all know the lotto is rigged, so does anyone NOT think this is going to happen?
Now will you all please raise your right hand ... and place the paper bag over your head.
by Cedarpenguin on May 17, 2011 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't
I am positive that we get the #1 pick. It’s just too perfect not to see what Kahn does. He’s screwed if he takes ANOTHER point gaurd, and he’s an even bigger idiot if he takes someone other than the best player in a 1 man draft. Oh irony, you’re a cruel, cruel mistress…
Would not surprise one iota
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Question
I’m putting together a FanPost in which I’d like to use Excel charts. When I paste them in they look fine, but then they don’t show up when I hit preview. Do I need to include these as images using the URL link business? And if so, how do I do that?
Thanks to anyone who can help!
Question
How does a sports site have editing tools that do such a completely awful (as in, next-to-nonexistent) job with table formatting?
The few times I've made tables I do them all by hand in the html editor
ugg table tr td blah blah blah /td /tr /table
But your WSIWYG editor is awful.
It's astonishingly bad.
Yeah, I cobble things in the HTML, but at random times the editor “feature” will insert various named style attributes.
Pretty incredible for a sports site not to be able to include, oh, stats in a posting.
Nevermind
I figured it out. And yes, feral, the table formatting does suck.
Coming very, very soon: a brand-new post about Irving’s TS%!
Be the first to post!
by Madison Dan on May 17, 2011 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Refreshing the main page 22 times a minute...
But somehow I think Fuzzem will beat me.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
I plan on bringing a good luck charm to tonight's draft lottery party.
I’m trying to decide between my signed K-Love jersey, my Crunch bobblehead or the Wolves’ piggy bank that I made in the Wisconsin Dells.
Everything in the computer need my face on it. Mega Gigabytes, son!
+1. Made trumps bought
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
by Wile E Coyote on May 17, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Wish list for tonight
Best on down to worst to still make the wish list.
1) Wolves win the lottery
2) Wolves get the second overall pick and Washington gets the number 1
3) David Kahn sits on national television holding and gently petting Tim’s piggy bank while the picks are announced. As the Wolves are announced as the 4th pick he screams “gawds be damned” and attempts to spike the piggy bank. Gilberts’ son steps up takes the piggy bank away and says to David “dude what’s wrong with you”
Favorite Tweet of the day so far
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“If the Timberwolves get the 1st pick they should select Ricky Rubio again just to show him they are serious.”
by xraraavis on May 17, 2011 10:09 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
Nice
Now will you all please raise your right hand ... and place the paper bag over your head.
by Cedarpenguin on May 17, 2011 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
That's not possible because he's already been drafted..
In 2009.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
^ Not as funny...
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on May 17, 2011 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
This is interesting
Because a TW option is to treat the Rubio pick as if it were this year’s pick and trade the #1 (kyrie) for an unprotected 2012. If Rubio works out you are still sitting on a top 5 pick. If he doesn’t you’ve hedged your bet.
Problem is they need to add more than Rubio to become relevant this year and a free agent signing is not likely.
Still if fans are willing to listen to Stop and Shop beeeeetch for just one more year this could be a plan.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
How about the no. 1 and Beasley for Kevin Martin, Buddinger and 2012 first rounder.
by Achilles Fang 1 on May 17, 2011 10:15 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Please no
It’s great that Kevin Martin is efficient and all, but he doesn’t play any defense or make his teammates better. Plus, he’s very, very injury prone. I’ll take Irving thank you very much.
I know it’s early … but any word on a stream yet? Gonna try to get up for a little half hour or so to watch this stuff so since it’ll be somewhere around 2am I’d like to be sure there’ll be a stream ^^
Since I've never been able to get it here
I suppose its a longshot to think you can get ESPN3?
It’s set to air on there. Probably on some “illegitimate” streams though, too.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
ESPN3 is not available outside of the US. So it’s the illegitimate streams I’ll be looking for, thx though
by Wim (Belgium) on May 17, 2011 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
If the Wolves get the #3 or #4 pick
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Kahn just flipped out and start yelling and chucking stuff.
FF to about 30 secs for this great Jerry Seinfield tantrum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Sw6by7pig
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
David Kahn has studied up on some key moments from that episode.
“Jerry, remember: It’s not a lie, if you believe it.”
It'd probably be the most
endearing thing the guy ever would do for this franchise…just melt down in outrage.
by Krotz the Wall on May 17, 2011 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
RIP Harmon Killebrew
Everything in the computer need my face on it. Mega Gigabytes, son!
by TimAllen on May 17, 2011 10:52 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure he will
I remember how mad I was the day I found out he signed with the Royals. Who the bleep did they think they were?!? Not that I knew anything about downside of careers, or stats or anything like that. At least we still had Rod Carew!!
When did I become a masochist?
by frankenhoops on May 17, 2011 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for posting, SnP.
Missed your voice. Plus, the Rubio bear cracked me up.
"Of what use is a philosopher who does not hurt anybody's feelings?" -Diogenes of Sinope
Holding a racehorse.
Was that two years ago? They had an arrangement to do with Allen picking the Derby winner.
It's actually Fred Hoiberg
But if you’re being sarcastic then it went straight over my head.
No...
I think he was talking about the picture on the bear in this post… that’s a picture of Paul Allen.
by Krotz the Wall on May 17, 2011 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
That's right
I was talking about the picture on the bear. That said, I didn’t realize at first that Fred Hoigberg is a part of that mash up due to the top notch Photoshop skills.
I can’t remember how many years ago we had the Paul Allen lottery as they all are just a blur of disappointment.
Hoiberg and his bear...
This was the 2008 (Derrick Rose) draft. Kevin Love’s working out pretty well for us, but that lottery was hella disappointing. And Freddy didn’t have much of a poker face.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember that one being the most heart breaking
At the time it was thought of as a two player draft and its the only time I remember watching the lottery show or whatever they call it live and seeing the wolves make it to the commercials without already having been announced. Then they come back and next thing you know we’re stuck with #3. All in all though that draft turned out pretty well for us but as said not as best as possible but still well.
by cwboarder on May 17, 2011 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
A buddy and I paused the DVR during the commercial break
to do a happy dance.
Perhaps the shortest-lived happy dance of my life.
I have growing concerns that being a fan of this team is making me more of a hipster than I ever intended to be.
However, due to our innate hipsterness, it seems that Minnesotans are now "exempt from the label": http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/the-most-hipster-state-in-the-us
by BrettAhlgren on May 17, 2011 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
TEAM WILL NOT TRADE #1 OVERALL PICK
Not sure who this supposed “inside source” is that the wolves will trade the first overall pick if they get it. My real inside source says no chance we do anything but draft K. Irving with #1 pick overall. #2 would mean a slight chance of trading but far from guarantee. #3 and #4 far more likely we trade…
So what would that mean re: Rubio?
His value must be pretty low right now, and I’m not sure having both on the roster at the same time would benefit either one.
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." -- Yogi Berra
by Wile E Coyote on May 17, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
I think their skills are complimentary
Kahn wasn’t totally off his rocker a couple years ago when he mentioned Flynn and Rubio potentially playing in the same back court. While his choice of Flynn was a horrific flaw, conceptually there is absolutely nothing unconventional about pairing a pass first PG with a shot creating lead guard. Hell, Denver paired two short pure PGs in Lawson and Felton for stretches. Eventually a choice probably needs to be made, but I just don’t think their strengths overlap enough to say that their growth would be stunted by playing together as rookies.
by Rascal Flatts on May 17, 2011 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Spot on
You are right on the money RF. I’ve seen Rubio play in person, he is a great facilitator and can run the up tempo offense the wolves are currently built for. While Irving can also run an offense, he is a scoring threat that Ricky at this point is not. I would simplify it this way…better to have to young quality PG’s than zero…and as you said, in time you will trade one of them.
I would Love, Love, Love (that's three) a Rubio/Irving backcourt
It is only a short term solution obviously, but watching Denver when they rolled out Felton and Lawson was my favorite basketball I’ve watched all season.
While they would probably get killed on D., both Irving and Rubio should at least be decent PG defenders, unlike Curry and Ellis. Therefore only the SG would go off everytime.
There was something seriously wrong with Kahn for thinking that those two could play next to each other.
The main reasons were/are because neither guy could/can shoot from distance and Flynn couldn’t/didn’t/won’t defend anyone, it’s hard to win games when both opposing guards are just sitting in the post players laps.
I do agree that Irving and Rubio could work because Irving can shoot.
History Time!
In the past ten years, how the top 3 shook out based on pre-lottery order:
‘10: 5 (Washington), 6 (Philly), 1 (New Jersey)
’09: 3 (Clippers), T-5 (Memphis), 4 (OKC)
’08: 9 (Chicago), 1 (Miami), 3 (Wolves)
’07: T-6 (Portland), 5 (Seattle), 3 (Atlanta)
’06: 5 (Toronto), 2 (Chicago via NY), T-3 (tied w/Atlanta and don’t know who won tiebreaker) (Charlotte)
’05: 6 (Milwaukee), 1 (Atlanta), 5 (Portland, later traded to Utah)
’04: 1 (Orlando), T-4 (Clippers, tied w/Hawks, traded to Charlotte), 2 (Chicago)
’03: T-1 (Cleveland), 6 (Memphis, traded to Detroit), T-1 (Denver)
’02: 5 (Houston), T-1 (Chicago), T-1 (Golden State)
’01: 3 (Washington), 8 (Clippers, traded to Chicago), 5 (Atlanta, traded to Memphis)
Just to scare everyone further into not talking about the merits of Kyrie Irving, let’s look at the number of times each draft slot has finished in the top 3:
1: 4
T-1 (in between 1 and 2 because they essentially split the difference in odds): 4
2: 2
3: 4
T-3: 1
4: 1
T-4: 1
5: 6 (Yikes)
T-5: 1
6: 3
T-6: 1
8: 1
9: 1
That’s right: in the past 10 years, the best spot to be in to finish in the top 3 has been #5. Now, let’s start the Bismack Biyombo vs. Brandon Knight/Kemba Walker/Kawhi Leonard/Enes Kanter deathmatch!
The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart. -- Sarah Silverman
by pagingstanleyroberts on May 17, 2011 11:53 AM CDT reply actions
#5 holla
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on May 17, 2011 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
But-but-but the Bulls would never trade Noah for Flynn and oooohhhhh
I see what you did there.
by googoleeoottooooleeoottooooleeeatta on May 17, 2011 12:40 PM CDT reply actions
1 vote for a Rubio and Irving backcourt
There is no way trading either of these guys is a good idea before we know if they can play in the NBA, and more importantly before we know if they can play together.
by xraraavis on May 17, 2011 2:09 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Unless
You get somebody close to or equal to the potential of irving/rubio. But yeah, buy high sell low would be hilarious khan-esque strategery.
by domesticllama on May 17, 2011 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Why possibly?
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Because 2 pg backcourts can work in spurts. One of them would also pg for the 2nd unit
I'm Trill, I'm running w/ the WOLVES
by running with Twolves (and scissors) on May 17, 2011 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh my bad
Like they did with Flynn/Sessions and Flynn/ Ridnour!
(not mocking you, Im mocking them).
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Brandon Knight could turn out to be the best player out of all of them
by ballllin on May 17, 2011 2:11 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I don't but he may turn out nice
Would you trade Rubio for Knight? This would be a great fan post. (with poll) and I would.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
In that getting Rubio is such a pain
I say yes, especially when we end up with pick #3 and get Kanter or Bismack…
by ChicagoViking on May 17, 2011 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup
Dikembe Biyombo and Brandon Knight would improve this club.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
I think it was in Thorpe’s ESPN chat last week where he felt that if Rubio was in this years draft he wouldn’t even be a lottery pick which to me is really depressing.
AND!!!!!!
It’s a suck draft.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't buy that.
I generally like Thorpe, he’s alright. But Rubio, not a lottery pick, in this draft? I can’t believe that.
I might be choosing to not believe it, though.
by googoleeoottooooleeoottooooleeeatta on May 17, 2011 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I would be happy if we came out of the draft with these two
Irving is more of a sure thing but I think Knight looks like he could become as good as Westbrook
I would like Knight way more
If he was set to be a mid to late first rounder. He looked alright, but I wasn’t terribly impressed. He’s no Westbrook in terms of athleticism either. I wouldn’t trade Rubio for him. Wouldn’t even think about it.
You'd be a bad GM. Right or wrong all GMs at least think about it.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Alright, I'd think about it, and then say "no" emphatically
Now am I a good GM?
by Dumbhead62 on May 17, 2011 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Improving
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Minnesota Sports is at an all time low
Also two beloved athletes passed away in past few days, something good happens please
RIP Derek Boogaard, thanks for the memories.
Well you know these things happen in threes
Are the Wolves next?
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
This is sort of like New Year's eve in Time Square
2 hours until everyone turns to their partner and kisses…….next season goodbye.
Happy New Year Wolves fans!!!!!
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 4:33 PM CDT reply actions
Everyone's favorite sportswriter has a lot to say about the Wolves today!
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?callsign=ESPNRADIO&autoplay=1&id=6559975
Bill Simmons and Chad Ford. Lot’s of talk about Kahn and the Wolves. None of it good!
Manna? More like Man o' war!!
At what point in the podcast?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Thanks!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Simmons has an "interesting" understanding
of player injury histories, financial interests, and skill sets.
This is what Tom Ziller says about Kahn and the draft
2010 was indeed a four-player draft (with Greg Monroe looking like a worthy No. 5, frankly). But David Kahn owned one of those four picks. Which means it was a four-player draft in which one of the top four players was likely going to get to No. 5. And so he did. Kahn took Wes Johnson, we landed DeMarcus Cousins.
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
Jury is still out and that one
and no matter what, Cousins > Johnson
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on May 17, 2011 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions
i know but no team would draft a player that refused to work out for an organization
by jadedeed2327 on May 17, 2011 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I was so pissed about that, but once I saw Wes play in the league I was mollified somewhat.
what mollified me was his passing and good BBIQ it demonstrated.
What worries me the most however is that I think it was either Kahn or Rambis who said something like “we were surprised at how good a passer Wes turned out to be”.
Which leads me to: You took Wes Johnson over Demarcus Cousins not even expecting him to be as good a passer as he turned out to be? Then why for gods sake did you make that pick?
did u really expect them to take cousins after he refused to work out for them and then when u hear how kahn and wolves fell in love with wes johnson during workouts
by jadedeed2327 on May 17, 2011 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Curry refused to work out for us
I would’ve still picked him. Who cares if they work out for you, that shouldn’t be a major part of the evaluation process anyway. You’ve got them under contract for multiple years, it’s not like they really have leverage to go somewhere else.
can u tell me how flynn went 6 and if he was even picked anywhere to go that high
by jadedeed2327 on May 17, 2011 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Alot of teams got stoked on him from the workouts, but
any of the stat geeks were pretty down on him. It wasn’t a huge reach, but it was a reach.
As I said, what concerns me is that they took him over Cousins not even knowing one of his three biggest strengths.
Which means they basically took him just for shooting and his long athleticness, which would translate to D.
You can get that guy for pennies on the free agent market. Wright was available, and was exactly that. They ended up getting martell for a late lottery for that. George was available for Johnny and was exactly that.
I like Wes. Way more than most. But Cousins did come and visit and had a solid time. There would have been no problem once they drafted him and he came(at least no more problem than Sac. did).
I’m not trying to reignite the debate. I like Wes and am happy to have him. What I am trying to do is provide another angle on how bad their decision making is.
by Tollysnipes on May 17, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
why did kahn trade away al jefferson and get nothing in return while replacing him with darko, ?
mind boggling move, somehow darko is better fit with kevin love cause he is worse and helps to pad kevin love stats
the flynn draft pick was a joke, could of had steph curry
yeah, im a nets fan,
how funny would it be if wolves traded irving relying on rubio and then rubio doesnt want to play here
by jadedeed2327 on May 17, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait, so I was arguing with someone who knew nothing about the Wolves?
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on May 17, 2011 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, try learning about the Wolves first before you talk about them
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on May 17, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I like Wilbon's joke on PTI...
Saying, it doesn’t matter what pick we get, we’ll still end up taking a PG. He’s right, though.
How long in hours and minutes is it til Lottery time?
I have enough trouble converting ET to BST, now I’m getting CT thrown at me,
Live And Stupid From England
45 minutrs
Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. ~ Mike Royco
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on May 17, 2011 6:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I gotta say.....
If the wolves dont get the number one overall pick I am going to need a new TV
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Ha
I am done with mine
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Freddy Krueger.
"Of what use is a philosopher who does not hurt anybody's feelings?" -Diogenes of Sinope
by Cynical Jason on May 17, 2011 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Which MN pro sports team lands the #1 overall pick first
The Wolves tonight, the Twins by the end of the summer, or the Vikings this fall?
Twins.
They’re two wins ahead of their Pythagorean record. Their run differential is comical. Doesn’t even bring the whole Wolves-being-lotto-cursed thing into it.
You were a daydreamer, a sass-mouth, and, not infrequently, a bit of a gigglepuss. Somehow I doubt twenty years of amphetamines and failure have done anything to improve that.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on May 17, 2011 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
cheer for corey brewer in the playoffs
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Soo nervous!!!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Feed
Is there a feed on the net to watch? I’m at work, still.
by Mac of the MIAC on May 17, 2011 7:10 PM CDT reply actions
ESPN3.COM
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on May 17, 2011 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Does yours say "Please stand by, your event is about to begin"?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Yep.
You were a daydreamer, a sass-mouth, and, not infrequently, a bit of a gigglepuss. Somehow I doubt twenty years of amphetamines and failure have done anything to improve that.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on May 17, 2011 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Good, I have a bad internet connection, and wanted to make sure it wasn't just me.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
It's more exciting than a T-Wolves season
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
What?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Pre-emptive disappointment
There. Now I can go to my Tuesday night pick-up game!
by Rascal Flatts on May 17, 2011 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah its going to happen
4th pick here we come
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Not this year. The Wolves have finally broken us...
No way we get 4th pick
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
I should not have any expectations, but I am so excited/nervous!!!
This is our year! I feel it!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Best of luck my Minnesota fan friends.
If PHX can’t win it woth our .6% chance, I’m hoping you do.
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!
Jay Bilas just called Jan Vesely a shooter..LOL
48% free throw percentage
It's always fun to laugh at the incompetence of the "experts."
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!
Question, is anyone happy if we get 2nd pick? Or is it clearly 1st pick or bust.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Like last year...
We were ready for 1st or 2nd.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
2 is better than 3 or 4
because of the potential trade value. But I won’t be doing cartwheels if that’s what happens.
Will you be sad?
I probably will, but I feel like I shouldn’t.
Also, there’s still a chance someone gets first (Was, Tor, Mil, GSW) and passes on Irving…so there’s always that.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Eventually, some part of me will find a way
to get excited about whatever happens. I can’t control the optimism, until the Wolves crush it with actual games.
My feeling
Is that I’m not as heartbroken as I would be in previous years if we don’t get the 1st pick. It’s actually kinda nice to not be so excited or tense in the time leading up to the lottery.
"We must always seek the truth in our opponents' error and the error in our own truth." - RN
I'm ready to celebrate or drown my sorrows
Maker’s Mark on the rocks and a Surly Furious (one in each hand)!
I had a Surly for the first time the other day...
So terrible.
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
I wouldn't drink a full can if I was on Fear Factor
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
If you don't like hoppy
Furious and Abrasive are not for you. % Have you seen the new Bud Light app?
I've got
A bottle of Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, a 2009 Three Philosophers, and a Rogue Imperial IPA. I’ll crowdsource my choice for what I should open if we win. What do you think?
"We must always seek the truth in our opponents' error and the error in our own truth." - RN
Burks!!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Kahn will probably take a PG
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on May 17, 2011 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
i would be fine with 2nd
but i will be needing a new remote
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
From Givony...
“Last minute preps, including make-up being applied to Phoenix’s Mark West. Do they know something we don’t?”
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Anything on ESPN 3 yet?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
Not yet.
You were a daydreamer, a sass-mouth, and, not infrequently, a bit of a gigglepuss. Somehow I doubt twenty years of amphetamines and failure have done anything to improve that.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on May 17, 2011 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I have been regretting renewing my season tickets...
and I have a creeping feeling it’s about to get worse. I couldn’t even get excited for today :(.
Now I know how they do the lottery thing
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
Any other feeds besides ESPN3?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
It's up now.
You were a daydreamer, a sass-mouth, and, not infrequently, a bit of a gigglepuss. Somehow I doubt twenty years of amphetamines and failure have done anything to improve that.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on May 17, 2011 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Got it!
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
uggggggggggggggggh
why do you do this to me every year ESPN. why? this should be oveeeerrrr
by googoleeoottooooleeoottooooleeeatta on May 17, 2011 7:31 PM CDT reply actions
Is the lottery the last big event
Where we don’t know what will happen before it’s announced on TV?
Kerry Eggers: "There are those who feel Kahn will be a new-wave type of GM along the lines of baseball’s Theo Epstein, and Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets. Kahn will likely be more of a hybrid, employing a bit of an old-school tact as well."
wanna put 5 dollers on that?
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
just like washington got last year
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
I don't really think it's rigged, BTW
But I do agree that it looks bad that Cleveland wins after getting kicked to the curb by Lebron and the owner’s sick son is the rep.
How predictable was that???????????
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 7:53 PM CDT reply actions
Welcome to WWF!!!
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 7:57 PM CDT reply actions
Don't hate Williams
But now Rubio is on the spot. Don’t lime it.
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 8:06 PM CDT reply actions
Like
"All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner." -Twain
by Tangerine dream on May 17, 2011 8:08 PM CDT reply actions
Ugg
I went out to eat with the family and I"m quite glad I did. I missed all the BS about Cleveland getting something for Lebron leaving, know I know this shit is rigged. F*** you Stern.
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