This franchise has been stuck in the re-building phase for at least the past five years. Poor draft choices and trades have kept the Wolves dysfunctional. We (the fans) are suppose to keep buying the “give us three more years and we will be competitive” line. Give me a break. I have no patience left for that franchise. The stink of the McHale era is still there. The moment he fired his ‘friend’ Flip Saunders this club went into a tailspin and hasn’t recovered since then.

Good Luck. Good-bye. I will start cheering for the local club here, the original Minnesota team, the Lakers.

First order of business is for Al to get back to being Al, whether he’s going to be here or somewhere else. He’s learning to play with a significantly smaller frame, and he’s obviously not able to get much explosion to get up in the air.

Yes, much time was spent last night standing around and watching Al flounder. And once the ball came in to Al, it didn’t come back out. That’s fine if he’s shooting 50%.

Gotta remember, they’re missing their best rebounder, Al’s not healthy, they have two new PG’s, and a new system overall. That’s a whole lot of change and some significant handicaps. There will be nights like this…

This year the Wolves should be throwing things against the wall to see if anything sticks. Like I mentioned, many of the current players won’t be here next year anyway as they look toward the draft and free agency.

This team is going nowhere right now. The best that Rambis can say is that the team plays well in spurts. The season is simply an extended training camp.

Theres no need to rush and trade Al right now, let him improve his game a bit if thats the direction the franchise needs to go. The Wolves would also need to lock Love up before trading Al.

A SG is what this team needs more than anything for the triangle to blossom, During the Bulls years of dominance, the center was an average player, he didn’t need to be a superstar type of player, but the SG did.

Wade would never come here but thats the type of player the Wolves need to make this work.

Should the Wolves try to get Joe Alexander if the Bucks are willing to give him away? I don’t think his option was picked up, but how many of these Wolves will be here next year? I think that they will be trying to figure out that question for most of the year. Joe needs some playing time to improve, and that was supposed to be what this year was about for the Wolves.

As a side note, some players are in the right place at the right time and I am happy for players like Bobby Brown, Chase Budinger, and Shelden Williams for showing some signs of life.