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CONTINUATION OF THE “WHAT IF” WOLVES SERIES. IN THIS SERIES, I PLAY THE ROLE OF TIMBERWOLVES OVERLORD AND GO BACK IN TIME AND RIGHT SOME OF THE WRONGS OF OUR FAVORITE FRANCHISE. SINCE THIS IS THE TIMBERWOLVES, THERE ARE A LOT OF WRONGS. THIS SERIES MAY GO ON FOREVER.
“What If” Wolves Volume 6: “Khan, you bloodsucker!” – Captain James T. Kirk or JetAllen
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When the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired LaMelo Ball this offseason, I found myself asking a simple question: did the Wolves finally solve their point guard problem? Early returns are optimistic at this point. Some good games, some not so. But based on history, what else should we expect from this franchise?
The Timberwolves have been through point guard after point guard. None of them seem to last long, if at all. This team has been going through PGs like Spinal Tap goes through drummers. RIP Peter James Bond.
The Timberwolves started off by taking what they thought was a franchise cornerstone in Pooh Richardson, their first-ever draft pick. We have previously discussed why that didn’t work out in the first “What If” Wolves article. Since picking Pooh, the Wolves have struggled to find a franchise player at the one. There have been some solid players, even All-Stars, but they were always short stints. The point guard problem should have been solved by now, and hopefully it finally is with Ball, but repeated mistakes have left this position in a constant state of flux.
I had originally planned to write an article focusing only on the reign of terror brought to this franchise by former General Manager David Kahn. But my liquor cabinet was only half-stocked at the time, and I would need copious amounts of booze to relive that whole ordeal. Instead, we will focus on one issue. One teeny, tiny issue that I consider the biggest mistake in franchise history.
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David Kahn was on the job for exactly 33 days (trust me, I counted) when he made quite possibly the greatest trade in Timberwolves history.
Kahn traded former Rookie of the Year Mike Miller and guard Randy Foye to the Washington Wizards for Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila, Oleksiy Pecherov, and…
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