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The New Coach For The Minnesota Timberwolves

 
Amidst all of the Ricky Rubio controversy, and the Jonny Flynn trade thoughts that keep on popping up into all of our heads, we seem to have forgotten the thing that is probably more important to the Timberwolves than both of those things. Hmmm, lets see, what could it be? Oh, that's right, our beloved Timberwolves don't have a head coach at this very moment, I wonder how we could have forgotten about this. This team that Davis Kahn has assembled would excel in a run and gun system similar to what Mike D'antoni had in Phoenix. But we cannot forget that no team will ever be successful enough to win a championship, if the sole focus of the coach and team is offense. We also need a defensive minded, who who knows how to do set plays in the half-court.The last thing, that is very important is that this is a very young team, we need a coach that can mentor the young players and allow them to flourish. Now I know that I might be asking for too much from one coach, but that is why when I ... (link)

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