Why Kevin McHale Still Doesn’t Get it and Kevin Love Won’t Fit in Minnesota

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Kevin McHale made a trade. How do they love it in Minnesota?
Published 6/30/2008 by Sam Rubenstein at SLAM Online
By Sam Rubenstein Not much! As a Minnesotan I was extremely apprehensive heading into this draft. Anybody who roots for the Timberwolves should be nervous about every draft headed by Kevin McHale. He has a history of botching these things and a stubborn refusal to simply take the best player available. It started back in 1996 when McHale swapped Ray Allen for Stephon Marbury and continued without fail into recent years with draft-night decisions like trading the rights to Brandon Roy for Randy Foye and ...

Daily Links 6/30
Published 6/30/2008 at CelticsBlog
... Review: Those who love the game Daily Lobo Shipping off to Boston Patriot Ledger Celtics to keep eye on free-agent market beginning tonight KU Sports Giddens feels blessed Daily News Tribune Celtics: Rivers was the right man for this job SI.com Heat still have holes to plug in free agency Detroit Free Press Expect a big Pistons trade, not a big signing Manila Vanilla Basketball and Pacman Empty the Bench Why McHale still doesn't get it and why Love won't fit in Minny Lex Nihil Novi The other ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 6/30
Published 6/30/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... Daily News Tribune Celtics: Rivers was the right man for this job FL's Take: Just as KC Jones was the right coach for the '86 team, Doc was the right coach for this team. SI.com Heat still have holes to plug in free agency Detroit Free Press Expect a big Pistons trade, not a big signing Manila Vanilla Basketball and Pacman Empty the Bench Why McHale still doesn't get it and why Love won't fit in Minny Lex Nihil ...

Create The Caption #234
Published 6/30/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
... Joe Alexander passed out at Bucks HQ? Daily Links: Get Your Announcer Vote On (SS Reporters) The Other Adam Jones Wants To Be Called Pacman Now (Bugs and Cranks) Pavel Datsyuk Loves Some James Brown (Going Five Hole) On Dysfunctional Fandom (LOCG) Some Very Odd MLB Moments (The Love of Sports) ESPN Classic Brings Back Old School Wrestling (Cake Rocks the Party) About That Mayo-Love Deal (Empty The Bench) A WSOP Musical? (Deuce Of Davenport) An Extremely ...

The Fundamentals
Published 6/30/2008 by Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... Andrew Thell of Empty The Bench:  Why Kevin McHale Still Doesn’t Get it and Kevin Love Won’t Fit in Minnesota HG of You Been Blinded:  ...

Links of the Day 6/30/08
Published 6/30/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
... . In the spirit of trying to care about the NBA.... Empty the Bench let's us know that the Timberwolves will still suck next year because of the Kevin Love trade. Needing a third link, I will go to the easy option... ...

Monday Bullets
Published 6/30/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... As you consider Kevin Love in Minnesota, remember that the numbers show Al Jefferson is much more effective as a power forward than as a center. And if Love gets big minutes, surely he'll have to be playing power forward. That said, good teams have at least four quality bigs, so you add them when you can. Also, rookies seldom start. And Love, for one, is super confident that he can share the floor very effectively with Big Al. So we'll see what happens. But don't buy the "oh good, now Al Jefferson can move to his natural position" line. ...

The 10-man rotation, starring something that will fail
Published 6/30/2008 by Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Empty the Bench. Andrew Thell with a revelation about Al Jefferson's defense at a certain position that both statistics and observances back up. Once again, Kevin McHale got the best player and the most cap room in this deal, and he still screwed it up. PF: BrewHoop. The Joe Alexander ...

The Roundup: Adrian Peterson’s Fantasy Stock
Published 7/1/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... huge fan of Holly Madison, but golly gee … the unlikely story of Young Jeezy and John McCain … Jessica Biel has a blog? … We’ll miss you, Mr. Rubenstein, and congrats to Ryne Nelson, better known as Odenized. Always nice to see bloggers making it big. (Slam) It does seem unlikely that Adrian Peterson would fall to the fourth pick in a fantasy draft. (There is No Offseason) More Kevin McHale bashing. (Empty the Bench) Shane Spencer sorta disappeared there, no? (Goes ...

No Link For You! Come Back One Year!
Published 7/1/2008 by The MCD (noreply@blogger.com) at Rumors and Rants
... "soccer" thing after all. All it took was some actual promotion. Imagine that - the Guardian A very enjoyable history of the middle finger in sports - nextround.net Because I love to rub it in: turns out American-with-a-Euro-name Kosta Koufos wasn't entirely happy at Ohio State this past year. I feel your pain, Kosta. I think Thad Matta sucks too - Cantonrep.com Does this mean we should start the Free Al Jefferson campaign for T-wolves fan? - Empty the Bench So Tony Mandarich went from NFL Draft Bust to creepy "photographer"? ...

Cheap Shots: Why Bernstein Gets Off Scot-Free
Published 7/1/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Empty the Bench notes that T’Wolves GM Kevin McHale is still clueless regarding drafting– and is about to kill Al Jefferson’s strengths. ...

Daily Fix: Failure teaches success.
Published 7/2/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... don’t even leave their house until the evening unless they absolutely have to and if they go to work than they don’t leave work at all. Of course it’s Texas so you know it’s gonna be hot but this is something you have to experience to truly understand. It’s not like any kind of hot you’ve ever been in before unless your from the Caribbean or something. Why it’s gonna be another long season in Minnesota for the T-Wolves. [Empty the Bench] The NBA is whipping these refs into to shape… by ...

Getting to the Bottom of 4 and 5
Published 7/3/2008 by Stop-n-Pop at Canis Hoopus: Front Page Posts
... This theme has spun off on a few tangents since the end of the season; the most notable of which is the 'Kevin Love duplicates what the team already has' argument, which is best represented by this post from Empty the Bench: ...

The Forest and the Trees
Published 7/14/2008 by FeetinthePaint at Feet in the Paint
... Over at Empty the Bench, Andrew explains why Al Jefferson at center is a crying shame. ...