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Dear Timberwolves Nation –

I hope you like point guards! (LOL)

No, I just wanted to come out and explain why we drafted so many point guards in last week’s NBA Draft. As any true basketball fan knows, the point guard is the general on the floor. He’s like the quarterback. He is the eyes and ears of the coach. A team can’t be good without a good point guard.

Also, in our draft war room, I mistakenly labeled our “Point Guard Rankings” sheet as “Player Rankings.” So I was just going down the list of players still available and taking who was on the list. Needless to say, I was quite happy when our targeted players kept being available!

Whoops!

Anyhoosies ... it turns out Ricky Rubio doesn’t want to live in Minneapolis/St. Paul. I tried to tell him it’s like Barcelona only a little bit colder and without any of the stuff that makes Barcelona so great. But ... no bite-o. So we really only will get two point guards out of this draft. Still, twice as many as we wanted to draft, but at least it’s not three times as many. That would be an epic f—k up, no?

Okay, have a good one.

Sincerely,

David Kahn
General Manager, Minnesota Timberwolves