I think there is a good possibility that....

[Philo Beddoe]

The Timberwolves will never win an NBA Championship.

Yeah, I know Toronto figured it out and they are kind of in the same boat, maybe a slight step above Minnesota... I just don't think teams like Minnesota will ever be able to put a team on the court that can compete with the glamor teams. You have to get lucky and catch lightning in a bottle.

Look at Milwaukee... they have a generational talent on their team. You never hear stars saying, I want to go to Milwaukee to play with Giannis... its always, Giannis is leaving Milwaukee to play with so and so.

Minnesota could of had Dlo before last season, I still don't get what happened, but DLo left KAT standing at the altar. You know KAT thinks about that fact all the time. Its something that will fester in his brain up until the day he requests a trade.

Everyone in here bitching and moaning over who our back up PF is is kind of silly if you think about it. As if, our back up PF is going to make the difference between #8 seed and the Western Conference Finals.

If Edwards turns out to be a borderline superstar, that would be our lightning in a bottle... but even then, how long could we keep it together? How long until we become Oklahoma City 2.0?

At this point, I am looking forward to the season, I just hope the team is competitive and is fun to root for.... but I have no delusions that this will be anything but another season of watching a Glamor team win the championship.

Anyways, I probably will delete all this later... I am just pissed off at the Vikings and am stewing in my frustration.

[qrocks]

I'm too old to see this hypothesis out further than 10 years. I do expect the Wolves will not win a championship in the next 10 years. I will be surprised if they win a playoff series in the next 5 years.

[shoteh]

Basically 2 things have to happen in order for a championship to even be mentioned.

1. Good upper management

2. Superstars

Let's see, we never had #1 and we sniffed #2 once

So yup, you are correct. The real question is, why do we follow a team that will never reach championship?

[HeHateMe]

They had a great shot in 03-04... when they had the league MVP. Milwaukee needs to capitalize while they can.

[Philo Beddoe]

So yup, you are correct. The real question is, why do we follow a team that will never reach championship?

Because we are Minnesota and that is what we do.

Without a doubt, the most fun I have had watching sports was the year the Wolves went 40-42 or something with Love, Rubio, Pek, Trolliver... we sucked, but we made sucking fun.

That season with Butler after making the playoffs was easily the least fun I have had watching the Wolves. What a fucking miserable fucking team. FU Thibs.

I am looking forward to these young guys getting out there and having fun.

I want to see Edwards dunk on people.

[somuchyummy]

i think you have to keep trying to build a contender though. if mgmt is only going to try to put a "fun" team on the court, you'll impress only the worst of the fanbase. the ones who come to the games to see the blimp. now if mgmt tries to put together a "fun" team but also with an eye towards actual substantial results, that's a different thing. i still don't want my team to just be entertainment - if that's the case i'll just play some video games or go watch the globetrotters when they come to town. there still IMO should be some hope that a serious team is trying to be built.

[Philo Beddoe]

i think you have to keep trying to build a contender though. if mgmt is only going to try to put a "fun" team on the court, you'll impress only the worst of the fanbase. the ones who come to the games to see the blimp. now if mgmt tries to put together a "fun" team but also with an eye towards actual substantial results, that's a different thing. i still don't want my team to just be entertainment - if that's the case i'll just play some video games or go watch the globetrotters when they come to town. there still IMO should be some hope that a serious team is trying to be built.

Yeah, nobody is really saying lets put the Harlem Globetrotters out there.. but its nice to enjoy watching a team play while winning some games.

Ultimately, I would rather watch a team of assholes win a championship over a team of nice guys go 42 and 42, of course. Winning is fun.

My point is, we do not have a championship caliber team, but we have a team of guys that will be competitive and will most likely have a lot of fun playing together. Time will tell I guess.

[HeHateMe]

i think you have to keep trying to build a contender though. if mgmt is only going to try to put a "fun" team on the court, you'll impress only the worst of the fanbase. the ones who come to the games to see the blimp. now if mgmt tries to put together a "fun" team but also with an eye towards actual substantial results, that's a different thing. i still don't want my team to just be entertainment - if that's the case i'll just play some video games or go watch the globetrotters when they come to town. there still IMO should be some hope that a serious team is trying to be built.

Yeah, nobody is really saying lets put the Harlem Globetrotters out there.. but its nice to enjoy watching a team play while winning some games.

Ultimately, I would rather watch a team of assholes win a championship over a team of nice guys go 42 and 42, of course. Winning is fun.

My point is, we do not have a championship caliber team, but we have a team of guys that will be competitive and will most likely have a lot of fun playing together. Time will tell I guess.

Ricky's rookie year more fun to watch than the Thibs/Butler year, IMO. Of course this was before Ricky tore his ACL and the team shit the bed after that.