Imagine...

Imagine if David Kahn was a man with a plan rather than the basketball equivalent of the kid who would always eat the play-doh at my elementary school.

If he had drafted Stephen Curry instead of Jonny Flynn with the #6 pick he would have improved the future prospects of the 'Wolves in two significant way:

1) He would have gotten himself a player capable of playing his coach's system (Kurt Rambis, triangle offense) since in the triangle you really want to have a PG that can shoot

2) Since Curry is such a great shooter, and also due to the (probably unfounded) concerns that some voiced over his ability to man the point adequately/full-time at the NBA level, it would have been much easier to sell Curry as a SG, at least for long enough to convince Rubio to come over to the NBA more quickly where he would, at the very least, have been a blue-chip trade prospect

If he had made the above move and then NOT TRADED THE WOLVES BEST PLAYER this summer for Kosta Koufos? That would have been good as well. Even though Al is not the same as he was in 2007 there's still a chance that he can regain some or even most of that pre-injury form. And even though he's not the type of excellent passing big that the triangle likes, he IS a low-post monster who can grind out baskets or pass to the open man when absolutely necessary.

If he had made the above two moves (one non-move) and then made the pick that he did in this year's draft? Great pick. Wesley Johnson, even though he's older than the other top prospects, can just flat out play good basketball. With those three guys in place the Wolves would have had a future to look forward to - now I'm not talking Finals or anything close to that, but they would have had a functional and entertaining basketball team which is 10,000 times better than the mess of a product they're putting out on the floor right now.

By the way, since the two initial moves did not/did happen (respectively) in reality, picking Wesley was completely inexcusable. If Kahn planned to trade Al (and that's a very, very big if, since I'm pretty sure he came up with that deal 15 minutes before it happened after smoking crack cocaine with his best friend John Ferguson Jr.) then how the FUCK do you not go out and get DeMarcus Cousins, who, judging by the Summer League footage I've seen, is going to be an absolute monster on the block.

Never fear though Minnesotans, Kahn has got you covered with four more years of Darko at five million per to put your minds at ease.

If being a bad blogger was worth as much as being a bad basketball player then I would be pretty happy too

A sticktap (or a firm pat on the ass or whatever they do in basketball) to Jay King for the inspiration.