Love said he felt bad for everyone in the USC basketball family. Love said it’s a very tough situation. Love said that O.J. Mayo probably didn’t have good guidance. “My compassion bucket is dripping,” Love said.
No other team has the Timberwolves’ spending power in this draft, and no other team has the challenge of having a personnel boss who was hired last month without benefit of a single official scouting trip the entire college season. Kahn, a former Pacers general manager under Donnie Walsh, most recently owned and operated D-League franchises in Reno and Albuquerque, before selling in January. Anticipating he would get back into the NBA at some point, Kahn did pay his own way to watch games in Europe, and Minnesota does have a staff in place with Jim Stack and Fred Hoiberg heading the 2008-09 scouting.
“I do feel as though I’ve spent a lot of time on the draft,” Kahn said. “But I’m not going to lie and say it’s exactly the same as if I had the job all season. It is different.”
It’ll become a full-fledged man crush if Kahn decides to part ways with Kevin McHale.
My reasons for feeling that way have been documented in previous blog entries. Instead of turning the rest of this posting into an anti-McHale rant, it’ll be about why Kahn needs to hire Sam Mitchell.
Ainge spent four days here last week at the workout camp for potential selections in the upcoming NBA draft. He said: “I was talking to Al Jefferson [who came to the Wolves from Boston in the Kevin Garnett trade], and he said he’s learned more from Kevin [McHale] in just this short time he’s been here in Minnesota than he’s learned in his whole life. He thinks Kevin is one of the great teachers of the game, and is really hoping that Kevin takes the coaching job and stays here. Because he’s never had so much fun playing than when Kevin was coaching.”
I don’t believe Kahn would keep meeting with McHale unless Kahn was interested in having McHale coach.
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