McHale gone at last … new Wolves GM shows teeth
OK, sure, I know … new Wolves GM David Kahn puckered up and smacked rump on Kevin McHale before, during and even after firing him. That’s all well and good, but the important thing is, he’s gone at long last, no matter how many lip-marks his rear bears.
That’s a relief, but it’s only really a beginning.
The next test for Kahn, now that he’s shown he has some teeth, is to leverage Minnesota’s underperforming but young squad, ample cap space, and three first-round draft picks into a winning combination of wheeling and dealing so that we can get the right pieces in place to start building the Wolves into a perennial winner. That only starts with the draft; it will continue in free agency. Fire up the barcode scanner and let’s start dealing!
And if that all means trading away some of the current talent to bring new talent in, so much the better. I, for one, am ready for some positive changes, and finding a way to come out of the draft with Hasheem Thrabeet and one of the top point guards in the draft, while also maybe bringing in some veteran talent, than I for one wouldn’t weep a whole lot if it meant losing Mike Love in the deal, or even Al Jefferson.
Much as I appreciate both players, I’d appreciate a winning team even more, so show us what you can do with a lot of tools at your disposal, David Kahn. If not, don’t be surprised if fans are calling for your head a lot sooner and more passionately than they did for McHale’s.
