Over-improving one position at a time?
The Minnesota Timberwolves under David Kahn sometimes invoke head-scratching. Last year, he drafted about 20 point guards and reshaped that position on the team, settling on Jonny Flynn at the point backed up by Ramon Sessions, with Ricky Rubio scheduled to join the team in the 2011-12 season.
This year, it’s all about post players. Never mind that the Wolves have Al Jefferson and Kevin Love already; since draft night, they’ve added folks like Wesley Johnson, Martell Webster, Lazar Hayward, Nikola Pecovic, Darko Milicic and … perhaps … Michael Beasley.
That’s something like eight players to fill two or three positions. It’s overkill, especially with SG still largely unaddressed, with the only true SG on the team being Wayne Ellington.
That’s why there’s plenty of trade talk still circulating about this team; belly fat burner Al Jefferson seems like most likely to depart, although he may not be alone. I’d expect at least one other player to leave with him in some sort of big trade deal that brings a good-scoring SG to the Wolves.
If Kahn can pull that off, I’ll be happy with the changes to the roster for this off-season. If we enter another Wolves season with only Ellington and a bunch of big men playing out of position at SG, I’m not sure I’ll be as happy about our prospects to get out of the top-of-the-draft lottery team status that’s been plaguing the Wolves for five seasons or so now…
