Despite franchise-level player Kevin Love’s endorsement, Timberwolves GM David Kahn still hasn’t decided the fate of head coach Kurt Rambis, who just finished year two of a four year contract. The Wolves ranked among the worst defensive teams in the league this past season, but Kahn obviously knows Rambis is a favorite to replace the [...]
When can a pro basketball team receive their best draft pick in franchise history and still feel messed over by the results? When that team is the Minnesota Timberwolves, their biggest need is point-guard, and the only position guaranteed to land the best point guard in the draft is the top overall pick. The Cleveland [...]
The Minnesota Vikings were expected to draft for defense in the first or second round; that didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean Minnesota didn’t find help in the draft for their ailing defensive line, offensive line and secondary. On the defensive line, Minnesota selected defensive tackle/end Christian Ballard in the fourth round and defensive end [...]
Not many people were expecting the Minnesota Vikings to go with a tight end in the second round during this past week’s NFL Draft, but then not many people were expecting Notre Dame product Kyle Rudolph to fall to the Vikings’ spot, either. There’s a method to Frazier’s apparent madness. While Minnesota has three solid [...]
While Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder, the Vikings’ 12th-overall pick in this past week’s NFL draft, isn’t too many years removed from worrying about issues like blackheads on nose, he also may not be asked to ride pine very long. Some folks believe Ponder, who is very intelligent, enters the NFL as the most ready-to-start [...]
