Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wolves Setting Up to Become Whitest Team Since The Merger?

I always identify the modern day NBA as 1979-80 forward, because that is when Bird and Magic entered the league and people generally became interested in pro basketball again.

But some folks like to go with the 1976 ABA-NBA merger (unfortunately not involving Jackie Moon's Flint Tropics) as the key "break" date for the modern NBA.

It doesn't really matter, but here is my point:

I have seen mock drafts that have us selecting Chase Budinger and Jonas Jerebko -- wow, TWO white guys, one of whom is from Sweden!!!!!!!

If we can swing Ricky Rubio, the Timberwolves would have:

Mark Madsen (can't we get him to retire?)
Brian Cardinal
Ricky Rubio
Chase Budinger
Jonas Jerebko
Kevin Love
Darius Songaila
Oleksiy Pecherov

8 roster spots filled by white players!!!!!!!! (Sadly we had to deal Mike Miller; sad only because he is white and would have given us 9).

I am unsure about the light-skinned Stephen Curry's racial makeup, but maybe his mom might be partially white? Is that why the Wolves are trying so hard to get him?

Black Wolves -- Gomes, Smith, Jefferson, Telfair, Brewer, Etan Thomas

(There are three black Wolves who will almost certainly not return -- Shelden Williams, Rodney Carney, Bobby Brown).

I guess I better brace for a trade-up for Tyler Hansbrough..........

2 comments:

K said...

Who you gonna get to coach this team? Jerry Sloan?

josh q public said...

i tell you what, they better hold on to Big Al Jefferson. He is going to be a superstar!