Timberwolves Need to Do Something

For example:

1) hire a coach -- it is kinda worthwhile to have a coach employed when you are a pro sports club

2) get an off guard and a center -- unless Wayne Ellington and Pecherov are going to be your starters, you have no one at either position.

3) Deal your expiring players for someone decent -- the Wolves have 6 (!) guys who have expiring deals (Thomas, Cardinal, Brewer, Brown, Madsen, Smith). They account for a total payroll of $23MM this year.

Repeat -- the Wolves have $23MM of expiring contracts. Isn't there some way they can acquire a Chris Kaman or a Tyson Chandler or a Sam Dalembert? Hell, I would even look the other way on a Zach Randolph signing if you could rid yourself of three power forwards in the process (Madsen, Smith, Etan Thomas).

Other overpaid guys I could be OK with -- Michael Redd and Andre Kirilenko. Both fill an enormous need, and both have only 2 years left.

A guy from the Wolves sent me an e-mail the other day that said, "Starting lineup: Jefferson, Love, Gomes, Brewer, Flynn. Your thoughts?" My thoughts -- that is a terrible, terrible lineup and might allow 400 points a game. It also might never make a shot if the other team went zone and collapsed on Al. I know Kahn wants to build for the future, but my God, do we have to be 15-67 to build for the future?

By the way, of guys not on rookie deals, the Wolves have 4 non-expiring contracts: Al, Songaila, Gomes, Telfair. So your veteran leadership amounts to 2 guys who are 24 and 2 guys who are good 8th men. Yikes.

HM