Unlike in past searches that have turned out less than ideal for the Timberwolves, they have interviewed intriguing and even qualified candidates for their president of basketball operations.
I began writing a column for the Star Tribune in 2004. I have never before issued a statement so bold, so brave, as the one that follows:
I believe that the Minnesota Timberwolves are about to not screw up.
This is a franchise that has won one playoff game and zero playoff series in the past 15 years, that has won two playoff series in franchise history in a sport in which mediocrity gets you into the postseason and the draft is weighted to help bad teams.