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He ends the piece with a reference to the hopelessly struggling,
winless Minnesota Timberwolves, the NBA team whose games he used to
attend.
"I'm out like the Wolves in the 1st/Awwh, but, we go'n get it 2gether
though./Pookie, the limo warm?/Alright, cool./Peace y'all. Hmm. Stay
funky."
Off in the corner, Mark Blount and Ricky Davis were
studying a Knicks/T-Wolves game film on the TV. They both suddenly
cracked up and asked for the tape to be rewound. It was, and we saw a
play where Jamal Crawford shattered Marko Jaric’s ankles. “He looked
like he was on roller blades,” said Davis. Not sure if he was talking
about Crawford or Jaric, but if that was Jaric on roller blades, he
better have been wearing wrist guards.
The die-hards among us who pledged to ride with the Minnesota
Timberwolves throughout the 2007-08 season know that higher levels of
tolerance and different parameters of success will be required. Put
bluntly, wins and losses take a backseat to player development and team
synergy. For those who merely peruse the stats or want to view things
in isolation, there were some promising things to take away from this
weekend's losses to the Lakers and the Kings. Those who saw the games,
however, might be finding their patience tested by this seemingly
willfully callow crew.
Craig Smith, who sprained his left ankle in the
fourth quarter, is listed as day to day. That means he could be
available to play Wednesday. Wittman said X-rays of Smith's ankle were
negative. It's the same ankle Smith sprained during training camp.
"We don't have a problem with coming out and competing," said Wolves guard Rashad McCants,
who returned for Saturday's 100-93 loss at Sacramento after missing
Friday's game in Los Angeles because of a sprained ankle. "We have a
problem with finishing."
"We're trying to come up with fun, creative ways to engage our fans,
get them interested in the team and convince them to come down to watch
a game," said Ted Johnson, who this spring added chief marketing
officer to his role as vice president of communications. "We're pretty
convinced that once they get to a game, we can get them back."
Green's potential is still mostly untapped and he undoubtedly will be offered a contract next summer, but he has to show some growth this season. He has to become more of a defensive player and he has to show consistency, rather than the good games followed by bad games Boston Celtics fans were quite used to in his time there.
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