Unfortunately for anyone that still cares about the NBA, it doesn't look like the Lockout will be ending anytime soon.  In fact, it's quite possible that we'll miss the entire season.  Things have deteriorated so badly that it's looking more and more likely that the collective idiocy of the Owners and Players will squander the season, billions of dollars, and the sky-high interest, goodwill, and momentum of the NBA as we've recently known it.

And it's really quite unfortunate.

If you've got anything to add, or just want to vent about things as they currently stand, let it all go in the Livefyre Comments in this thread.  Let's hear what's on your mind!  There's no reason to hold anything back, as we won't exactly have much of anything else actually basketball related to discuss in the near future.

Hahahahaha there is just an infinite wealth of captioning possibilities here!  Have at it in the comments, everyone!

P.S. For all your T-Wolves/NBA/Lockout discussion needs, make sure to check out the TWB Forums, which are alive and kicking.

Congrats on beating the Miami cHeat, you guys deserved it!

Corey Brewer and Brian The Custodian Cardinal... all they do is win championships.

Rajon Rondo dislocated his elbow on the cheap takedown by D-Wade above... and yet he came back and helped lead the Celtics to a 16 point victory over the Miami cHeat tonight.  Good thing we didn't get him in the KG trade, we didn't need a warrior like this on our team.

After months of planning, the new commenting system for the Bloguin Network is finally here!   TWolves Blog was the flagship site for the network, so it's only fitting that it be the first site to feature this momentous upgrade to the network.   Please play around with the comment system and let us know what you think!   This is not the final version of the system, which will integrate seamlessly with your Bloguin Network ID, but it's pretty darn close! 

Seriously, you have no idea how much has gone into these network upgrades the past couple of months.  This comments system is the icing on the cake.  I have a bigger smile on my face right now than Wes Johnson's high school year book photo!  Enjoy!

(Always focused on basketball)

In case you do not fanatically peruse NBA blogs like some people I know, The Real Shaq is hosting a wonderfully entertaining series of articles throughout August detailing the worst contracts in the NBA since the 1998 lockout.  This series is known as the Jon Koncack Commemorative Awards, and links to all of the other entertaining and informational articles in the series (aside from the KG article, as a huge KG apologist I am going to pretend that I never read it); can be found HERE.  I decided to do my portion of the series on Larry Hughes, as the entire outlook of the NBA for the past 5 years, the present, and beyond may have been altered by that hideous $70 million, 5 year deal Mr. Hughes signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2005.

“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach.”  This was the most famous quote in the sporting world this summer, probably this year.  And if it was not for Larry Hughes and his ridiculous contract signed in 2005, this quote may never have been uttered.  Actually, the whole scope of the NBA may look a lot different right now if it was not for this joke of a contract.  The Miami cHeat may still be D. Wade + scrubs, or even worse a bottom 5 team with the loss of Wade this summer.  The oppressed fans of Cleveland may be an overjoyed, thankful bunch of crazed fans in the midst of celebrating consecutive championships.  The Lakers may not be back-to-back champions, and Kobe may not be viewed as a “winner at all costs”, but instead as a “me-first” guy who cannot carry a team led by him to a championship.  Ron Artest – a team cancer rather than a key contributor to a championship.  Pau Gasolina – too soft to be a champion, rather than the Robin to Batman on the past two championship teams.  The Celtics – a one and done championship team rather than perennial contender who was 6:00 away from winning another championshi…

...whoa, sorry, I just snapped out of a 20 minute daydream caused by my mentioning that the Celtics were THAT CLOSE to winning another title in June.  I digress…

Okay, so how could a relatively unnotable player like Larry Hughes alter the state of the entire NBA in 2010?  Easy, actually.  Before all of the other failed second banana to LeBron James experiments occurred (think Jamison, Shaq, Mo Williams), Larry Hughes paved the way as the originator of this string of failed sidekicks.  Not only did he fail on the court as the second option, but his ridiculously big contract made it nearly impossible for Cleveland to try again with anyone else for years, much less trade him for anything worthwhile (he was eventually traded in 2008 for an over the hill Ben Wallace and his hefty contract).

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Groan................ not this again.

We'll see who the Vikings QB is on Opening Day.

From The Star Tribune

From Pro Football Talk.com

I will say, no Favre means no Playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl...

Here is live chat to use during the draft. We can talk about how amazingly Kahn does, but more likely will be crying about another patented Twolves draft disaster. You can start chatting now, if you really want to, or wait until later. Whatever works for you.