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 Coming into the year we were pretty sure Kevin Love a borderline All-Star, we really really hoped Ricky Rubio was the real deal and we were quite sure Michael Beasley could score a ton of points if he was properly focused.  Well a month has passed and we know some things.

The good news is that Kevin Love isn't going to let us pencil in Blake Griffin in at 1st team All-NBA PF for a decade. Ricky Rubio has been one of the top 5 stories in the NBA. He's living up to every optimistic hope we had on draft night. Finally, finally we aren't screaming at asinine rotations we've been subjected to for this entire rebuild, I still can't believe we have a real coach. Oh and DID YOU SEE THAT CLIPPERS GAME! Wow!

The bad news is the Mike Beasley might as well not have existed, he's been such a non-factor. Wes Johnson has been drastically worse than that (he did decide to show a bit of a pulse this last weekend, don't be fooled). Darko, *sigh*, he'll poke his head out every-so-often but he is still the most embarrassing player on the roster. 

The rest, Luke is back in the role as off-guard/pg along side a rookie that is apparently his calling in life. He's earning his money. JJ looks like he should be a guy we can trust with the ball, but who really knows. AT and Pek give maximum effort and are great guys for Derrick "Charge" Williams to be around. Williams shooting hasn't been great but he looks to have a natural finishing ability along with flourish for dunks that leave me optimistic. 

Anyways I've compiled my own rankings along with 7 of my closest TWB contributors and am sharing this wonderful data with you. For the purpose of adding a comparison to expectations I made up a preseason top 15 that seems pretty reasonable. 

 

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The Timberwolves host the San Antonio Spurs tonight at 7:00pm at Target Center.

Critical questions will need to be answered:

Can the Timberwolves end their 16-game losing streak against the Spurs?!?
Is this team for real?!?
Will grown men faint at the sight of a Ricky Rubio cross court pass!?!

Find out tonight! And be sure to discuss the game with us in the forums.

Also, be sure to check out the Q&A we did over at Project Spurs.

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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.

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I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with Frank Madden over at BrewHoop.com regarding the Wolves newest acquisition, Ramon Sessions:

Make sure you head over to BrewHoop.com for everything Milwaukee Bucks this season.

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In 91 games with the Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett was able to accomplish what he could not in over 900 games in Minnesota: reach the NBA Finals. Yet when KG made his biggest step ever towards the promised land, not a single Timberwolves fan I know felt the least bit of resentment. There was only joy. This was something we'd been waiting for since David Stern called his name that night in June of '95, and although it didn't happen the way we'd all dreamt it would, it still happened nonetheless. Blue and green or green and white - the color of the jersey didn't matter. It was all about the man inside it; the man who shed our tears, bled our blood, and bore our pain for twelve seasons, the man who came to embody everything the Minnesota Timberwolves stood for, the man who took us all to a higher place.

Perhaps the most surprising moment in all the post-game celebration was how somber Kevin Garnett appeared. This is the man who used to slam the basketball against his skull after missing free throws, who lept up on the scorer's table and waved a towel after defeating the Kings in the semi-final round in '04, who broke down sobbing because his team was under .500 in 2005. Now that he was finally headed towards The Finals after thirteen years of striving, you would expect KG to be on the brink of a seizure. Instead, he was just the opposite: stone-faced, emotionless, and distant. After thinking about Garnett's reaction for a bit, I've come to the conclusion that this was his way of "getting down to business". He was making a conscious decision to not hoot or holler about winning the Eastern Conference, because that was never his goal. From the moment that final second ticked off the clock Friday night, Kevin Garnett was focused on nothing else but winning his title. The Big Ticket will never have a better chance to raise the Larry O'Brien Trophy than he does right now and these next four to seven games could set his NBA legacy in stone. For him, the stakes have truly never been higher.

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"Achmed the Dead Terrorist" from Jeff Dunham's Comedy Central and new DVD, Spark Of Insanity.

Very funny stuff.

Very cool Nike "Dribbling Skills" Extended Edition commerical.

Bruce Willis gets interviewed at a NJ Nets game.  The reporter calls him "Bruce Wilson" and he drops the "Yippi Kay Yae..." line.  Lol.

This was posted on Youtube by "RonaldJenkees" who is the same guy that produced the intro and outro to Bills Simmons podcast, "The BS Report."  Here is his Youtube entry for this very, very awesome free-style rap and beat:

 

My friend accidentally figured out that Oklahoma's Malcolm Kelly's freestyle went perfectly with my beat "Remix to a Remix". So he helped me cue the video up and it's actually cool.

Original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RiitZEHxA