Jonny Flynn and Ricky Rubio in the same rotation for the Minnesota Timberwolves? Is General Manager David Kahn out of his mind?

The Minnesota Timberwolves made the interesting decision to draft two point guards, Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn, with the fifth and sixth overall selections in the 2009 NBA Draft. Their new General Manager David Kahn has taken a lot of heat for this decision, and rightfully so, but since Draft Night, he has tried to explain his reasoning.

He admitted that the team will be bad for the next couple of years (meaning that the Timberwolves have time to groom these two players). Even though this may be true, it shouldn’t be said. Every team in the NBA, and in all sports, expects to win every game they play. If not, there would be no point in showing up.

Just because they are young doesn’t mean that they have to be in transition mode. Subtracting those on their roster that just ride the bench, the Timberwolves average age is 23 years old. To compare, the Portland Trail Blazers, which is amongst the elite in the NBA, have an average age of 24 years old. Youth can win.

The Blazers have a good problem: they have too much youth. The Timberwolves have a similar problem, but in their case it’s the bad kind. Before trading him, Randy Foye, at 6′3″, was considered their shooting guard.

Since size wasn’t an issue for Minnesota, why didn’t they take Stephen Curry with one of their back-to-back picks?

He led the NCAA in scoring last season, averaging 28 points per game at Davidson, and clearly has a shooter’s mentality.

To me, instead of clogging the backcourt with two pass-first point guards, the sensible decision would have been to fill another glaring need.

Kahn may have a chance to redeem himself. Rubio, who I can’t imagine is thrilled about transitioning from Spain to snowy Minnesota, is drawing interest from multiple teams.

One of those teams is the New York Knicks. Head coach Mike D’Antoni could do wonders for Rubio, as he runs the fast-paced offense the young Spaniard would love to orchestrate.

General Manager Donnie Walsh, reportedly, is in the works of making this match possible.

Yet, he doesn’t have much that would entice Kahn, who is head over heels for Rubio. David Lee and Nate Robinson are two of their most intriguing players, but there are two problems standing in their way of being part of a deal.

First, they can’t