David Kahn's Brilliance...Yes He Is Brilliant!

Yes I surely said it. I think that David Kahn is doing absolutely fine as a GM.

In fact, better than fine, he's doing marvelous.

David Kahn is criticized for trades, inexperience, draft picks and others, and I'm here to dispel any criticism with pure cold, hard facts.

The Draft

Everyone knows the Wolves story. They drafted two point guards with the fifth and sixth picks, and shooting guard Wayne Ellington with the 28th pick. David Kahn is criticized for drafting two point guards back to back. The criticism includes:

1. Same Position.
2. No Pure Shooters
3. Cannot Play Together

First of all, so what they play the same position? Let's look at the draft board after Rubio was taken...Stephen Curry, Demar Derozan, Jordan Hill, and Terrence Williams. There's no way in hell I would take Derozan at six, despite the fact that he's extremely athletic, but in his case, he does not have the hugest upside.

Stephen Curry would be an obvious choice due to his three point shooting, which is something the Wolves need. But is Curry not a point guard? I'm sorry but isn't Flynn a point guard as well? See where I'm going here?

If you had a defender, who would you rather play? An all offensive standout in Curry, or a complete electrifying player in Flynn. I bet 99 percent would rather play Curry, due to Flynn having the huge heart that he has, and we all know that little guys in the NBA are becoming some of the toughest players in the NBA.

When your picking in the top 10, your picking for greatness. Do you really think the Wolves were thinking about "needs." Did the Clippers think about needs when they drafted Griffin, despite having Camby and Randolph? No, so why does David Kahn receive stupid criticism more than any other GM?

I don't know, but I think that he did an absolute great job with the draft. He stated that he wanted Toney Douglas with the 18th pick, and that if he could not get him, he was already in talks with the Denver Nuggets to draft Ty Lawson to trade him just minutes after for another draft pick. This now means the Wolves have three first round draft picks next year.

As far as Flynn and Rubio playing together? I don't know. I think that if Flynn is as good a defender as Kahn says he is, then it could work, and it's not by far a huge stretch of the human imagination.

Flynn is likely to have a year of development before Rubio in the NBA, so his defense will get better, and I think if Kahn believes that he can play alongside Rubio, then we have to trust his judgement.

Rubio cannot score, but Flynn can, as well as distribute. I think Flynn will be the primary guard to score, and by teams knowing that, and having a play maker like Rubio with 2 monsters in the post in Al Jefferson and Kevin Love, Flynn should have no problems scoring.

So despite that they are both point guards, I do think they can play together with the right coaching and development. It will take time, but I can ultimately see Kahn's plan. And I can conclude that, despite a little shaky, it is simply put... Brilliant.

Trading Foye and Miller

David Kahn traded Miller and Foye for the No. 5 pick in the draft. While some would argue this is a bad trade, but I don't think so. Despite being a die hard Foye fan, the Wolves also got Etan Thomas, Songaila and Pecherov. Thomas is going to compete for center minutes, and Songaila will backup Love most likely.

Pecherov is a real prospect idea, and I just really wish that Kevin McHale was here to help develop him. He's 7 foot, and has had a few flashes here and there, but he has the whole summer to improve.

Getting rid of Foye and Miller really got rid of some bad karma in McHale decisions. Once again I am a Foye fan, but Foye was traded for Brandon Roy, who is not arguably a top 6 player in the NBA. Miller was aquired from Memphis, thinking that he would continue his sharpshooting talents in Minnesota, and yet he didn't.

Foye and Miller really were not seen as a big part of the future nucleus. That nucleus now includes Jefferson, Love, Flynn, Ellington, and possibly Rubio.

Trading both players would ultimately pay off, and Rubio would drop to No. 5. I'm sorry, but Rubio is a franchise player, and getting him with the 5th pick, is absolutely...Brilliant.

Inexperience

This is absolutely ludicrous. How can you criticise David Kahn for inexperience. First of all, experience can also be a burden. How? Well there was a GM by the name of Kevin McHale with a world of experience, that started messing up everything. (Despite being a bad GM, he was a great coach and was great at developing big men).

Therefore one could conclude that being a GM does not mean you have to have experience. Therefore, that criticism is incorrect, incoherent and irrelevant.

The Single Thing That Impresses Me The Most

David Kahn has recognized that, his job as a GM is to bring the Timberwolves a championship. He's also recognized that we are not going to win one anytime soon. Therefore we are in the rebuilding stage once again, and David Kahn is investing in the future.

How can we think about present, if our future isn't taken care of. After all, our present determines what our future will be. Let's use an example in the Celtics. Yes they won a championship recently, but when Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce retire, who are your rebuilding pieces?

They got rid of their draft picks, and they don't have much to work with other than Rondo at this point. While I see the Timberwolves have Love, Jefferson, Rubio, Flynn, Ellington, Carney, and more that are all young, and we're only getting better at this point.

David Kahn's work advises you to look at the bigger picture. Do not look at the 25 games we might win next season, but look at the 35 games the season after, and 50 after that, and then look at the championship.

In order to enjoy the success of winning, you must experience the tragic of losing, which will make the Timberwolves success all the sweeter.

David Kahn is putting pieces together, he drafted guards this year, and next year he will go after centers and possibly shooting guards and small forwards.

I advise us to not look at the catastrophe of the modern day artist painting that is the metaphor of the possible horrible next season, and look at the Picasso painting that is the metaphor of the outcome of that horrible season...three years later.

David Kahn is just handling all the brushes at this point, so I'm busting open the can of paint to see what colors he's going to use, and I'm really excited.

Thanks for reading!