Hope...

What up world,

Tonight is a big night. A BIG night. Tonight marks the beginning of something special in the state of Minnesota. No longer will Minnesotans flounder in despair. Not in the least. For hope is beginning to shine through the darkness of our impending winter. Minnesotans, let your heart be full with the promise of something better....

...because tonight marks the start of the Timberwolves season!

That's right! No longer will you have to dwell on the playoff exit of those miserable Twins, or the wilting expectations of your football Vikings. Forget about Joe Mauer and Brett Favre. In the Timberwolves you have a team that won a staggering 15 games last season. 15 games!!! Imagine if they were an NFL team. 15 wins would be a dominant season.

What's that? 67 losses? Of course you had to mention the losses. So what? We got rid of the problems from last year. Namely Al Jefferson. So what if he scored 17 point and grabbed 10 rebounds per game? We don't need them. Or his low post moves. Or favorable contract. Or good attitude in the locker room. Good riddance, you troublemaker.

Plus, Al was holding back the development of our savior. No, I'm not talking about Kevin Love. I'm talking about the Super Serb. The Darkness. A Millie. This guy.




Former Number 2 overall pick, Darko Milicic. He might not have worked for the previous four NBA teams, but he is definitely going to work for us. So much so that we offered him $20 million over the next four years. This can't fail!

Oh, and let's not forget about Demarcus Beasley, or Martell Webster, or Luke Ridnour, or even Nikola Pekovic. No other teams wanted them. Who cares? Collectively they will be something special. Guaranteed. A group of castoffs put together to form the most dominant team in NBA history. It's the basketball version of Goonies. With Kevin McHale playing the part of One Eyed Willy.



The good news is that it will be difficult for the team to be worse than last year. 15 wins isn't exactly setting the bar high. They already had 6 wins in the preseason. Plus, I have an entire roster to get to know. It's a blogging gold mine.

So, Minnesotans, let's get behind this team. Let's cheer them on in a half empty Target Center. Let's applaud the work of David Khan. Let's hold onto the glimmer of hope that we have at the onset. Because that's most likely the last glimmer that we're going to have for a long time.

-Sota