Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Ricky Rubio is Bringing Out the Best in David Kahn and I Love It

The Minnesota Timberwolves recently introduced Ricky Rubio and David Kahn really flexed his muscles at the press conference. David Kahn was able to show off his prized jewel from the 2009 draft. Here's why this brought out the best in Kahn: it showed exactly how delusional this guy is and I think it's downright hilarious. Here's a guy who is placing the fate of a franchise into the hands of a 20 year old Spanish kid who averaged about five points per game in Spain. Not only did he only average five points per game, he didn't even start on his own team.

Alright so what else made this so great? Not only has Kahn tied his own fate to Rubio, he has done it in the worst way possible. He has put all the pressure in the world on Rubio's shoulders. He's gone out of his way to say that Rubio has the "it" factor. Practically calling him the second coming of Garnett before he has even played a minute in an NBA game. To make matters worse, he knows that Rubio hasn't been playing good basketball lately and is doing this just to get fans excited.

Look, I want Rubio to succeed just as much as the next guy, but he and Kahn's fate are forever tied. If Rubio fails Kahn will be fired.

Another funny things is that I love is that Kahn truly thinks that Rubio is the missing piece. He thinks that all these players that he has will now form in to some super team with Rubio point guarding it. He's too stuck up to realize that the players he's acquired just flat out aren't very good.

Tomorrow is the NBA Draft and I will have plenty of stuff to preview that in my next post. It will mostly feature me trying to guess at how Kahn will screw this up. That's all for now.

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