Randy Foye to represent Timberwolves in summer outreach program in Turkey, How about Minneapolis?

Timberwolves point guard Randy Foye and assistant coach Ed Pinckney will head to Turkey in June as part of the NBA’s “Basketball Without Borders” program. Former Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey will also be with the group in Turkey – hmmmm. I wonder if that will be awkward. I don’t think Randy Foye is a super supporter of current Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman so perhaps Foye and Casey can spend a few days grumbling over the Timberwolves administration. That’s what I would do. Misery loves company.

It would be nice to see Randy Foye do more in the Minneapolis community as well. Perhaps a high school basketball clinic or something to raise Timberwolves and NBA support in the Twin Cities. I don’t think they sell too many Timberwolves tickets to Turkey residents, but if they got a little more involved in the community, perhaps they could sell some of those empty Target Center seats to Minnesotans. I always say, fans will rally around a team if the team can produce victories or if the team has likable personalities, but when you don’t have either, you don’t have fans.

CASEY IS THE SCAPEGOAT

The Minnesota Timberwolves front office took the easy way out by deciding that all of the Wolves recent woes were caused by their coach. I am a little perplexed by this decision. Why hasn't Kevin McHale been shown the door for his numerous mistakes? What won-loss record did the Timberwolves brass think that they would have at this point? Let's face it, the current roster of the Minnesota Timberwolves is no better than the 20 - 20 record that they have so far this season. Taylor & McHale are delusional if they think that this team is anything better than an average NBA team. Casey took a team that was expected to be lottery-bound, had them at .500 and in line for a playoff spot at the halfway point of the season in a very tough conference. Apparently that wasn't good enough. Like so many other NBA coaches before him, Dwane Casey has been unfairly blamed for everything that ails his team. I am sad to see him go and only hope that Kevin Mchale will be the next to be shown the door.

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