Early Season Thoughts

The Timberwolves are now three games into the season and sitting in last place with a 1-2 record. That's probably right where they should be expected to be, if not slightly better than what is to be expected.

The first game of the season yielded a thrilling comeback victory over the Nets. They played pretty poorly for much of the game, but fought until the end to provide the home crowd with a nice reward for showing up. Flynn looked good, Al Jefferson did not. The Wolves "sold" a decent number of tickets for this one, but the arena appeared to be only about 60% full.

Game number two brought in King James and the Cavs. The Wolves played a little better than they did in the opener, but the superior opponent had no trouble putting the Wolves away. Again, Flynn looked good, but Jefferson was rusty.

Last night brought the first road game of the season and another loss. I actually think this game had the Wolves best showing of the season. Jefferson looked to be shaking off some rust, and the offense was the most efficient they've been so far. Gomes had an excellent night, and the Wolves were competitive for much of the night. Were it not for the sizzling 3-point shooting of the Suns, the Wolves would have had a good shot at stealing this one.

Today the Wolves play the Clippers and have a good shot of picking up a win. We'll also find out whether or not Kahn picks up the options on Love, Brewer, and Pecherov. He will certainly pick up Love's option. I could go either way with picking up Brewer's option, but I'd prefer to decline and make him show what he can do. I might cry if they pick up Pecherov's option. He should be nothing more than an 11th or 12th man on a decent NBA team.