Fitting? Two former Timberwolves debate the worst way to lose

Former Wolves reserve Robbie Hummel started it and Wally Szczerbiak, who played for the team during its playoff era, jumped in to strongly disagree after Villanova crushed Oklahoma in the Final Four.

April 3, 2016 at 2:03PM
Wally Szczerbiak, back in the day.
Wally Szczerbiak, back in the day. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After watching Villanova take apart Oklahoma 95-51 in Saturday night's NCAA Final Four semifinals, former Purdue star and Timberwolves reserve Robbie Hummel offered this up on Twitter.

You can be flat-out certain that discussion was taking place in basements, sports bars and other venues as Villanova pulled further and further away from Oklahoma in a game that was expected to be very competitive.

Then, former Timberwolves forward Wally Szczerbiak, who played for the team from 1999-2006 and is now a commentator for CBS Sports, jumped in.

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A disagreement about losing between two Timberwolves. Oh, the irony.

So we're off, complete with chatter from others. It's not quite Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. But it's pretty good stuff.

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KFAN's Dan Barreiro got in on the fun.

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And, in the end, Wally felt a little bit bad and Robbie agreed a little bit with Wally.

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How would you prefer to lose? By getting blown out or getting you heart broken at the buzzer? Or is that just too much of a Minnesota question?

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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