Of the 832 things Minnesota sports fans should be asking for this week, here’s my top 11:
A trade
Wolves boss Tim Connelly is such a great wheeler-dealer? Let’s see him trade for someone who can improve the Wolves’ rebounding, defense and three-point shooting.
Like Karl-Anthony Towns.
New owners
Twins fans deserve a multibillionaire owner who will increase the team’s payroll and be humble enough to defer to the organization’s true baseball experts. In other words, Twins fans need the Wilfs.
A title
I don’t believe anyone in sports “deserves” anything. You get what you earn. You get what you get.
While I don’t believe the Vikings or their fans “deserve” a Super Bowl title, I would like to see it happen. The current iteration of the Vikings is as likable and professional as any since I came to town in 1990 to cover the team. I’d like to see this group earn a title, and I’d like to finally stop hearing Vikings fans whining about their plight. Folks, you could be without a Super Bowl title and be carrying the weight of a hundred excruciating losses, and have to live in Buffalo, Cleveland or, heaven forbid, Jacksonville. Stop drinking the mulled whine.
A new arena
Target Center is a worn-out old joint. I’d like to see the Wolves’ owners — whoever winds up owning the team — build a new arena. With their own money.
Sports ownership makes very rich people much richer. We don’t need to help them with tax dollars that could be better spent on … anything.