The Timberwolves' current biggest problem isn't their sordid history or misguided ownership, their inconspicuous fan base or their embarrassing record.
The Timberwolves' current biggest problem is that their new brain trust spent the draft, free agency and the 2009-10 season trying to identify, find, lure, sign and develop point guards, and with only eight losses remaining in the season, they might as well have William Avery dribbling upcourt.
Forget about the lousy record and the remarkably long losing streaks. The Wolves were required to stink this year. They needed to give themselves every opportunity to land one of the top picks in the draft. Winning 30 games this season would have been pointless and counterproductive.
This season should have been all about the draft -- developing the point guard taken in last year's, and maximizing chances at landing a top player in this year's.
Instead, the position in which the Wolves invested the most has yielded the least.
They took three point guards in the first round of last year's draft, signed a point guard in free agency, and 10 months later they still lack an NBA-quality starting point guard. To quote Charles Barkley, that's "Tirble."
Even Kevin McHale and Randy Wittman, the worst combination of general manager and coach in the history of the NBA, might not have been able to pull this off.
David Kahn's first signature move was taking Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick in the draft. Rubio stayed in Spain and might never play in Minnesota -- and he still represents Kahn's best personnel move ever.