{"id":1726,"date":"2007-10-28T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/minnesota-timberwolves\/"},"modified":"2007-10-28T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2007-10-28T22:20:53","slug":"minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/minnesota-timberwolves","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Predicted Record<\/strong>
\n18-64 (Tom), 20-62 (Gil)<\/p>\n

Last Year’s Record<\/strong>
\n32-50<\/p>\n

Tom’s Commentary<\/strong>
\nSebastian Telfair’s odyssey as kind of a strange mini-me to Stephon Marbury takes him to the land of Garrison Keillor, Marbury’s first pro stomping grounds. The Timberwolves are actually Al Jefferson’s team, which is interesting in that Jefferson goes to Minnesota somewhat less famous than the departed-to-Boston Kevin Garnett was as a high school player and one-time Timberwolves draftee, even though Jefferson’s been playing a while now. I think this is a case of Al Harrington moving to Atlanta more than it is Tracy McGrady going to Orlando. Jefferson’s more likely to be back in Boston in 2011 than he is to be a perennial Western Conference all-star.<\/p>\n

My great affection for the name of Al can’t push me past the thought that the rest of the team looks like one of those fake squads that gets put together for a movie about an NBA team led by a dunking goat or whatever. Not one of their players from 3-10 would score more than 60% on a test of “Are they still playing?” given to 30 random NBA fans. Jefferson had better be really, really good.<\/p>\n

Rejoinder From Gil<\/strong>
\nAntoine Walker, a late trade to the T-Wolves, can’t escape the Celtics orbit. Which is funny, consider he’s heavy enough to have his own gravity-field.<\/p>\n

Gratuitous Comics Connection<\/strong>
\nMinneapolis is the home of several cartoonists, including our friends at Big Time Attic.<\/p>\n

Gratuitous Pharma Connection<\/strong>
\n3M has a drug delivery unit that does some pretty innovative work.<\/p>\n

The Bottom Line<\/strong>
\nWe’ll see that a bunch of Al Jefferson’s development in the post was derived from having a monster wing-player in Paul Pierce. Worst team in the west. –GR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Predicted Record 18-64 (Tom), 20-62 (Gil) Last Year’s Record 32-50 Tom’s Commentary Sebastian Telfair’s odyssey as kind of a strange mini-me to Stephon Marbury takes him to the land of Garrison Keillor, Marbury’s first pro stomping grounds. The Timberwolves are actually Al Jefferson’s team, which is interesting in that Jefferson goes to Minnesota somewhat less … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Minnesota Timberwolves”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1713,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"nba0708index.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4C7K-rQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1713,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":0},"title":"NBA 2007-08 Preview","author":"Gil","date":"October 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time for the race (well, marathon) to see who will keep the Spurs from repeating THIS time! Which is to say, \"The new NBA season is upon us!\" Sure, the league's been pummeled lately, what with the referee-gambling scandal, the Knicks' ugly sexual harassment suit, and the uncompetitive finals.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1715,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/boston-celtics","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":1},"title":"Boston Celtics","author":"Gil","date":"October 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Predicted Record 52-30 (Tom), 54-28 (Gil) Last Year's Record 24-58 Eric Grunfeld's Commentary While the summer acquisition of two all-stars in Garnett & Allen has Boston fans thinking Championship, I strongly disagree. The NBA is a league where it takes time to jell and work as a cohesive unit before\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/boston-celtics#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1722,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/miami-heat","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":2},"title":"Miami Heat","author":"Gil","date":"October 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Predicted Record 40-42 (Tom), 43-39 (Gil) Last Year's Record 44-38 Gil's Commentary No other NBA event in recent years bothered me as much as Miami's championship, mainly because it meant Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton and Antoine Walker were \"vindicated\" for being douchebags throughout their careers. So I laughed my bitch\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1181,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-preview-2006-2007","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":3},"title":"NBA Preview 2006-2007","author":"Gil","date":"November 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm the Juggernaut, bitch! ATLANTIC Boston Celtics by Tom Spurgeon New Jersey Nets by Gil Roth New York Knicks by Gil Roth Philadelphia 76ers by Adam Taxin Toronto Raptors by Sam Richezza CENTRAL Chicago Bulls by Tom Spurgeon Cleveland Cavaliers by Tom Spurgeon Detroit Pistons by Tom Spurgeon Indiana Pacers\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 4 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 4 comments","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-preview-2006-2007#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1718,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/philadelphia-76ers","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":4},"title":"Philadelphia 76ers","author":"Gil","date":"October 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Predicted Record 28-54 (Tom), 24-58 (GR) Last Year's Record 35-47 Morris Levin's Commentary There must be a way to write about these 2007-2008 76ers without mentioning Allen Iverson. After all, it has been more than 10 months since the team traded him to Denver and fans stopped coming to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1745,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/season-honors","url_meta":{"origin":1726,"position":5},"title":"Season Honors","author":"Gil","date":"October 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"TEAM HONORS NBA Championship Tom: Phoenix Over Miami Craig: Spurs over Dallas and then some eastern conference team, say the Pistons Gil: Spurs beat Phoenix, wallop the Bulls. Surprise Playoff Teams Tom: Charlotte, Portland Craig: NJ and Lakers Gil: Milwaukee, Lakers (post-Kobe trade) Surprise Non-Playoff Teams Tom: Golden State, Washington\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}