Luke Ridnour Joins Minnesota

In his continuing efforts to provoke my criticism, Minnesota GM/president David Kahn has signed Luke Ridnour (number 34 on the Big Board) to a 4 year, $16 million contract. To be clear here, the signing of Ridnour in and of itself is not a bad signing. He is an extremely strong backup point guard that I would love to have on my team. And considering that he signed for the same amount of money as Chris Duhon, a player he is far superior to, this would be a great deal for, say, Dallas, Detroit, or any team that doesn't already have an overabundance of point guards.

And there's the rub. Beginning with the 2009 draft, the Timberwolves have:
-Drafted point guard Ricky Rubio with the number 5 pick;
-Drafted point guard Johnny Flynn with the number 6 pick;
- Drafted point guard Ty Lawson with the number 18 pick (traded to Denver);
- Signed point guard Ramon Sessions to a 4 year, $16 million deal.

Granted, Rubio stayed in Spain (mostly because Kahn drafted ANOTHER POINT GUARD RIGHT AFTER HIM!!!) and Lawson was traded. But seriously, what's this guy's deal? Do you need to pay real money to 3 point guards? No. This is in addition to the fact that on draft day this year he drafted or traded for 3 small forwards and so far this off season has overpaid two centers while giving away the best player on his team, Al Jefferson, for pennies on the dollar. Idiot. Absolute idiot.This dude is highly unqualified for the position he's found himself in and he's now just shooting from the hip and ticking everyone off in the process. If the Wolves weren't already a terrible franchise he'd be running that thing into the ground. I feel genuinely bad for Minnesota fans and hope, for their sake, that the David Kahn Reign of Terror ends sooner rather than later.

Grade: C-