Ricky Rubio?

So Ricky Rubio is coming to town. I'll have more on this in the Friday paper. Here's my capsule view:

I don't think he'll be great. Even if he's just pretty good and can run an offense and a fast break, he could upgrade the Wolves' weakest position and make his teammates better.

But I don't want to see Kurt Rambis coaching this kid. I want to see a coach who handles young players well and is not married to the Triangle Offense. Which means just about anybody other than Rambis.

-I think Kevin McHale has a chance to be a good NBA coach. He has the charisma and knowledge to do the job.

But he faces obstacles and challenges. Does he really want to work this hard? Good coaches are grinders who study the game. Is that really Kevin at this point in his life?

And can he really coach better than Rick Adelman, one of the best coaches in the league?

I don't doubt McHale's ability to coach well. I doubt his ability to coach well for any length of time.

-If hockey players are so tough, why do they react like such whiners when they get hit, and why does Alex Burrows think he can get away with biting an opponent's finger?

There are things I like about hockey, but when you see the overreaction to legal hits and moments like Burrow's Overbite, hockey loses credibility.

-The Twins are pathetic. I've watched a lot of bad Twins teams, but I've never seen a team this inept.

Nice effort, Delmon.

-Kevin Love's Twitter response to the Rubio signing was classic: ``I'll believe it when I see it.'' Think he's been worn down by The Wolves Way?

-I'm probably like a lot of Americans. I don't need another sport to watch. I'm not particularly interested in soccer. But the ManU-Barca final the other day intrigued me, and I watched, and I enjoyed it, and now Fox is saying that the game drew 4.2 million viewers in the U.S.

For me, soccer is like hockey: I need to see stars and scoring opportunities and a game with something on the line to watch. This game qualified.

-Poor Christian Ponder. Doesn't he know that the Vikings don't know what to do with a quarterback who shows up earlier than he has to?

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