Le Basketbawl

If the Minnesota Timberwolves began the NBA season next week with a roster at full strength in New York Vinnie’s opinion they would still be a pretty Frickin lousy team. However with starting center Kevin Love already out at least 6-8 weeks after having surgery on his broken left hand and the club possibly without their star forward Al Jefferson this team could be one of the worst teams in the Frickin history of the NBA.

The “Minneapolis Star Tribune“ reported on Tuesday that Jefferson is suffering from a sore Achilles tendon which has him on the shelf indefinitely. Jefferson missed a major part of last season after tearing his ACL in his right leg and had seemed to be recovered after having surgery.  Jefferson played just six minutes in the second half of the T-Wolves game against the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night because of the pain.

Minnesota rookie head coach Kurt Rambis told reporters that the team really does not have a timetable on Jefferson’s return. Rambis said “It all depends on … the treatments and the medication and whatever they’re doing for him. It all depends how quickly it affects it.”

Rambis who was hired during the summer to take over the bench after the team fired Kevin McHale told the media he can not focus on the players who are injured. He said “I just deal with the players that are out there on the floor. If they’re not out there, then that’s the trainer and the medical staff’s responsibility.”

The former assistant coach with the NBA Champs the Los Angeles Lakers was asked who he was counting on while his two big men were out. Rambis responded “Everybody. Whoever’s left. Whether they are (prepared) or they’re not, they’re going to be out there. We can try bigger lineups, we can roll smaller lineups or a combination thereof. Guys are just going to have to get up there, get their time, stand in there and play.”

Fans of the T-Wolves have gone through some pretty rough times over the last few seasons. However if they are without Love and Jefferson for an extended period this could be the longest and coldest winter that Minnesota Fans have ever gone through.