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Even by the standard of patience required by unglamorous assistant coaches, Lakers bench jockey Kurt Rambis has waited a long time. We wonder why Tom Thibodeau can't get a head coaching job after decades learning the craft of defense, but T.T. just started interviewing for top jobs three years ago. Rambis has been trying to get a head coaching gig since 1998!Finally, the Wolves have agreed to make Rambis their man, according to Don Seeholzer of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. The annual salary ($2 million) won't be much more than it was for the Kings gig he scorched away, but Rambis apparently has the security of four years. That mean $8 million guaranteed, versus the $3 million the Kings had been ready to offer.
Rambis inherits a bad team that's better than most bad teams. Or, it's a talented if unbalanced roster. The team's two best players are both power forwards, and neither has any hope of defending legit centers (or small forwards, for that matter). Meanwhile, the team's new GM David Kahn drafted two point guards among the first six picks last June. One is still in Spain deciding whether to jump the pond or not, and the other makes up the entirety of the team's depth chart at the position following the trades of Randy Foye and Sebastian Telfair and release of Kevin Ollie. (Well, there's Bobby Brown too, but, you know.)
Minnesota will be worse for the wear next season because of the Mike Miller/Foye dump which netted Ricky Rubio. Foye, while inefficient, was an able scorer and shot creator last year. Miller, while denying the persona he had built over his career as a trigger-happy sniper, helped a lot in the peripherals of the game. Without them, the Wolves offense will be in deep trouble, and I have a hard time imagining rookies Flynn and Wayne Ellington, along with withering Quentin Richardson, will help out much for the onset.
So, Rambis has his hands full. The Rubio situation will be trying, regardless of the immediate outcome. Kahn hasn't proven he has a plan; if he does not have a plan to seriously upgrade the shooting guard and small forward positions, the team could die on the vine. Rambis can only do so much with this roster, and the top priority should be finding a way to maximize the talents of Jefferson and Love, whether they play together more, or exist solely as a platoon.
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