Wolves

I wasn't going to comment on the Wolves any more this year. Their play for the last week has been just bad enough to remove all remaining hope of playoff dreams.

But last night was special. They set a club record with 143 points scored and Kevin Love had another TRIPLE double by the end of the third quarter. And they did it it against the once proud Lakers.

I think playing in that game last night might give Love further doubts about signing with L.A. after next season. He sees what the Wolves are building here, and that has got to be much more appealing than what he sees L.A. going through.

In L.A. he'll be playing with an aging/almost retired Kobe. Here, he'll get to grow with Ricky (he's still just 22) Rubio. Sometimes the grass isn't greener.

Oh, also the Wolves have Kevin Love one more season. At just 25 himself, the Wolves let him sign a four year deal that lets him op out after NEXT season. All this time I was fretting for nothing. We do have one more year with Love, barring an unexpected trade.

At the same time, we got rid of Garnett with an early trade. The Wolves philosophy has always been to trade away a star early rather than have him become a free agent.

I sure hope Minnesota offers him a mega-deal this summer. They have one of the lowest payrolls in the league and fan interest has never been higher. The time to strike a deal is now.

Like the Angels just did for Mike Trout.

And before they do something that ticks him off even more.

ALL the talk is that Love is leaving. There might not be any real hope of him staying unless the Wolves have a near championship run next season, and even that may not keep him here. We ticked him off by not giving him a 5-year contract last time.

And he still remembers that. He was dissed. Superstars never forget being dissed.