"Kevin McHale might not have succeeded as general manager in Minnesota, but he was a neighbor, a local from Hibbing that made it big and made his home state proud. So when McHale made his return to Minneapolis – they booed like crazy.

It was a weird way to treat a "Northwoods boy." The guy did trade a first-round pick for Marko Jaric and the Wolves have failed to make the playoffs for so long that the pick is no longer lottery protected. But he also did trade the rights to O.J. Mayo to get Kevin Love, who is not only a wonderful player about to get a max contract, the best hope of the franchise he left, but also some vindication. The bulk of those booing McHale thought he was an idiot for taking that Love guy instead of Mayo."