The Kings passed on Rubio and chose Evans fourth overall in last summer’s draft after Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet and James Harden went 1-2-3 respectively.

“Size, length, speed, quickness, strength, those are all assets in this league,” Rambis said. “He has all those.”

The Wolves then selected Rubio with the fifth pick and Flynn with the sixth. One of the many reasons Flynn plays for the Wolves today is the way he competed against Evans that day last June.

“He was the one guy out there not intimidated by Tyreke physically,” Wolves basketball boss David Kahn said.

Now that Target Corp. has put its name on the Twins baseball stadium, you wonder if it will continue with its name on Target Center, with a contract that ends in September of next year. The company pays the Timberwolves $1.25 million a year for the Target Center naming rights, according to Sports Business Daily.

Meanwhile, the Timber-wolves continue to lose and the management has surprised a lot of fans by offering half-price tickets for the 2011 season.
However, the fans are also reacting with purchases: Timberwolves President Chris Wright reports the franchise has sold 625 new season tickets since the Wolves announced the new policy. In fact, in the first two weeks of the new deal, the Wolves have sold more new lower-level tickets than all last year. There is also is a $10 lower-level ticket. The half-price deal is only for this month.