Dan Patrick/SI.com talked to David Kahn this morning about the team’s draft picks (includes audio).
— Kahn said that he’s gotten two calls already today with trade offers for Rubio. And another team made an offer last night. Kahn said he’s not shut off to listening to what other teams have to say.

— Dan asked Kahn if he was confident he could sign Rubio this offseason. Kahn said he hoped so, but he’s in no rush, because the T’Wolves are a few years away from being good anyway. And Rubio is so young, Kahn can afford to wait.

“In two years, he’ll be 20,” Kahn said.

Kahn knows the negotiation with Rubio might be difficult.

“I’m sure it will be a very turbulent summer,” Kahn said.

Chad Ford/ESPN gives the Wolves a C+ for last night’s draft picks.
Rubio and Flynn might have been the two best point guards in the draft. But to fall in love with them both and actually take them both amounts to point guard polygamy.

I really don’t know what to think about the Timberwolves’ draft. I keep waiting to hear about a trade that tells us where Rubio or Flynn is really going, but it hasn’t come, and GM David Kahn says he wants to keep them both.

It’s almost Kevin McHale-esque. Remember all of us scratching our heads in 2008 when the Wolves traded for Kevin Love, who plays the same position as their best player, Al Jefferson?

So, to recap: The Wolves traded two key players on their roster, Randy Foye and Mike Miller, and took back bad contracts to get the No. 5 pick, a questionable move. Then they got the two guys they love, Rubio and Flynn. Terrific. Then Kahn announced his idea to have Rubio and Flynn play together in the backcourt. Huh?

I could see it, I guess, had it been Stephen Curry they drafted to play alongside Rubio. But Flynn as a 2 guard? Really? The Wolves appear to have outsmarted themselves.

Here’s the problem: Even if the Wolves’ idea to play them together was a good one (and it isn’t), I don’t think Rubio would go for it. If he wants to, he can go back to Spain for the next year or two (or more) and really foul things up for the Wolves. Given how things look right now, I think he just might do it.

From The Big Lead: David Kahn, New GM of the Timberwolves: A Toxic Blend of Isiah Thomas and Chris Wallace
From Red’s Army: Did David Kahn just outsmart the NBA?
From Kelly Dwyer/Ball Don’t Lie: Ranking the 2009 NBA Draft
When you play basketball, and get the rock in an isolation situation, it’s never a good idea to subscribe to your move before you even get the ball, and stay with it no matter what your defender does. Sure, it might pay off sometimes to know your move before you go into executing your attempt, but by and large you want to have practiced moves and options that allow you to think on your feet and adapt to the situation as it unfolds.

The Timberwovles, I’m sorry, but I think they picked a move heading into the Draft, and stuck with it even as the defender beat them to the spot.

I can’t blame them. I begged every team to take Rubio to use as trade bait, and insist that every team take the best player available regardless of roster makeup. And the Wolves got two very good players, and two guys worth looking at. They just haven’t looked good in the process. Rubio and/or Flynn are obviously trade bait, but nobody’s biting. A transparent move, even if the telegraphed shot goes in, and Rubio/Flynn are brilliant together.

I’m not usually in favor of such behavior, but here’s hoping that Dan Fegan, the man who represents Ricky Rubio, can make the next few weeks and months so unpleasant for the Minnesota Timberwolves that the Wolves will quickly revisit making everyone in the NBA happy and shipping Rubio to the Knicks.
With the fifth pick, the Timberwolves selected Ricky Rubio, and then took another point guard, Jonny Flynn, a pick later. Both Rubio and Flynn were highly sought after by several teams, so speculation was that one of them would be traded. As of now, they’re both Timberwolves, curious to say the least.
From Seth Stohs/Star Tribune: Draft Thoughts – Rubio Should Stay in Spain
While individually solid, the Timberwolves made a baffling PAIR of picks — presumably, they think they can deal Rubio to a team that really wants him (say, the Knicks). Otherwise, they have an unhappy player who might just jet back to Spain, rather than play for Minnesota.

Good news for the Knicks. Good news for Jonny Flynn. Bad news for the T’wolves, who look like the fool for now.

But, for now, we can tab Ricky Rubio as the 2009 NBA Draft’s “Biggest Loser.”

From Pat Ruff/Post Bulletin: Pat Ruff: Celebration turns into waiting game