Weblog of Ben Edwards. Yes, that Ben Edwards

If OJ Mayo wins rookie of the year…

July 14, 2008 – 4:24 pm
...Mike Miller will mean nothing. ...Kevin Love better be MVP or Defensive Player of the Year (Ha!) ...Mayo better demand to be traded or leave as a free agent in 2-3 years ...Kevin McHale better be fired.

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WinZip on Trial

June 12, 2008 – 8:55 am
I have been trying WinZip for the last 10 years. Maybe someday it will pass.

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Tomorrow’s Draft: Or a call for reason or McHale’s head

June 27, 2007 – 9:07 am
I am backing off my previous assertion that we draft either Julian Wright or Mike Conley partly because speculation that we may actually have more than the 7th pick in this draft and partly because of the statistical leg work of John Hollinger of ESPN. He looked at past drafts, college stats, pro stats, and what he calls red-flags such as undersized, or perimeter players who don't make 3's and put together new rankings. These rankings defy the prevailing logic that says Oden will be the best NBA player from this draft class. Here is my new wishlist for the Wolves - get one or more of these players: 1. Kevin Durant 2. Greg Oden 3. Mike Conley Jr. 4. Thaddeus Young 5. Brandan Wright 6. Al Horford 7. ...

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NBA Draft

May 1, 2007 – 10:35 am
having moved on from the NFL draft this past weekend, I know turn to the NBA and what the Wolves should do. As far as who I would like to see in a wolves uniform, assuming we stay at spots 6 or 7, it would have to be either Julian Wright (SF) or Mike Conley (PG). Neither player is the bruiser that we really need inside, but both are good defenders (w/Wright being able to guard 4 positions ala KG) and adding Conley could allow us to have him and Foye on the floor at the same time and doubling up the ball handling. Now if we could just get lucky with those bouncing balls for once and come out of the lottery with the 1st or second pick. That would be great as getting Oden would put us in the playoffs next year. Durant may take a bit more ...

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Adrian Peterson (AD) now a VIKE

April 28, 2007 – 12:30 pm
Check out this video footage from one game last year. I am glad we got Adrian Peterson (wikipedia), especially since it looked like a choice between Brady Quinn and him. I am not a big Quinn fan. He seems like he will be a bust to me. With Peterson we can rest him for the first couple games to make sure his collarbone is 100%. Then we can use Peterson (explosiveness) and Chester Taylor (solid between the tackles) as a great one-two punch to keep both healthy all year.

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Tubby’s coming, Tubby’s coming.

March 23, 2007 – 9:16 am
In a piece of great news for the Minnesota Gophers mens basketball team, Tubby Smith, will be taking the new job as head coach. He will bring credibility and a winning attitude (.727) to the program and is taking a paycut to come, to boot.

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Vikes should avoid Quinn, Draft for the Line and at WR

March 22, 2007 – 7:32 am
Great article at RealFootball360 (as usual) about the Minnesota Vikings current needs and how T. Jackson will be a good QB when he has some tools to work with. In other good news, Atlanta backup QB, Matt Schaub looks to be headed to the Texans. This closes the door on a Vikings trade for him, but perhaps leaves open the Carr to Minnesota idea.

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McHale is Forbes.com #1 GM

March 9, 2007 – 9:09 am
What a friggin' joke. Why can't the national media figure out what the Minnesota local media has know for years: The Minnesota Timberwolves have the worst front office in the NBA.

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Vanity searches

January 10, 2007 – 4:39 pm
From time to time I search for Ben Edwards or "Ben Edwards" on Google and for years it was just me, kickin' it in the top spot with A British motor sport announcer and a guitar player. Then some dude from IBM started getting in on the action and before you knew it some dude from the Netherlands and a public image -project is up there. The strange thing is that, up until the past few weeks AltText.com was always the number one result for Ben Edwards. This was for YEARS and then suddenly the bottom has dropped out and Alt Text is nowhere in the top 90 results. I just don't understand what is going on. Some Google search algorithm change? I know some of it is the rise of other sites in comparison but to fall out so abruptly, there must be something afoot.

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Wolves fail to get AI and have now lost KG

December 19, 2006 – 5:08 pm
Well, not only did the Minnesota Timberwolves fail to bring in AI (and lost him to division rival Denver) they have now lost KG. Andre Miller (with his big contract!), Joe Smith and two mid 20's draft choices? The Sixers got fleeced! The Wolves could have (and should have!) offered Randy Foye, Ricky Davis, Eddie Griffin (cap space after this year), and the $4 million dollar trade exception. If the Sixers wouldn't want that more than the crap they got, they deserve their fate. The thing that kills me is that it is because of Joe Smith and our idiotic owner that we no longer have the draft choices that the Sixers wanted. Also it is rumored that the Wolves would not give up Foye. That's good because no when they have to give up Garnett at the end of the year they can finally play their coveted rookie more than ...

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