Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 worst mistakes in franchise history
By Ethan Becker
5. The entire David Kahn era
Most of the giant mistakes the Minnesota Timberwolves have made came during the era of David Kahn.
In 2009, Kahn was brought on to replace then-general manager Kevin McHale, who had been a fan favorite and had ushered in the Flip Saunders era, the Kevin Garnett era and then the Kevin Love era.
All three of these great Timberwolves pieces wanted to come to Minnesota, despite the harsh winters and the only moderate market size, because they wanted to work under an NBA legend.
Kahn was part of the Indiana Pacers front office from 1995-2009, which saw the height of the Reggie Miller era, five 50-win seasons and 10 playoff appearances, including one Finals appearance.
From an executive side of things, it all seemed to make sense that Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor would come on board.
The only problem, Kahn wasn’t the GM of the Pacers. He worked with the business side of the franchise.
Regardless, Taylor brought on Kahn, fired McHale and led Minnesota into one of its least productive eras in franchise history.
The Kahn era led to two historically awful drafts, nearly back to back, as well as Kevin Love becoming fed up with the team and demanding his exit. Speaking of which …