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Thursday night was the beginning of an era in Minnesota. The lowly Timberwolves, after a season of misfiring along with some nifty deals, found themselves with two picks in the top six, and four in the first round. While many would argue that this year’s draft crop was one of the weaker classes in years, they’d be right; but there is no doubting that those four picks, coupled with the likes of Al Jefferson and Kevin Love, could create a very formidable lineup for the young, upstart Timberwolves. The problem is, it is quite evident that new GM David Kahn is generally confused about the concept of building a winning NBA team. Credit to him, he has a very difficult job, but I do feel as though he’s making it look a lot harder than it actually is. Lets look at how the team with the most assets on draft day of any team in recent memory, somehow spurned the opportunity to create a more balanced squad, in order to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.