You'd be forgiven for thinking the Minnesota Timberwolves are cursed after news of Kevin Love's departure became official, but the truth isn't quite so severe as that.
Chronic mismanagement in a situation where the margin for error has always been razor-thin is the culprit. Maybe that's its own type of curse, but at least it's one that can be practically corrected.
Thanks to the habitual gaffes of the Wolves front office, Love is gone, per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports:
The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached an agreement in principle to send All-Star forward Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a protected 2015 first-round draft pick.
Minnesota now has a 100 percent success rate of losing franchise superstars in their primes. Granted, Kevin Garnett was toward the end of his peak when he was dealt to the Boston Celtics in 2007, and there have really been only two such players in the Wolves' history. But both KG and K-Love departed ringless, in search of better shots at success.
It would take so ...
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Is There Hope in Sight for Minnesota Timberwolves After Losing Kevin Love?
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