Howlin' T-Wolf

Kahn did a no-no last night:

Kahn made a mistake. He was trying to compare Darko to Vlade Divac, which I can see, and then he tried, and miserably failed, at comparing Darko to Chris Webber’s career.

Right off the bat you could tell that Webber was saying in the back of his mind “Oh, hell na did he just compare my star career to that of Darko’s!” But I don’t think Chris understood that Kahn was trying to say. He meant, and eventually said, that Darko’s career needed time to develop. And it has. I expect good things out of Darko this year, maybe not Vlade Divac-production, but he will be a respectable center in the NBA over the next four years, and that’s a hard thing to find; a starting center that does just about everything right.

One thing I did like hearing in Kahn’s interview was what he said about upgrading the culture of this team. We all criticize and ridicule him for his questionable tactics when approaching the roster, but the little things he did like upgrading the practice facility and the player’s lounge; those kinds of things attract free agents and could have been part of the reason that David Lee was so interested. Long term, those upgrades will add up and contribute to turning this team’s culture around, which is way more important than wins and losses for the next couple of seasons.