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3rd & 7 37yd

Was I really that bad? Look at what you got now.

by You made a deal for Kalil 4/29/2020 3:22:29 PM
Present

by Jerry Zgoda 4/29/2020 9:48:48 PM
Pete are you here?

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 9:51:44 PM
Who's here besides me and Jerry? Bueller? Bueller?

by rachelblount 4/29/2020 9:51:59 PM
Yes, I'm here

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 9:52:05 PM
It's Pete's birthday, everyone!

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 9:52:09 PM
Happy birthday, Pete!

by rachelblount 4/29/2020 9:52:51 PM
Thanks, Rachel. Nice way to spend an hour or two.

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 9:53:50 PM
Hey Jerry, I was thinking has there ever been a worse choice in Minnesota than in the 1978 NASL college draft when the Kicks took Emilio Romero out of Metro State when Nimrod Dreyfus of Adelphi was still on the board???

by Chris Miller 4/29/2020 9:53:54 PM
Happy birthday Pete!

by Jeff Day 4/29/2020 9:55:42 PM
I am under a lot of pressure here with No. 1 overall

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 9:56:05 PM
Hello to all! Last week we did the best draft picks in Minnesota history. In the interest of hearing BOTH SIDES, we will now do the worst draft picks in Minnesota history.
We'll go 2 rounds, 10 picks in each round, snake style. Here's the draft order for everyone picking and following along at home:
1, 20: Ken Chia
2, 19: Andrew Krammer
3, 18: Joe Christensen
4, 17: Michael Rand
5, 16: Brian Stensaas
6, 15: Pete Steinert
7, 14: Rachel Blount
8, 13: Jerry Zgoda
9, 12: Chris Miller
10, 11: Jeff Day

by Michael Rand 4/29/2020 9:56:08 PM
After the 10th pick, there should be a lifetime achievement award presented to Doug Risebrough

by Kevin Luckow 4/29/2020 9:59:44 PM
Sid took Ed Kalafat in 1954 with Richie Guerin still on the board! No wonder the Lakers left town!

by Chris Miller 4/29/2020 10:00:06 PM
Happy birthday, Pete! Now don't blow it with that No. 6 pick.

by Joe Christensen 4/29/2020 10:00:12 PM
You know never know what the new guy is going to do.

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:00:39 PM
5 o'clock right here. Hope you have a beverage of choice. Ken Chia is on the clock. Let's go!

by Michael Rand 4/29/2020 10:00:47 PM
I'm being distracted by these kids in a cool motorized car on my sidewalk.

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:01:25 PM
Ah good ol Matt Kalil

by Not Pete Rose 4/29/2020 10:01:50 PM
Former Badgers *do* count, Ken. And there are a few in the running ...

by Brian Stensaas 4/29/2020 10:01:53 PM
The No. 2 pick? So many Vikings choices...

by Andrew Krammer 4/29/2020 10:01:59 PM
Just make sure to get it selected in time, AK

by Brian Stensaas 4/29/2020 10:02:52 PM
So I only found out I was first overall about 15 minutes ago. But if i screw this up, isn't that just going in the tradition of the players, teams and executives we're honoring today?
I have to go with the first guy that popped into my head for this draft. And the first guy that popped into my head is Jonny Flynn.
The Wolves had No. 5 and 6 back-to-back in the 2009 draft. I can live with Ricky Rubio as one of those two -- like Jeff Day, I have long enjoyed Rubio's joie de vivre even if I haven't enjoyed his jump shot. But when you look at the professional career of Flynn vs. the guy who was selected immediately after him ... well, that's all I have to say.

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 10:03:27 PM
Too easy.

by Joe Christensen 4/29/2020 10:03:55 PM
Damn! You took my pick. Had this great image loaded up and everything. Sigh.

by Michael Rand 4/29/2020 10:04:09 PM
That was my No. 1

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:04:11 PM
It's a no doubt about it pick, even if I could forgive someone for selecting Flynn over Curry based on his career at Syraucse I cannot forgive someone for drafting Flynn AND Rubio no matter who they passed on.

by Jeff Day 4/29/2020 10:04:19 PM
Water's wet. Sky's blue.

by Brian Stensaas 4/29/2020 10:04:31 PM
Jonny Flynn: 163 games, 1,504 points, 634 assists
Stephen Curry: 699 games, 16,419 points, 4,621 assists

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 10:04:52 PM
Were there rumblings that Curry didn't want to come to Minnesota? I seem to remember that.

by Jeff Day 4/29/2020 10:04:54 PM
he did make all-rookie second team. just sayin.

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:05:11 PM
No dispute. Clearly the No. 1 pick.

by rachelblount 4/29/2020 10:05:11 PM
That's not even the worst draft pick in Wolves history

by Jerry Zgoda 4/29/2020 10:05:32 PM
I was a huge Davidson fan, I loved Steph Curry. He played under Bob McKillop who is kind of like a Popovich-style genius. Anyway when they passed on him I was in Lowertown St. Paul at Barrio and I nearly threw a glass against the wall. I'll never forget it. No one else there cared, because my theory is that no one cares about the Wolves in St. Paul.

by Jeff Day 4/29/2020 10:06:13 PM
There are many, many bad Wolves picks Jerry. [stares at Paul Grant]

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 10:06:21 PM
Lotta Vikings on the board for Andrew Krammer at No. 2. Which direction will he go?

by Michael Rand 4/29/2020 10:07:12 PM
by Andrew Krammer 4/29/2020 10:08:07 PM
The Vikings' 2005 NFL Draft .... what to say. The direct response to trading away Randy Moss months earlier was to use the Raiders' No. 7 overall pick on WR Troy Williamson from South Carolina. Problem was he couldn't catch. That, combined with Daunte Culpepper's three torn ligaments, ended a run of six top-10 scoring offenses in seven years from 1998-2004. They've had three such offenses in the 15 years since.

by Andrew Krammer 4/29/2020 10:08:09 PM
Bad picks are as much about the player that got passed over as the one that got picked.

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:08:29 PM
If you're going to draft a wide receiver at No. 7 overall, you might want to make sure he can catch a football

by Ken Chia 4/29/2020 10:08:46 PM
Those hands...

by Joe Christensen 4/29/2020 10:08:50 PM
Perfect photo choice

by rachelblount 4/29/2020 10:09:07 PM
Bad vision, too, right?

by Pete Steinert 4/29/2020 10:09:32 PM
i thought we had the money shot when Williamson dropped that bomb in SF, but this is the only one I could find ...

by Chris Miller 4/29/2020 10:10:07 PM
by Michael Rand 4/29/2020 10:10:37 PM

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