Kevin Love to Miss Six Weeks with Fractured Shooting Hand

On Tuesday Kevin Love will undergo hand surgery in New York to repair a fracture in his shooting hand. Love hurt the hand in a preseason game against the Chicago Bulls last friday.

The loss of Kevin Love doesn't mean much to the T-Wolves' success since they were not in the playoff conversation anyway. My guess is that Kurt Rambis will move Ryan Gomes to PF and start Corey Brewer at SF. Situations like this are sometimes good because it gives non impact players a window to prove themselves under the bright lights.

Last season Love led the NBA in offensive rebounding percentage, he was the first rookie to do so since Hakeem Olajuwon.

Finally a Decision: Rubio to Stay Overseas

Fifth over all pick Ricky Rubio informed the T'wolves front office monday night that he will be staying in Spain for at least two more seasons. David Kahn, T'wolves GM, made three visits to Spain this summer to try and convince Rubio to play for his team. Unfortunately it was all for not when, according to Kahn, Rubio was facing immense public pressure in Spain to stay, "This morning I met with Ricky and his parents and told them that Iunderstood Ricky's decision, it was clear to me yesterday and in this morning's meeting that the pressure surrounding Ricky and his family to remain in Spain for at least two more years had only intensified as the summer wore on and was weighing heavily on them."

Luckily for Minnesota, Jonny Flynn is a more than capable replacement in Rubio's place. Last season at Syracuse Flynn averaged 17.4 PPG to go along with 6.7 APG.

Minnesota is a great place for a guy like Flynn (or Rubio) because there are very low expectations. For any rookie it's great to get a season or two under your belt before the big time pressure is inevitably put on.