Last night, the Timberwolves lost their seventh straight game, which turned out to be a blessing for the team, as the loss allowed them to keep their top 10 pick in this summer’s draft. (Had they won, there was a chance that they’d have to send the pick – if it landed at #11 or later – to the Clippers as part of the Marko Jaric/Sam Cassell trade.) Did the team tank on purpose? I don’t know. I didn’t watch the game but there is a lot of talk today about how the Wolves looked like they were trying to lose the game.

Regardless, Kevin McHale held a press conference today and, instead of announcing the news just about everyone in Minnesota wanted to hear – that he had decided to resign – he announced that he’s going to be the GM for another season.

Moreover, he said there were no plans to trade Kevin Garnett. He did say he planned to rework the team to give KG a better supporting cast.

Oh, really? Hasn’t that been your job for the last ten years?

One of the definitions of stupidity is when we do the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. That seems to be what’s happening here.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying McHale is a stupid man. On the contrary, he’s probably very bright.

But he hasn’t done a good job the last few years. McHale has been the GM since 1995 and has rode his one great draft pick into the ground.

Here are the Wolves’ win totals for the last twelve seasons: 26, 40, 45, 25, 50, 47, 50, 51, 58, 44, 33 and 32. Notice a trend? The Timberwolves rose with the emergence of KG and, after the pinnacle of a Western Conference Finals loss to the Lakers in 2004, it has been all downhill.

It’s time to find someone else to steer the ship.

Lately, Garnett has been more pensive about his legacy than he ever has, but it still doesn’t look like he’s going to demand a trade. He does have the option to opt-out of his contract after next season and become a free agent. However, that would involve a big pay cut. But at this point, you have to think that his legacy is more important to him than a few extra million, right?

Right???