is it that the Lakers are better than .500 ball without Shaq?
is it that Phoenix and Seattle have the #2 and #3 best records in the league?
is it that Denver (after their success of last year) is a subpar team?
is it that NO has dropped off the cliff into the pit of the NBA basketball abyss?
is it that Houston hasn't realized the success so many thought would happen when you added TMac to Yao?
Nope, in my opinion it's that Minnesota wouldn't even MAKE the playoffs right now in the Western Conference and currently have a worse record than:
SA, Phoenix, Seattle, SacTown, Dallas, Memphis, Lakers, and Houston
Granted, Minny has had a great deal of injury problems this year but not enough to excuse a worse record than Memphis, LAL and Houston -- it seems that the injury problems aren't the biggest problems for the TWolves.
