Thanks for all the great baseball posts

...but some of us are still watching the NBA season. I'll keep watching all the way 'til football season starts, then take a month off. (Meanwhile, the Twins are 1-5. You call that hope?)

It's tough, but it's the little things that get you through. Here is a top 10 list of things I learned at the Twolves game yesterday.

10. The Wolves scrubs have got some game. They beat the Hawks without KG or Ricky D.
9. Rashad McCants can actually score, in bunches, from inside and outside.

8. Al Harrington has a bunch of cool tattoos, including one that says "I do it 4 the love", and another that looked like stone tablets (the 10 commandments maybe. Whoa.)
7. Marko Jaric, as part of his pre-game ritual, when the lights go out and the Metallica starts, shouts, "Fucking Motherfucker!" as loud as he can. Apparently, he does this every game. But it was the first I heard of it. He's a scary dude. I think it's the Serbian accent.
6. Mark Blount isn't that quiet and weird, and he even seems to have some friends. Who knew?
5. Mad Dog wears tights. Fight the power Mad Dog!
4. With KG gone, Marcus Banks was the leader in the pre-game huddle.
3. Even in the darkest of times, fans will find something at an NBA game to enjoy. In this game, Mad Dog was fouled underneath the hoop...flailed...staggered, and ran careening headlong into one of ATL's big men, knocking him on his ass. The crowd went nuts. Plus he hit both his free throws cleanly. Impressive.
2. An entire hour of garbage time isn't hard to watch when you're being paid
And the number one thing I learned? KG is the bomb. Even when he isn't there...he is there.

If the Wolves execs (and other struggling NBA franchises) want to make it through the lean times, they're going to have to make it fun to go to games. And I'm not just talking about new dance routines and a better soundtrack. Maybe they should all take a page out of the St. Paul Saints playbook, get the fans involved!