Overall this is a really good read. But I have to say that this is my favorite part:
Yes, Internet world, the Minnesota general manager hears you. And reads you. And watches you. He knows there's a "Kick Me" sign on his back, that some of his decisions over these last 18 months have bewildered the armchair GMs (and plenty of real ones, too), and that there's enough skepticism surrounding him to fill all those empty seats at the Target Center.
And he certainly knows what he did in bringing Darko Milicic into his blogger's playground, joining forces with one of the most infamous players in the history of the NBA and taking his easy-target status to a whole new level.
Whether he cares, however, is another question entirely. You are, he made clear while quoting Pat Riley, nothing more than "peripheral opponents."
"Sometimes people send things (from the Internet) to me, so I'm exposed to it in that way," Kahn said when asked if he peruses the Web for his own approval ratings. "A couple days ago, after seven games, there were NBA power rankings (on a web site) and the early returns on free agent signings, including one signing we made of a guy for four years (Milicic) and (they're declaring) 'This will never work.' It's seven games out of a potential 368 games. Come on.
"A friend sent (the story) to me empathetically, like (saying), 'Tell this (expletive) to shove it up his (expletive) ass, because it's absurd."
