From an interview on NBA.com with Timberwolves head honcho, David Kahn. (thank you to canishoopus.com for directing me here):

Q: How good is your big guy in Europe (Pekovic)? Can he step in and play regularly?

Kahn: He is, there's no question about it. I think he is 24 so he is not quite as young as some of the other kids over there. He's a man, there is no question he could play today, right now, this minute. No question. He's the best European big man right now. There is nobody better.

Q: Do you think you will get him?

Kahn: Well he's ours. So the question is do we want to do a deal to bring him over here. The primary focus of my trip last week was about that. We haven’t started talking about that meaning contract, I thought the first step was I wanted to see him live in person, which I hadn’t had a chance to do and I wanted to visit with him. I really liked him as a kid. He's a soldier. He will run through the wall for the coach. He's very disciplined and passionate about winning. I really enjoyed my time with him. There is no question he belongs in this league.

quick survey: should galbi really be spelled kalbi, or is it the other way around?

just wanted to put in a quick plug/share for a blog that I've been following called Canis Hoopus (http://www.canishoopus.com/). It's a blog following my favorite basketball team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and one of its contributors does this funny thing whenever the wolves play a game not even worth commenting on: he writes about his favorite korean dishes and how to cook them.

Two more things that make him a great blogger:
- he does a great job of showing love to Minnesota's WNBA team, the Lynx.
- he knows the difference between overt and implicit racism and critiques well media that are ignorant of that difference: http://www.canishoopus.com/2009/11/24/1171835/game-wrap-haiku