It's being reported that Ricky Rubio will play out his contract with DKV Joventut, which will delay his NBA debut two years. So, I'm wondering how Minnesota Timberwolves decision-maker David Kahn is feeling about all this... honestly.

Immediately after the draft, Kahn said he could wait for Rubio and that even if it was two years that's okay by him. But you know who it's not okay with? T-Wolves fans. There is no way that they can have any faith in their favorite team's management. How do you basically duplicate positions two years in a row? Before drafting Rubio and Jonny Flynn, both point guards, this month at the 2009 NBA Draft, the T-Wolves selected Kevin Love, a power forward, in the 2008 NBA Draft when they already had a star in the making, Al Jefferson, at that position. Maybe next year they'll draft another European player that won't play for them for two years and whom they'll probably eventually trade. What a bad offseason for the T-Wolves... wow, isn't that an obvious statement.

They trade away their starting backcourt and instead of replacing the two positions with promising players in the draft, they create this mess - in a basketball sense, a public relations sense, and a "are they out of their minds" sense. Now that I think about it, they did another duplication this offseason - they replaced one generally inept decision maker in Kevin McHale with another one, Kahn.

Somewhere out there a pig is flying, a certain section of hell is starting to freeze, and Clay Aiken is having sex with a woman and enjoying it! How the following happened, I have no clue, but the Los Angeles Clippers were able to dump Zach Randolph on another NBA team... with two full seasons left on his contract! TWO! And at $33.3 million total left! $33.3 million!

As news of Yao Ming's left foot made the rounds on the Internets and ESPN, I started to think about the lost art of Chinese foot binding. I don't think the Houston Rockets center's parents bound little Yao's feet when he was a 48-inch long two-year-old, something that might have helped his 48-inch long feet.

In any case, Chinese foot binding was a practice on the young women of China for over 1,000 years in which families would bind their daughters feet so the feet would stay small and club-like. The desired effect was to go for "sexy," much like a modern man's love for a woman in high heels. Much like women today choose to wear heels to attract men and suffer scrunched toes, the young Chinese girls from back in the day also suffered to attract men. Here's a hint to attract men, women, just take off your tops and maybe put your pointy finger in your mouth seductively and tell us we can watch sports all day if we wanted. Throw in getting us chips and making homemade guacamole and we'll consider marrying you.

Nothing can officially be announced until next week, but it seems the Detroit Pistons have signed unrestricted free agents Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Both will receive five year contracts with Gordon getting $55 million and Villanueva $35 million.

I'm not sure how much I like the signings for the Pistons as both Gordon and Villanueva are for the most part perimeter players and with Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess both being free agents, the team probably should have invested in someone to play inside such as Paul Milsap, who could have probably been had despite being a restricted free agent. Because both Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur decided to opt to play another season with the Utah Jazz, it will be very difficult for the Jazz to match any significant offer for Milsap, something the Pistons could have surely done.

But, I guess Jason Maxiell is the Down Low Jesus! Right, and Gordon likes to pass up shots because he's a shy guy on the court. Which brings me to my next point, is Gordon going to come off the bench to spell Richard Hamilton? Not for $55 million over five years he's not! So, as the linked Yahoo! article suggests, maybe Hamilton gets traded for a big, such as the aforementioned Boozer. That would make some sense. Definitely more sense than firing Flip Saunders to hire Michael Curry to only fire Curry after one season. Dumb. What's worse is that Gordon and Villanueva would have thrived in a Saunders offense.

The Pistons better make the right choice for their next head coach because they just (allegedly) invested $90 million over five years for two players... and they can't afford to play around.

The Houston Rockets center extraordinaire (when healthy) Yao Ming is possibly going to miss all of the 2009-10 season and maybe even have to stop playing altogether according to Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski. Man, how crappy is that for the hardcore Houston fans? It would be the equivalent of finding out that your best friend has been in love with you for years... and your best friend is a guy. Of course there's nothing wrong with that, but it would suck ("it" not "he") because it definitely messes up your plans for the future like getting married in a state not named Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, and Maine. WAIT A MINUTE! Sorry, folks, I'm going on a tangent and getting political, something I try not to do.

Unlike the National Football League, the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement features guaranteed contracts. This is clearly the reason why guys that haven’t produced in years are still riding the pine in a NBA city near you. Whether due to injury, old age, or atrocious play, here are some guys that should be considering leaving the game …for good.

Jerome James
James got his “Austin Croshere” on by averaging 12.5 points and 7 rebounds during the Seattle SuperSonics’ playoff run in 2005. Since big men with upside are always at a premium in the league, he was able to dupe Isiah Thomas into lacing him with a five-year $30 million free agent contract to join the New York Knicks. Over the past four seasons, James has played in only 89 out of a possible 338 regular season games. Let’s dig deeper... in the past three seasons he’s totaled 86 points and 72 rebounds. Totaled. Of course this equates to what Dwight Howard typically produces over a five-game stretch.

The Milwaukee Bucks decided to pass on making a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Charlie Villanueva today, adding him to the growing list of unrestricted free agents this summer. Why is this worth noting? Because Charlie V. is right there in the middle of this Top 10 True Unrestricted Free Agents list, which goes to show just how weak this year’s class is. Next summer it would be a stretch putting him in the top 15 of a group that could feature names like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Amare Stoudemire. Take a look at who’s the best of the 2009 free-agent class and let us know what you think. (Keep in mind that this list only consists of the true unrestricted free agents at this point. No early termination or player option candidates are listed.)

Dear Barkley's Mouth,
Please tell me if drafting Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn back-to-back was a good idea. I just don't know who to believe. Will this blow up in my face like that time in college when I thought having two girls at one time would be cool, but it ended up being girl-on-girl action and me getting kicked out of my own dorm room? Help.
David Kahn

Dear David Kahn,
Get ready to get kicked out of your "dorm room" again. Yes, it was a bad idea to draft back-to-back point guards. If you just stuck with your first choice, Ricky Rubio, and went another way such as Stephen Curry you would have accomplished a few things. One, Rubio would probably stay with the T-Wolves and there wouldn't be any talk of him possibly going back to Spain for a year or two. Two, you would have effectively replaced your backcourt with very talented players (nothing against Wayne Ellington) after trading Randy Foye and Mike Miller. And finally, three, you would have been part of the fun instead of being on the outside of your door. Hopefully, you can find a great wingman to get you back into the action. I don't think Vince Vaughn is busy.
Barkley's Mouth

The NBA Draft is over. A future Hall of Famer got traded to play sidekick again. A former superstar gets to go home and play for an actual contender and not in the armpit of America. A former rising star, also a former player in the aforementioned armpit, also gets to play for a contender next season. There were tons of trades within the draft and just as much trade speculation. And in the coming week the free agency period begins... not that many teams will be going batcrap crazy like they will next year, but still.

So, now the hell what?