While waiver wires across the NBA have been silenced by the standstill in CBA discussions, David Kahn and the Timberwolves (who else?) are still making moves and news. Almost two months to the day after firing Kurt Rambis after two years at the helm, Minnesota announced Tuesday that it was bringing aboard Rick Adelman as his replacement. How does the coaching switch stack up with some of the other much-discussed decisions Kahn his made? We look at back at the five biggest acquisitions in the executive's two-plus years with the Wolves and rate each one on a scale from great to awful. A. Great move Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: D. Bad move. In isolation, a devoted Kahnanite (does such a creature exist?) could argue Rubio's potential impact is worth carrying Flynn and passing on Steph Curry. But in aggregate, Kahn's moves smack not of a GM wisely acquiring assets but stabbing randomly in the dark. Even a blind swordsman draws occasional blood -- but that doesn't mean you want him running your basketball team. Chad Ford, ESPN.com: B. Good move. I liked Ricky Rubio in the draft and think he has a special feel for the game. The awful move was drafting Jonny Flynn one spot later and scaring Rubio back to Europe. Rubio's lost his mojo and Flynn is no Stephen Curry. It hasn't worked out well. Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live: C. OK move. Whether or not drafting Flynn resulted in Rubio not coming over right away, getting basically nothing from two top-six picks for two years stunted the Timberwolves' rebuilding process. And Flynn essentially turned into a one-legged Brad Miller and Malcolm Lee. Unfortunately, this is the NBA and not a Buck Hunter Pro tournament, so the sixth pick for Miller isn't an upgrade. Benjamin Polk, A Wolf Among Wolves: Both A and E. Trading Mike Miller and Randy Foye for the fifth pick and Rubio was a major coup. And I'm not even necessarily mad at taking two point guards in the top 10 as long as they're the best players available. But Jonny Flynn over Stephen Curry (and just about every other PG in that draft, for that matter)? Pretty disastrous. Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns: E. Awful move. Even if Rubio turns out to be a star, Kahn botched the 2009 draft by failing to come up with a better complementary pick after selecting the Spaniard. Flynn has been a colossal bust, and the fact that Steph Curry was taken right after makes the pick that much worse. A. Great move Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: D. Bad move. Darko's the kind of player you want on a one-year, sing for your supper kind of deal. Not multiyear guaranteed money heading into a labor dispute. Chad Ford, ESPN.com: E. Awful move. I get slammed on a weekly basis because I was in awe of the talent of an 18-year-old Darko in 2003. He had talent then, and he has talent now. What he doesn't have is heart. By 2005, I and the rest of the league understood that. Somehow in 2010, that fact still escaped David Kahn. Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live: E. Awful move. Trading for Darko wasn't awful because the Wolves gave up only Brian Cardinal. However, the fallout of having Darko on the team, pretending he's an elite defender (I know blocks are cool, but defensive rotations are cooler) and fawning over his alleged passing skills not only cost the Wolves $20 million, it also made them a running joke. Benjamin Polk, A Wolf Among Wolves: D. Bad move. Considering the going rate for veteran starting centers, three guaranteed years at $5 million each is not terrible. On the other hand, Darko is not a starting center. I think it's pretty clear that Adelman -- who loves those skilled Euro big men -- is Darko's very, very last chance. Look, I didn't even make a Vlade Divac joke. Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns: D. Bad move. I understand gambling on the potential Darko has always seemed to hold, but he still has yet to realize it in Minnesota. When you're paying a guy $5 million a year on a long-term deal, you generally expect better than replacement-level production. A. Great move Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: C. OK move. Offloading Jefferson and prioritizing Kevin Love was a no-brainer. Love's the better player and the two don't work together. But moving a borderline 20-10 guy before his market value had fully recovered? For that kind of return? That's a no-brainer of a different kind. Chad Ford, ESPN.com: C. OK move. Kevin Love was the future at power forward, not Al Jefferson. Kahn at least got his contract off the books and picked up some assets. But did he get enough for him? Probably not. Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live: D. Bad move. Post-knee-explosion Al Jefferson may not be the most valuable building block, but it's hard to believe the Wolves couldn't trick some organization (hey, what's up, Michael Jordan?) into giving up a tidy bounty for him. Instead, they got a backup to the backup center, a pick that eventually turned into second-rounder Malcolm Lee, and a sack of quarters for Brad Miller's Buck Hunter Pro machine. Benjamin Polk, A Wolf Among Wolves: C. OK move. The Wolves needed to trade Big Al, so moving him was not in itself such a bad thing. That said, everybody in the league knew the Wolves had to trade Jefferson. Kahn had painted himself into a corner and the Jazz took advantage of him. A craftier GM would certainly have gotten more in return. Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns: D. Bad move. Even if you concede that the Wolves had to move Jefferson because he was a poor frontcourt complement to Kevin Love, he should have fetched at least one impact prospect or a loosely protected lottery pick. Trading a dollar for change rarely works out in this league. A. Great move Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: C. OK move. Even with his character issues, DeMarcus Cousins is a far greater talent than Johnson, who looks to be no better than a rotation player. Williams may provide redemption here, especially if the Euros drafted below him end up being a bunch of Tskitishvilis. Chad Ford, ESPN.com: OK move for Johnson; good move for Williams. The Wolves didn't want the problems DeMarcus Cousins brought to the table in 2010, and Kahn ignored his assistant GM's plea to take Paul George ahead of Johnson. Johnson is solid, but that's all he'll ever be. Williams has a chance to be terrific, though his fit in Minny is questionable. Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live: B. Good move. Drafting Williams was a no-brainer, but the more I think about the Wes pick, the more I respect it. Kahn was scared off by Cousins' "je ne sais quoi is with all the yelling" and didn't want to get stuck with the experiment. Under the "triangle" and with Ridnour as the PG, Wes wasn't much of a weapon. Under a coach with a proven system with back-door cuts and with Rubio's passing, Wes can be dangerous. Benjamin Polk, A Wolf Among Wolves: C. OK move. Derrick Williams was the clear choice this year. Johnson is more of a problem. He was far less NBA-ready than advertised, a 23-year-old rookie who played like a 19-year-old. But judgment on this pick really depends on whether DeMarcus Cousins, drafted just one spot behind Johnson, ends up as a team-wrecker or an All-Star. Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns: B. Good move. I'm not sure why Kahn reached for Johnson when DeMarcus Cousins was on the board, but he finally got the draft right by picking the best player available in Williams. Williams will prove to be one of the few impact players from the 2011 draft. A. Great move Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: A. Great move. Adelman's as perfect a hire as Wolves fans could hope for. Now let's see if he can do anything with this ever-changing, mix-and-match roster. Chad Ford, ESPN.com: B. Good move. Rick Adelman is a great coach; Kurt Rambis isn't. But Kahn's handling of the Rambis firing was despicable, and it was ownership, not Kahn, that got the Adelman deal done. Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live: G. Greatest move they could have possibly made this offseason. The Rambis experience was a waste of two years. However, hiring Adelman to replace him is a coup de main of all coups de main. Not only do the Wolves now have one of the top coaches in the NBA, they also have one that fits their parts almost perfectly. I never thought I'd genuinely mean this, but David Kahn, I salute you. Benjamin Polk, A Wolf Among Wolves: A. Great move. I'm not sure Rambis got a fair shake, but Adelman was, to me, the only available coach with the creativity and gravitas for this daunting job. I love that the Wolves have done something that is not a joke to the rest of the league. I love that there's the outside chance of this team humming like the early-aughts Kings. Michael Schwartz, Valley of the Suns: B. Good move. Adelman will encourage the free-flowing game Kahn built this team to play, whereas Rambis favored the more structured triangle offense. Adelman's teams routinely rank among the NBA's best offensive clubs, and that should be the case this season as well with all the offensive firepower the Wolves possess.1. Drafting Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn back-to-back in the same lottery.
B. Good move
C. OK move
D. Bad move
E. Awful move2. Trading for and re-signing Darko Milicic to a four-year contract.
B. Good move
C. OK move
D. Bad move
E. Awful move3. Trading Al Jefferson for Kosta Koufos and two first-round draft picks.
B. Good move
C. OK move
D. Bad move
E. Awful move4. Drafting Wes Johnson and Derrick Williams with top-five picks.
B. Good move
C. OK move
D. Bad move
E. Awful move5. Firing Kurt Rambis and hiring Rick Adelman.
B. Good move
C. OK move
D. Bad move
E. Awful move
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Chad Ford is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Zach Harper is the host of ESPN.com's Daily Dime Live. Ryan DeGama, Benjamin Polk and Michael Schwartz contribute to the TrueHoop Network.