Here we go again the annual Wolves trip to Spain. Sources are reporting the Wolves front office intend to visit once again with point guard Ricky Rubio. You remember Rubio don't you? He was the 5th overall choice in the 2009 NBA Draft but unlike Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) Rubio was reluctant in "Coming to America!" Unsure of Rubio's intent the Wolves followed his pick choosing two more point guards---strange. In any event I'm becoming more and more suspicious of his game, can the guy really play? Scoring with a point guard is a lesser concern than distributing the rock, Rubio's assist numbers haven't been all that outstanding either. I said this once before "I'm from Missouri, show me!"

ESPN writer John Gasaway compiled some numbers that might surprise. He states the record indicates KU's Bill Self has the best overall won-lost regular season record during the last five years. Several KU fans seem to get upset every year when the team fails to win an NCAA Championship. Mizzou has it's guy now but things might have been different if only we had Self. I continue to maintain Mizzou would not have suffered after Norm Stewart retired if they only hired the "right" guy! Athletic Director Mike Alden interviewed Self then coach at Tulsa (a mid-major school) and Quin Snyder Duke assistant. Who do you hire, the mid major guy or the Dukey? Of course we all know the conclusion of the story.

More good news for Mizzou, both Laurence Bowers and Kim English are returning. After exploring their NBA options both chose to return and play for new coach Frank Haith. For naysayers who might consider this insignificant allow clarification. Returning your top six scorers to a 20+ win team will immediately allow them to be competitive again. Now the recruiting part, I'm ol skool committing via Twitter is a new concept to me. Tyrek Coger, a 6-8 230 pound forward from North Carolina committed via Twitter to Mizzou for 2013.

I held a conversation the other day in the barber shop with a regular customer. This is actually part two of an earlier article I wrote this year. Our discussion revolved around the Releford brothers. I mentioned to him I understood why Travis Releford transferred from Central High School to Bishop Miege, at the same time I expressed my disappointment in how little playing time he'd received at KU. Injuries and a loaded KU roster have managed to keep Releford glued almost exclusively to the bench. I made the statement I thought this 6-5 207 pound guard would be dynamite in college, Trevor was another story. The customer stated he "thought in high school Trevor was the better player over his brother." I informed him at 6-1 180 pounds I thought the height and weight difference between the brothers made Travis the better player. Based on his collegiate play I admitted to him I guess bigger is not always better!

This is to all you haters out there! Isn't it great you can gloat because the Mavs swept the Lakers? Guess what, I really think it's funny you hate a team so much you must find all kinda of excuses to badmouth them. Let me ask you a question, how many NBA Championships have the Lakers won? How many back to back championships and how many times? While I'm at it how many championships has your favorite team won, I could guess out loud not as many as mine correct? Go ahead if it makes you feel better to talk trash about Kobe and company. I will answer several of the questions I posed to you, the Lakers have won back to back championships three times, they are winners of two 3-peat championships. 16 times the Lakers have been crowned NBA Champs, how many championships has your team won? Thought so, come back and see me when your team nears 15.


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-- Charles Shackleford former North Carolina State center