So I took a break from Arrested Development...

Update: Timberwolves GM David Kahn will likely get off the hook. He'll end up trading Rubio for some good players and have a starting point guard to show from the draft. But could it be that Kahn is actually smart? So smart that he saw all this coming -- Rubio not signing, teams lining up for him -- and now knows he can get a good deal for Rubio? I doubt it, but who knows?

-- I'm not hear to whine about last year's Mark DeRosa trade. When Cubs GM Jim Hendry dealt the utility man last summer, it was to free up space for Milton Bradley. The deal has clearly not worked in the Cubs favor, but that's neither here nor there. I just find it funny that on the same weekend the Cardinals make a deal for DeRosa to add some sort of credibility to their lineup outside of "The Machine," the Cubs send Aaron Miles, who was supposed to be DeRosa's replacement, to the DL (which is code for "You're batting .203 and you suck"). Actually, this is what's code for "You Suck" -- when a google image search for your name, "Aaron Miles," first produces a picture of the former Kansas Jayhawks point guard.

-- Out of all the hoopla surrounding Michael Jackson's death, the one thing that sticks out to me is his legacy. For the past two decades, any mention of Jackson was almost always negative or was accompanied by a child molestation joke. But suddenly, every media outlet in the world praises him as a cultural icon, someone who changed the world of music and performance forever, etc, etc. All those things are mostly true, but it's like the past 20 years never happened.

-- Am I happy with who the Bulls drafted? It's another, "eh" draft. I don't hate either pick, but I don't like them. I don't get the feeling either player will make much of an impact in the league. Ideally, I didn't want the Bulls to draft anyone. It's just two more rookies that the Bulls will have to develop when they should be spending their energy trying to get further in the playoffs. The money used on those two contracts could have been spent this summer or next. And there had to be takers, I mean, the Timberwolves have spent the last week justifying their selection of two point guards, and it STILL makes no sense. Are James Johnson and Taj Gibson going to push the Bulls further in the playoffs? No. But Chris Bosh will.

-Pros