Page one of today's Star Tribune poses the question, "The worst ever?"

They are talking about the Minnesota Timberwolves, whose 3-21 record is just about the only thing worth talking about in regard to an awful team that former legend Kevin McHale & Co. has assembled for our enjoyment.

The Strib says ...

9-73

the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers hold the NBA's worst single-season won-lost record

7,000

season tickets (or their equivalent) sold for the 19,356-capacityTarget Center

3,000

homes in the metro with their TVs tuned in to Monday's game at Miami

$10-$15 million

amount the team expects to lose this season

7 players

have been in the NBA three seasons or fewer

7 losses

this season when leading after three quarters

I, on the other hand, say ...

7

of the worst kind of losses -- giveaways, really

7

players on my pickup church rec basketball league that have legitimate chances of making the Timberwolves roster

$10-$15 million

of salary the Wolves could dump by releasing three of the overpaid, underachieving starters on their lousy roster; they couldn't play worse with a team of two on the floor, could they?

3,000

people who watched a Timberwolves game, if only because there is nothing else on TV; so what?

7,000

suckers who actually pay to go to every Wolves game; see what they can do -- are you kidding?!?!? (I bought six tickets and I feel cheated.)

9-73

a record the Timberwolves could surpass, beat, be worse than