Troy Hudson, who has been with the Timberwolves for four seasons, said the organization has had good point guards through the years but wonders why there has been so much turnover at the position. He was the Wolves’ point guard in 2002-2003 when the team won 51 games and advanced to the playoffs.
Hudson said comments every year that the Wolves are “lacking” at the point guard position “bothered” him for awhile but then he thought more about the criticism. “Okay, when I was healthy and I was really getting an opportunity we won 51 games with me at the point guard position,” Hudson said. “The next year we won 56 games with Sam Cassell at the point guard position. … Then they brought in Marko (Jaric). And then (years ago) we had Stephon Marbury here (and) Bobby Jackson here (and) Chauncey Billups here.
“So I just started thinking to myself is it really the point guard position? What’s really being hidden here? I mean, if we’re going to say every year we need a new point guard. … You win 51 games one year, 56 games one year and those two point guards aren’t good enough. I don’t know what else to say.
“Now I have come to the realization that maybe I am just not the guy they are looking for here. Maybe it’s the way I play or my style of play but I don’t think it’s because I am not a great point guard or a good point guard. Maybe they are looking for a point guard around here that doesn’t exist.”
Hudson said he considers himself a “basketball player” and is prepared to play point guard or off-guard for the Wolves. “Two or one (positions) is cool with me. … I always do the things that the coaches want me to do,” Hudson said.
Newcomer Mike James, formerly with Toronto, seems likely to win the point guard position this fall.