Projecting UCLA forward Kevin Love's career arc and potential impact on the local NBA franchise dominated the really, really late-night conversations at Target Center on Thursday, the few that came after the Timberwolves — long past most of the daily newspapers' deadlines — acquired Love in an eight-player deal that cost them USC guard O.J. Mayo, the player they had chosen third overall several hours earlier in the 2008 NBA Draft. Read more...

By Steve Aschburner