http://www.startribune.com/507/story/1247332.html The Timberwolves on Thursday traded a very unhappy Mike James to Houston for Juwan Howard, and Kevin McHale, the team's vice president of basketball operations, predicted it's the first move to improve the team. However, even with the present roster, you can't convince McHale that the Wolves are far behind the teams that made it to the playoffs this year. "We've got to get better, there's no question about it, but again, my opinion is there's a lot of parity in our league right now," McHale said. And he said he doesn't believe there are the super teams that existed during his playing days with the Celtics. "I've said this before: Earlier this year people were telling me that Dallas was a great team. I said, 'Would you take Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Dirk Nowitzki? Would you take Magic Johnson, or Jason Terry? Would you take Josh Howard, or James Worthy?' That was a great [Lakers] team." McHale doesn't question that the Wolves have to shake up the roster. "We've got to add a piece or two, things can happen," he said. "We've got to do that. We've got to go out and we've got to put a better team on the floor. "But I don't think anybody's all that far [from the top]. I mean, sometimes you hear people talk like you're way, way, way, way far away. We're a bit away, but I think that can change quickly, too. "Again, I'm not saying that we have to have 12 new players, but I think we do need to get some new players, and hopefully this [trade] is the start of adding some new players," McHale said. With the big contracts the Wolves have, and players such as Troy Hudson, who has a multiyear contract but has little value because he is hurt all the time, it will be a real challenge for McHale to put a team on the floor that can match San Antonio, Phoenix or any of the other power teams in the Western Conference. 都已經切成短篇了，還是沒人要來翻。 --

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