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Drastic computer woes and a (partially related) bevy of lagging assignments sabotaged plans of duplicating last year's live blogging of the draft, and I think that's a good thing. I've got a really positive feeling about the direction of the Wolves in the past week or two, and, as with really negative feelings as well, wanted to let it linger at least overnight, parse the context and the exuberance. Some of these things are hunches, and thus a tad irrational; some are wishful thinking, no doubt, after the long, dysfunctional ride in the wilderness since the Western Conference Finals.