We have just finished day #2 of training camp and most of us are exhausted.  The biggest surprise so far to me is just how good our two new rookies are.  Randy Foye is a scoring guard who seems to be able to go around anyone on the perimeter at will.  Craig Smith is a beast.  Craig is about 270 pounds and he is really light on his feet and he scores really well inside with both hands.  It's hard to think of who you might be able to compare Craig Smith to.  Part of me wants to compare him to Charles Barkley, but I think a comparison to Elton Brand could be a good one too.  As far as Randy Foye, I would compare him to Baron Davis or Chauncey Billups.  Both of our rookies are extremely strong and  continue to impress everyone. 

Our first day here in Mankato started with having an awesome dinner at our team owner's house (Glen Taylor) in Mankato.  Glen has really done a lot of interesting things with his life.  The one thing he told us at our meeting was that if we ever wanted to just crash and get away from our hotel in Mankato that we could go over to his house anytime and crash, watch TV, play video games, etc.  I've never heard of a team owner giving an open invitation to his home to his team of NBA players but it was well received by the team.  The only problem is that none of us has been able to take him up on it because we are going two practices a day and we mostly just try to recuperate at the hotel between practices.

During our first team meeting, newcomer, Mike James told the entire team something like, "We're all grown men here....if somebody has a problem go to the person directly and say what's on your mind and let the repurcussions follow."  Mike is a GREAT guy to be around and has been playing really well.