>> ERIC: THE LYNX HAVE HIT THE ALL-STAR BREAK ON TOP OF THE WNBA.

ON WEDNESDAY, STAR PLAYER NAPHEESA COLLIER RETURNED FOR HER FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AND LED THE SCORING.

BUT THE TEAM BARELY MISSED HER WITH THE SCORING DUO OF ALL STAR ROOKIE OLIVIA MILES AND KAYLA MCBRIDE LEADING THE WAY THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

THE OTHER PRO BASKETBALL TEAM IN TOWN, THE TIMBERWOLVES, FAILED TO LAND SUPERSTAR LEBRON JAMES.

HE REVEALED EARLIER TODAY THAT HE IS HEADING TO PHILADELPHIA.

HERE TO TALK HOOPS AND MORE, ERIC NELSON, LONGTIME TWIN CITIES SPORTS REPORTER AND CO-HOST OF THE RADIO SHOW "10,000 TAKES."

LYNCH LOOK LIKE LYNCH LOOK LIEN LYNX LOOK LIKE E LOADED.

>> THEY REALLY ARE.

HAVE THAT NUMBER ONE SEED RIGHT NOW AND THEY'VE ONLY HAD NAPHEESA COLLIER FOR ONE GAME.

HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE.

I MEAN, SHE HIT THE COURT RUNNING.

BUT THIS OLIVIA MILES, SHE'S JUST A ROOKIE PHENOM.

SHE'S GOING TO PROBABLY ET SOME M.V.P.

VOTES.

>> Cathy: LEBRON JAMES, I WAS KIND OF HOPING WE COULD WATCH HIM PLAY FOR THE WOLVES.

>> YOU'LL GET ONE CHANCE.

>> Cathy: THAT WAS A SNOW BALL'S CHANCE, WASN'T IT?

>> I THINK MINNESOTA MADE AN EFFORT, AT LEAST PUBLICLY.

THAT WAS THE SPIN.

HEY, WE'RE GOING TO THROW EVERYTHING AT LEBRON.

THERE WAS A FIT HERE.

THE TIMBERWOLVES NEED A POWER FORWARD.

THEY HAD LEMELO BALL.

THEY ANT COURTING LEBRON.

A LOT OF US THOUGHT CLEVELAND, FULL CIRCLE, HE'S FROM OCTOBER FULL CIRCLE, HE'S FROM OCTOB FR, PHILADELPHIA S AMERICA'S BOOING CAPITAL.

>> Eric: DO WE OWE TOM POHLAD AN APOLOGY?

I REALIZE THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IS VERY WEAK.

>> ABSOLUTELY, WELL, I THINK THE KEY IS, ARE THE TWINS GOING TO DO ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO.

IT WAS A LIQUIDATION, IT WAS A FIRE SALE AND FANS BECAME VERY APATHETIC.

IF THEY ADD A PIECE, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO GOOD TEAMS.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND TAMPA BAY RAYS.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS WIDE OPEN.

WHY NOT MINNESOTA?

PROBABLY EVERY TWINS FAN OUT THERE IS SAYING, JUST DON'T GET RID OF GUYS.

NOW, RYAN JEFFERS BEING MENTIONED IN THE TRADE WINDS AS A CATCHER WHO MIGHT BE BELT.

I THINK ADD TWO BULLPEN PIECES.

BUT HERE'S THE AD THING, DURAN IN PHILADELPHIA AND LOUIE VARL YENNED, BOTH WERE IN THE CALL STAR GAME, IF THE TWINS HAD BOTH THOSE GUYS IN THEIR BULLPEN.

IF THEY WERE HERE, MINNESOTA'S BE IN FIRST BY ABOUT FIVE GAMES IN THE CENTRAL.

>> Cathy: HEY, YOU OF COURSE ARE A VIKINGS REPORTER.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT TRAINING CAMP IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE VIKES?

>> I MEAN, ALL EYES ON KYLER MURRAY, J.J.

MCCARTHY.

I THINK WHO'S GOING TO BE Q.B.2 IS ALMOST AS FASCINATING AS WHO'S GOING TO BE Q.B.-1.

THE OTHER THING IS, THEY ALL HAVE TO STAY ON THE IELD.

LAST SEASON, J.J.

MISSED A TON OF GAMES.

SO DOES KYLER.

SO DID CARSON.

>> Eric: WHAT HAPPENED WITH MCCARTHY.

HE WAS SO HIGHLY REGARDED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THERE'S A FEW THEORIES.

WHEN HE WAS AT MICHIGAN, THEY WERE A DOMINANT RUNNING TEAM.

THEY WON THE NATIONAL TITLE.

BUT HE WASN'T NECESSARILY A GUY PUTTING UP CARTOON-LIKE PASSING NUMBERS EVERY WEEK.

BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN MINNESOTA IS, THEY GAVE HIM THE JOB A YEAR AGO BEFORE HE EARNED IT.

OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THEY COULD HAVE HAD SAM DARNOLD IF THEY WANTED TO FORK OUT THE MONEY.

I THINK AARON ROGERS WANTED TO PLAY HERE -- >> Cathy: OH, COME ON.

>> HE GOT INJURED RIGHT AWAY AGAIN AND HERE WE ARE, KYLER MURRAY IS THE SAME SPOT SAM DARNOLD WAS IN TWO YEARS AGO.

IF HE GOES OUT AND PRODUCES, HE'S GOING TO WIN THE N.F.L.

LOTTERY.

>> Cathy: ARE YOU MUCH A GOLFER?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

3M OPEN, T.P.C., BLAINE.

>> AND THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES ON THE P.G.A.

TOUR.

I WAS LOOKING AT SOME HEADLINES BEFORE WE STARTED THIS SEGMENT.

ESPN HAD IT AS THEIR LIKE TOP FIVE STORY OF THE DAY, BEHIND LEBRON.

SO, YEAH.

>> Cathy: WOW, WE SHOULD ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO BE IN THIS SEAT HELD BY ARRY FITZGERALD.

>> Eric: AND THEY WERE OF COURSE SHARED THE MIC AND GREAT FRIENDS.

>> WELL, NOBODY CAN REPLACE LARRY.

HIS CHICAGO WHITE SOX ARE IN FIRST PLACE.

HE WOULD BE TELLING US THAT NOW.

BUT HAVE ME BACK ANY TIME.

>> Cathy: ABSOLUTELY.

ERIC NELSON, GOOD TO SEE