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The Secret Lives of Timberwolves

From yesterday’s Pioneer Press, a nugget of information on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ oft injured point guard Troy Hudson:

Guard Troy Hudson has authored a rap song about his Timberwolves teammates and coach Flip Saunders that Fox Sports Net will air throughout the rest of the season.

I didn’t know that Troy Hudson had any musical abilities, but I’ll publicly call him the next Flava Flav if he finds a way to maintain a flow while having to bust a rhyme on top of the words “Wally Szczerbiak” and “Ndudi Ebi”.

My curiosity piqued, I Googled Hudson’s rapping aspirations and came up with but single corroborating source. This from the June 11, 2003 edition of the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale student newspaper, the Egyptian:

When he is not on the court working on his game, [Hudson] can be found in the studio in pursuit of his second dream - rap music. Inspired by the late Tupac Shakur, Hudson has his own label, Nuttyboyz Entertainment, and has recorded more than 100 songs in his studio.

Nutty Boys? Is this guy inspired by Tupac Shakur or Jerry Lewis? Despite his low profile in the music biz, T-Hud has already got 100 songs in the can. If nothing else, no one can accuse him of dreaming small dreams. Further evidence:

With much of his time spent on the basketball court, Hudson's debut album has been on the shelf now for more than a year.

Just don't ask him what the title of the album is. "He's changed it about four or five times," [his girlfriend Monique] Moy said. "I don't know what he's going to go with. He went from a single to a triple and now it's a double CD. He's got so much music he can't make up his mind."

Lest you thought Hudson didn’t have any humility, notice he’s agreed to scale back his debut album from a triple down to a double CD. Even so, I must say that’s a lot of music devoted to running the pick and roll play in practice with Fred Hoiberg.

To be fair, it seems Hudson’s perspective reaches beyond the basketball court:

Whatever the title, expect about 25 cuts filled with insight from his life growing up in Carbondale and his time spent in the league, along with raps covering themes ranging from violence to politics to romance.

A hip hop double CD filled with insights about growing up in Carbondale, IL. Suddenly songs about Fred Hoiberg's ability to set a pick don’t seem so bad.