The Free Press, Mankato, MN  October 10, 2013  Hummel hasn't
given up, despite obstacles  The Mankato Free Press  ---- —
Maybe if Robbie Hummel had never traveled to Minnesota on Feb.
24, 2010, to play a game against the Gophers, things would have
been different.  Maybe he wouldn't have torn the ligament in his
knee that night, derailing a promising season for his team and
dooming his opportunity to jump to the NBA. Maybe he wouldn't
have returned to Purdue and torn the same ligament in the
following preseason, forcing him to stay in college for his
fifth season.  Maybe he wouldn't have lasted until the second
round of last season's draft, where the Timberwolves selected
him. Maybe he wouldn't have been released after the preseason
and spent the season playing in Spain.  But all of that stuff
happened, and he's still trying to find a home in the NBA.
"It's hard not to think about it," Hummel said, following a
practice last week at Bresnan Arena. "But you can't go back and
change it."  Hummel is one of three