Rockets had better chemistry, still no playoffs, sucked ass against the Wolves mostly moral winners again with no superstar, nothing That one shortened season tells nothing more that the Wolves have potential. We overachieved
kahn strikes again. this summers free agency is crazy. soon scrubs will be paid the same as lebron. batums not too far from lebron now.
Weird. Wonder what happened in the Portland-Batum relationship, or if it really is just hurt over the "lowball" offer. Guess we're not the only ones who can alienate players!
not necessarily.... Adelman could have had one of his few bad seasons.... and McHale could one of his better ones McHale could turned out to be one of the better coaches, but you got to have years in the playoffs under his belt to do so and most important of all, he has not proven that he can coexist with all of his players......
Portland will probably match http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....olves-too-bad-portland-thinks-thats-adorable/ I can see a LITTLE more now how he's worth the money, 23 with balanced game, 17.3 PER with more upside, 1 block and a steal a game, solid shooting numbers. I just still don't think he's THAT good. A decent #3 scorer with some length and versality, but he's no Josh Smith and Smith has never been an All-Star. But thats the open market
The Wolves at one point took the Rockets playoff spot. Then Rubio got injured and they had a free-fall it was funny watching Adelman outcoach McFail And you know what else is funny, McFail was winning with players who were coached up by Adelman( sans Parsons) I doubt McFail would have done better with that young Wolves team( under the same circumstances) The Wolves have a legit future KAHN maybe a dumb GM, but he snatched up Adelman( the best he has made as far as im concerned)
So basically the credit goes to Ricky Rubio, since they free-falled after he went out. Adelman shoulda held the ship steadier instead of free falling. He did that in Houston before. How come Adelman gets credit for developing up the Rockets players and lending them that "boost", but he couldnt develop up his own Minnesota players?
The Minnesota Timberwolves' attempts to acquire restricted free agent Nicolas Batum from the Portland Trail Blazers apparently have devolved into a grudge match -- at least for the Blazers -- that involves far more than the talented young small forward. The Timberwolves, league sources say, are prepared to sign Batum to a four-year, $46.4 million offer sheet Sunday after repeatedly trying to trade for him. They have offered as many as three future first-round draft picks and even have dangled small forward Derrick Williams, the No. 2 pick in the 2011 draft. The Blazers have resisted every overture even though multiple sources say Portland management believes $46.4 million is vastly more than Batum is worth. Batum's desire to leave Portland began last winter when the Blazers offered him an extension that averaged $5 million a year, a source said. That is less than half of what Minnesota is prepared to offer now. The Timberwolves also tried to orchestrate a deal that would have sent small forward Kyle Korver to the Blazers, along with the future first-round picks, in a three-way deal involving the Chicago Bulls. That, too, was rejected by Portland. Korver eventually was traded to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team deal involving the Timberwolves on Friday night. This, of course, is not the first time the Blazers and Timberwolves have had trade talks -- and that's part of the problem. Even before the battle for Batum began, the teams were working to resolve a dispute, a league source said. The Blazers traded swingman Martell Webster to the Timberwolves in a 2010 draft-night trade for Ryan Gomes and the rights to Minnesota's No. 16 pick, Luke Babbitt. The following fall, Webster had back surgery because of a bulging disk. The Blazers were aware of the injury but did not disclose it before the trade, a league source said. The two teams have since been quietly negotiating compensatory terms but have not been able to reach an agreement. The Timberwolves released Webster on Friday as part of a cost-cutting measure to open salary-cap room for Batum's offer sheet. That former Blazers guard Brandon Roy has agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with the Timberwolves also has Portland owner Paul Allen thinking Minnesota is trying to make life difficult for him, a source said. Roy retired before last season because of degenerative knees. The Blazers still owed him $49 million over three years at the time, but an insurance policy was expected to cover a significant chunk of that. If he returns to play, however, that policy no longer can be invoked and the Blazers are back on the hook for what they owe him, minus the $10 million Minnesota will pay him, sources say. The balance due from the Blazers could be as much as $17 million, one source said. Timberwolves president David Kahn is from Portland and once covered the team as a sportswriter for The Oregonian, but a team source insists there is no personal element coloring the Timberwolves' interest in Batum or Roy or pursuing damages for Webster. The team even offered to relax its position on Webster in exchange for dealing them Batum. As for Roy, "He chose Minnesota, and if he weren't playing for them he'd be playing somewhere else and Paul would still be out that money," a source said. Neither Blazers general manager Neil Olshey nor Kahn could be reached for comment.
JJ Barea is a career back-up. And Pek went down too its no secret why Pek had his best year( after working with Sikma and Adelman)
Amazing that a guy who puts up 13ppg and 4rpg at the 2 and 3 spot (while averaging 30 minutes a game) somehow gets a 4 year $42M contract but everyone flipping out over Lin's 3 year $25m contract. LOL
Adelman fell into his lap after other teams passed on him. He didn't like the idea of a rebuilding job and he absolutely despised Kahn, but it was all that was left besides taking some sort of front office position in Portland. Hiring Adelman had nothing to do with Kahn making great moves or being crafty, it was a no brainer.
Kahn gave Adelman keys to the ship and he bit. Had Minnesota landed Batum at that price it would have been a solid move IMO. For Portland, not so much. That's not the direction they should be going in.
You must be soft in the head because Pek was a rookie last year. Adelman didn't even get to work with him because of the lockout.
