Get your all-stars and worry about resigning them later. It's not very often that a player like Love is on the market. There's going to be plenty of suitors that are going to be willing to take a chance. Phoenix for example imo has a good chance of keeping him if they manage to get him. They have a very solid young team that won 48 games in the west, with Bledsoe missing 30+ games, and would be a serious contender with the addition of Love, and a lot of valuable assets that the wolves would like - 14, 18, 27, lakers 2015 first rounder, Goodwin, Len...
Think 3 or 4 team trade and it'll help make sense. Asik moved to ATL, for example, and getting assets in return that would go to Minny. I would like to hear of a contender that could send a better package than Parsons/whatever we get for Asik/2 1st rounders. GS would offer Barnes/Lee which I don't think is better. Not sure exactly what Chicago would offer. Boston and Phoenix can offer better packages, yes, but will they without a guarantee that Love resigns there?
There are too many people that think Boston wants Asik and Lin. Why would they take Asik and Lin to help us get Love?
I don't think Boston would be on Love's "lost, but if Love actually does want Boston then we can go ahead and wrap it up. They have the best assets for a rebuilding team.
I don't know why everyone here is throwing out all these crazy trade scenarios for someone who is a free agent next year. If Love wants to be here, there is very little incentive for us to offer much of anything of value in a trade this year, when we can sign him outright next year for free. If he wants to sign with us, then the only reason we trade for him is to get him here a year early. And it's not going to cost us chandler, dmo, tjones, and multiple 1sts. That just screams nonsense to me.
Really good chance Asik goes to ATL for Millsap and Millsap goes to Minny if this trade happens. That helps fill in their PF void that Love leaving will do, I'm guessing they'd be ok taking Lin and playing him as a backup if they need to make salaries match. Millsap, Parsons, Lin, Tjones & Picks seems like a reasonable offer to me for a team with very little leverage.
The reverse scenario is that he gets traded to a team, loves it, and resigns there immediately without entering free agency. That's why all these teams are trying to trade for Love, hoping to convince him enough so he'll resign with them. Obviously this plan failed with Dwight and the Lakers, but you'll never know when these 1 year rentals work out.
Because expiring contracts can be trade assets at a later time to take on salary for salary dumps, which is another way to get picks and/or young talent.
It will cost us Chandler regardless, it is unlikely we'll be able to sign both if we give Love the max (Chandler will demand too much money). You're ALWAYS better off getting the player and signing the extension for role players than to wait and get him. What if the Lakers get a really high pick who turns out to be a great player (Wade 2005 level), Love may just say F it I want to be back in LA and they have a team now. If you can get rid of that risk for honestly a bunch of pieces that can be replaced, you do it.
I really get a feeling that Love wants to join a contender. There are only a few contending teams that could offer something of value to Minny. Although Boston might have a chance to land an awesome draft pick, I'm not sold he would want to go there. Outside of Rondo, what else just jumps out there thinking they would contend? I think I might be totally off but I wonder if SAS or OKC would be willing to make a bid for Love.
Not really news that we're pursuing the third star but it's good to see that Woj reported it. Millsap-Parsons-Jones to Minny, while we send Asik to ATL. Let the picks fall where the may. Hopefully that would be enough to feel the Love in Houston.
The Celtics without Love (eg this years squad) are no better than the TWolves without Love. The only hope would be if Rondo was for sure an all star PG for next five years... And that they're in the East. But they'd have to trade the rest of their interesting assets. This is last year de ja vu. There was no question Houston was Dwight's best spot last year, because the team didn't have to give up any other assets. That's not the case here, but there's still no question Houston is the best spot this year because the assets they saved last year can now be used... And while good, they aren't great. Harden, Howard. Those two guys aren't moving. Name another squad that will be able to pair Love with 2 like that, after trading for Love?? There is none. But can luck strike twice? Love has - perhaps smartly - indicated he'd be willing to go to a few places. And some of those places have better things to offer in return. Getting luck depends on (i) Morey finding a lotto pick in this draft - probably with Asik. TWolves don't need him. And/or (ii) Love saying trade me to Houston, or I sign there next offseason anyway.
