On the NBA | Rockets hot, Wolves not, in busy off-season

windfern · Aug 13, 2007

jopatmc said:

Naw, with Francis and MJ we finally got some.
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wow, i love your sixth sense.

ReD_1 · Aug 14, 2007

blazer_ben said:

So. think long term. they got 3 young studs(jefferson,Gomez and green) 2 first round picks for the next 2 years and telfair for KG. in 3 to 5 years when those guys mature along with foy, McCant and brewer, the wolves are gonna be very good.

It was clear that they were going nowhere with KG and he's albatross contract, so they went and got 3 future stars. jefferson will be a borderline superstar. dont forget they'll probaly trade there picks next year for a allready made star to speedup the transition period for there kids.

Wolves went and got the best deal that was out there. who would you rather have, odom(big contract) and a overrated bynum or Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Ryan gomez, telfair and two first round picks. not to mention they get alot of cap reliefe for next years talent laden free agency period.
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I know that so they seperated from him.And Wolwes did the best they could.But they need a player who will lead them.In a year or two they will be very good team.Next season is blast for them.

ReD_1 · Aug 14, 2007

emjohn said:

Typical writing trick - make an exaggerated point to sensationalize your opinion of a deal.

They already were a lottery team. Now they're a losing team with guys on the rise instead of clinging on to a superstar that was burning out from all the losing. It needed to happen, and they weren't going to get another star of his stature in return (and if they did, the team would still be going nowhere).

In this league, it's best to blow up and start over with a slew of picks or young guys. Only other option is to go all out like Boston did or Miami a couple years ago - but it's going to be a tight window and you have to have the pieces to pull it off.

Phoenix is going to implode in a year or two - Marion and Amare don't like each other, Nash has only so much left in the tank, and their owner is throwing away picks in order to afford high priced vets. It's not going to be pretty when it all falls apart.

Evan
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I agree.Wolwes did a good job and started again but I predict for them lottery pick and a bad season in a Wild Wild West.They got a group of nice young players who will grow up in a few years.

yobod · Aug 14, 2007

emjohn said:

Marion and Amare don't like each other
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Did anything actually blow up between them, or something? I haven't ever heard or read anything about them not liking each other.

SamFisher · Aug 14, 2007

emjohn said:

They already were a lottery team. Now they're a losing team with guys on the rise instead of clinging on to a superstar that was burning out from all the losing. It needed to happen, and they weren't going to get another star of his stature in return (and if they did, the team would still be going nowhere).

Evan
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I think part of the thinkng is that the reason why Minnesota was in such a bad situation was that they waited too long to pull the trigger and created the down market for Garnett.

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