Wolves in on D'Angelo Russell?

[T_J]

I don't see how Kyrie and Jimmy is a good pairing at all. I would doubt either of them are dumb enough not to know that either.

No KD next year (assuming), Kyrie goes to the Lakers now with Lebron. Jimmy stays in Philly. Kawhi runs it back in Toronto unless they choke this series away.

It was rumored last summer they would potentially go to Brooklyn together. They're good buddies from Team USA... I could see it happening.

I thought it also came out they hadn't even hung together in like 2 years.

[HeHateMe]

I don't see how Kyrie and Jimmy is a good pairing at all. I would doubt either of them are dumb enough not to know that either.

No KD next year (assuming), Kyrie goes to the Lakers now with Lebron. Jimmy stays in Philly. Kawhi runs it back in Toronto unless they choke this series away.

It was rumored last summer they would potentially go to Brooklyn together. They're good buddies from Team USA... I could see it happening.

I thought it also came out they hadn't even hung together in like 2 years.

Might be the case, guess I don't recall seeing anything like that. Seems like Butler's close buddies are all from that USA team.

[Dubs]

I don't see how Kyrie and Jimmy is a good pairing at all. I would doubt either of them are dumb enough not to know that either.

No KD next year (assuming), Kyrie goes to the Lakers now with Lebron. Jimmy stays in Philly. Kawhi runs it back in Toronto unless they choke this series away.

I see it a little different (however, I’m wearing my Wolves tinted glasses):

NYK - KD & AD
TOR - Kawhi
BRK - Kyrie & Jimmie
CHAR - Kemba

East is strengthened, & LAL/LAC are snubbed...

[whiskerbiscuit]

Pretend you're a Nets fan right now... does signing Kyrie and trading for Covington, Okogie and #11 do a lot for you? Not sure that's exactly star hunting.

No but it does if they get someone else as well such as Butler. That's why I asked if they need to clear Russell's money. So is it even possible to clear enough money to be able to sign him or sign and trade?

I'd do Okogie and 11 for him if it's possible and so would they I bet if they get Irving and someone else.

IDK if I would give up that much for a guy who is going to want to get paid like a all-star.
Maybe I just don't see the value. And I am not a big fan, KAT's friend or not.
Can someone tell me why we need him?

I think he's our best chance to pair Towns with a star that we'll have between now and the foreseeable future.



How else? Middle first round picks? The appeal of the frozen tundra and circus franchise to potential free agents if we even have the space?

[Moses Scurry]

Is Deangelo better than Lavine? Just wondering considering contract though Lavine did just come off a knee injury. I'd say Lavine is a better offensive player without looking at the actual stats.

[RubeTube]

Is Deangelo better than Lavine? Just wondering considering contract though Lavine did just come off a knee injury. I'd say Lavine is a better offensive player without looking at the actual stats.

Russell is better imo.

[flexbuffchest]

Is Deangelo better than Lavine? Just wondering considering contract though Lavine did just come off a knee injury. I'd say Lavine is a better offensive player without looking at the actual stats.

Better than Lavine? Honestly probably not but they play two different roles.

Russell can help run an entire offense whereas Lavine is really just a good scorer. Both have flaws but getting a PG that can pass and run an offense and is a decent threat to score would help out a ton.

[RubeTube]

Is Deangelo better than Lavine? Just wondering considering contract though Lavine did just come off a knee injury. I'd say Lavine is a better offensive player without looking at the actual stats.

Better than Lavine? Honestly probably not but they play two different roles.

Russell can help run an entire offense whereas Lavine is really just a good scorer. Both have flaws but getting a PG that can pass and run an offense and is a decent threat to score would help out a ton.

Well said.

[RubeTube]

No but it does if they get someone else as well such as Butler. That's why I asked if they need to clear Russell's money. So is it even possible to clear enough money to be able to sign him or sign and trade?

I'd do Okogie and 11 for him if it's possible and so would they I bet if they get Irving and someone else.

IDK if I would give up that much for a guy who is going to want to get paid like a all-star.
Maybe I just don't see the value. And I am not a big fan, KAT's friend or not.
Can someone tell me why we need him?

I think he's our best chance to pair Towns with a star that we'll have between now and the foreseeable future.



How else? Middle first round picks? The appeal of the frozen tundra and circus franchise to potential free agents if we even have the space?

This.

[RubeTube]

Talking about Towns leaving is idiotic. Get back to me in like December 2022 at the earliest.

The 2nd sentence in your post is the exact reason why ppl are already worried about towns leaving. When we get to 2022, if we haven’t already proven to be a championship contender by then it’ll be too late to convince him to stay. As the roster is currently constructed do you’ve think we can become a contender by then? Not a chance in hell. It’s a very real concern as it’s going to be hard to acquire quality talent with wiggins contract taking up a lot of our cap space outside of getting lucky in the draft.

Contender?!?

Hell, I don't think this team makes the playoffs by 2022 if there isn't some unprecedented move made.

[LordNu]

What exactly is his worth in this type of market? A LaVine deal?

[RubeTube]

What exactly is his worth in this type of market? A LaVine deal?

At the very least. Wouldn't be surprised if he is maxed.

[LordNu]

What exactly is his worth in this type of market? A LaVine deal?

At the very least. Wouldn't be surprised if he is maxed.

These Max deals are stupid. Players who don't deserve them are getting them. The disparity between the max contracts and the rest of the league is getting ludicrous.

He is not, in my book, a max players. A LaVine deal should be the amount.

[flexbuffchest]

What exactly is his worth in this type of market? A LaVine deal?

At the very least. Wouldn't be surprised if he is maxed.

These Max deals are stupid. Players who don't deserve them are getting them. The disparity between the max contracts and the rest of the league is getting ludicrous.

He is not, in my book, a max players. A LaVine deal should be the amount.

That's the owners/FO's fault though.

[Moses Scurry]

They need to just get rid of max players contracts but still keep the team cap. Then the very best players could decide if they want to be greedy or do they want to win. Then I "think" you'd see a better spread of players on each team instead of them joining forces. If guys did take pay cuts to join forces, so be it. Not a perfect solution but I would think it would be better overall.

[HeHateMe]

They need to just get rid of max players contracts but still keep the team cap. Then the very best players could decide if they want to be greedy or do they want to win. Then I "think" you'd see a better spread of players on each team instead of them joining forces. If guys did take pay cuts to join forces, so be it. Not a perfect solution but I would think it would be better overall.

They'll never do it because they make so much money from the teams via the luxury tax but I like the NFL/NHL's approach and hard capping teams. That in itself forces teams to make some tough decisions and would balance things out a lot more.

[LordNu]

They need to just get rid of max players contracts but still keep the team cap. Then the very best players could decide if they want to be greedy or do they want to win. Then I "think" you'd see a better spread of players on each team instead of them joining forces. If guys did take pay cuts to join forces, so be it. Not a perfect solution but I would think it would be better overall.

I do like the idea, and wonder how it would play out.

Durant gets 60$mil, 50$mil to spread around the rest of the 14 players... How would that effect chemistry?

[jodaman01]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

[RubeTube]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

We still wouldn't have a playoff appearance with Done and Lolvine.

We would be stuck with another shit contract in Lolvine like Wiggins also.

Thibs era was a bust but it would of still been a bust without the trade.

The true BUST was the trade of Butler for RoCo and Saric. That should have never been allowed to happen.

[T_J]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

Isn't it time to start bitching about the next regime by now you one note fucking dumbshit?

[T_J]

Kyrie signs with a new agent, ROC Nation.

[KevinBaconIsNotMyHero]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

Isn't it time to start bitching about the next regime by now you one note fucking dumbshit?

[jodaman01]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

We still wouldn't have a playoff appearance with Done and Lolvine.

We would be stuck with another shit contract in Lolvine like Wiggins also.

Thibs era was a bust but it would of still been a bust without the trade.

The true BUST was the trade of Butler for RoCo and Saric. That should have never been allowed to happen.

So you think a competent GM picks Dunn over the other two studs. Thibbs took Dunn to get Butler knowing Chicago wanted him. Then he got another lottery pick that he gave away and then traded Rubio and LaVine and Dunn..

Any other other legit GM comes away better than 1 season of Butler, an overpriced Teague, an overpriced Taj and an overpriced Dieng with all of that. Any other GM would have likely used the flexibility more wisely.

[RubeTube]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

We still wouldn't have a playoff appearance with Done and Lolvine.

We would be stuck with another shit contract in Lolvine like Wiggins also.

Thibs era was a bust but it would of still been a bust without the trade.

The true BUST was the trade of Butler for RoCo and Saric. That should have never been allowed to happen.

So you think a competent GM picks Dunn over the other two studs. Thibbs took Dunn to get Butler knowing Chicago wanted him. Then he got another lottery pick that he gave away and then traded Rubio and LaVine and Dunn..

Any other other legit GM comes away better than 1 season of Butler, an overpriced Teague, an overpriced Taj and an overpriced Dieng with all of that. Any other GM would have likely used the flexibility more wisely.

I have no problem with acquiring Butler. This team never gets a player of that caliber.

Butler had more value than the two turds they traded for him but completely squandered that deal. Why Thibs was allowed to make that trade is unknown to me.

It's one of the worst trades I have ever seen for a top 15-20 player.

[jodaman01]

Stupid to complain about salaries, players deserve what they can get. On any given night a torn Achilles, busted ankle, ripped up knee and they are done for.

We got Jimmy, Teague and Taj for all of the ridiculous financial flexibility this Team had in cheap talent, lottery picks and young players other teams wanted badly. Now we have Teague and Taj, we got one playoff series out of it. It was a terrible gamble made by a complete fuckhead (who is also gone as well), we took our chance it was fun for a season. Now to sit a bitch about being stuck is stupid, that’s what happens when you let a coach also pretend to be a GM.....the Wolves got Tibbed!

We gambled as lost.

Isn't it time to start bitching about the next regime by now you one note fucking dumbshit?

Let’s pretend it didn’t happen and bitch about how messed up the Wolves now are. Poor Thibblodytes need to understand why the Timberwolves are where they are at. The Cult Of Thibbs!!



#bamboozled#

[flexbuffchest]

Kyrie signs with a new agent, ROC Nation.

Not a done deal by any stretch but if there was ever a clear signal...

[jffl_commish]

Kyrie to Brooklyn. I think that helps the odds of Russell being available. A Kyrie/Wiggins duo sounds deadly for Brooklyn! lulz

[LordNu]

Isn't it time to start bitching about the next regime by now you one note fucking dumbshit?

Let’s pretend it didn’t happen and bitch about how messed up the Wolves now are. Poor Thibblodytes need to understand why the Timberwolves are where they are at. The Cult Of Thibbs!!



#bamboozled#

Come on Joda, you need to forget Thibbs ever happened.

[witljon]

Kyrie signs with a new agent, ROC Nation.

Not a done deal by any stretch but if there was ever a clear signal...

I believe its a very good chance Kyrie ends up on the Nets.
In other words, they're the favorite to land him.

[jodaman01]

Kyrie signs with a new agent, ROC Nation.

Not a done deal by any stretch but if there was ever a clear signal...

I believe its a very good chance Kyrie ends up on the Nets.
In other words, they're the favorite to land him.

The Nets will go after Butler as well once they have Kyrie lined up.