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LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:42 pm I can't contain my excitement.

somuchyummy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:27 pm

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:42 pm I can't contain my excitement.

for some reason, i read "excitement" as "excrement". i think my mistake was influenced by the emoji.

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:33 pm

somuchyummy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:27 pm

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:42 pm I can't contain my excitement.

for some reason, i read "excitement" as "excrement". i think my mistake was influenced by the emoji.

I don't know why, but this offseason has felt so lacklustre.

memyworld wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:45 am I'll assume many of you were here?

somuchyummy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:27 pm with the 15 roster spots plus 2 two-way Gleague contracts - that makes 17 guys. the list just posted has 18. between kelan martin, treveon graham, tyrone wallace, jordan mclaughlin and lindell wigginton - who's the odd man out? or... will it be a surprise dump? i think we keep wallace, he's got size at the PG spot that we don't currently have - but any of the other four i think are fair game for last cut.

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:33 pm

I don't know why, but this offseason has felt so lacklustre.

somuchyummy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:29 am just noticed the initial list is missing naz reid. so that's 19 in all - and two players who won't make the roster.

somuchyummy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:29 am just noticed the initial list is missing naz reid. so that's 19 in all - and two players who won't make the roster.

thinktank wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:50 am

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:33 pm

I don't know why, but this offseason has felt so lacklustre.

There was an intention not to hamstring the team for future off seasons.

It was critical that we do that, and we did, so I’m actually more excited than years past.

Culver is going to wow folks. Prepare for a wave of Culver enthusiasm.

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:42 pm I can't contain my excitement.

Moses Scurry wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:32 pm Moses' Key's to the Season!

1. KAT makes the jump. Improves his defense, controls the offense night in, night out.
2. Bob stays healthy.
3. Teague stays healthy. Everyone hates him, but if he's good, we are better.
4. The staff gets Wiggins out of his bad habits.

That all happens, playoffs baby!!!!!!

NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman is grading every team’s offseason based on where the team stands now relative to its position entering the offseason. A ‘C’ means a team is in similar standing, with notches up or down from there.

The Timberwolves are the only team with two max-salary players under age 29. Heck, they’re the only team with two max-salary players under age 25.

But Minnesota isn’t set.

Far from it.

Though Karl-Anthony Towns (23) is already a star and sometimes looks like a budding superstar, Andrew Wiggins (24) has stagnated on his max extension. Add expensive contracts for Jeff Teague and Gorgui Dieng, and the Timberwolves have limited cap flexibility. With veterans too good to allow deep tanking, Minnesota also has limited means to upgrade through the draft.

New Timberwolves president Gersson Rosas was likely always bound to limit his impact this summer. Minnesota faced few clear pressing decisions. Any big moves would start the clock toward Rosas getting evaluated on his prestigious job. In one of his main decisions, Rosas retained head coach Ryan Saunders, an ownership favorite.

Yet, in this environment, Rosas still found a simple way to add a potential long-term difference maker.

The Timberwolves entered the draft with the No. 11 pick – right after a near-consensus top 10 would’ve been off the board. They left the draft with No. 6 pick Jarrett Culver.

All it took to trade up with the Suns was Dario Saric, who would’ve helped Minnesota this season but probably not enough to achieve meaningful success. He’ll become a free agent next summer and is in line for a raise the Timberwolves might not wanted to give.

Culver is not a lock to flourish in the NBA. But Minnesota had no business adding a prospect with so much potential. This was a coup.

Otherwise, the Timberwolves remained predictably quiet, tinkering on the fringe of the rotation. They added Jake Layman (three years, $11,283,255) in a sign-and-trade with the Trail Blazers. They took Shabazz Napier and Treveon Graham off the hands of the hard-capped Warriors, getting cash for their trouble. They signed Noah Vonleh (one year, $2 million) and Jordan Bell (one year, minimum). They claimed Tyrone Wallace off waivers.

With their own free agents getting bigger offers, Minnesota didn’t match Tyus Jones‘ offer sheet with the Grizzlies (three years, $26,451,429) and watched Derrick Rose walk to the Pistons (two years, $15 million). For where the Timberwolves are, the far-cheaper Napier should handle backup point guard just fine.

Minnesota is methodically gaining flexibility. Teague’s contract expires next summer, Dieng’s the summer after that. The big question is how to handle Wiggins, but that will wait.

With Towns locked in the next five years, Rosas has plenty of runway before he must take off. Nabbing Culver was a heck of a way to accelerate from the gate.

Offseason grade: B-

Moses Scurry wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:56 pm Teague reborn this season! (only partially contract driven)

memyworld wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:55 am

Mplsfonz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:04 pm

memyworld wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:55 am

Is KAT sporting braids?

LordNu wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:54 pm

thinktank wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:50 am

LordNu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:33 pm

I don't know why, but this offseason has felt so lacklustre.

There was an intention not to hamstring the team for future off seasons.

It was critical that we do that, and we did, so I’m actually more excited than years past.

Culver is going to wow folks. Prepare for a wave of Culver enthusiasm.

You know what, I think I'll get crazy excited when we start playing and actually producing a product on the floor. That's probably the best thing imaginable.