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Trade proposal


This is a trade proposal being moderately debated over at CanisHoopus (the Timberwolves blog), and we were wondering what King's fans take on it is. Essentially (as initially proposed by Chad Ford), the Wolves would trade O. Pecherov, M. Blount, and one of our young PGs to the Kings for Kevin Martin. What do y'all think?

 

What I'm most interested in finding out is what the relative value of our young PGs + an expiring (Blount) are to others who aren't Twolves fans. I'm hopeful this will be an opportunity to have some good dialogue with other teams' fans.

 

The three PGs offered, and a quick assessment on each so far:
1. Rubio - in Europe for another two years. Will still be young on arrival here. Solid steals, great facilitation ability, questionable offensive ceiling (although could become a solid 10 ppg guy).

2. Flynn - athletic, tough, doesn't back down from any challenge and relishes the chance to face guys who've schooled him before to return the favor. Evolving offensive game. Better assist guy than our offensive system/supporting cast would indicate. Still learning NBA man to man defense.

3. Sessions - also young, tough, but appears to be a very solid floor general. Good trooper thus far (meaning a high character guy). No 3 pt game, but good at drawing fouls. Appears to grasp Rambis' system better than Flynn at this point, although not as high an offensive ceiling as Flynn.

Poll
Would you trade Kevin Martin to the TWolves for Mark Blount's expiring contract, Oleksiey Pecherov, and (pick option below)?

  202 votes | Results

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Rebounding leaders

Was just looking up some stats, and it looks like our boy KLove won't be able to win a rebounding title this year because I don't think he'll qualify (assuming that you either can finish with 70 games played or 800 total rebounds).

 

It's really too bad, too, because Love is dominating the league qualifiers right now. Dwight Howard is #1 overall in rebounds per 48 at 17.9, followed by one Dajuan Blair, J. Noah, J. Pryz, and M. Camby (at 16.5). If Love qualified he'd be the clear #1 at 18.8 rebounds per 48. Dude's got skills.

 

The only other thing I'd like to throw out there is further recognition of Love's game and ability to contribute in multiple different ways. Yes, it's clear that he is a tenacious rebounder who believes that he can get any loose ball out there. But when I see another young, under-heighted player in Dajaun Blair with similar rebounding rates only get 14.4 mpg on a team that could really use more production out of him, it just makes me appreciate that Love does have enough shooting and facilitation ability to warrant significant minutes. He ain't perfect, but he's also pretty difficult to replace.

Poll
What will Love's rebounding average be by the end of the year (all per game)?

  40 votes | Results

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I'm wondering if there are any trade ramifications for us discussed in here.

4 days ago Minibikepimp-abomination_tiny biggity2bit 1 comment 0 recs

From Randball (strib):

"As much as the Wolves have struggled this year, and as much as some of the replacements for the above players might not be upgrades as much as stand-ins, by and large it seems as though a lot of dead weight was swept out fairly efficiently."

6 days ago Minibikepimp-abomination_tiny biggity2bit 1 comment 1 recs

It's David Thorpe's Rookie upside rankings. Some of our guys gotta be in there, right? It's ESPN Insider only.

13 days ago Minibikepimp-abomination_tiny biggity2bit 1 comment 0 recs

Shooter, at his best:

"Orono grad Jon Leuer, 6 feet 10, 225, is shooting 51 percent while averaging 14 points, five rebounds and one block as a junior for Wisconsin. Some people think Leuer, who scored 17 points in the Badgers' victory over Duke last week, has the potential to be an NBA lottery draft pick."

Mental note-never believe anything Charlie has to say about the NBA again. Not that I have anything against Leuer, but please. Lottery?

14 days ago Minibikepimp-abomination_tiny biggity2bit 6 comments 0 recs

Your weekly Rubio


Saw a thing about Rubio in the paper recently and got to wondering how our Golden Boy is doing. Using Hollinger's euro-transfer formula (all per minute: scoring -25%, reb +18%, ast +31%, fg% -12%), Rubio numbers suggest that he is shaping up to be something of a Jason Kidd clone.

Poll
If Rubio becomes the long term starting PG on this team, assuming we continue running the triangle and he performs relatively close to as projected, does his style of play change our player personnel strategy?
Yes, he needs to be protected as a scorer.
50 votes
No, this team needs talent, even if it is a fourth PG.
74 votes
Yes and no. See my comment below.
15 votes

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An interesting comparison


I thought this was an interesting exercise in revealing the limitations-and strengths-of using stats to inform our picture of a player, as well as scouting out potential help for us.

 

Which of these 6'-8" players would you rather have?

Poll
Do you think either of these two young wing players could help the Wolves long term, or would you rather draft Evan Turner?
Yes, either player would help the Wolves right now.
3 votes
Yes, but still draft Evan Turner-neither of these guys shoot that well.
19 votes
No, forget 'em and let's draft Evan Turner and let the fun begin!
11 votes
No, we need to sign a FA. Draft BPA (which might be Turner anyways).
8 votes

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