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Heard trade rumors today on 1250 The Zone that would send Tiago Splitter, George Hill, and DeJuan Blair to Minnesota Timberwolves for center Kevin Love. I would hate for the Spurs to lose any of these guys espacially Hill and Blair, but the Spurs would be getting a big in Love that they do need to compete with the Lakers. Besides, Love has being playing great as of late!
Trade can still happen? February last month to do anything?
http://forum.grasscity.com/photopost...eIfSerious.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by rr2418
but ...
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=4boahak
lol 1250 = asstown
Yes, many people are talking about this. This is stupid. This does not stem from any inside knowledge, but their idea of what would be cool.
LOL, yeah I know but 760 was on a commercial so I changed the station. I think it was more Kevin Love's wishful thinking!Quote:
Originally Posted by Creation88
got my hopes up...
i'd give up Blair/Splitter for him but Georgie's the deal breaker.
lol even kevin love would be playin behind Bonner on this team.
I cant decide if I like this or not. We really need Hill.
We need Hill and to some extent Blair and Tiago. One of the reasons why we have been successful so far is because of our depth. Sure we'll get a 20-20 monster in Kevin Love but we have to remember that he plays for the worst team in the West.
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Originally Posted by Mugen
Fail. He shoots the 3 AND rebounds. He'd be Pop's new bro-mance.
Not going to happen, though.
nvmd
To hell with that; hold out for Dwight Howard.Quote:
Originally Posted by rr2418
lol thinking Pop would just dump the "best shooter" he's ever coached.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChuckD
don't use logic when explaining Pop's man crush on bonner. it was a joke but i honestly wouldnt be surprised.
can't pretend to not like it tbh, just don't see it happening. blair & hill ain't enough to get spurs Kevin love tbh, spurs would need to surrender a couple picks as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by CubanMustGo
:lol Even though this is bullshit, there are actually people that would be hesitant about this?..:lol..
Kevin Love would fit right in. He doesn't play any defense either.
Seriously, the spurs should resign Udoka just to fucking drive kevin love down to San Antonio if this had a chance of going down.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
I think I heard that the Spurs were going to trade Manu and Tony to Turkey for Iverson.
yeah, he's a stat whoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Hoops Czar
1250 sucks just like the rest of FM-AM.
Would you trade the guy that got the first 30-30 since Moses?
Trust me: this is like the guy who's devoted to his wife...until he hits the lottery. Then he dumps her for the hot babe. Love is the hot babe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugen
Who the hell makes a trade when you are 33-6?
Don't buy it..
Timberwolves would never do this. Spurs fans saying they wouldn't do it are crazy.
Pretty much sums it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
I hear the Cavs are relocating to Toledo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoops Czar
exactly my thought :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
:lolDon't worry, it will not happen... Yes you can rest :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ajballer4
lol spur fans actually opposing this trade.
No way Wolves do that
The only way something like this is even close to legit is if Kahn really does have some sort of an infatuation for overseas players to go and trade Love.
Just checked ShamSports; Minnesota's highest-paid player is Michael Beasley at under $5 million!
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...mberwolves.jsp
Check out Pekovic's deal, makes Tiago look like even more a steal.
Oh yeah, almost forgot...this trade won't happen. Love is their franchise player.
They are 33-6Quote:
Originally Posted by 024
Who says they need to make a trade??
If anything, with their coach being buddy buddy with Phil Jackson, he can only end with the Fakers...
lol thinking the Spurs get rid of Hill in one of the last years to win a ring.
spurs will start to build around Hill as a franchise player once tim calls time to his career
they will build around tp not hill you fool
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
:rolleyes
As if Minne would give up their cornerstone for 3 role players... actually, wait a minute, it is KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHN we're talking about. :lmao
And he went to UCLA...Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Like I said the only way this would be considered is if Kahn has some crazy infatuation for Euro players. Apart from that then there is 0.1% chance of a trade like this.
Georgie makes this hard, but at the end it's a no brainer. We're stacked in the backcourt and lacking up front, this would balance things out perfectly. Neal and (hopefully) Anderson would be enough to fill out the void left by Georgie's absence
:lol George Hill's peak in the NBA is a great 6th man..
Kevin Love's peak is a perennial All-Star..
Obviously Minny doesn't do it, but I have no idea how anybody involved with the Spurs would reject the deal..Love even spaces the floor, which Pop would love:lol..
NO. This will totally ruin the team chemistry, just like what Suns did this season.
Lets trade Bonner for MJ
oh i forgot His Airness has retired
LOL
My sentiments exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
All that matters is going for a ring while TD is still a Spur.
Getting Love (like they would have a shot :lol) is an unknown. Hill beat the Mavs last season. The Spurs have invested in Hill for these years. To get rid of Hill for an unknown would be ridiculously foolish.
how about blair splitter and our 2011 draft with the promise that the spurs will hand pick the players.
i just can't quit George Hill
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Originally Posted by cutewizard
Love is a stat whore said in all honesty. dude plays on a lottery team where no one cares his stat-oriented style of play. dude looks even better than D-Howard stat-wise but theres sincerely no hell of way he preponderates Howard
not like we would be giving up much to get the rebound king if the rumors are trueQuote:
Originally Posted by frodo
Here we go, now we just need the girl from Juno, and some cables and we ready to rollQuote:
Originally Posted by Creation88
plus love plays no D. i'd rather have Blair out there alongside Tim since trigga plays harder and gives protection for Tim. love would be a nice player to have but if it means reshuffling your cards & ruining the team's chemistry, i'd rather call it off.
wolves ain't losing him cheap imho. dudes a 20+15 player this season after allQuote:
Originally Posted by BanditHiro
No reason to make a trade here. Spurs are doing fine.
If the wolves traded Love, I think the remaining few loyal wolves fans up here in Minneapolis would give up on them. Kevin Love is the only reason why most of the wolves fans that I know up here are still following them this season.
Why would the twolves do that..makes no sense that there stacked on guards and right now. Love is better than Blair and Splitter combined unless Kahn thinks Splitter is the next big thing in the nba.
This is the easiest forum in the world for trolling. It works every single time.
Giving up George's perimeter defense is enough for me to veto this deal.
we have 3 guys earning shit
so we go out to trade for a guy whose looking for a payday
If that trade happens, you are gonna LOVE the game when Love is owned by Lakers bigs.
Love for Bonner! DOooooooooooooo it!
Sounds like a bunch of bullshit. Horrible trade.
No shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
I was thinking after the T-Wolves game that what ever contending team lands K Love, it's gg NBA. This thread made my pants happy.
:rollinQuote:
Originally Posted by JR3
Throw in Luke Ridnour and you got a deal!
where do I sign?
I don't know about that. Ridnour would be perfect of the bench to replacer Hill. He shoots over 40% from behind the arc. Spurs can't afford to lose both Hill and Blair even though theoretically, Love will outproduce both combined. You still need to fill the void left bu Hill coming off the bench. He can also play the point behind Tony.Quote:
Originally Posted by guitardude27
Why is this 3 pages?
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain
K-Love is a player you can build around. I just don't see that in Hill even though he occasionally has some nice games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain
I'm on the side of those fans who believe giving up Hill is the "deal breaker." IIRC, those 4 games without him earlier this season, we gave up an average of 110.5 a game. That number went way down when he returned. Lose Hill, and there goes our best defender on Kobe. That's some food for thought for an organization who has ridden a "defense-first" mentality to four championships.
I like Blair's energy and hustle, but he has been so inconsistent this season. Love is 5 inches taller AND spreads the floor. I get the feeling some Spurs fans like it simply because it'd make Bonner expendable (even if most of this board doesn't want to admit that Matty has been a HUGE reason why we've pulled out our last two games).
In closing, losing Hill's defense is enough for me to say no to this trade, not to mention we have managed to go 33-6 with Anderson injured and virtually zero contribution from Splitter.
the lakersQuote:
Originally Posted by dbreiden83080
Well anderson looked like he had the makings of a pretty good defender IIRC. Either way, don't fix whats not broke. Although I would love to have that beast.
If there is any truth to this rumor, I'm personally glad to hear it. Because it means the Spurs realize that, despite their stellar record, they are short-handed up front.
Besides the consistent double-doubles that he's been throwing up this season, probably the even more surprising aspect of Love's game, IMO, has been his ability to consistently knock down the 3-pt shots. Now he's become a blend of both Blair and Bonner - a beast on the boards, as well as a stretch-4.
That said, I could see the Spurs giving both Blair and Splitter, but probably not Hill. If the Wolves wanted all three, then they'd better throw in Corey Brewer. Of course, I have no idea as to whether the salaries would match, and I'm too lazy to throw this possible scenario into the trade machine.
Acquiring Love, and they've seen enough of him this season,. would give them a frontline that could seriously challenge the Fakers. In fact, I don't see the Spurs getting out of the West unless they somehow upgrade their bigs. Still, it's hard to believe that the Spurs have given up on Splitter so soon.
Why is anyone treating this trade as a possibility?
i wouldn't include Hill in the trade unless the Spurs were getting Brewer in return. too many good perimiter players in the NBA to only roll with Manu, Neal, RJ, JA as the perimiter defenders. none of those guys can get after it like Hill does. Hill as a one on one defender is close to elite (although as has been pointed out many times he needs to work on defending guys who use screens -- Ray Allen and Kevin Martin have had their way with SA because of this), and he you can't just give that up for Love. all it'll do is fill one hole only to leave another one unfilled.
trade's not going to happen though. i can't imagine why Minny would want a guy whose knees are going to give out in 3 years max, an unproven center, and George Hill, who really is nothing more than a role player for a guy who's putting up 20-15, and a probable all-star for his whole career. just stupid. not happening.
mono has been the only immigrant that has ever succeeded trolling someone on spurstalk, unfortunately you are way off that standard tbqh. u must have been called a "wannabe" a million times in the real life otherwise you wouldn't have even known that word imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMC
What makes anyone think the Wolves would give up their best player?
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
4 pages already-- :lol
C'mon man!
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
For one, the Spurs are already short a man for the league minimum, even with Anderson on the sidelines and set to come back.
Second... Spurs are 33-6. You dont do a panic trade with that kind of record.
Third.... the Rumor came from Bleacherreport.com
Maybe they know they'll lose him and they would rather get something for him than just lose him for nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Budkin
Won't happen....end of story. Close thread...:lol
If Minny want to trade Love they'd get a much better deal than this one, barring a Lakers-Jerry West type lovefest. Even Pop's committee wouldn't approve of this trade :)
That said, even though it's bullshit, it's funny how so many Spurs fans are hesitant to acquire a 20-15 big who shoots the 3 because of a 6'2 combo guard.
I mean Kahn is crazy but is he that crazy?...
Bad trade. :(
This possible trade scenario would be far-fetched, if it weren't for one thing - David Khan is the GM of the Wolves. For those that don't remember, this is the same GM who picked 3 PGs (Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn, Ty Lawson) in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft. He then turned around and took a similar approach in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft by stocking up on SFs (Wesley Johnson, Luke Babbitt, Trevor Booker).Quote:
Originally Posted by BG_Spurs_Fan
Granted, he dealt away several of these players in various deals, but it's still a very unorthodox and even assinine way of drafting. The point being is that this guy is liable to do anything - like trade big for small. In fact, I could see him wanting a 1st round pick in any possible future trade scenario.
It's not like he's not done wacky shit before. See my earlier post on Genghis Khan.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Btown Spur
He traded away Al Jefferson because he wanted to keep Love. Now he wants to get rid of love? Besides, the Spurs NEVER make in season trades of this magnitude, why now? And Phyzic was right, bleacherreport was just throwing out a whole bunch of scenarios of teams that could use Love and those hammerheads on the radio got wind of it. This rumor has no legs.Quote:
Originally Posted by SenorSpur
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/5...e-of-minnesota
Sure, but even KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHN! isn't so stupid as to trade away the player his franchise is building around. And the ownership would veto it. There is nothing to this idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by SenorSpur