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So the 6th from 2009 and the 16th and 23rd from 2010 for the 10th of 2010? Makes total sense!
Minnesota offering Jonny Flynn and two first-round picks (16 and 23) to Indiana for a package that includes the 10th pick, sources tell Y!
http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/16729358922
Hahaha...
So the 6th from 2009 and the 16th and 23rd from 2010 for the 10th of 2010? Makes total sense!
That makes no sense at all.
That is epically dumb.
This seriously hurts their plans of assembling a team of all point guards.
They trying to get Granger in the 'package that includes the 10th'?
Wow, this gm is so stupid
I need to show him a few pointers
They would have to get Granger in that package to even come close to making that work.
Great trade for Indy.
Minny does not even have any bad contracts to unload. I know last year, they were trying to get Granger for Al, but Indy shot that down. Maybe they will try to re-work this by doing some sort of trade as mentioned?
They should trade Rubio to the Clips for their 1st. That way one year after drafting three PGs in the 1st Round, they'd have zero on their roster/rights owned.
if flynn was white this deal would already be done
Same team that Rick Kamla, who heard some sources say, the Timberwolves brass only thought one person on their roster was a starting caliber player, and that player is Darko Milicic.
So true.
T-Pupps
Minnesota needs to keep them picks.
Timberwolves GM David Kahn: ‘There Is Much To Be Seen’
SportingNews
In a little more than a year on the job, Timberwolves general manager David Kahn has retooled his roster, added coach Kurt Rambis and created a reputation for unorthodoxy—especially at draft time, when last year he chose point guards Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn with consecutive picks. This offseason, holding the Nos. 4, 16 and 23 picks in the draft, Kahn again figures to be a major player on draft night. He spoke with Sporting News’ Sean Deveney.
Sporting News: How important is this draft for you, in terms of the rebuilding plan?
David Kahn: To the extent that every time you are picking high, you’ve got to be very good, it’s really important in that respect. But it’s not just the pick itself. I look at it more in terms of the flexibility, what it could provide us as far as options—moving around, whether up or down.
SN: Last year, you took Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn and Ty Lawson in the first round. You traded Lawson and Rubio stayed in Spain. Do you have second thoughts about that draft?
DK: No, not at all. Jonny has really come along well for us. Ricky, we are pleased with his development in Spain. And when we got to the third pick, we were looking to make a move.
SN: You’re obviously in a rebuilding mode here. How do you see that coming along, how far along are you?
DK: We’re right in the middle point. When I joined club last May, I said out loud, over the next 17 months or so we would have several opportunities to change the team, to make the team what we want it to be. First was the draft, then you have free agency, then you have the trade deadline. We thought we collected some valuable assets last draft. At the deadline, we got Darko Milicic, and though he has indicated he might want to go back to Europe, that is not settled. There is much to be seen.
SN: Do you sense people there, the fans, getting impatient?
DK: No, not really. I think they are hopeful. We have this draft, we have free agency. We will see. I wish I could wave a magic wand and see where we will be in a year, two years.
SN: You won 15 games last year. But, overall, did you see development? Did you see anything that made you particularly happy?
DK: I was pleased that, knowing it would be a trying year, everybody here maintained their professionalism, even though it was obviously a painful year. It was a lot of change. We’re trying to change not only the roster, but the culture and the style. We had a new coaching staff, a new style, we had new players. Despite those factors, some of the young players got better. Kevin Love was clearly better. Cory Brewer made a big jump. Ryan Hollins improved a lot as year went on. Jonny Flynn improved a lot, as far as running a team and knowing how to be a point guard—maybe not just in terms of numbers. There were significant strides.
SN: Al Jefferson is con uously absent from your list of bright spots.
DK: I don’t want to lump him in with everyone else. To me, Al’s success was managing to get through the year without another knee injury. From that standpoint, he made tremendous strides. Missed games for personal reasons, but there were no knee setbacks. That was a transition year for him—getting through the year healthy in one piece was big for him. He is only 25, and with a knee injury, it can take more than a year to be back to 100 percent.
SN: You signed Kurt Rambis to a four-year deal—that’s a long contract for a coach in his situation. Do you think giving him that security helped him stay in control of the team? Sometimes players slack off if they know the coach won’t be around long.
DK: I am not certain how that dynamic worked. They know Kurt is here a long time. Hopefully, it was. It was important to demonstrate that no matter who we hired there would be an opportunity for that coach to see the work through. Sometimes a coach gets two years and an option. But I thought it was important to demonstrate that this will take some time.
sons , you can write a book about wolves and mismanagement.
It would be pointless to emphasize mismanagement twice. Wolves = mismanagement.
You can't have a book led "Mismanagement and Mismanagement". The author would have to be Stephen A. Smith for that to happen.
LOL the Pacers rejected that deal, Minnesota wants Wesley Johnson real bad, New Jersey said they will draft Wes, but if Minny wants to move up to take him, it will cost the Pups multiple picks, including future ones. Their only move now is to take the deaal with the Rockets
They've made so many mistakes-- it started with giving Garnett more money than Duncan or Shaq in their primes, handcuffing themselves financially for the entire time he was there. Now they've maxed out a defensively suspect PF whose knee may never be the same, and have Europe's best young PG, who doesn't want to play there. I don't see them becoming a playoff threat for years...
T-wolves’ Plans Might Be Falling Apart
SportingNews
The Timberwolves are worried Syracuse small forward Wesley Johnson won’t fall to them at No. 4 in the draft, Yahoo! Sports reports.
Minnesota had planned to select Johnson, but now the Nets are having serious discussions about taking him at No. 3, according to the report. New Jersey needs a power forward and had favored Georgia Tech’s Derrick Favors, but the team has concerns about his ability to contribute immediately and may try to land a big man via free agency.
Complicating the Timberwolves’ situation is GM David Kahn’s "condescending, abrasive style," which frustrates rival GMs and agents who might deal with him, according to the report. Kentucky power forward DeMarcus Cousins and Georgetown center Greg Monroe wouldn’t work out for Minnesota. Favors only did so reluctantly and was told he was out of shape by Kahn, infuriating Favors’ agent.
If the Timberwolves want to draft a big man, then it might make sense to trade Al Jefferson. Although Kahn has told agents he would move Jefferson by the beginning of the season, according to the report, he is greatly overvaluing the player with a big contract and a reconstructed knee.
Minnesota is interested in free agent Rudy Gay, according to the report, but sources tell Yahoo! Sports that Gay would only go to Minnesota if it vastly overpaid him. That’s why they’re hoping to draft the similarly built Johnson.
Yahoo! Sports also reports the Timberwolves would be willing to trade point guard Jonny Flynn, the No. 6 overall pick last year, and have discussed a deal with the Pacers.
Last season, Flynn was frustrated with coach Kurt Rambis’ triangle offense, which works better with big point guards, according to the report. Ramon Sessions could take the reins of the offense next season. Minnesota also owns the rights to Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, but he won’t play in the NBA until 2011-12 at the earliest and seems lukewarm at best about the Timberwolves.
Minnesota could also trade the No. 16 and 23 picks this year to move up to No. 10, then make a deal with the Sixers to take Ohio State swingman Evan Turner at No. 2, according to the report.
What's with this dude? I mean you have the Wolves say that Kamla statement and Joe Dumars have a 75% chance to pick a stud player at 2 and s that up:
Joe D ??? Who will you choose???
a. Darko
b. Wade
c. Bosh
d. Anthony
And he wins executive of the decade?
If there's a way Minny can get Evan Turner + Demarcus Cousins while keeping Al Jefferson, they should do that, even if it means absorbing Brand's contract. I think it's re ed that they went this route with nothing close to the proper personnel, but they seem committed to Rambis and the triangle offense, the only way that's gonna work is if they have a playmaking stud SG (Turner) and length up front (Jefferson + Cousins). Obviously Jefferson and Cousins are both fat and can't play defense, but the potential that front court would have if they got in shape is too good to pass up.
Grizzlies, Wolves Swapping Draft Picks
By Tom Ziller
The Minnesota Timberwolves will send the No. 16 pick in Thursday's 2010 NBA Draft to the Grizzlies in exchange for the No. 25 and No. 28 picks, according to ESPN.com's Andy Katz.
Memphis already has the No. 12 pick in the draft, and now adds another decent pick. There are about a dozen prospects outside the top tier considered to be on similar levels, and the Grizzlies are now in a position to pick up a pair of them.
The Wolves will pick No. 4, and now have three picks in the 20s. The Wolves had acquired Utah's No. 23 pick from Philadelphia in a Rodney Carney trade last year. Minnesota also has the rights to picks No. 45 and No. 56. That makes a total of six picks on Thursday night.
It remains to be seen whether the Wolves will trade out of the No. 4 slot. They had been widely rumored to be set on drafting Syracuse wing Wesley Johnson. But he may no longer be available, as two reports surfaced Tuesday saying the Nets will pick Johnson third overall, leaving Derrick Favors and DeMarcus Cousins as the next two prospects on the board. Cousins has refused to visit the Wolves, and Minnesota GM David Kahn told media Favors came into his workout with the Wolves "out of shape."
The Wolves may also be acquiring enough picks to entice the 76ers to move down from No. 2 to No. 4 so that the Wolves can pick up Evan Turner.
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