What would it take to trade for Kevin Love?

[rocketsballin]

but that hair makes up for his face. cmon u telling me if he put on some makeup that you wouldnt tap that? i've always wanted to bang a wnba center

[moofs]

That really doesn't matter, and it isn't true.

Kevin Love - drafted 2008

TWolves record since Love was drafted:
2008-09: 24 wins, 58 losses (games played by Love: 81 out of 82)
2009-10: 15 wins, 67 losses (games played by Love: 60 out of 82)
2010-11: 17 wins, 65 losses (games played by Love: 73 out of 82)
2011-12: 26 wins, 40 losses (games played by Love: 55 out of 66)
2012-13: 31 wins, 51 losses (games played by Love: 18 out of 82)
TOTAL: 113 wins, 281 losses (games played by Love: 287 out of 394)

The T-Wolves had their most wins with Love only playing 18 games.

Now, that's not even fair... basketball is kindof a team sport...
* by season's starting year

2012: EVERYONE was injured. Love, Pek, Rubio, Bud. You name a good player on the squad - and they didn't play.
2011: ANTHONY RANDOLPH third best player on the team. Wesley Johnson, Derrick Williams, Martell Webster, Beasley, and JJ Barea all playing huge minutes. Of those, BEASLEY probably had the best season.
2010: Top 6 in minutes after Love: Beasley, Luke Ridnour, Wesley Johnson, Darko Milicic, Corey Brewer, Martell Webster. I wouldn't want any of them on our team as the 11th man.
2009: Top 5 in minutes for the whole team: Brewer, Al Jefferson, Jonny Flynn, Ryan Gomes, Ramon Sessions. Kevin Love didn't play due to concerns with his defense. As opposed to the other guys who could play neither defense NOR offense, NOR rebound. Basically they played the dumbest team imaginable.
2008: You really expect a team led by Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, and Randy Foye to win games?

Don't even try and pin anything outside of possibly last year on Love.
Still, last year, even if he'd been healthy all year, they still wouldn't have been that good due to the other 3 injuries.

I still haven't figured out what happened. For 5 straight years, David Kahn shows all the intelligence of a really stupid cucumber, then puts together an incredible team out of thin air, THEN gets fired when they don't perform up to par due to injuries that he couldn't possibly have predicted or controlled.

Makes absolutely no sense. It'd be like if Chicago tried to break up the best team ever after winning their second threepeat in 8 years.

Oh wait.

Yeah, business decisions rarely follow the most sensible pathways. Go fig.

[texasholdem]

Don't even try and pin anything outside of possibly last year on Love.
Still, last year, even if he'd been healthy all year, they still wouldn't have been that good due to the other 3 injuries.

Well my point was their team was BETTER without Love than with him.

[moofs]

Well my point was their team was BETTER without Love than with him.

Of course they were, last year. Injured players aren't known for their ability to be game changers

[moofs]

So...
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradecheck ... de/6301455

Call me wacky, but is this trade not awesome for all teams?

Just throwing it out there.

[texasholdem]

So...
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradecheck ... de/6301455

Call me wacky, but is this trade not awesome for all teams?

just throwing it out there.

your link dont work

[moofs]

http://basketball.realgm.com/tradecheck ... de/6301455

Fixed.

[cark]

Great for Houston and Minnesota. However Portland and New Orleans would never, ever do those deals. Harden, Love, and Howard would be a perfect combination (and must-watch TV every game), but I can't see Houston swinging a deal for him.

If you want a 4 who can shoot (albeit one with a much, much shorter window) as your third star, you'd have better odds of trading Lin and Asik for Dirk -- assuming Cuban is ready to blow it up.

[MaxRider]

i rather have Ryan Anderson than Kevin Love
Love isn't worth max contract

[moofs]

Great for Houston and Minnesota. However Portland and New Orleans would never, ever do those deals. Harden, Love, and Howard would be a perfect combination (and must-watch TV every game), but I can't see Houston swinging a deal for him.

The main things I was looking at were...
Portland: For starters, Aldridge may or may not want out. The article from a few days ago was shot down as push-the-story-I-already-wrote reporting, but that doesn't mean he's happy there. Additionally, I honestly believe that Asik is better than Aldridge. You may laugh now.
New Orleans: They get to dump Rivers, who may well challenge Bargnani for worst player in the league in 2 years if he's still around. Gordon is disgruntled and wants out. Again, I personally think Lin is better than Gordon. You may continue laughing.

The real question for me is does Minnesota bite? They're giving up possibly the best PF in the game for an overrated all-star and a VERY overrated and very undersized shooting guard.
The talent is a pretty clear downgrade, individually (in the NBA, never trade a dollar for four quarters unless you HAVE to), BUT, the roster starts to look REALLY nasty...
PG: Rubio/Ridnour/Austin < depth warning!
SG: Gordon/Shved/Bud/Gelabale
SF: Kirilenko/Bud/Cunningham/Gelabale
PF: Aldridge/Williams/Cunningham
C: Pek/Stiemmsma
Imo, the trade really seems to fill in all their gaps, but sacrifices a top-tier guy to do it.

If you want a 4 who can shoot (albeit one with a much, much shorter window) as your third star, you'd have better odds of trading Lin and Asik for Dirk -- assuming Cuban is ready to blow it up.

Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew NO. You do realize this is a Houston board, right? I mean like, before even getting into Dirk being like 80 years old.

i rather have Ryan Anderson than Kevin Love
Love isn't worth max contract

Oh he's worth it. We could fit more parts around Anderson. I think the tradeoff for Love is worth it if he's healthy.