Looking ahead to the offseason

[Klomp]

Mayo definitely has one quality making him an offseason target...his beard

[lazfa199]

After watching Mayo again I must say that this guy is a definition of average and his stats back this up. Rudy Gay on the contrary always kills us and looks very impressive though his season stats could better. But I like him a lot for our roster.
So Gay for Williams, Johnson, Barea going to Philly and Iguodala going to Memphis.

you take one game with limited minutes to call him average, thank god turnover_21 is not running this franchise...

[Devilzsidewalk]

average is a huge upgrade and a sensible signing to add to an above average center/PF/PG. If we can get an average SG and SF to round out the starting 5, I'll be delighted.

[touchedbyPek]

no, no, no. Rudy Gay was an option before his massive contract. Now theres no way we could afford him, Love and Rubio.

[Turnover_21]

After watching Mayo again I must say that this guy is a definition of average and his stats back this up. Rudy Gay on the contrary always kills us and looks very impressive though his season stats could better. But I like him a lot for our roster.
So Gay for Williams, Johnson, Barea going to Philly and Iguodala going to Memphis.

you take one game with limited minutes to call him average, thank god turnover_21 is not running this franchise...

I said after watching Mayo again for the 4th time this season. In the 4 games vs wolves Mayo is averaging less than 9 ppg, he's shooting 10 out of 34 (atrocious) and 3 out 11 from distance. He's shooting just 40% over the last 2 seasons. I fail to see anything good about this player. Sorry Mayo fans.

[Turnover_21]

After watching Mayo again I must say that this guy is a definition of average

Average wing production gets this team into playoffs this season.
Wolves wings right now are the definition of atrocious.

With healthy trio of Rubio, Love and Pek we would be in the playoffs anyway. And Mayo would never propel us to the playoffs with all the injuries we had this season.

[Worm Guts]

no, no, no. Rudy Gay was an option before his massive contract. Now theres no way we could afford him, Love and Rubio.

Rubio is a long way from getting paid. Gay's contract actually expires before Rubio would be due an extension.

[Turnover_21]

no, no, no. Rudy Gay was an option before his massive contract. Now theres no way we could afford him, Love and Rubio.

Rubio is a long way from getting paid. Gay's contract actually expires before Rubio would be due an extension.

But, but, but Gay is paid so much that it doesn't matter to people who are too lazy to spent 3 minutes to crunch the salary numbers and realize that we can easily afford him. But I guess we still need salary cap to overpay someone like Mayo or Batum

[Stebo_SSK]

How would the T'wolves attain Rudy Gay? By trading who?

[C.lupus]

How would the T'wolves attain Rudy Gay? By trading who?

After watching Mayo again I must say that this guy is a definition of average and his stats back this up. Rudy Gay on the contrary always kills us and looks very impressive though his season stats could better. But I like him a lot for our roster.
So Gay for Williams, Johnson, Barea going to Philly and Iguodala going to Memphis.

If I'm reading this right it is:

To Wolves (from MEM): Gay
To Philly (from MIN): Williams, Johnson, Barea
To Memphis (from PHI): Iguadala

I'd do that deal in a heartbeat. I don't know if Memphis bites, though.

[Turnover_21]

How would the T'wolves attain Rudy Gay? By trading who?

Memphis may make Gay available due to their salary situation. They have 3 max salary type contracts(Gay, Gaso, Z-Bo) plus Conley on a sizable contract. They have 62 mil committed already for next season plus guys like Mayo, Arthur and Speights, Haddadi looking for new contracts. They are easily a lux tax team if the want good roster depth.

I think a multiple team trade would be needed to do something.
For instance:

Wolves get Gay
Memphis get Thornton, Barea, King's draft pick(5-6 so far)
Kings get Williams, Johnson.

Memphis gets a scorer in Thornton who can replace Gay's points and allows them to let Mayo walk , get a good backup PG in Barea and get a good pick (Barnes?). All three combined would make less money that Gay next season.

[Krapinsky]

Gay makes a lot of money and is not much of an improvement over Batum. I'd rather first attempt to go the route where we can get Batum for $ only and then still have Williams to deal.

[Turnover_21]

You're not getting Batum at reasonable price, blazers match all day. You're only getting a grossly overpaid Batum. I'd rather have an overpaid Gay because he's the better player.

[Krapinsky]

Monta Ellis might be a realistic get in the offseason. I can't imagine the Bucks going forward with a Jennings-Monta back court.

If we were able to get rid of Barea in the process, an Ellis trade could make some sense.

[touchedbyPek]

Yeah but do you really want to pay 30 million, to two players, and have cheap players everywhere else? We aren't the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics we can't just sign good players for bargains. And no we dont have to pay rubio right away, but hell i have no problem giving him his payday a year or two earlier. And we're gonna have to pay Pek soon too.