"Major deal" with POR?

[jpatrick]

Until Pek proves he is healthy enough to play fulltime, we would have to attach a major asset to dump him. I have to think this was maybe a Bennett for top 55 protected second round pick type discussion. Although, I wouldn't call that "major."

[NewWolvesOrder]

Cap Room would almost certainly mean Pek.

Portland is $19 mil under the cap, so anything is pretty much open.

I think cap room would mean Bennett

The Wolves can decline Bennett's option for 2016-2017, so he doesn't really affect Minnesota's cap space next off-season. The only player that the Wolves would want to move that impacts next year's cap space is Pek.

They still have to pay Bennett almost 6 mil. Taylor may not like it.

[wolves_89]

I think cap room would mean Bennett

The Wolves can decline Bennett's option for 2016-2017, so he doesn't really affect Minnesota's cap space next off-season. The only player that the Wolves would want to move that impacts next year's cap space is Pek.

They still have to pay Bennett almost 6 mil. Taylor may not like it.

The Wolves owner being cheap is a different discussion that one where cap space is the primary concern.

I think Bennett has some value as salary filler for a trade deadline deal. If the Wolves look to make a move at the deadline with one of their young guys, attaching Bennett allows them to bring back a player with considerably more salary. That flexibility could really be useful since I think Minnesota's TPEs are going to expire soon.

[guest81]

I herd it was Lillard and a 1st for Rubio. Wolves turned it down though. They thought Lillard was too young to be considered a mentor to Tyus Jones at this point

[NewWolvesOrder]

I herd it was Lillard and a 1st for Rubio. Wolves turned it down though. They thought Lillard was too young to be considered a mentor to Tyus Jones at this point

Troll81?

[NewWolvesOrder]

POR is under the cap and they are a good trade partner.
Pek + Bennett for Kaman i thought was the trade. It makes sense for both teams.
Martin is too valuable for our team to trade him.

Kaman/Bennett swap may work. But why would Portland subject themselves to paying Pek 36 mil over 3 years? Do people even think before posting?

[Feilong]

POR is under the cap and they are a good trade partner.
Pek + Bennett for Kaman i thought was the trade. It makes sense for both teams.
Martin is too valuable for our team to trade him.

Kaman/Bennett swap may work. But why would Portland subject themselves to paying Pek 36 mil over 3 years? Do people even think before posting?

Yes some of us think before posting.
a) It was about a major deal (tweet) and Bennett alone is not a major deal.
b) Only "major" players that MIN would trade are Pekovic and Martin, and we badly need Martin's shooting. That leaves only Pekovic.
c) The trade had something to do with cap room (tweet) which means we were sending more salary than we were receiving.
d) POR has only Lillard and maybe Plumlee. For the next 2-3 years they are gathering picks and players. Because they are under the cap they can gamble. Pekovic health and Bennett's talent are exactly this, gambles.

[NewWolvesOrder]

haha you indeed seriously think that Blazers could take on Pek without major incentive?! I'm speechless. Please don't tell me that Bennett is that incentive

And some people around here make fun of Knicks fans

[Note30]

haha you indeed seriously think that Blazers could take on Pek without major incentive?! I'm speechless. Please don't tell me that Bennett is that incentive

And some people around here make fun of Knicks fans

... I mean, I'm sure you realize they are rebuilding so they will take picks right?

[NewWolvesOrder]

haha you indeed seriously think that Blazers could take on Pek without major incentive?! I'm speechless. Please don't tell me that Bennett is that incentive

And some people around here make fun of Knicks fans

... I mean, I'm sure you realize they are rebuilding so they will take picks right?

Nowhere in his post the guy mentioned picks.....I mean, I'm sure you realize that Kaman for Bennett/Pek is a homer proposal.

[Note30]

haha you indeed seriously think that Blazers could take on Pek without major incentive?! I'm speechless. Please don't tell me that Bennett is that incentive

And some people around here make fun of Knicks fans

... I mean, I'm sure you realize they are rebuilding so they will take picks right?

Nowhere in his post the guy mentioned picks.....I mean, I'm sure you realize that.

You are right. I guess I just assumed picks would also be included.

[Worm Guts]

The major deal made me think Rubio-Lillard, but I'm not sure how that would fit with the cap space part.

[Vindicater]

I herd it was Lillard and a 1st for Rubio. Wolves turned it down though. They thought Lillard was too young to be considered a mentor to Tyus Jones at this point

Absolutely fantastic.

[Dame Lizard]

The major deal made me think Rubio-Lillard, but I'm not sure how that would fit with the cap space part.

There is absolutely zero chance of that happening.

I think it's clearly just a case of exaggerated journalism. A Pekovic salary dump must be his definition of "major deal" to draw in media interest.

The only player the Blazers would trade Lillard for is Wiggins, which the Wolves would obviously not agree to (and Olshey loves Lillard so he'd be thinking long and hard too, despite the fact that Wiggins > Lillard value wise).

I absolutely don't think Portland would trade Lillard for K-Towns tbh, even if the value is there. (Lillard's the face of the Franchise, the fans LOVE him, has never missed an NBA game in his first 3 seasons, and a proven All Star). It'd be a pretty big F-U to the fans if he were to be traded, given he's young enough to attempt a successful rebuild. We're already going to be a bottom 5 team in the league, replace Lillard with Towns and we'd be 76ers bad.

I know there's a lot of Rubio lovers amongst the T-Wolves fans, but in the open market Lillard's value >>> Rubio's value.

I think Rubio's a good fit for you anyway going forward, given Minnesota's hope is that Wiggins evolves into a premier scorer in the league.

[shakendfries]

The major deal made me think Rubio-Lillard, but I'm not sure how that would fit with the cap space part.

Rubio and Martin for Lillard + a throwaway like Plumlee?

[Saltine]

Flip isn't trading Rubio.

[PharmD]

The major deal made me think Rubio-Lillard, but I'm not sure how that would fit with the cap space part.

Rubio and Martin for Lillard + a throwaway like Plumlee?

Why would Portland do this? They're pretty much committed to rebuilding around Lillard. Martin has ~no value to them.

[Tekkenlaw]

lol, mods getting butthurt and locking threads in trades and transactions because twolves fans thought Rubio-Lavine-Shabazz-Dieng-Bjelica-two firsts for Lillard would be a bad trade.

[Klomp]

lol, mods getting butthurt and locking threads in trades and transactions because twolves fans thought Rubio-Lavine-Shabazz-Dieng-Bjelica-two firsts for Lillard would be a bad trade.

That's not why the thread was locked. Try again.

[NikolaPekovic]

Flip isn't trading Rubio.

Flip tried to trade him for Bledsoe last year. Also would've taken D'Angelo 2nd in the draft, which would eventually lead to Ricky being traded.


Us Wolves fans probably value Rubio higher than Flip.