Who will be on the roster next year?

Post #21 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:01 pm

Until Beasley gets upset at a lose or at not getting the ball 40 times in the high post and starts yelling at all the players and the coaches and the newspaper asks "Worse than Ricky? hmm, worse than JR" and Foye does not resign, vets are smart enough to stay away. Al regresses but Beasley will get his 20 pts, give up his 25 and we will be in the lotto again and again and again and again until fans quit showing up, McHale dies and the team is sold to a warmer climate.

shrink · Post #22 » by **shrink** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:19 pm

I'm impressed with Gomes attitude, and I would like to keep him, if his price was fair as a back-up. Unfortunately, there are some teams out there that he would have a chance at starting besides us (MIL or NO, depending on injuries or trades), so I suspect we'd get outbid. I think its best we deal him now to a team who can use him short-term for a play-off run, and take a look at bringing him back in free agency.

Smith I've always loved, but I think he'd be better off elsewhere. He just doesn't fit with Al. He has legitimate trade value too, if we deal him soon enough.

I think Jaric is a useful player, but I would be happy if we could use Smith or Gomes to spring us from his contract. If he's here next year, I won't be upset.

Same for Telfair. I'd really like him to show me something, and I think he has the physical ability to do it. However, he better do it fast. I'm indifferent on Chris Richard. His pricetag will be low, but we might be tight on roster space.

andyhop · Post #23 » by **andyhop** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:40 am

revprodeji wrote:Everyone here likes Smith, but Smith's resigning is all about if he is content with a 15min roll and the pay that goes with it. if he is, then we keep him. Simple as that.

Bassy will not accept a QO, he did not earlier this year when we tried to resign him. Being that we tried to resign him I bet we try again. Of course, that depends on what we do draft wise.

I don't think Bassy is going to get too much interest around the league and may well end up signing his QO if that is the only deal on the table.

deeney0 · Post #24 » by **deeney0** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:49 am

revprodeji wrote:Until Beasley gets upset at a lose or at not getting the ball 40 times in the high post and starts yelling at all the players and the coaches and the newspaper asks "Worse than Ricky? hmm, worse than JR" and Foye does not resign, vets are smart enough to stay away. Al regresses but Beasley will get his 20 pts, give up his 25 and we will be in the lotto again and again and again and again until fans quit showing up, McHale dies and the team is sold to a warmer climate.

Vivid imagination. The best complementary player this team has ever had is a headcase named Sam Cassell.

Post #25 » by **revprodeji** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:45 am

yup. And when we were winning he was fine. But then his self-centered nature took over and not even KG could do anything to stop it.

glad you like the imagination. People talk about beasley like he is the love child of Bo Jackson and Michael Jordan. So I thought I could imagine also.

deeney0 · Post #26 » by **deeney0** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:00 am

He pouted when he wasn't given the extension he earned. That's not attitude, that's negotiation.

I haven't talked up Beasley like that, but look at how the other prospects are doing now that we're in league play - I thought that Beasley's production would decrease and some of the others would step up their games, but the opposite has happened.

shrink · Post #27 » by **shrink** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:06 am

deeney0 wrote:He pouted when he wasn't given the extension he earned. That's not attitude, that's negotiation.

"Earned?" He promised Taylor he wouldn't negotiate in the middle of the season, and then he did it anyway. When Taylor made him live up to his word, he pouted, faked injuries, and froze out players, all the while poisoning the clubhouse. Our team was the pre-season pick by many experts to win a ring for KG, and selfish, greedy Sam Cassell turned us into a team that couldn't even make the play-offs.

There is no player in MIN history, including Stephon Marbury, Christian Laettner, or JR Rider, that I loathe more than Sam Cassell.

deeney0 · Post #28 » by **deeney0** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:51 pm

Stephon Marbury, Terrell Brandon, Chauncey Billups.

None of those players helped KG get past the first round. Cassell deserved an immediate extension, especially considering he was a head case. It could have easily been predicted that Cassell would have acted like a child without an extension. All of the Wolves problems over the last 4 years started with not paying Cassell.

MN Die Hard · Post #29 » by **MN Die Hard** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:15 pm

revprodeji wrote:Until Beasley gets upset at a lose or at not getting the ball 40 times in the high post and starts yelling at all the players and the coaches and the newspaper asks "Worse than Ricky? hmm, worse than JR" and Foye does not resign, vets are smart enough to stay away. Al regresses but Beasley will get his 20 pts, give up his 25 and we will be in the lotto again and again and again and again until fans quit showing up, McHale dies and the team is sold to a warmer climate.

LOL Rev tell us what you REALLY think about drafting Beasley...

Post #30 » by **revprodeji** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:48 pm

Thought I would have some fun. be the Yin to the Yang of Beasley wang riding. Go ahead. Make it a sig.

Post #31 » by **C.lupus** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:35 pm

deeney0 wrote:Stephon Marbury, Terrell Brandon, Chauncey Billups.

None of those players helped KG get past the first round. Cassell deserved an immediate extension, especially considering he was a head case. It could have easily been predicted that Cassell would have acted like a child without an extension. All of the Wolves problems over the last 4 years started with not paying Cassell.

I'm with shrink on this one. Cassell may have been the best PG ever on this team and the closest thing to a second superstar but he was also a headcase. Maybe he deserved an extension, maybe not but, either way, he is a grown man and should behave like one. If he had acted professionally he would have gotten his extension and maybe the Wolves would have won a championship. Cassell is to blame for the aftermath, not the FO. The fact that it could be easily predicted that he would act like a child should be reason NOT to give him an immediate extension, not the other way around.

True superstars do not act like immature brats.