Kahn Podcast - Shrink will like it

Narf · Post #1 » by **Narf** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:38 pm

http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/index

He pretty much said he wants to keep Jefferson and Love. He said he wanted to keep the core pieces and evaluate them, then make a decision this summer (right after calling them a part of the core). So he's not planning on trading Jefferson, but that he might do a small trade and will see what's out there.

He also said he might take a lop sided trade with the cap space from a team looking to drop a financial burden.

Said you can make an argument that Pekovic is the best European big man and he wants to come over next season.

He feels that Al is still returning and isn't what he once was yet. So he wants to wait until Al get's back to what he was before he really evaluates what to do with the team.

Love is just emerging.
Pekovic
Hollins
Jawai has some intreging potential but is not an NBA big man right now.

So we have a lot of bigs

Said he does not know who he COULD get by trading cap space, and thinks it will change over the next 2 months as the owners see the financial hit they are going to take (especially with the luxury tax) over the next 2 years.

As much as a 7-29 team can say we are operating from a position of strength, and we're not we're 7-29, but we have some good young pieces here and will have some more next year.

Rubio/Flynn
We had to have a pointguard, and we know Rubio was almost for sure going to stay one more year. Not because of Minnesota, but because of where he was drafted. If he was drafted #1 or #2 he would have come over because he needed the money to mitigate the buyout. His buyout was 5.3 million dollars for the Euro team who will only have Rubio for 2 years, which tells you something about how good he is. Rubio would have had to pay most of that himself if he came to us.

Kahn has a lot of respect for Rubio's agent. If there was an award for toughest agent in the NBA, Fagen would win it. And at the end of the day, his family situation had a lot of influence in him saying. Rubio is playing well, especially the last few weeks, and Rubio decimated Madrid. But Drafting Flynn actually made him consider coming over, because he didn't want Flynn to have a 2 year head start on him.

Q- "Do teams inquire about Rubio still"
A- "Absolutely". You can make a very very short list of players that are so-called untouchables in our league. My preference far in away, though, is that Ricky Rubio play in Minnesota.

moss_is_1 · Post #2 » by **moss_is_1** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:42 pm

Thanks for posting this. very nice to hear.

Narf · Post #3 » by **Narf** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:46 pm

I forgot to post this part:
We had to have a pointguard, and we know Rubio was almost for sure going to stay one more year. Not because of Minnesota, but because of where he was drafted. And we REALLY like Flynn. I mean REALLY liked Flynn at Pointguard. And we didn't think that at our position talent wise that we could afford to draft for position, so we took the best player available.

Forgot that part. And your welcome

allweneedisLOVE · Post #4 » by **allweneedisLOVE** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:51 pm

In the words of Kahn, PATIENCE SUCKS.

lobishome · Post #5 » by **lobishome** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:14 pm

About teams inquiring about Rubio Kahn only says the logical answer if he want Rubio in Minnesota or if he want trade him. Nothing new.

shrink · Post #6 » by **shrink** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:15 pm

Thanks for posting this Narf.

Narf wrote: Said he does not know who he COULD get by trading cap space, and thinks it will change over the next 2 months as the owners see the financial hit they are going to take (especially with the luxury tax) over the next 2 years.

Fantastic! I've been trying to stress this point on the boards for the last six months, and I haven't been able to gain any traction.

These teams are owned by real people, as a real business, and there are real consequences when a business runs this far in the red. Teams that are losing lots of money, particularly smaller-market teams with lower net-worth owners, have to be drowning in debt. We're fortunate that Mr. Taylor can withstand these losses better than other teams, and I think we will see some unbelievable, Gasol-level trades nin the near future. I don't care how talented a player is -- if no one comes to the games and your franchise can't afford your payroll -- changes will be made.

John Doe [MIN] · Post #7 » by **John Doe [MIN]** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:26 pm

I haven't listened to this interview or the KFAN one yet. Can someone tell me if it's worth hearing them both or are they redundant?

Foye · Post #8 » by **Foye** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:28 pm

shrink wrote:Thanks for posting this Narf.

Narf wrote: Said he does not know who he COULD get by trading cap space, and thinks it will change over the next 2 months as the owners see the financial hit they are going to take (especially with the luxury tax) over the next 2 years.

Fantastic! I've been trying to stress this point on the boards for the last six months, and I haven't been able to gain any traction.

These teams are owned by real people, as a real business, and there are real consequences when a business runs this far in the red. Teams that are losing lots of money, particularly smaller-market teams with lower net-worth owners, have to be drowning in debt. We're fortunate that Mr. Taylor can withstand these losses better than other teams, and I think we will see some unbelievable, Gasol-level trades nin the near future. I don't care how talented a player is -- if no one comes to the games and your franchise can't afford your payroll -- changes will be made.

Let's hope we're one of the teams that can profit of that.

Krapinsky · Post #9 » by **Krapinsky** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:28 pm

John Doe [MN] wrote:I haven't listened to this interview or the KFAN one yet. Can someone tell me if it's worth hearing them both or are they redundant?

The NBA Today one encompasses the KFAN one, so listen to the NBA Today one.

Narf · Post #10 » by **Narf** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 9:28 pm

John Doe [MN] wrote:I haven't listened to this interview or the KFAN one yet. Can someone tell me if it's worth hearing them both or are they redundant?

I have not listened to the KFAN one, so I don't know. This one is worth listening to if you're bored and surfing the web, but not if you actually have something to do.

Biff Cooper · Post #11 » by **Biff Cooper** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:16 pm

This podcast is much better than the KFAN one.

PA does the interview without asking many good questions then after the interview goes on to state he didn't believe Rubio was ever going to be a Timberwolf, that he heard the rumor that Jefferson will be traded at the deadline, throws out a bunch of incorrect figures on TWolf salaries and contract lengths, and discusses with his sidekick what is left from the KG trade.

fattymcgee · Post #12 » by **fattymcgee** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:40 pm

Biff Cooper wrote:This podcast is much better than the KFAN one.

PA does the interview without asking many good questions then after the interview goes on to state he didn't believe Rubio was ever going to be a Timberwolf, that he heard the rumor that Jefferson will be traded at the deadline, throws out a bunch of incorrect figures on TWolf salaries and contract lengths, and discusses with his sidekick what is left from the KG trade.

PA is an idiot when it comes to basketball as the post above shows.

John Doe [MIN] · Post #13 » by **John Doe [MIN]** » Sat Jan 9, 2010 12:24 am

Thanks for the advice, guys. You saved me a half hour of dumb KFAN.