Wolves show interests in David Lee

[Darko Miliminutes]

Lee is that bad on defense...his D is absolutely horrible. You do not want D Lee.

Competent D is needed to compete. Good D is needed to win. Great D is needed to contend. Lee's horrible and i mean HORRIBLE D will keep this club in chitsville.

[Krapinsky]

Yeah, just noticed Lee is about the exact same size as Love. I don't see how they can play together effectively. I now completely doubt any interest.

[Basti]

if we somehow could trade Al first for whatever value he has I could see some interest in signing Lee but I don't want to risk having two defensive liabilities with 10+ million dollar contracts on our roster.

[jordananderson]

if we somehow could trade Al first for whatever value he has I could see some interest in signing Lee but I don't want to risk having two defensive liabilities with 10+ million dollar contracts on our roster.

we arent trading Al because he is a liability on defense, we are trading him because he cant play with Kevin Love.

[jpatrick]

As stated above, the problem with Lee is that he has no length. He's basically the same size as Love therefore zero chance they could play together. Mix in the fact he is horrific at D, which is not a strength of Love or Jefferson, I can't see how either could work paired with either.

[jordananderson]

Right, we could go after Tyson Chandler or Tyrus Thomas? I still really would like them to acquire Anthony Randolph but those dreams have diminished.

[[RCG]]

I'd be ready for Kahn to leave if he is actually targeting David Lee, we already have Kevin Love, they're basically the same.

[PHTown]

This rumour is just another example of "reporters" (see what I did there?) tying MN to any trade/subpar FA signing. The only, only!, reason you bring lee in is if both Al and Love are gone.

Even Kahn's view of value is not so bad as to bring another undersized PF value in to the mix. Maybe in next years draft.....zing!....sob....

[Basti]

if we somehow could trade Al first for whatever value he has I could see some interest in signing Lee but I don't want to risk having two defensive liabilities with 10+ million dollar contracts on our roster.

we arent trading Al because he is a liability on defense, we are trading him because he cant play with Kevin Love.

and you think Lee could actually play together with Love? I highly doubt it.

[jordananderson]

Touche

[shangrila]

I can see how this could work, but if it happened I'd still be upset. I mean the major reason(excuse) for shipping out Al has been defense, defense, he doesn't fit in offensively, and defense. If they get Lee, who is not very defensively capable, that just shows that the FO is a bunch of liars.

I'm getting tired of Kahn spinning things to make them sound good, only to make a move that completely contradicts what he said to defend a previous deal. It makes sense to say something like "we love Al, and we would't consider trading him, but you always take phone calls, and it would have to be a good package." something like that raises value. I just get annoyed when he talks about how good someone is, then trades them, or justifys a move by saying it helps our size, defense, cap space, etc....when the next move hurts one or multiple of the justifications.

When has Kahn ever said they're trading AL because he sucks at defense? To the contrary they're trading Al because they don't think he can play with Love and he doesn't fit with the open court running team they want to instill.

I thought this was a weird comment to make. He doesn't fit with Love defensively and they've said as much a couple of times, so obviously one of the reasons they're moving him is defensively. The other two are probably his contract and how he doesn't fit in the offence.

[Krapinsky]

Breakdown = defense, defense, defense
Me = He can't play with Love (both 4's)/doesn't fit offense
You = that's weird, doesn't fit with Love defensively

Not fitting and being a terrible defender (which I thought Breakdown was saying) are two different things. He can't adequately defend the 5. However, I don't think the front office feels Love is a better defender at the 4 position than Jefferson. Rather Jefferson has that huge contract, is older, and doesn't fit the offense as well, so at the 4 spot they're picking Love > Jefferson

[shangrila]

Oh, my mistake. I thought that was what you were talking about when you said you thought it was because they can't play together.

[horaceworthy]

Consider the source. Alex is connected with the magic and some other Eastern teams but to my knowledge he knows jack about the wolves.

It makes no sense if we sell Al for pennies on the dollar because of his defense and then turn around and sign someone at a similar rate that is arguably a worse defender.

Surprised the thread made it past this post. Isn't this the same 17 year old kid that stirred up Rubio to the Knicks scuttlebutt during the season?