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This scenario takes a longer-term, more flexible approach to the Wolves winning.

Trade: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7q36awa
Minnesota clears future cap-space, Dallas sheds Odom/gets Barea back, Toronto sees if Odom has rededicated himself, otherwise they keep Ridnour as a cheaper starter, solid back-up if they choose Lillard or Marshall in the draft or pursue Nash.
Draft @ #18: Terrence Ross

Rubio/Calderon/Lee
Ross/Ellington/Lee
Williams/
Love/
Pekovic/

*We'd be sitting at $41 million in salary w/ 6 players to sign.http://www.hoopsworld.com/2012-nba-free-agents
Could try to offer Batum 4yrs/$48 mil or
Sign: Matt Barnes @ 1yr/4 mil - Humphries/Bass @ 1 yr-$6 mil or Hill @ 1yr/$3 mil - Fesenko/Stiemsma/Pryzbilla @ 1yr/1.5 mil. All could be 2 yr player options. Idea is to save cap-space.

Going into the following year we have a core of:

Rubio/Lee
Ross/Lee
Williams/
Love/
Pekovic/
*Decline Ellington QO - Accept Pek's QO
*We'd have $31.1 mil in salary for roughly $27 mil in cap-space

Free agents
http://www.hoopsworld.com/2013-nba-free-agents
Monta Ellis (ETO)
Andre Iguodala (ETO)
Kevin Martin
Manu Ginobli
Tony Allen
JJ Redick
Tony Morrow
James Harden (R)
Josh Smith
Dorrell Wright
Kyle Korver
DeJuan Blair
Serge Ibaka (R)
Dwight Howard
Andrew Bynum
Tiago Splitter
Zaza Puchulia
Timofey Mozgov

$0.02
Keep Ridnour and trade Barea/Johnson for Calderon.
Then trade Ridnour for value (TPE + 1st round pick maybe?)

Narf wrote:$0.02
Keep Ridnour and trade Barea/Johnson for Calderon.
Then trade Ridnour for value (TPE + 1st round pick maybe?)

Very good idea!

I'd be happy if we could get a wing prospect at 18(Ross / Quincy Miller / Harkless), sign another wing with our caproom, and then move one of Barea/Ridnour for a future pick or a backup big. Allow Derrick to try to play more of a combo forward(if he can't take the SF spot full-time), and allow guys like Lee / #18 / Williams to develop along with Rubio/Pek/Love.

[RCG] wrote:

Narf wrote:$0.02
Keep Ridnour and trade Barea/Johnson for Calderon.
Then trade Ridnour for value (TPE + 1st round pick maybe?)

Very good idea!

Makes a lot of sense for us.

Call me crazy, especially as the #1 resident Wes Johnson hater, but I feel like we should see what he can do after a proper summer and training camp. I don't think his trade value can get much worse at this point, so we don't really have anything to lose.

Calderon would make 11.6M next year after his trade kicker. Barea and Wes will make about a combined $8.8M.

^ Agree on waiting it out on Wes. His value can really only go up from here on out. If he can show that he can be a + defender and shoot near 40% from three then he could have a solid value to people around the league.

We know he has the talent to at least be a solid starter (like he was supposed to be from day 1). I really don't think he takes the game seriously. I hope he has a strong off-season and is really fed up with the way he looked and really turns it around. I hope he has a shooting coach with him all off-season.

We all would like it if he could take it in more often but if he can at least sit in the corner and hit most of his 3s and continue to play solid defense, he'll be alright.

moss_is_1 wrote:^ Agree on waiting it out on Wes. His value can really only go up from here on out. If he can show that he can be a + defender and shoot near 40% from three then he could have a solid value to people around the league.

If he did that, he would have solid value for the Wolves!

Ross wont be available @ 18

I'd honestly rather sell the 18 for cash rather than waste it on Ross. We'd be much better off combining the 18 with Webster's pseudo-expiring for Wes Matthews (or something similar).

AQuintus wrote:I'd honestly rather sell the 18 for cash rather than waste it on Ross. We'd be much better off combining the 18 with Webster's pseudo-expiring for Wes Matthews (or something similar).

It' be a waste on Ross because...?

[RCG] wrote:

AQuintus wrote:I'd honestly rather sell the 18 for cash rather than waste it on Ross. We'd be much better off combining the 18 with Webster's pseudo-expiring for Wes Matthews (or something similar).

It' be a waste on Ross because...?

Because Ross wouldn't ever play for three reasons. 1. He's a rookie, and Adelman doesn't play rookies. 2. He can't dribble at all, and Adelman wants wings who can dribble. 3. He's a Wes Johnson clone, and we all ready have the original (who shouldn't play ever either).

AQuintus wrote:Because Ross wouldn't ever play for three reasons. 1. He's a rookie, and Adelman doesn't play rookies. 2. He can't dribble at all, and Adelman wants wings who can dribble. 3. He's a Wes Johnson clone, and we all ready have the original (who shouldn't play ever either).

+11111111

UPDATE:

Our team as it stands:
Rubio/Ridnour/Barea
Webster/Ellington/Lee
Budinger/Johnson
Love/Williams
Pekovic/Milicic/Miller

*Miller retires
*Amnesty Milicic
*trade Webster + Memphis '13 1st for JJ Redick

Rubio/Ridnour/Barea
Redick/Ellington/Lee
Budinger/Johnson
Love/Williams
Pekovic/
*Under this scenario we are sitting at $49 mil w/ 11 players

Targets:
C - Asik, Stiemsma,
SG - Lee, G. Green, Roy, Shved

Re Ross: Probably doesn't matter. Everyone seems to have him in the lottery right now and he got invited to attend the draft, which provides some further indication that he probably wasn't going to be around at 18.

[RCG] wrote:SG - Lee, G. Green, Roy

I don't think the team would have any interest in these guys.

AQuintus wrote:

[RCG] wrote:SG - Lee, G. Green, Roy

I don't think the team would have any interest in these guys.

Ha probably not. I think they'd be good fits though. And Roy is rumored to be a target.