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Turnover_21 wrote:

Tirion wrote:

Turnover_21 wrote:And again your boy Kevin Love just met with grandpa Glenn and apparently they are on the same page and I can bet money that the page is called winning more games in near future.

They met because Taylor needs to sell tickets for the 2nd half of the season, so he was asking Love to play in March-April.

Short-term cash rules everyting around Papa Glen. Often to the detriment of the other aspects of franchise managment.

You're wrong. Taylor has Rubio to sell tickets and it's not hard to see why. As you might have noticed Love fell out of favor with alot of fans. So I think the meeting was more to clear the air and to see if Love may want to change address. So far he said that he wants to stick around for now.

First, though, Taylor said, the Wolves (19-31 at the all-star break) have to get through this season.

"And see how it goes," he said.

Taylor told Love that it's important for the owner to find out, "at some point in time," if he can play toward the end of the season.

"Because that will give us some information," he said.

Love, a two-time all-star, hasn't played since fracturing his right hand Jan. 3 in Denver.

Taylor said his chat with Love "wasn't any big secret. We just talked about things. My concern is how is he coming, getting ready, his physical shape. He says he's doing all those things and I really believe him. He's hopeful (to return by) mid-March. It's up to the doctor, the trainers, how well he feels. I think it's important that we communicate."

Tirion wrote:When was the last time he was in the tax tho?

southern wolf wrote:

Tirion wrote:When was the last time he was in the tax tho?

We haven't had a playoff calibre squad to warrant it in years.

southern wolf wrote:

Tirion wrote:When was the last time he was in the tax tho?

We haven't had a playoff calibre squad to warrant it in years.

Worm Guts wrote:Which borderline all-star did we trade for 2nd round picks?

Tirion wrote:

Worm Guts wrote:Which borderline all-star did we trade for 2nd round picks?

Big Al.

Worm Guts wrote:

Tirion wrote:

Worm Guts wrote:Which borderline all-star did we trade for 2nd round picks?

Big Al.

We got 2 firsts for Al.

Tirion wrote:Ah yes, I forgot.

What happened to this two picks, btw?

Tirion wrote:Ah yes, I forgot.

What happened to this two picks, btw?

The J Rocka wrote:Think last year (18) was from Jazz which turned into Budinger and we have the Grizzlies lotto protected 1st (25) this year.

So what about the two draft picks obtained in the Jefferson deal?

Well, with the 2011 pick, the Wolves took seven-footer Donatas Motiejunas — and dealt him that same night along with Jonny Flynn to Houston in exchange for Brad Miller, Nikola Mirotic, Chandler Parsons and a future first-round pick. By far the most valuable of the players in that haul turned out to be Parsons — whom Kahn immediately traded back to Houston that night for cash. Parsons currently ranks second on the Rockets, who have a record of 29-26, in minutes, points and rebounds. Of the others, Miller played 146 minutes over 15 games with the Wolves and was involved in another trade that won’t be explained because it would complicate this saga too much, which you’ll realize after you read the next paragraph.

Mirotic? He was traded that same very busy June draft night to the Chicago Bulls for Norris Cole, Malcolm Lee and cash and has yet to play an NBA game. Cole? Traded to Miami on that same frenzied June evening with cash and a future second-round pick in exchange for Bojan Bogdanovic. Cole is now the backup point guard, ranked eighth in minutes, for the defending champion Heat, who currently have a record of 36-14. Bogdanovic? Traded to New Jersey (now Brooklyn) on that same uncontrollable June night for the Nets second-round draft pick in 2013—and cash.

Fortunately, this blizzard of transactions ends with one silver lining for the Wolves. In exchange for Utah’s top pick in the 2012 draft that they received in the Jefferson deal, Minnesota acquired Chase Budinger from Houston.

Klomp wrote:

The J Rocka wrote:Think last year (18) was from Jazz which turned into Budinger and we have the Grizzlies lotto protected 1st (25) this year.

The Grizz pick was Montiejunas. We got this years Grizz pick back in that deal.

Vindicater wrote:I am confused as to why we can't give up the Memphis pick to Phoenix?

Vindicater wrote:I am confused as to why we can't give up the Memphis pick to Phoenix?