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Fast forward to the draft lottery (I hope this doesn't happen to you guys, cause I know how much it sucked), what if the Twolves get a #3-5 pick.

Would you guys consider trading that to move down for Hasheem Thabeet. I think he'd be a great fit next to Big Al...and a couple of the "throw-in" possibilities could be nice:

Portland: #13/Rudy Fernandez

pg- rudy fernandez/randy foye
sg- rashard mccants/randy foye
sf- corey brewer/ryan gomes
pf- al jefferson/craig smith
c- hasheem thabeet/al jefferson

that's a young 8 man rotation i would be extremely excited about

no way. Thabeet isn't on my radar and helping Portland is the very last thing we need to be doing. We need quality over quantity.

big3_8_19_21 wrote:no way. Thabeet isn't on my radar and helping Portland is the very last thing we need to be doing. We need quality over quantity.

Exactly

i believe people who post trade ideas that have 'rashard mccants' in them should be banned from this forum. you obviously dont follow the team, and dont know what our needs are. at minimum, get the name right, bro.

Do a lot of people look at Rudy Fernandez's value like he's a guy that is so valuable he could move a late lottery pick into a 3-5 pick, and push Randy Foye to the bench? I hear hype, but ...

Also, I'm not sure Thabeet ends up being a lottery pick.

I'm not against trading down to pick up a center if we have the 5 pick. But that package doesn't do it for me. If we have a 1-4 pick, I'd keep it.

Jimmy103 wrote:Fast forward to the draft lottery (I hope this doesn't happen to you guys, cause I know how much it sucked), what if the Twolves get a #3-5 pick.

Would you guys consider trading that to move down for Hasheem Thabeet. I think he'd be a great fit next to Big Al...and a couple of the "throw-in" possibilities could be nice:

Portland: #13/Rudy Fernandez

pg- rudy fernandez/randy foye
sg- rashard mccants/randy foye
sf- corey brewer/ryan gomes
pf- al jefferson/craig smith
c- hasheem thabeet/al jefferson

that's a young 8 man rotation i would be extremely excited about

This isnt even close to correct value wise to move up ~10 spots for POR.

The guys who MN could currently get at 3-5 would provide way more value than Fernandez imo.

Current MN Fans voted this way in another thread:

1. Rose
2. Beasley
3. Mayo
4. Lopez
5. Randolph

For the wolves....
Mayo > Thabeet + Rudy
Lopez > Thabeet + Rudy
Randolpoh > Thabeet + Rudy

Fernandez has close to no value imo. Especially to the guard heavy wolves. Channing Frye would make more sense for the wolves, but doesn't make it any better.

Would I consider trading down? Yes. But not that trade, not with Portland unless they severely overpay, and probably not for Thabeet.