Woj: DLo to Minny for Wiggins

Pharmcat · Post #901 » by **Pharmcat** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:18 pm

Bolivar wrote:
Pharmcat wrote:Gsw dynasty starts again next year

Doesn't this guy have a bad rep on GB for something? Time to rise up

Even a dead clock is right twice a day :rock:

whatisacenter · Post #902 » by **whatisacenter** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:26 pm

whatisacenter wrote:I like the trade for the Warriors. I hope I get to pound my chest and say I told you so.

Oh, and all the Warriors fans pining for J West should just go root for the Clippers.

Ha, I TOLD YOU SO!!! :lol:

CobraCommander · Post #903 » by **CobraCommander** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:36 pm

Dubious Handles wrote:

CobraCommander · Post #904 » by **CobraCommander** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:39 pm

ShootersShoot wrote:Imagine this core

KAT
Kuminga
Wiggins
Edwards

Imagine this core

Curry, Klay, Wiggins, wiseman, looney, Kuminga, Dray,Poole, Payton - wait...

UcanUwill · Post #905 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:08 pm

Wow, I was so WRONG on this one, I was drinking DLo cool aid hard. Wiggins found redemption.

Ballerhogger · Post #906 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:23 pm

Just wow

jc23 · Post #907 » by **jc23** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:28 pm

Flash Falcon X wrote:223 people really said Minnesota won this trade lol

lol, a championship is not enough i need more, i need retribution for past slights!

its cool tho i think each of the last 3 fanbases did the same thing on the GB.

sp6r=underrated · Post #908 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:09 pm

LoveMyRaps wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:The evolution of superstar Wiggins begins now.
Warriors won this deal. By a landslide.

LoveMyRaps wrote:Toronto boy moving from Minny to the Bay

That's exactly how Wiggins is feeling right now.
All the haters better keep that same energy when he turns into a star in Golden State.

4 pages in, I was the first to call this trade a win for the Warriors.

WHERE ALL THE HATERS AT NOW???

Wiggins is only getting started.
Stardom awaits for the 27 year old NBA champ.

If he's a star NBA has between 100-300 stars

MrGoat · Post #909 » by **MrGoat** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:49 pm

Was still a win win. Minnesota wouldn't have made the playoffs had they held on to Wiggins, they needed a shake up and so did Wiggins

Dubs 707 · Post #910 » by **Dubs 707** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:34 am

MrGoat wrote:Wiggins would still be trash on the Wolves

Durant would still be ringless on the Thunder.

Jerry Maine · Post #911 » by **Jerry Maine** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:55 am

Voting on this should be locked going forward.

But keep the comments coming. :lol:

+1 to the guys who got it wrong and came back for their medicine.

BoatsNZones · Post #912 » by **BoatsNZones** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:57 am

The next time the Warriors do literally anything, RGM just needs to sit back and figure out why they’re wrong if they have the opposite take.

azwfan · Post #913 » by **azwfan** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:58 am

Domejandro wrote:
NBA4Lyfe wrote:i still dont know why the nets had to include dangelo russell in that sign and trade. they already had kd

They got a lightly protected First-Round Draft Pick out of it.

They got a heavily protected first out of it, which ended up being a 2nd in 2025.
Memphis is the one who got the 1st for taking Iguodala.

Coxy · Post #914 » by **Coxy** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:18 am

MrGoat wrote:Was still a win win. Minnesota wouldn't have made the playoffs had they held on to Wiggins, they needed a shake up and so did Wiggins

I don't think it was a win/win.

Giving up those picks was unnecessary from the Wolves side. The Warriors wouldn't have had any other takers for D-Lo at that time, on a max deal. How Myers turned that into a position of strength with the Wolves front office, hats off to Bob.

Also, the Wolves gave into their man-child stars request to play with his friend. Jimmy Butler's melt down rant at that practice before he was traded, should have sounded massive culture alarms at the Wolves, which is led by their franchise player. Butler was trying to let the front office know, you have a poor winning culture here and your star players don't care. So what did they do? Traded Butler, then traded for a vastly inferior player in D-Lo to appease their franchise player who is the head of the poor culture snake. It was a bad move as it further cemented that poor, weak management. It went so bad, that they ended up getting the number 1 pick in the draft, which in a way was the best thing for them, cause Edwards (along with the sale of the team), could be the thing that gets them out of the hump long term.

I get that they wanted to move Wiggins to shake things up, but they didn't need to trade the picks, and they shouldn't have given into KAT's demands, because D-Lo was never going to do anything for winning games.

F Saunders · Post #915 » by **F Saunders** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:44 am

Coxy wrote:Jimmy Butler's melt down rant at that practice before he was traded, should have sounded massive culture alarms at the Wolves, which is led by their franchise player.

Jimmy Butler & Thibs were the leaders of the culture. Jimmy Butler froze out the team’s best scorer in 4th quarters & playoffs because he didn’t like KAT. Jimmy Butler couldn’t handle making less than Andrew Wiggins, so he threw a temper-tantrum. But yeah, it was KAT (who was 22, on a team that hadn’t made the playoffs in 13 years) who was the cause of the poor culture.

Coxy wrote:I get that they wanted to move Wiggins to shake things up, but they didn't need to trade the picks

Yes, they did.

Coxy wrote:D-Lo was never going to do anything for winning games.

Wolves were 39-26 with DLo, 7-10 without him, and losing the play-in if not for him. He contributed more to winning last year more than Wiggins did in 5.5 years.

MrGoat · Post #916 » by **MrGoat** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:45 am

Coxy wrote:
MrGoat wrote:Was still a win win. Minnesota wouldn't have made the playoffs had they held on to Wiggins, they needed a shake up and so did Wiggins

I don't think it was a win/win.

Giving up those picks was unnecessary from the Wolves side. The Warriors wouldn't have had any other takers for D-Lo at that time, on a max deal. How Myers turned that into a position of strength with the Wolves front office, hats off to Bob.

Also, the Wolves gave into their man-child stars request to play with his friend. Jimmy Butler's melt down rant at that practice before he was traded, should have sounded massive culture alarms at the Wolves, which is led by their franchise player. Butler was trying to let the front office know, you have a poor winning culture here and your star players don't care. So what did they do? Traded Butler, then traded for a vastly inferior player in D-Lo to appease their franchise player who is the head of the poor culture snake. It was a bad move as it further cemented that poor, weak management. It went so bad, that they ended up getting the number 1 pick in the draft, which in a way was the best thing for them, cause Edwards (along with the sale of the team), could be the thing that gets them out of the hump long term.

I get that they wanted to move Wiggins to shake things up, but they didn't need to trade the picks, and they shouldn't have given into KAT's demands, because D-Lo was never going to do anything for winning games.

Wiggins wasn't going to do anything to help Minny win games, their non playoffs streak without Jimmy Butler dragging them there that one time would still be stretching out to 2004 without that trade. Towns was a disaster in the play in game, they wouldn't have gotten further without D Lo showing up in that one. Wiggins being complete trash in Minnesota was one of the big reasons Butler wanted out in the first place. It was a win win

Hello Brooklyn · Post #917 » by **Hello Brooklyn** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:52 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Light years.

Comment of the thread

playoffs · Post #918 » by **playoffs** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:56 am

yesh wrote:And with that, the warriors have now closed Steph's window. Imagine a franchise trying to lump this on Lebron.

Exactly why LeBron is a terrible GM.

SpreeChokeJob · Post #919 » by **SpreeChokeJob** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:00 am

SpreeChokeJob wrote:I think Wiggins will be good for the Warriors. Better than Dlo for wolves. Wiggins is capable of playing D which is the most important piece.

The warriors constructed for next year will have three players in the starting rotation playing above average d. That will be huge. If they can get a center that can rebound and play above average defense then this team will be very hard to beat.

Looney is capable but he hasn’t been reliable in the health department.

At least I didn’t embarrass myself too much.

Swift21 · Post #920 » by **Swift21** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:41 am

F Saunders wrote:
Coxy wrote:Jimmy Butler's melt down rant at that practice before he was traded, should have sounded massive culture alarms at the Wolves, which is led by their franchise player.
Jimmy Butler & Thibs were the leaders of the culture. Jimmy Butler froze out the team’s best scorer in 4th quarters & playoffs because he didn’t like KAT. Jimmy Butler couldn’t handle making less than Andrew Wiggins, so he threw a temper-tantrum. But yeah, it was KAT (who was 22, on a team that hadn’t made the playoffs in 13 years) who was the cause of the poor culture.
Coxy wrote:I get that they wanted to move Wiggins to shake things up, but they didn't need to trade the picks
Yes, they did.
Coxy wrote:D-Lo was never going to do anything for winning games.
Wolves were 39-26 with DLo, 7-10 without him, and losing the play-in if not for him. He contributed more to winning last year more than Wiggins did in 5.5 years.

It definitely didn't translate in the first round. A 45 TS%, terrible shot selection and his typical lousy defense. He was so bad he got benched in crunch time in game 6 for McLaughlin.

Who won?