shrink wrote:Going into the off-season, I thought our roster had two big needs. One was the need since Rosas of adding a big that could rebound and protect the rim. The other need was more of a desire to do a consolidation trade, to give Connelly the roster spots to do what he does well - identify undervalued/young talent, and put them on the roster.
Connelly has done better than I could have even dreamed. Yes, he overpaid with draft picks, but Rudy Gobert kills two birds with one stone! With so many NBA stars picking their locations these days, I’m thrilled we got an All-NBA talent who is locked up, and wants to be here. And I am pleased with the players Connely added to fill our roster - win now talent with playoff experience.
I give Connelly a full A grade for his work this summer, making the Wolves a legitimate playoff team, far faster than I could ever have imagined.
Yeah, pretty much my thoughts. I've just realized that normally a TP and Kyle Anderson signings would be already an excellent off-season by MIN standards (remember Thibs deals to Teague, Hill, Aldrich, Shabazz, Dieng and Gibson) I remember how I was concerned by TC contract negotiations history and MPJ contract. But then TC and new owners just gambled the way I never dreamed before. It's really high stakes game now. But what I love about our situation right now is that our front office is still working due diligence, I like every move they made, but especially little things like unexpected Lawson two way contract, Pascal two way, Minott on Gupta special, Rivers and Forbes.
And now, all of the sudden we have all this guys AND Gobert AND Towns AND Edwards. It is absolutely insane!
