shrink wrote:thinktank wrote:shrink wrote:I agree, and I’m thinking more about December, when we might have some matching salary.
Branch Ricky once said, “Trade a player a year too early, not a year too late.” That makes me wonder if Minott and Garza (and filler) (traded too early) would bring back Suggs (traded too late)?
Finally, it wouldn’t hurt icy Minnesota’s reputation if players saw that the organization was willing to trade players to teams that could further their career, rather than keep them locked away where it would take other players’ injuries for them to advance.
But why do that deal?
Garza looks like a pure scoring big man. That’s great to have.
Minott looking like he can pass it some? Teardrop?
Suggs is a project too. We have Clark who appears to be a defender.
How many points will Garza score for Minnesota with no minutes?
How many passes will Minott make if he’s firmly planted on the bench?
I agree those guys have those qualities, but they won’t have nearly the chance to produce in Minnesota, buried behind four substantially better, win-now bigs, versus some other teams where they would actually get playing time because they would be on the edge of another team’s rotation. That makes them more valuable to them than to us, and potential trade commodities.
I see Ant, KAT, Gobert, McDaniels, Conley, Naz or SloMo as more valuable to us, our continuity, and our desire to win now.
As for Suggs specifically, I just wanted to use him as an example. I don’t have the time to research him. But off the top of my head, he does have some qualities I like. Namely, some experience to help now (Clark is two years away), young, not expensive (yet!), on a PG-laden team, and with local ties. But some other young (2nd or third year) PG could work, and have Clark coming up behind later.
Garza likely will score very little for the Wolves, but hey he's going to set the G League all time scoring record.
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