Lawson traded to the Nuggets

[cpfsf]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/news/story?id=4287786

The Minnesota Timberwolves say they will trade North Carolina guard Ty Lawson after making him the 18th pick in the NBA draft.

A Timberwolves spokesman would not discuss the trade because it had not been officially announced Thursday night.

The Timberwolves had already picked up guards Ricky Rubio at No. 5 and Jonny Flynn at No. 6. They have no room for Lawson, who led the Tar Heels to the national championship last season.

[prefuse73]

That was a great move. Nobody there worth the pick, so now we flip it for a 2nd 1st rounder next year. Its the Bobcats pick so there is a decent chance that its in the lottery.

[Coda]

Agreed. Great trade. Pick info from http://www.realgm.com/src_future_draftpicks.php below:

2010 first round draft pick to Denver
Charlotte’s own 2010 1st round pick to Denver (top 12 protected in 2010, top 10 protected in 2011, top 8 protected in 2012, top 3 protected in 2013, and unprotected in the 2014 NBA Draft). [Charlotte-Denver, 6/25/2008]

Charlotte tends to suck so this is worth much more than a 3rd backup point. Anyways we all would have gladly tossed the 18 in with the 5 for Rubio. Daye and Clark were gone too. This tradw works for me. Now if we can flip Flynn to Portland for Fernandez and Outlaw...

That may make our 5 pick a little more happy too.

[Klomp]

That was a great move. Nobody there worth the pick, so now we flip it for a 2nd 1st rounder next year. Its the Bobcats pick so there is a decent chance that its in the lottery.

Try a 3rd 1st rounder, and if its in the lottery, unless they were a top-2 non-playoff team, we wouldn't get it anyways.

[shrink]

I'm always happy to play for 2010.

Good trade.

[IndoViking]

Good trade by kahn because 2010 is deeper than this year's class (not even counting late risers ala flynn this year). And it was a great laugh when we picked lawson for 2 minutes anyway