So does Lee coming mean Love is out?

Post #1 » by **Calinks** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:30 pm

I assume that we will bring Lee in to start. Is Love going to be content with the bench player role or will we move him? Seems like we have little faith in the guy if we make a move like this. If Love goes will that be the last of the McHale bunch?

LordBaldric · Post #2 » by **LordBaldric** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:36 pm

I would hope Love would be traded for his own sake.

Esohny · Post #3 » by **Esohny** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:38 pm

Honestly, that seems to be the next move. Maybe Kahn is using a sick kind of logic and thinks that Lee can duplicate Love's production, and Love can bring back a serious talent at SG.

MLC84 · Post #4 » by **MLC84** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:42 pm

Not so fast....

As Kahn rebuids the Wolves in his own image -- that being relatively unattractive balding white guys --Love just may have a place. First priority is to resign Brian Cardinal, though. And as soon as Rubio's hairline receeds sufficiently, we can bring him over.

JMillott · Post #5 » by **JMillott** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:46 pm

Its just plain insanity if they're really going to go after David Lee when Al Jefferson is the better player when healthy.

jballer_13 · Post #6 » by **jballer_13** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:50 pm

Esohny wrote:Honestly, that seems to be the next move. Maybe Kahn is using a sick kind of logic and thinks that Lee can duplicate Love's production, and Love can bring back a serious talent at SG.

This is what I would think too... Who would be the SG we go after though?

[RCG] · Post #7 » by **[RCG]** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 5:59 pm

MLC84 wrote:Not so fast....

As Kahn rebuids the Wolves in his own image -- that being relatively unattractive balding white guys --Love just may have a place. First priority is to resign Brian Cardinal, though. And as soon as Rubio's hairline receeds sufficiently, we can bring him over.

+1.

Jonny Flynn for Jason Kidd?
Wes Johnson for Chris Kaman?

Esohny · Post #8 » by **Esohny** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 6:04 pm

jballer_13 wrote:
Esohny wrote:Honestly, that seems to be the next move. Maybe Kahn is using a sick kind of logic and thinks that Lee can duplicate Love's production, and Love can bring back a serious talent at SG.

This is what I would think too... Who would be the SG we go after though?

Shrug. There's a short list of guys in my mind that might fit Kahn's apparent vision and are the right age/contract.

Eric Gordon
OJ Mayo
James Harden

Whether this would actually work out, I don't know. The clippers have Griffin, the grizzlies have Randolph/Gasol, and the Thunder have Ibaka.

jballer_13 · Post #9 » by **jballer_13** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 6:07 pm

Yeah that's kind of my point..... While it would make sense that we would shop Love for a young SG, I can't think of any scenario that would get us one

dunkonu21 · Post #10 » by **dunkonu21** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 6:09 pm

I always wanted us to trade Love instead of Jefferson, due to his high trade value. So if we trade them both, I expect quite a return on Love. I am fine with Lee if we do trade Love as well. I do not want two PFs unless they can play C too, like Pek and Al can.

Post #11 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 7:05 pm

technically pek is a mchale guy.

prefuse73 · Post #12 » by **prefuse73** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 7:53 pm

I think if this lee for Al thing happens, we will trade Love and probably Pek and completely remake our front court for Rubio. The main goal would be to make sure there is a young guy (hoping for Favors even though its severly unrealistic) that will be the 'third wave' of players hitting their prime together. 1st wave is Lee if traded for. 2nd wave is webster/brewer/johnson/Bjelica/Darko. 3rd wave would be Rubio/Flynn/Love (our whoever he is traded for)

Post #13 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 9:12 pm

eh, Pek can fit as an off the bench change of pace guy. He has a euro style too.

We would have left him unsigned otherwise. Easier to trade rights you would think.

prefuse73 · Post #14 » by **prefuse73** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 9:18 pm

true and in my world, when we get favors, a rotation of Darko/Lee/Favors would still leave some room for pekovic since Favors will take time to develop and Darko does tend to get into foul trouble here and there.

Post #15 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Jul 4, 2010 9:41 pm

Yea, those 4 could work.

Darko has not proven he can play more then 30 so lets say 30
Love tends to have a decline in value over 30. Unless his conditioning improves lets say 30
Pekovic only played roughly 25
That leaves 16 for Favors.

This actually could work until the deadline. Then we could move whoever the 4th guy is.