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[Foye]

Everyone but Love is tradeable IMO.

Fair point, But in that vein, I would say that everyone including love is tradeable. In the sense that if you can can upgrade you do it. I certainly would trade Love + pieces/picks for Blake Griffin. Love + fewer pieces/picks for LMA. But I was thinking more of how they could augment the existing core of Love, Randolph, Beasley and Johnson.

Well other than Love these guys haven't proven a f*ck this season. Beasley had some decent months but he's always injured.

[Calinks]

Ugh... Adding more young players to the roster that we will have to "mold" to our system is the last thing I want to think about right now. Got enough headaches with this team as is.

[Dan's with the Wolves]

43.2
Rubio ~3m
45.2

At draft time maybe we pull:
Our pick(assuming its not #1 or 2) + webster + tolliver for iggy
Webster + Tolliver =~8m
Iggy about 12m

Puts salary around 49.

Offer D. jordan the rest of our cap, thats something LAC will have to blink at. Let's just say its 10m/yr for simplicity(I'm thinking a bit less would get it done). Get a bargain basement 2, maybe CDR.

Jordan/Darko/Pek
Love/Randolph
Beasely/Johnson
Iggy/CDR
Rubio/Ridnour

We have an entire summer to rework the roster and get what we need. Fringe playoff teams will realize they don't have what they need to compete or have ill fitting pieces just as we do. They will look to move those pieces.

I have been nuetral on the getting Iggy. I'm thinking if you bring Iggy in then you have to eventually send Beasley out because I don't think they coexist very well in the starting lineup or at crunchtime.

I would be down for getting DeAndre Jordan.

[Dan's with the Wolves]

If we don't get the #1 pick, I'm willing to bet we trade the pick for an extended Steve Nash. Then I think we absorb Raja Bell's contract. I don't think anyone could top an offer of a top 4 pick, Ridnour and Webster for a 37 year old point guard. Flynn gets moved in a separate deal.

Nash / Rubio
Bell / Johnson / Ellington
Beasley / Johnson / Hayward
Love / Randolph / Tolliver
Darko / Love / Pek




Wouldn't you go out and buy season tickets for that team? Just remember Krap called it first.

Does Nash have any coaching aspirations? Then, he might embrace the role as coach on the floor like Terry Porter back in the day.

[Breakdown777]

If we don't get the #1 pick, I'm willing to bet we trade the pick for an extended Steve Nash. Then I think we absorb Raja Bell's contract. I don't think anyone could top an offer of a top 4 pick, Ridnour and Webster for a 37 year old point guard. Flynn gets moved in a separate deal.

Nash / Rubio
Bell / Johnson / Ellington
Beasley / Johnson / Hayward
Love / Randolph / Tolliver
Darko / Love / Pek




Wouldn't you go out and buy season tickets for that team? Just remember Krap called it first.

Does Nash have any coaching aspirations? Then, he might embrace the role as coach on the floor like Terry Porter back in the day.

I'd say no. I watched this cool program where they filmed Nash and Ron Howard hanging out together for like a day or two....and Nash mentioned that he really likes film and directing/producing. He's even worked on a few short films and commercial type things for his charity and such.


As far as the draft goes. My main goal is to consolidate and delay picks. We don't need to get any younger, and I'd like a 1st rounder when the Clips get our 1st next year. Use the highest one on a player (or trade for a big piece), and trade away the rest for future assets. I actually think this is exactly what Kahn plans to do anyway, but we'll end up swapping 1sts with a team that blows up next year. so while the Clippers get our #6 pick, we get like NO's #21.

[Worm Guts]

Ugh... Adding more young players to the roster that we will have to "mold" to our system is the last thing I want to think about right now. Got enough headaches with this team as is.

I think we'll give strong consideration to trading our pick this year. Most of the top guys seem to somewhat duplicate the young players we already have. I think there's going to need to be a major trade on draft day.

[Dan's with the Wolves]

Ugh... Adding more young players to the roster that we will have to "mold" to our system is the last thing I want to think about right now. Got enough headaches with this team as is.

I think we'll give strong consideration to trading our pick this year. Most of the top guys seem to somewhat duplicate the young players we already have. I think there's going to need to be a major trade on draft day.

Trade down Minnesota's first and Memphis or Utah first for, Barnes or Burke assuming he goes top ten, and a future first. Net result a top ten pick this year and next year.

[Worm Guts]

I'd prefer a proven player. The main reason for a trade is that we already have so many young players.

[Dan's with the Wolves]

I like the strategy of continually building the team through the draft and acquiring veteran leadership through free agency.( see Targeting a Vet thread) Finding a current vet in their prime willing/wanting to come/stay with the Wolves would be very low probability. Talent acquisition based on young unproven player who build their identity in the league as a Wolf.

[Worm Guts]

There's only so much room on the roster. You want your top 10 picks to play

[Dan's with the Wolves]

They should be able to find room in the rotation. Not all of the current young players are going to pan out or want to stay. Having a rookie learn in practice and get spot minutes is not the worst thing in the world. Having a vet player to take them under their wing would help with this transition as well.