Note30 wrote:Foye wrote:The season was lost before the season even started.
Even if the Wolves were to somehow reach the playoffs. They have zero chances to beat any of the top 6 teams in a playoff series.
I agree with part of your sentiment, but making the playoffs would be a huge deal. Because then we have a chance at long term relevance if we improve the team next season. That might lead to a better FA, better team, it's a snowball effect.
How do you want to improve the team for next season?
Assuming Okogie, Knight and Wright are gone and projected 119 mil salary cap...Wolves are only about 12 mil. below the cap. Even Beasley out of prison got more than that. Beverly & Prince are most likely gone. If you want to keep Beverly that probably means no cap space at all. Still think he will sign with a contender, though.
12 mil these days is one average player or two below average players. Especially, given that Wolves are not the prime FA destination.
The only possible scenario of slightly improving the team short term is to trade away its future by dealing away the next few draft picks for Simmons...which has high potential to once again be a terrible deal just like D'Lo for Wiggins+1st.
Clean house. Use KAT + D'Los expiring next year in two seperate deals to acquire more assets (will get bad mid-term contracts as return for D'Lo) to build around Edwards. Get a quality prospect (+picks) in return for KAT and draft wisely.
That's the only scenario under which I can see this franchise building a good enough core around Edwards. Keeping KAT now means he is gone in two years latest and you will be stuck with Edwards and a bunch of scrubs as 8th spot at best again.
It's really not that hard.