Woj: DLo to Minny for Wiggins

[floppymoose]

I thought Wiggins would just be salary filler here and they'd either trade the pick or draft a stud. Instead, they kept the pick, drafted a bust, and Wiggins turned into one of the best role players in the league. Wild.

Kuminga is a bust? He's 19!

[Raps in 4]

I thought Wiggins would just be salary filler here and they'd either trade the pick or draft a stud. Instead, they kept the pick, drafted a bust, and Wiggins turned into one of the best role players in the league. Wild.

Kuminga is a bust? He's 19!

I confused which pick came from Minny. Kuminga was a fine pick. Wiseman is the bust. I thought they'd package #2 and the Minny pick for a difference maker at the time. And just dump Wiggins as salary filler in that trade. I saw absolutely no path forward for him as a productive player lol.

[Flash Falcon X]

Wiggins was the second best player on a championship team. Golden state won. They also got the 7th pick which is crazy.

And that 7th pick ended up being Jonathan Kuminga who’s still only 19 years old and could possibly be an All-Star in the future, eventually replacing Draymond Green for a smooth transition between the present and future.

[Flash Falcon X]

I thought Wiggins would just be salary filler here and they'd either trade the pick or draft a stud. Instead, they kept the pick, drafted a bust, and Wiggins turned into one of the best role players in the league. Wild.

Kuminga is a bust? He's 19!

I confused which pick came from Minny. Kuminga was a fine pick. Wiseman is the bust. I thought they'd package #2 and the Minny pick for a difference maker at the time. And just dump Wiggins as salary filler in that trade. I saw absolutely no path forward for him as a productive player lol.

Wiseman turned 21 a few months ago. Still incredibly young.

Even Joel Embiid didn't play a single game his first two seasons.

People are too quick to call players busts nowadays. We'll see how Wiseman does next season, though.

[Onus]

Kuminga is a bust? He's 19!

I confused which pick came from Minny. Kuminga was a fine pick. Wiseman is the bust. I thought they'd package #2 and the Minny pick for a difference maker at the time. And just dump Wiggins as salary filler in that trade. I saw absolutely no path forward for him as a productive player lol.

Wiseman turned 21 a few months ago. Still incredibly young.

Even Joel Embiid didn't play a single game his first two seasons.

People are too quick to call players busts nowadays. We'll see how Wiseman does next season, though.

King petty and I’m here for all of it

[Coxy]

This trade, too funny.

[Flash Falcon X]

223 people really said Minnesota won this trade lol

It was pretty even, actually. Let's be honest, if Wiggins leaves GSW he will go back to a nobody.

I do not care how Wiggins is on other teams, he's on the Warriors, and the Warriors won a championship with him. Stop trying to change the narrative again. The topic is D-Lo or Wiggins/Kuminga.

[xdrta+]

223 people really said Minnesota won this trade lol

It was pretty even, actually. Let's be honest, if Wiggins leaves GSW he will go back to a nobody.

I do not care how Wiggins is on other teams, he's on the Warriors, and the Warriors won a championship with him. Stop trying to change the narrative again. The topic is D-Lo or Wiggins/Kuminga.

And nzd07 thinks it was "pretty even." Amazing.

[azwfan]

223 people really said Minnesota won this trade lol

It was pretty even, actually. Let's be honest, if Wiggins leaves GSW he will go back to a nobody.

I do not care how Wiggins is on other teams, he's on the Warriors, and the Warriors won a championship with him. Stop trying to change the narrative again. The topic is D-Lo or Wiggins/Kuminga.

We didn't just win a title with him on it. We needed him. We don't win without Wiggins, and had nobody that could replace him if he went down. Wiggins was the 2nd best player in this series.

[Loaded_Hollows]

The old thread bumping is making Realgm a real goldmine lately They said Minnesota won lmaoooooo

[nzd07]

It was pretty even, actually. Let's be honest, if Wiggins leaves GSW he will go back to a nobody.

I do not care how Wiggins is on other teams, he's on the Warriors, and the Warriors won a championship with him. Stop trying to change the narrative again. The topic is D-Lo or Wiggins/Kuminga.

And nzd07 thinks it was "pretty even." Amazing.

D’lo had a good year and the wolves went from the cellar to the playoffs kiddo. You’re projecting with Kuminga, odds are he ends up as a meh role player.

[FNQ]

I do not care how Wiggins is on other teams, he's on the Warriors, and the Warriors won a championship with him. Stop trying to change the narrative again. The topic is D-Lo or Wiggins/Kuminga.

And nzd07 thinks it was "pretty even." Amazing.

D’lo had a good year and the wolves went from the cellar to the playoffs kiddo. You’re projecting with Kuminga, odds are he ends up as a meh role player.

Isn't Minnesota shopping him?

[Domejandro]

And nzd07 thinks it was "pretty even." Amazing.

D’lo had a good year and the wolves went from the cellar to the playoffs kiddo. You’re projecting with Kuminga, odds are he ends up as a meh role player.

Isn't Minnesota shopping him?

Minnesota largely overhauled their front office leadership two weeks ago and are largely secretive. Could they trade D’Angelo Russell? Sure, but any rumours are pretty obviously baseless.

[Jadoogar]

I am shocked at the poll. Even at the time, i would have figured that people would consider the minnesota pick to more than make up the difference in value between wiggins/dlo

[NBA4Lyfe]

i still dont know why the nets had to include dangelo russell in that sign and trade. they already had kd

[FNQ]

D’lo had a good year and the wolves went from the cellar to the playoffs kiddo. You’re projecting with Kuminga, odds are he ends up as a meh role player.

Isn't Minnesota shopping him?

Minnesota largely overhauled their front office leadership two weeks ago and are largely secretive. Could they trade D’Angelo Russell? Sure, but any rumours are pretty obviously baseless.

I wouldn't disqualify it as baseless. You'd have to think that the people announcing that a player is being shopped are the people receiving the calls, not the ones making them. Announcing a general "We're shopping X player" would likely drive down market value.. now if they were trying to pit teams against one another, then I'd think it was sourced from MIN, in order to convince others to get their best offers in

[shoresy69]

i still dont know why the nets had to include dangelo russell in that sign and trade. they already had kd

If I'm remembering correctly it was to make room for DeAndre Jordan somehow? I forget the details but DJ was definitely involved.

[Knightfall]

This aged perfectly and shows why some posters on this board are fools and give up on players far too early.

[Domejandro]

i still dont know why the nets had to include dangelo russell in that sign and trade. they already had kd

They got a lightly protected First-Round Draft Pick out of it.

[Domejandro]

Isn't Minnesota shopping him?

Minnesota largely overhauled their front office leadership two weeks ago and are largely secretive. Could they trade D’Angelo Russell? Sure, but any rumours are pretty obviously baseless.

I wouldn't disqualify it as baseless. You'd have to think that the people announcing that a player is being shopped are the people receiving the calls, not the ones making them. Announcing a general "We're shopping X player" would likely drive down market value.. now if they were trying to pit teams against one another, then I'd think it was sourced from MIN, in order to convince others to get their best offers in

Issue is that I haven’t seen any serious rumours surrounding D’ Angelo Russell being shopped, though. This coincides with the fact that Minnesota functionally did not have a front office set in place until Tim Connelly brought in some staff.

As I said, he could be traded depending on what Tim Connelly decides, but anything up until this point has effectively been speculation. I say this as someone who would prefer moving D’Angelo Russell (if the price is right), it really just doesn’t add up timeline wise that rumours would exist.