60WinTim wrote:I know I haven't been following everything that has been going on this year. But we always complained about how this team doesn't accumulate talent. And here we are accumulating talent at the positions that really matter in the league these days. And most of us complain?
I'm with WW, this deal is just fine from a basketball standpoint. I am sure the Wolves are privy to the legal issues, and I believe most contracts have language in regards to legal issues a player might have.
Thank you.
Hell, one of our biggest issues with Wiggins was that Wiggins had everything handed to him from playing time to a max deal with no imminent threat of a benching or demotion. Now we have (at least at SG) something we don't have elsewhere: options. Now Edwards has to play his way onto being a starter and play his way onto staying there. Nothing wrong with that.
and 100% on point with what you said. They have more of a pulse on his legal stuff than we do. Remember when Russell got stopped for weed? Turned out to be nothing. Michael Beasley when he got cited for weed? Turned out to be nothing. I get that this is a more serious matter, but there's still a lot that can happen for what is essentially a 3 year $45 mil deal (if everything goes wrong). If this turns out to be nothing as well, then he just signed a deal we all expected he'd get.
That's not terrible then, not great either though lol
BloopOracle wrote:
kekgeek1 wrote:4th year is a team option
Yes. That takes some of the sting away. There is a world in which I'd be totally fine with this deal. It's a world in which (1) the Wolves had drafted Wiseman or Okongwu to provide better interior defense; (2) the Wolves had traded Culver or not signed Ricky on draft night; and (3) Beasley wasn't revealed to be a depraved shit who will probably be suspended by the NBA for a significant stretch of game.
Having said all that, if Beasley can stay out of prison and play at least as well as he played in his short stint with the Wolves last season, then this could turn out to be a good deal for the Wolves. But it would still require a moral compromise to get comfortable with it unless Beasley makes a sincere personal transformation. Note that I'm not someone who insists on a team of choir boys. I guess I just draw the line at pointing guns at innocent families or children.
60WinTim wrote:I know I haven't been following everything that has been going on this year. But we always complained about how this team doesn't accumulate talent. And here we are accumulating talent at the positions that really matter in the league these days. And most of us complain?
I'm with WW, this deal is just fine from a basketball standpoint. I am sure the Wolves are privy to the legal issues, and I believe most contracts have language in regards to legal issues a player might have.
3 of the final 4 teams were lead by wings and bigs, not guards. What great teams out there are trying to balance a rotation of 6 guards? There has to be room for the talent to grow and develop and right now we have 3 vets that need playing time because of their contracts and 3 young players that need playing time to develop further.
I wouldn't bet on starting the season with all those guards (although I wouldn't bet against it, either). Accumulating talent to help facilitate future transactions is something we have always known was important to Rosas. Beasley represented an opportunity to retain talent that we would not normally be able to sign. Build a base of talent to work with.
60WinTim wrote:I know I haven't been following everything that has been going on this year. But we always complained about how this team doesn't accumulate talent. And here we are accumulating talent at the positions that really matter in the league these days. And most of us complain?
I'm with WW, this deal is just fine from a basketball standpoint. I am sure the Wolves are privy to the legal issues, and I believe most contracts have language in regards to legal issues a player might have.
3 of the final 4 teams were lead by wings and bigs, not guards. What great teams out there are trying to balance a rotation of 6 guards? There has to be room for the talent to grow and develop and right now we have 3 vets that need playing time because of their contracts and 3 young players that need playing time to develop further.
I wouldn't bet on starting the season with all those guards (although I wouldn't bet against it, either). Accumulating talent to help facilitate future transactions is something we have always known was important to Rosas. Beasley represented an opportunity to retain talent that we would not normally be able to sign. Build a base of talent to work with.
Normally I'd agree with you, but the huge glut of guards leaves us with no leverage in trades Teams know some guys need to go after the Beasley deal now so how is Rosas going to maximize that value? If he trades Culver that means he'd have given up on his first draft pick after 1 season after he traded up to get that guy. Okogie doesn't make any money to really get anything worthwhile back. We're looking to make moves with our 2 worst assets at those positions so I just don't know realistically what we can get back to make it worth it. Culver to ATL for Hunter looks to be about the only salvageable move left and Hunter wasn't great last year either.
