So What's Your Plan? The Offseason Roster Construction Thread

[WildWolf2813]

Fresh in the mind, so what are your ideas for what they should do this summer? Tough to predict TC, but this is what I would do.


If Randle opts in, suck it up and deal with it. If he opts out, vaya con dios. WIsh you the best in your future endeavors.

Naz Reid, got love for him, but it's pretty obvious the 80-90% of KAT dream was just that. Personally, I wouldn't go higher than 4/$84. Anything less than that is a win. I'm kinda comfortable letting them both walk if it comes to that. I don't wanna overpay for the right to continue to have sentimental value for him.

Newton/Edwards/Hyland. Thanks for coming. Deavors.

Ingles. It's been real. Deavors.

Mike Conley: if he wants to retire, don't let me stop you. If he comes back, he pretty much becomes Ingles. It's time for Rob to get those minutes.

NAW: I've said it all year. He's a goner. He earned the privilege to get that MLE from somewhere else. Hopefully Brooklyn for selfish reasons.


If the Wolves don't wanna add 2 rookies, try to trade 17/31 for 11 and draft Sorber. Again, the goal should to kickstart the search for Rudy's successor. If you're turnover prone, you should be off the board entirely. Clearly Finch can't fix that, but if we keep both picks, address big man and see if you wanna address PG, but they MUST come away with another big.


I'm not gonna go big game hunting. That being said, if Gobert gets traded, I'm fine with it as long as they have a plan to not destroy the entire defense.

C Gobert /Sorber or Kalkbrenner/Garza
PF Reid /Yabusele /Miller/Minott
SF McDaniels /Shannon /Drake Powell or Nique Clifford
SG Edwards /Clark
PG DiVincenzo /Dillingham /Conley

name to watch out for if we get under the tax enough to use the MLE: Guerschon Yabusele.

Just my fresh take. I might amend it given what else happens

[WildWolf2813]

If we traded Rudy, I could see something like this:


Gobert to Charlotte for Nurkic, Mark Williams and Grant Williams.

Don't love the return, but it does get us off the Gobert money.

[Coolbreeze44]

I'm very skeptical about the short and medium term viability of Dillingham. And even if he eventually becomes serviceable, I don't want to wait for it to happen. I want a good, young veteran point guard to be with us next season. The more I think about it the perfect fit seems to be Jalen Suggs. Jalen is a very good defender, has shown potential as a 3 point shooter, and his age matches with Ant and Jaden perfectly. I hope his name comes up in discussions this offseason. We could use Dilly as a trade piece to help make it happen. Is this wishful thinking?

[60WinTim]

Your first set of options look fine. I am on the fence with Gobert. He helps more than he hurts, but not so much that we couldn't move off of him if the right replacement(s) are brought in.

Here is a bit of salary cap observations: if you assume we draft 2 players with our picks and both Randle and NAZ opt in, we would have 15 roster spots and be into the 1st apron by a little over 1 mil. They can free up a roster spot AND get under the 1st apron by moving off of Garza, Minott or Miller. But it doesn't make us much of a player in free agency.

But if either Randle or NAZ (or both) opt out, you'll have some free agency money to play with...

I'ld love to see us come away with 2 frontcourt players in the draft. Fleming or Newell or Sober at #17. Kalkbrenner, or someone to compliment our first pick, at #31.

Another draft observation from 2014 was TC drafting Nurkic in the first round, but also Jokic as a draft and stash for a year in the 2nd round.

If we don't draft a legit C, I like Q's idea of going after Looney in free agency.

[WildWolf2813]

I'm very skeptical about the short and medium term viability of Dillingham. And even if he eventually becomes serviceable, I don't want to wait for it to happen. I want a good, young veteran point guard to be with us next season. The more I think about it the perfect fit seems to be Jalen Suggs. Jalen is a very good defender, has shown potential as a 3 point shooter, and his age matches with Ant and Jaden perfectly. I hope his name comes up in discussions this offseason. We could use Dilly as a trade piece to help make it happen. Is this wishful thinking?

very wishful.

They re-upped him for 5/$150. Only guys more indispensable to them are Paolo Banchero and Franz. We don't match up well enough for them.

[60WinTim]

I'm very skeptical about the short and medium term viability of Dillingham. And even if he eventually becomes serviceable, I don't want to wait for it to happen. I want a good, young veteran point guard to be with us next season. The more I think about it the perfect fit seems to be Jalen Suggs. Jalen is a very good defender, has shown potential as a 3 point shooter, and his age matches with Ant and Jaden perfectly. I hope his name comes up in discussions this offseason. We could use Dilly as a trade piece to help make it happen. Is this wishful thinking?

Suggs' salary jumps to 35 mil next year. I'm not sure I see something that works there...

[Coolbreeze44]

I'm very skeptical about the short and medium term viability of Dillingham. And even if he eventually becomes serviceable, I don't want to wait for it to happen. I want a good, young veteran point guard to be with us next season. The more I think about it the perfect fit seems to be Jalen Suggs. Jalen is a very good defender, has shown potential as a 3 point shooter, and his age matches with Ant and Jaden perfectly. I hope his name comes up in discussions this offseason. We could use Dilly as a trade piece to help make it happen. Is this wishful thinking?

Suggs' salary jumps to 35 mil next year. I'm not sure I see something that works there...

Dilly and Ju right?

[60WinTim]

I'm very skeptical about the short and medium term viability of Dillingham. And even if he eventually becomes serviceable, I don't want to wait for it to happen. I want a good, young veteran point guard to be with us next season. The more I think about it the perfect fit seems to be Jalen Suggs. Jalen is a very good defender, has shown potential as a 3 point shooter, and his age matches with Ant and Jaden perfectly. I hope his name comes up in discussions this offseason. We could use Dilly as a trade piece to help make it happen. Is this wishful thinking?

Suggs' salary jumps to 35 mil next year. I'm not sure I see something that works there...

Dilly and Ju right?

You nailed it! Plus several rookies filling out the frontcourt with Rudy and NAZ...

[TheFuture]

Fresh in the mind, so what are your ideas for what they should do this summer? Tough to predict TC, but this is what I would do.


If Randle opts in, suck it up and deal with it. If he opts out, vaya con dios. WIsh you the best in your future endeavors.

Naz Reid, got love for him, but it's pretty obvious the 80-90% of KAT dream was just that. Personally, I wouldn't go higher than 4/$84. Anything less than that is a win. I'm kinda comfortable letting them both walk if it comes to that. I don't wanna overpay for the right to continue to have sentimental value for him.

Newton/Edwards/Hyland. Thanks for coming. Deavors.

Ingles. It's been real. Deavors.

Mike Conley: if he wants to retire, don't let me stop you. If he comes back, he pretty much becomes Ingles. It's time for Rob to get those minutes.

NAW: I've said it all year. He's a goner. He earned the privilege to get that MLE from somewhere else. Hopefully Brooklyn for selfish reasons.


If the Wolves don't wanna add 2 rookies, try to trade 17/31 for 11 and draft Sorber. Again, the goal should to kickstart the search for Rudy's successor. If you're turnover prone, you should be off the board entirely. Clearly Finch can't fix that, but if we keep both picks, address big man and see if you wanna address PG, but they MUST come away with another big.


I'm not gonna go big game hunting. That being said, if Gobert gets traded, I'm fine with it as long as they have a plan to not destroy the entire defense.

C Gobert /Sorber or Kalkbrenner/Garza
PF Reid /Yabusele /Miller/Minott
SF McDaniels /Shannon /Drake Powell or Nique Clifford
SG Edwards /Clark
PG DiVincenzo /Dillingham /Conley

name to watch out for if we get under the tax enough to use the MLE: Guerschon Yabusele.

Just my fresh take. I might amend it given what else happens

I may be alone in this thought, but I don't think Naz is even worth $21mil per. He is a cult fan favorite.

[WildWolf2813]

Bobby Marks is predicting both Randle and Reid opt in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTv2ujqxRs