Wolves offseason outlook.

[WildWolf2813]

another potential Rudy three teamer

works on Spotrac


Wolves get

Miles Bridges
Grayson Allen
#18 this year and Dallas' 2027 first from Charlotte
#47 from Phoenix

Hornets get
Rudy Gobert
Royce O'Neale

Suns get
Grant Williams
Donte DiVincenzo
#28 from Minnesota

combine that with my Randle to BK for Claxton and Saraf

at 18 you can draft either Bennett Stirtz, Christian Anderson, Ebuka Okorie as your PG in training. If you wanna use #18 on a backup big to eventually replace Bridges, Quaintance may be there, Steinbach may be there, Karim Lopez, Allen Graves


and you have

C Claxton /Beringer /Zikarsky
PF Reid /Bridges
SF McDaniels /Shannon
SG Edwards /Allen
PG Dosumnu /#18 /Saraf

you can fill the last couple of spots by bringing back Slo-Mo, picking up Phillips' TO, Conley in the Ingles slot. The 2nd rounders we'd keep would be two way guys.

I know what everyone's gonna say: I don't wanna root for a team with Miles Bridges on it. Fair. 2 things:

1. If you didn't know who he was, you'd consider his style IDEAL for a backup 3/4.

2. It's 1 year left at $22 mil and you KNOW you won't bring him back. That $22 mil will free this team of any further apron hell. You tack on Claxton's deal at 2 years, $44 mil remaining. Get him on a good team and he might rediscover what made him good back when he had KD/Kyrie with him. The worst aspect is turning DDV's expiring into 2 years $37 mil for Allen, so ask yourself, do you want 1 year of Bridges or 2 more of Randle? Easy decision, especially if you really think Reid and McDaniels are better than what they've shown us. Also, you get a pick this year and next to either draft a PF or PG to replenish your youth.


Charlotte gets a floor raiser for 2 players they don't need (and they have the 14th pick still to replace Bridges).

The incentive for Phoenix is you save a little money but move up nearly 20 spots in a draft where the 2nd round looks awful.

That Dallas first next year would be really intriguing. It would be a great candidate to be number one next year. It might be enough to grease the Kyrie wheel, even.

That Mavs pick would mean more to us than Dallas.

That pick could be Minnesota's last chance at getting a legit 2nd guy to go with Ant.

[60WinTim]

This is the Jonny K show for the uniform unveiling. The 3 segments were all interesting. The first is with Sam Mitchell. The second is with Rocco and Joan. And the 3rd is the new marketing guy who has been here a year.

I am being lazy and NOT summarizing all three segments. But it's noteworthy that Rocco and Joan are here and working out together every day. I really think both those guys are going to see minutes next season!

[Q-is-here]

This is the Jonny K show for the uniform unveiling. The 3 segments were all interesting. The first is with Sam Mitchell. The second is with Rocco and Joan. And the 3rd is the new marketing guy who has been here a year.

I am being lazy and NOT summarizing all three segments. But it's noteworthy that Rocco and Joan are here and working out together every day. I really think both those guys are going to see minutes next season!

They theoretically could play together if Rocco eventually finds a reliable 3-point shot. He flashed it early in the G-League but it gradually deteriorated as the season wore on and he ended up shooting them at a 30% clip. But just the fact he was willing to take them (and the coaches down there let him) is a positive sign. He has plenty of time to get better at it.

Glad to hear they are in Minneapolis and getting some work in. Beringer especially might end up being really important for us next year depending on what all happens this offseason.

[Lipoli390]

This is the Jonny K show for the uniform unveiling. The 3 segments were all interesting. The first is with Sam Mitchell. The second is with Rocco and Joan. And the 3rd is the new marketing guy who has been here a year.

I am being lazy and NOT summarizing all three segments. But it's noteworthy that Rocco and Joan are here and working out together every day. I really think both those guys are going to see minutes next season!

They theoretically could play together if Rocco eventually finds a reliable 3-point shot. He flashed it early in the G-League but it gradually deteriorated as the season wore on and he ended up shooting them at a 30% clip. But just the fact he was willing to take them (and the coaches down there let him) is a positive sign. He has plenty of time to get better at it.

Glad to hear they are in Minneapolis and getting some work in. Beringer especially might end up being really important for us next year depending on what all happens this offseason.

In my view, a very important factor in this team’s success next season will be the development of Beringer, Rocco and TSJ. We should, however, temper our expectations for Beringer and Rocco given how young and inexperienced they are. TSJ on the other hand seems ready to be a positive contributor in the rotation. Last season was not indicative of what he can do because of his foot injury. But he’s performed really well in a number of games, including especially playoff games against top competition, which tells us he can be a very good NBA player. And while he’s already 25 or 26 years old, he’s only been in the League a couple years and can certainly improve aspects of his game significantly.

Regarding Rocco and Beringer, they’ve both shown they have the raw tools to be good NBA players. The question for next season is whether they will be ready to contribute significantly given their age and inexperience. But as Jalen Brunson said yesterday in an interview, NBA success is all about opportunity and confidence. So the question might boil down to whether Finch is willing to give one, the other or both the opportunity they need to develop and show what they can do. He has to give our less experienced players more grace to fail and learn from those failures without parking them on the bench - especially early in the season.

[60WinTim]

Dang! I forgot the link. There is some interesting stuff there from Sam Mitchell, Rocco and Joan, and that new marketing guy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElucXDYEz8

[Coolbreeze44]

Of the three new uniform combos, I like the whites the best. They are really clean and will look good on the screen.