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monsterpile wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

Camden wrote:In hindsight, you could say re-signing Pekovic to that deal was also a poor decision. I give a pass on that one personally because I was in favor of bringing him back, but I can certainly agree with those who argue otherwise on this one.

Also, trading Thad for KG has always been a stupid trade. It was at the time and it still is looking back.

Cam - I agree with you on Pek. I couldn't list signing Pek as a mistake because I was limiting myself to things Flip did that I openly disagreed with at the time so I wouldn't just be judging him with hindsight.

If the options are resigning Pek to that deal or just letting him walk it's hard to rip Flip too much. I think people were surprised Flip gave him that 5 YEAR deal. If it would have been 4 years I think people would obviously be less upset about it. Where we sit now that deal doesn't really hold back the franchise that much now. That could change but at least his salary goes down not up.

My point of this thread was hindsight now looking back and considering everything that happened this summer with Flip I think ending up with KG out of that Love trade looks a little better. It's not always about getting the most assets sometimes you end up with too many. The Wolves don't have a problem of too many draft assets but I do think the trade for KG will end up with some lasting impact. Also I think Thade was a key to that KG deal. The Nets had wanted him for a long time. It was handy their salaries matched up AND the wolves were one place KG was actually willing to be traded to.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

Camden wrote:In hindsight, you could say re-signing Pekovic to that deal was also a poor decision. I give a pass on that one personally because I was in favor of bringing him back, but I can certainly agree with those who argue otherwise on this one.

Also, trading Thad for KG has always been a stupid trade. It was at the time and it still is looking back.

Cam - I agree with you on Pek. I couldn't list signing Pek as a mistake because I was limiting myself to things Flip did that I openly disagreed with at the time so I wouldn't just be judging him with hindsight.

If the options are resigning Pek to that deal or just letting him walk it's hard to rip Flip too much. I think people were surprised Flip gave him that 5 YEAR deal. If it would have been 4 years I think people would obviously be less upset about it. Where we sit now that deal doesn't really hold back the franchise that much now. That could change but at least his salary goes down not up.

My point of this thread was hindsight now looking back and considering everything that happened this summer with Flip I think ending up with KG out of that Love trade looks a little better. It's not always about getting the most assets sometimes you end up with too many. The Wolves don't have a problem of too many draft assets but I do think the trade for KG will end up with some lasting impact. Also I think Thade was a key to that KG deal. The Nets had wanted him for a long time. It was handy their salaries matched up AND the wolves were one place KG was actually willing to be traded to.

Wait. I'm still confused how the Garnett trade could be considered a good trade. Wouldn't trading Young for anything (even a 2nd rounder) have been better than getting Garnett back for 6 games?

Garnett was signing here either way this summer.



[Note: I won't agree to a trade being considered "good" because it allowed the team to tank. I'm done with that crap with this franchise.]

Camden wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

Camden wrote:In hindsight, you could say re-signing Pekovic to that deal was also a poor decision. I give a pass on that one personally because I was in favor of bringing him back, but I can certainly agree with those who argue otherwise on this one.

Also, trading Thad for KG has always been a stupid trade. It was at the time and it still is looking back.

Cam - I agree with you on Pek. I couldn't list signing Pek as a mistake because I was limiting myself to things Flip did that I openly disagreed with at the time so I wouldn't just be judging him with hindsight.

If the options are resigning Pek to that deal or just letting him walk it's hard to rip Flip too much. I think people were surprised Flip gave him that 5 YEAR deal. If it would have been 4 years I think people would obviously be less upset about it. Where we sit now that deal doesn't really hold back the franchise that much now. That could change but at least his salary goes down not up.

My point of this thread was hindsight now looking back and considering everything that happened this summer with Flip I think ending up with KG out of that Love trade looks a little better. It's not always about getting the most assets sometimes you end up with too many. The Wolves don't have a problem of too many draft assets but I do think the trade for KG will end up with some lasting impact. Also I think Thade was a key to that KG deal. The Nets had wanted him for a long time. It was handy their salaries matched up AND the wolves were one place KG was actually willing to be traded to.

Wait. I'm still confused how the Garnett trade could be considered a good trade. Wouldn't trading Young for anything (even a 2nd rounder) have been better than getting Garnett back for 6 games?

Garnett was signing here either way this summer.



[Note: I won't agree to a trade being considered "good" because it allowed the team to tank. I'm done with that crap with this franchise.]

That trade had nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with memories and Flip's love affair with "his guy". Oh, and most importantly, ticket sales. Basketball-wise, it's an awful trade from every single angle.