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According to Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer, Marvin Williams has several suitors and the Wolves are one of them.

The Wolves targets still in play:
1. Marvin Williams
2. Ian Mahinmi
3. Pau Gasol
4. Courtney Lee
5. Willie Reed
6. Kouzminskas
7. Haslem

You forgot to list Jamal Crawford, as Doogie reported yesterday...

TeamRicky wrote:The Wolves targets still in play:
1. Marvin Williams
2. Ian Mahinmi
3. Pau Gasol
4. Courtney Lee
5. Willie Reed
6. Kouzminskas
7. Haslem

1-4 I would do pay 10 million maybe a little more (a lot more for Pau) after that I'm not sure there is anyone left I would pay that much. I think those other guys get a decent chunk more than 10 million though.

Give Pau big money for a couple years.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Give Pau big money for a couple years.

Yep if he will take it. I'm think like others it will be hard to turn down an offer from the Spurs.

monsterpile wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Give Pau big money for a couple years.

Yep if he will take it. I'm think like others it will be hard to turn down an offer from the Spurs.

I would give him 2 at 20 per. Huge overpay, but a quality big that brings veteran leadership.

Wouldn't Pau want a longer contract than 2 years? If he'd accept a 2 year deal, I'd pay him a lot of money too. Still a super-productive player.

I'm starting to think signing the right, younger, guy to a longer big contract might not be the end of the world. As long as it was a tradeable contract in a couple years if we need to space to extend one of our key guys. That means probably a younger guy who will still have value in 3 or 4 years, or a star like Horford who should age well given his skill set. With the next cap raise next year, it shouldn't be too hard to sign a relatively smart contract this offseason that will be moveable in the future.

And what if the guy we sign turns out to be more valuable than LaVine or Wiggins, or what if LaVine or Wiggins don't quite work out as they are currently projecting (I'm still a little wary of how much Wiggins is going to improve)? Then we could still move one of the other young guys who we're assuming we'd have to max out in a few years. That should still be able to get us good value. So maybe sitting out this free agency could actually be a mistake. The bigger mistake would be making a bad signing we can't move in the future. But if we got the right signing, that could be very helpful because it could turn today's capspace into a tradeable asset in a couple years that we'd otherwise miss out on.

SameOldDrew wrote:Wouldn't Pau want a longer contract than 2 years? If he'd accept a 2 year deal, I'd pay him a lot of money too. Still a super-productive player.

I'm starting to think signing the right, younger, guy to a longer big contract might not be the end of the world. As long as it was a tradeable contract in a couple years if we need to space to extend one of our key guys. That means probably a younger guy who will still have value in 3 or 4 years, or a star like Horford who should age well given his skill set. With the next cap raise next year, it shouldn't be too hard to sign a relatively smart contract this offseason that will be moveable in the future.

And what if the guy we sign turns out to be more valuable than LaVine or Wiggins, or what if LaVine or Wiggins don't quite work out as they are currently projecting (I'm still a little wary of how much Wiggins is going to improve)? Then we could still move one of the other young guys who we're assuming we'd have to max out in a few years. That should still be able to get us good value. So maybe sitting out this free agency could actually be a mistake. The bigger mistake would be making a bad signing we can't move in the future. But if we got the right signing, that could be very helpful because it could turn today's capspace into a tradeable asset in a couple years that we'd otherwise miss out on.

I'd like to find the next Aminu type for a 3 year deal. He wouldn't even have to be as good as Aminu was last year to be worth the money.

Look at the free agent list. There are still some good or promising players (or both) left and there is only so much money left. The Wolves could end up with some bargain/value free agents yet.

Per Doogie: #Twolves have checked in on FA big/Bloomington native Cole Aldrich. Just add to the call list. Offer list was Deng, Lee, and will be Pau.