Minnesota Sports Forum

If only all the teams were dumb enough to put their pitches to Love in writing then they could get tampering penalties. I guess there is only one owner dumb enough to ok that.

To me I would say no deal with Boston without all of their future Brooklyn picks too. If they got those picks for those dinosaurs, they should at least be willing to flip them for a bonafide star.

I was listening to ESPN radio this morning and they were talking about Love's visit to Beantown. What surprised me was how negative they were about him, citing his substandard defensive effort and performance. Antonio Davis went so far as to say he refuses to defend the 3-point line because it would negatively impact his rebounding stats.

I know this is only one instance, but it made me think we on this board are being overly optimistic in predicting what kind of offers we might get for Love. Yes, his offensive and rebounding stats are spectacular, but the national media (and presumably the league's GMs) recognize that he is a classic one-way player...and one-way players don't win championships.

KG was older when we traded him to Boston, but he was in the prime of his career, clearly had several more years left in his career, and was the prototype of a 2-way player. The Celtics were willing to give us a decent return because they had a fairly high comfort level that Garnett was the piece that would take them to a championship. The current Celtics can't believe that, and as a result, we should not expect as good a return for Love. There has been talk about Olynyk, filler and multiple picks, but I think Lip's suggestion of Olynyk, Green and #6 is the ceiling for what we can expect. I handicap Cleveland's willingness to trade us #1, Waiters and Verajeo, or Golden State's willingness to include Thompson in a package with Lee and Barnes, as not very high...perhaps 10%.

The kind of offers that Flip can expect really puts him in a tough spot. I would want him to reject any Cavs or Warriors deals that excluded #1 or Klay, and I wouldn't be excited about a Boston deal that didn't include multiple first round picks. But I'm an Olynyk fan, so I might be inclined to take an offer of Kelly, Green and #6...maybe. But I would feel better if they included the Nets' 2015 pick, and wouldn't condemn Flip if he didn't think the Boston offer was enough.

It's not often that a 25 year old star becomes available. That's why I expect offers to be big time. Name the last 25 year old star that was available via trade... It's rare waters we're entering.

alexftbl8181 wrote:But if it's Olynyk, Green and the #6 pick from Boston I'd roll with that. I think we could get a decent combination of players, picks and some salary savings from the Suns. Getting Thompson, Lee and Barnes from the Warriors would also be but petter than just watching Love walk.

Oh man that would be a worse return then what we got for KG. good thing you aren't making the trades