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kekgeek wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:26 pm Bane and Haliburton got the max. A little surprised by Bane but good for him he’s a good player

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:39 pm

kekgeek wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:01 pm

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:53 pm I haven't heard if we officially guaranteed Jordan McLaughlin. I heard one beatwriter said it was expected, but I don't think its been publically confirmed. If JMAC is guaranteed, then is free agency done for the Wolves as I think we have 15 rostered players. Anyone else confirm this. Garza and Ryan, I think are signed for two-ways. Do we have a third two-way to offer?

I think there will be some good players who will be taking a minimum salary to stay in the NBA. I was hoping we'd have a spot left to snag someone like Mo Bamba or Jaxson Hayes on a minimum deal.

Doogie said they picked it up.

So with Garza and Ryan. Teams can offer them an NBA contract but the wolves can match it (meaning a player would need to be cut). My guess is they will wait to see if Garza gets a contract, if he does the sign him to the main roster and Clark gets the 2-way, if no contract Garza gets the 2-way and Clark gets the nba contract. They do have another 2-way also though.

So for the most part I think the wolves are done.

Out: Rivers, Prince, Nowell, knight
In: Milton, Brown, Clark, Miller

We should take a step back and ask ourselves whether the Wolves are any better next season with this four-player swap. Clark won’t play because of his Achilles surgery. Miller likely won’t play because he’s a raw 19 year old. He’s a long term asset. Prince is better than Brown. Milton is MUCH better than Rivers or Nowell in my view. I don’t expect much from Troy Brown. In my view, Milton is the key. How good can he be and what will his role be?

worldK wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:12 am I am all in on running it back after the moves we made today. We upgraded the bench with shake and NAW being here for a full season. A look at the team and you can say our identity is going to be a long and athletic defensive oriented team with 2 elite scorers in ant and kat to carry the offense.

We know now what Gobert is. He is not an all star anymore and certainly not worth what we gave up for him. But he can still have a positive impact on defense and on the boards. We just need him to be better at his rim protection and be more agressive on that end. He seems scared of picking up fouls on defense last season but we just need him to settle into a 25-28min a game a+role player who impose his will on d and rebound, rim run and catch lobs.

A helathy Kat will be a big boosts. After last season, it is clear to everyone that this is Ant’s team now and kat seems to accept that already. Kat is more suited
to be a number 2 guy and I look forward to a bounce back year from him.

Ant/ mcdaniels/ naw/ shake/ slowmo. Those 5 should be in the regualar rotation and they can provide excellent perimeter defense. Defense is going to be our identity.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:39 pm

kekgeek wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:01 pm

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:53 pm I haven't heard if we officially guaranteed Jordan McLaughlin. I heard one beatwriter said it was expected, but I don't think its been publically confirmed. If JMAC is guaranteed, then is free agency done for the Wolves as I think we have 15 rostered players. Anyone else confirm this. Garza and Ryan, I think are signed for two-ways. Do we have a third two-way to offer?

I think there will be some good players who will be taking a minimum salary to stay in the NBA. I was hoping we'd have a spot left to snag someone like Mo Bamba or Jaxson Hayes on a minimum deal.

Doogie said they picked it up.

So with Garza and Ryan. Teams can offer them an NBA contract but the wolves can match it (meaning a player would need to be cut). My guess is they will wait to see if Garza gets a contract, if he does the sign him to the main roster and Clark gets the 2-way, if no contract Garza gets the 2-way and Clark gets the nba contract. They do have another 2-way also though.

So for the most part I think the wolves are done.

Out: Rivers, Prince, Nowell, knight
In: Milton, Brown, Clark, Miller

We should take a step back and ask ourselves whether the Wolves are any better next season with this four-player swap. Clark won’t play because of his Achilles surgery. Miller likely won’t play because he’s a raw 19 year old. He’s a long term asset. Prince is better than Brown. Milton is MUCH better than Rivers or Nowell in my view. I don’t expect much from Troy Brown. In my view, Milton is the key. How good can he be and what will his role be?

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:40 pm

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:50 pm

Phenom wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:46 pm

What is Houston's next step to be competitive? I could see them turning to Towns. They could absorb most of the salary, send some young cheaper players and have quite a few draft picks coming from Brooklyn. They even own a couple Wolves seconds I think.

Seems more clear with each move that TC is totally committed to running it back next season. He’s building the team’s depth around it score and KAT is obviously part of that core. But TC did say he’d trade anyone if he gets an offer that knocks his socks off. What could Houston offer for KAT that you believe would knock TC’s socks off?

Sounds like Jon K is confirming the running it back. I love it. I think the Wolves have better depth than anytime I can recall. They also have plenty of players that I expect we could see improvement. Ant and Jaden have been improving yearly and hopefully this trend continues and KAT and Rudy could both bounce back with better years. I like the Wolve's chances next year and if our roster is healthy and the young guys show improvement, we should be in the hunt.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:31 am

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:40 pm

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:50 pm

Seems more clear with each move that TC is totally committed to running it back next season. He’s building the team’s depth around it score and KAT is obviously part of that core. But TC did say he’d trade anyone if he gets an offer that knocks his socks off. What could Houston offer for KAT that you believe would knock TC’s socks off?

Sounds like Jon K is confirming the running it back. I love it. I think the Wolves have better depth than anytime I can recall. They also have plenty of players that I expect we could see improvement. Ant and Jaden have been improving yearly and hopefully this trend continues and KAT and Rudy could both bounce back with better years. I like the Wolve's chances next year and if our roster is healthy and the young guys show improvement, we should be in the hunt.

But we say this almost every offseason after the draft and free agency and then multiple guys completely shit the bed on us. It happened last year with Nowell, Forbes, and McLaughlin (after he came back from injury - he was good before that).

I'm not denying that on paper things might look like upgrades, but we'll see what happens in real life.

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:57 am

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:31 am

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:40 pm
Sounds like Jon K is confirming the running it back. I love it. I think the Wolves have better depth than anytime I can recall. They also have plenty of players that I expect we could see improvement. Ant and Jaden have been improving yearly and hopefully this trend continues and KAT and Rudy could both bounce back with better years. I like the Wolve's chances next year and if our roster is healthy and the young guys show improvement, we should be in the hunt.

But we say this almost every offseason after the draft and free agency and then multiple guys completely shit the bed on us. It happened last year with Nowell, Forbes, and McLaughlin (after he came back from injury - he was good before that).

I'm not denying that on paper things might look like upgrades, but we'll see what happens in real life.

We do?? Not me. I have never been that impressed with the bench before and I genuinely am now. I'm also thrilled DLO is gone, Beasley is gone, Nowell is gone etc. We got guys who are more complete players, guys who can play a role and not play selfishly. I haven't been this excited for a season in many years.