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kekgeek1 wrote:KCP 3 year 40 mil to the lakers

I been pretty harsh on the Beasley deal but for the Wolves I would rather take a swing with Beasley with all his warts with the deal we gave him than pay KCP that contract.

monsterpile wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:KCP 3 year 40 mil to the lakers

I been pretty harsh on the Beasley deal but for the Wolves I would rather take a swing with Beasley with all his warts with the deal we gave him than pay KCP that contract.

I agree, Monster.

Camden wrote:Crowder to Phoenix on a three-year deal. Fuck, man. That would have been great for Minnesota.

Damn, Phoenix could be putting something good together. The West is gonna be tough again.

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:

Camden wrote:Crowder to Phoenix on a three-year deal. Fuck, man. That would have been great for Minnesota.

Damn, Phoenix could be putting something good together. The West is gonna be tough again.

Hey, Drew. Yes, Phoenix is doing fairly well with their with their off-season maneuvers. But they're not going to get Juancho!! :)

I really like what Dallas is doing. Good marginal moves to compliment Luka. That WCS signing was great in my mind. We could have afforded that over Juancho no? It really seems to be a style of play philosophy which is weird because I feel like WCS would have at least given us some lineup options to have KAT at the 4. There are going to be some depressing outings against teams with size this year.

thedoper wrote:I really like what Dallas is doing. Good marginal moves to compliment Luka. That WCS signing was great in my mind. We could have afforded that over Juancho no? It really seems to be a style of play philosophy which is weird because I feel like WCS would have at least given us some lineup options to have KAT at the 4. There are going to be some depressing outings against teams with size this year.

Willie Cauley-Stein... meh. BUT... you're right about what Dallas is doing. They aren't still searching for Home Runs in the draft with all-or-nothing swings like they're Miguel Sano in a 7-run ballgame.

They have their superstar. And backup superstar. And they believe in them.

So they're finding players to complement them. Unlike...

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The Wolves. Who had two max guys... and still felt compelled to swing for the fences for more talent. Only to trade one max guy for another (better) max guy. Only, they still don't think they're close to contending, so they're desperately searching for a 3rd max/superstar guy.

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Ugh.

monsterpile wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:KCP 3 year 40 mil to the lakers

I been pretty harsh on the Beasley deal but for the Wolves I would rather take a swing with Beasley with all his warts with the deal we gave him than pay KCP that contract.

That isn't a great example though. If they let KCP walk, they would have been hard pressed to find anyone else guaranteed to fill that role. One guy was the third to fifth best player on a title team. The other just went crazy for 14 games and then went crazy off-court. One of them can also defend at a high level - proven over many more games.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

thedoper wrote:I really like what Dallas is doing. Good marginal moves to compliment Luka. That WCS signing was great in my mind. We could have afforded that over Juancho no? It really seems to be a style of play philosophy which is weird because I feel like WCS would have at least given us some lineup options to have KAT at the 4. There are going to be some depressing outings against teams with size this year.

Willie Cauley-Stein... meh. BUT... you're right about what Dallas is doing. They aren't still searching for Home Runs in the draft with all-or-nothing swings like they're Miguel Sano in a 7-run ballgame.

They have their superstar. And backup superstar. And they believe in them.

So they're finding players to complement them. Unlike...

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The Wolves. Who had two max guys... and still felt compelled to swing for the fences for more talent. Only to trade one max guy for another (better) max guy. Only, they still don't think they're close to contending, so they're desperately searching for a 3rd max/superstar guy.

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Ugh.

I will take whatever the hell we are doing over whatever the hell we did for KG. But it seems like a rinse and repeat. What do you do in this market though?

I would love it if some experimental front office and coach would see if there is a major market inefficiency in paint protection and rebounding. The FA contracts suggest that a team could have signed a really good three-man C/PF rotation of legit bigs for $20M combined per year or less, leaving plenty of money for whatever perimeter scorers and playmakers they already have or would need.

TheFuture wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

thedoper wrote:I really like what Dallas is doing. Good marginal moves to compliment Luka. That WCS signing was great in my mind. We could have afforded that over Juancho no? It really seems to be a style of play philosophy which is weird because I feel like WCS would have at least given us some lineup options to have KAT at the 4. There are going to be some depressing outings against teams with size this year.

Willie Cauley-Stein... meh. BUT... you're right about what Dallas is doing. They aren't still searching for Home Runs in the draft with all-or-nothing swings like they're Miguel Sano in a 7-run ballgame.

They have their superstar. And backup superstar. And they believe in them.

So they're finding players to complement them. Unlike...

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The Wolves. Who had two max guys... and still felt compelled to swing for the fences for more talent. Only to trade one max guy for another (better) max guy. Only, they still don't think they're close to contending, so they're desperately searching for a 3rd max/superstar guy.

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Ugh.

I will take whatever the hell we are doing over whatever the hell we did for KG. But it seems like a rinse and repeat. What do you do in this market though?

1. Get your star players. CHECK.

2. Build the best team around those players.

But the Wolves seem to be perpetually trying to get more and more and more in the stage 1 phase.