Flynn over Curry, now the DEFINING moment of a failed franchise...thus far.

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AbeVigodaLive
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Re: Flynn over Curry, now the DEFINING moment of a failed franchise...thus far.

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PorkChop wrote:
Camden0916 wrote:
PorkChop wrote:Shouldn't we be just upset that we drafted Ricky over Curry at this point?


Rubio's still a worthy player in the NBA. Flynn's struggling in foreign leagues. Give it a rest, man.


Camden shouldn't u be the last person telling some to give it a rest on their opinions of certain players.



I get where Pork Chop is coming from... but it is a revisionist take. Rubio was considered the smart move at the time so I won't begrudge Kahn for choosing him over Curry.

But his career has not panned out as well as some thought it would (yet?)...
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Re: Flynn over Curry, now the DEFINING moment of a failed franchise...thus far.

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AbeVigodaLive wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:I'd probably put Ray Allen refusing to come here leading to a trade for Starbury and the Joe Smith debacle over the Curry miss because they both probably combined to cost us 1 title. I have to believe an Allen/KG duo could have pulled one off back in the day when you only needed two stars to win. The Joe Smith debacle pretty much put the finishing move on being able to properly build around KG after that. Curry is most effective on offense off the dribble which takes the ball out of Ricky's hands and we have no idea how Ricky holds up for 82 games primarily guarding 2's.



Wait. Ray Allen refused to play in Minnesota? How did I not know this? More details please.

My take was that the draft-day trade was all part of the plan to land Marbury. The way you have it painted, he was a consolation prize. I loved the Marbury move. I don't think that move was one of an overmatched GM like the Curry over Flynn pick. Marbury was a helluva player and fans, analysts and players around the league were gushing over the Garnett/Marbury pairing. They were compared to Stockton/Malone repeatedly. And for good reason. They were in many ways a great pairing who complemented each other so well. Garnett was the all-around-savant and Marbury was the unabashed confidence guy who wanted to take the big shot. The Wolves went most of another decade searching for a guy like that for Garnett.

Unfortunately, Marbury and his family were greedy and myopic. Immaturity won out. But I don't think of it as a bad trade at the time, or even now. If Marbury hadn't turned into one of the most irrational petulant players in modern NBA history, that trade would have been looked at as a pretty savvy move by McHale.

The Joe Smith debacle? Now that's a different issue. That one hurt... finishing with only Nbudi Ebi out of that stretch makes it all the more comical/sad/frustrating/angst-ridden...


I can't find where I heard it or saw it, but I thought Allen refused to play here and that's why we dealt him. Maybe it was just a fake behind the scenes Simmons thing. I could be wrong.
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