khans2k5 wrote:mrhockey89 wrote:Not to take this thread in a different direction, but the whole Love to Cleveland thing is looking even better for us now that Love is helping create a rift in Cleveland, along with underproducing. At this point, Flip may have gotten Andrew Wiggins for a 1 year rental of a high caliber role player who sits at the end of games.
Can't totally credit Flip for the trade though...right now it looks like he could almost not have gone wrong with any of the deals... First there's Wiggins which is a great get, then there's the almost trade in Klay Thompson, and then there was the other potential offer with legs which included Mirotic and Taj (wonder if we could have somehow pry'd Jimmy Butler from them with Mirotic instead).
On the Flip side (pun intended), he also traded a likely mid-1st for Payne who just seems awkward out there and is already in his mid-20's. Not loving that move so far.
With all that said, this will be a very important draft for the Wolves future, so hopefully Flip gets the right guy (i.e. not the Derrick Williams of this draft)
So Cleveland is the number 2 seed and they still haven't figured it out yet. The whole league should be praying they don't fully figure it out or it will be game over. The trade is still a win-win and if they win a title this year I don't see how they don't get the automatic win for the trade. The only way the trade even becomes a win for us in that situation is multiple titles which is nice to think about but very difficult to do.
I disagree on Cleveland. There's one reason and one reason only that they're the #2 seed, and that's #23. People can talk about James Harden for MVP, Russell Westbrook for MVP, Steph Curry for MVP, etc, and they're all legitimate candidates, but so is LeBron. Just look at their record this year with him, and look at their record this year without him. It's a complete 180. Based on how they played when LeBron was out, the Cavs would be fighting with the Wolves for the #2 pick if you project that out. The Cavs don't use Love in end of game situations, LeBron doesn't trust love on the floor, Love and LeBron constantly take covert shots at eachother in the media, which I'm sure doesn't play well into lockerroom gelling. And I'm sure they could find something very productive to replace Love's cap number with in terms of replacement. In other words, I'm saying they'd be the #2 seed even if Love wasn't on the team....oh, and they'd have Andrew Wiggins, who'd likely be playing more 2 guard which seems to be a more natural fit at this point in his career.
And the only way the trade becomes a win for us is if we win multiple titles? It's ALREADY a win for us to not have his cancerous attitude in the lockerroom, a guy whose upside is even higher than Love's on the team, and a kid who's played dynamite for a teenager playing as a rookie in the NBA, while having several years left on his rookie contract.
It's an absolute no-brainer that this trade was a win for the Wolves. I'm absolutely floored that you would suggest otherwise. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find even a Cavs fan saying otherwise.
