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bleedspeed177 wrote:We should take the best player available n the draft regardless of position. Towns has motor issues. Mudiay doesn't have a history of making teams win and lacks game film. It will be aninteresting next 6 months.

TRKO wrote:

bleedspeed177 wrote:We should take the best player available n the draft regardless of position. Towns has motor issues. Mudiay doesn't have a history of making teams win and lacks game film. It will be aninteresting next 6 months.

Russell

whatdtcom wrote:Great summary Lip. Spot on.

Had I known, I would have taken the opportunity to introduce myself.....perhaps at the next town hall meeting. And yes, I took a picture with Wiggins trophy! LOL. Everybody, Wiggins lent the Wolves his Rookie AS game trophy for people to take pictures with.

Which by the way guys, seems like Garnett's debut WON'T be tomorrow but rather sometimes mid next week. So, if you're super excited as I am-----don't blow your load and buy tickets tomorrow (Friday 2.20). He has up to 48 hours due to physicals and blood samplings for all players involved. Flip hinted at a game sometime mid next week which would be vs. the Wizards on the 25th.

One quick tidbit that I found interesting was how perhaps insignificant Nemanja Bjelica is to our future. Flip said some nice complimentary things about him but with another breathe, Flip confesses that he can't even say his name! LOL. Let's be honest, if you had a serious prospect; you know how to say his name cause you have spoken about him at length (to the designated European scout, to his immediate family and have visited him on multiple occasions---ie Khan with Rubio). Second, Flip seemed excited at the chance to draft another big----which if we're lucky enough to land Okafor or Towns---it would further delay Bjelica's arrival----if any----here in the US. So guys, if you're waiting for him, you might be waiting some more.

Overall, I'm encouraged by this trade. On the cover, Garnett's NOT going to win us games----cause he's only gonna give us like 20 minutes per. But his mental toughness and preparation to being a true professional of the game will be far greater then the first round pick that we originally surrender for Thad in the first place. We all know first rounders don't all pan out (Williams at 2, Johnson at 4, Flynn at 6 and so on), so when Flip has coached a rock solid cornerstone youth in Garnett and now sees Wiggins and Rubio as such----he's gonna do everything in his powers to get everyone in line.

Enter a man name Kevin Garnett. Let's roll!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF_b4WIlCQ

Hicks123 wrote:I think the conversation around Mudiay is interesting. From the game film I have seen, he is clearly a PG....meaning, much of his success will come due to having the ball in his hands and making decisions. I definitely see him as more Westbrook (scoring PG) than Rubio (distributing PG). My interest here is that I, like a couple others, would lean towards taking BPA over positional need. But I think the thing that makes me different than most on this board is that I am not at all convinced that Rubio needs to be our future at PG. Most seem to have pegged Rubio as our future....so I am curious to hear from guys like Lip on what your expectation would be for this team if we drafted Mudiay. I guess you could hypothetically play them together as they have the aggregate size.....but there wouldn't be a poorer shooting backcourt in the NBA. That poses a million and one problems...