Minnesota Sports Forum

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

khans2k5 wrote:

crazysauce wrote:I only bring up the age not because hes too old but because Beasley is very young and from reports a hard worker who will be getting better. Hield on the other hand is what he is, which is a good player. I like buddy and wouldnt mind getting him but you only have so much money available to spend and depending what it takes to sign beasley, if its 12 to 14 mill per compared to buddys 18 to 24 then i think we try to save the 8 or 9 mil per year and roll the dice on improvement from Beasley. And with his recent legal woes he probably hurt his market value as well.

We have no cap space so it really just comes down to who you think is the better player. Saving 6-10 million doesn't net us anything different on the rest of the roster currently.

Culver is included in the deal too so that knocks down the cost somewhat as well. Lots of ways to save money. It's also possible Beasley doesn't come that cheap. It's also possible he walks with a bigger deal than the Wolves want to pay him.

Those are good points, Monster. The Wolves need to make fully-informed decisions. If they're not sure about re-signing Beasley or have doubts about what they'll have to pay to re-sign him, that changes the calculus. I'm not sure that means I see trading for Buddy as the alternative to re-signing Beasley. It just means it's part of the decision-making matrix.

Q12543 wrote:We need bigger wings that can defend and shoot. Right now we have a bunch of 6'3/6'4/6'5 shooting guards that can either shoot and not defend or defend but can't shoot. Hield is simply an older, more expensive - and yes - somewhat better version of Beasley.