Next Moves for the Wolves

[Monster]

One thing to consider when it comes to the idea of who to put next to Towns is that as the game evolves there will be and is more players that will have both traits we or Rosas etc want in a guy defense AND 3 point shooting. Baynes is a vet guy that fits that model and there are more young guys to come into the league. In theory Justin Patton could have been that type of guy with some added passing ability. I'm not suggesting that finding this guy will be easy BUT it's not impossible either. Brook Lopez is an integral piece to the Bucks and all it took to get him from the Lakers was like 3-4 million.

[KG4Ever]

We need to find these guys: Capela was taken near end of first round, Gasol was taken in second round, Gobert end of first round, Jokic in second round, Jarrett Allen-late first round, John Collins-late first round, Montrezl Harrell-second round, Thomas Bryant-second round. Good bigs are available without a lottery pick, we have to have a front office who can find them.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

We need to find these guys: Capela was taken near end of first round, Gasol was taken in second round, Gobert end of second round, Jokic in second round, Jarrett Allen-late first round, John Collins-late first round, Montrezl Harrell-second round, Thomas Bryant-second round. Good bigs are available without a lottery pick, we have to have a front office who can find them.

Don't disagree. And to one of your earlier posts, there is a healthy of supply of bigs on the free agent market that exceeds the demand. We (to some degree) benefited from this by signing Vonleh and Bell to really cheap deals this past offseason. In addition, we have Naz Reid in our pipeline of prospects, although I am very leery of his defense.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

What good is Capela without a guard to hit him running to the rim?

We just discussed (after Jim Pete mentioned it) that the Wolves don't have that guy on the roster.

Obviously, Capela could help defensively. But he would hinder the Wolves a bit on offense. Expect smaller guys to be with Towns on the perimeter... somewhat negating the HUGE advantage he gives the Wolves on offense.

Yeah, how much of Capela's success and efficiency is because he is playing next to one of the most dangerous scoring threats of all time? I mean, Harden creates a massive gravitational pull with both his 3-ball and his drives to the hoop. It gives Capela so many open dunks and Harden is also one of the best passers in the game. I really don't think we get the same product if he ended up with us.

[Coolbreeze44]

What good is Capela without a guard to hit him running to the rim?

We just discussed (after Jim Pete mentioned it) that the Wolves don't have that guy on the roster.

Obviously, Capela could help defensively. But he would hinder the Wolves a bit on offense. Expect smaller guys to be with Towns on the perimeter... somewhat negating the HUGE advantage he gives the Wolves on offense.

Yeah, how much of Capela's success and efficiency is because he is playing next to one of the most dangerous scoring threats of all time? I mean, Harden creates a massive gravitational pull with both his 3-ball and his drives to the hoop. It gives Capela so many open dunks and Harden is also one of the best passers in the game. I really don't think we get the same product if he ended up with us.

Yeah, I think he's a little bit of fool's gold on offense, plus he's a terrible free throw shooter. But good defense and almost 15 boards per game. Would be a nice chip next to KAT. I'd trade ROCO for him.

[Monster]

What good is Capela without a guard to hit him running to the rim?

We just discussed (after Jim Pete mentioned it) that the Wolves don't have that guy on the roster.

Obviously, Capela could help defensively. But he would hinder the Wolves a bit on offense. Expect smaller guys to be with Towns on the perimeter... somewhat negating the HUGE advantage he gives the Wolves on offense.

Yeah, how much of Capela's success and efficiency is because he is playing next to one of the most dangerous scoring threats of all time? I mean, Harden creates a massive gravitational pull with both his 3-ball and his drives to the hoop. It gives Capela so many open dunks and Harden is also one of the best passers in the game. I really don't think we get the same product if he ended up with us.

Yeah, I think he's a little bit of fool's gold on offense, plus he's a terrible free throw shooter. But good defense and almost 15 boards per game. Would be a nice chip next to KAT. I'd trade ROCO for him.

Weird his FT dropped off he has been getting better every year before this season.

I'm certainly not getting my hopes up for this possible deal at all BUT for all the competitive stuff and numbers and agents and money there is still relationships around the league and Houston and Wolves trade has guys that know each other well and that could help a deal happen that might be a bit unexpected.

[KG4Ever]

I wouldn't necessarily trade Roco for Capela because of my concern that we get a lesser Capela here and I think Capela's skill sets may be easier to find than Roco's. I think Morey is smart and if he is willing to part with Capela for Roco (not sure this is the case), then I'd even be more hesitant. I'd prefer we try to secure a defensive minded center without giving up Roco first.

[kekgeek]

I wouldn't necessarily trade Roco for Capela because of my concern that we get a lesser Capela here and I think Capela's skill sets may be easier to find than Roco's. I think Morey is smart and if he is willing to part with Capela for Roco (not sure this is the case), then I'd even be more hesitant. I'd prefer we try to secure a defensive minded center without giving up Roco first.

Can't believe I'm saying this but me and KG are 100% aligned here

[WildWolf2813]

I wouldn't go near Capela. We'd be bailing Houston out because with some matchups, Capela is unusable.

[WildWolf2813]

If Rosas is really as good of a talent evaluator as we want him to be, then the long term solution to the C spot is gonna have to be Reid. We just have to grit our teeth and wait on his development. The truth is that this team is gonna have to pull competent players out of nowhere at some point. Who's gonna be their Duncan Robinson, Kendrick Nunn, Daniel House, etc. If Rosas is hellbent on getting another star, then finances dictate that he'll need to make another Covington, the same way Covington himself was molded. If Rosas is unable to unearth a gem here and there, he's wasting everyone's time.