Minnesota Sports Forum

kekgeek wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 5:15 pm The one thing that worries me even though we are playing well right now is in the playoffs Donte numbers traditionally go down, Naz is traditionally a pretty big negative, mixed results from Rudy and Randle. Ant and Jaden traditionally level up in the playoffs.

I would feel so much comfortable with one more rotation piece. I just don’t think we have a ton of room for error at the moment with injuries, etc.

60WinTim wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 6:34 pm You should add SloMo to the list….

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:05 pm Let's not be ridiculous, no one is trading us a warm body for Conley and Miller. I'm hearing the price for White is a unprotected first round pick. I'd do it.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:51 pm

rapsuperstar31 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:03 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:24 am

The silly thing about the connection between that blowout in Atlanta and fan calls for a trade is that ther are no realistic (or even unrealistic) trades that fix what went wrong for the Wolves in that game. Swapping anyone on our current roster for Tre Jones, Tyus Jones or Coby White would not have turned that blowout loss into anything close to a win. That blowout and other the terrible losses like the one to the Nets were attributable to a profound lack of intensity/effort among our core players. There are no realistic trades that would address that issue. The good news is that it appears that effort/intensity problem has been remedied as Chris Finch indicated at the annual stakeholder forum. So not surprisingly, this team is on a roll.

If we get the proverbial offer you can’t refuse, then TC should pull the trigger. To me that would be Mike Conley and Miller for Tre Jones or even Tyus Jones. I think either of those two could give us what Conley no longer gives us. It would be a net gain although not a game-changer. Meanwhile, we’d keep our young talent - Rob, Shannon and Clark — which is essential for this draft-depleted organization.

Cam Thomas pretty much single handily beat us in that Brooklyn loss (+27 in 20 minutes), and it was Clark of all defenders that he was cooking the most. One big 25 point output from a guy off the bench could have saved one of those sad losses.

Would Coby White, a notoriously poor defender, have fared better against Cam Thomas? I’ll answer that question: Of course not! How about Tre or Tyus Jones? No. Do I think we’d be better overall with Tre Jones instead of Mike Conley? Yes. Better with Tyus Jones instead of Mike Conley? Maybe. So swapping Conley for either one makes some sense but TC won’t make that deal even if the Bulls or Magic would. Getting Coby While would require us to give up draft capital we don’t have or impact players we should NOT give up for a one-way chucker like White. If up to me, I’d offer Mike Conley and Miller to the Bulls for Tre Jones. If rejected, I’d then offer MIke Conley for Tyus Jones. If rejected, then I’d just offer Mike to Utah of Kyle Anderson or just wait to grab Kyle on the waiver wire in February.

BeenLurkin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:14 pm Do we have a 1st rounder to trade? I haven’t kept up on our pick status lately. After what we gave for Dilly when’s are next tradeable 1st?