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Regardless of what you think about Russell's value, anybody else think this thread really captures the pathetic experience of being a Wolves fan?

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:Regardless of what you think about Russell's value, anybody else think this thread really captures the pathetic experience of being a Wolves fan?

Wanna know what's worse? I'm a Chargers fan on top of my Wolves fanhood. It's just continuous heartbreak in the most unusual ways on that end. The Chargers will find new ways to ruin your day.

Luckily, most of you are Vikings fans.

Woke up to this mess. I am disappointed, I was sold on Towns leaks on what was going to happen and Rosas comments along with all the players talking about the Timberwolves making noise. I disagree with everyone saying Russel would not have made the difference - I think he changes the franchise for the next 5 years in a significantly positive way. And then...

Rosa clearly had a deal with someone that was ready - rumor is it was Dal, who got involved with MIA and then our deal died. Then the MIA deal died - so is DAL messing with other teams? As of this morning, DAL is NOT getting Wiggins or any player from MIA. I know there is bad blood between DAL and HOU, could this be some strange messing with Rosa over HOU history stuff?

Prior to MIA or DAL or however the deal fell apart - Wiggins was told - I am assuming Rosa felt 100% that he was going to be moved - it didn't happen.

Towns has been telling the world and more than he had this done - his Instagram post shows he thought it was done - so what happened?

So this morning we wake up with the same team we had last week. But Towns and Rosa have to go look at Wiggins - not sure how that works - like someone else said, maybe he will be pissed - who cares he cant give less effort. I think Towns looks like the biggest loser here - he recruited his best friend, had a party in a suit with him after agreeing to the max with us and then partied it up until Roas made room - clearly, his agent had some backup plans. How does your BFF agree to a deal in the night and by morning you tell him sorry but you changed your mind?

Assuming Wiggins is pissed would be to assume Wiggins actually gives a shit about the game of basketball, and nothing that he's shown in his career has given me reason to believe that.

Dal has really screwed up the FA for two teams - looks like they are completely out of the MIA trade so Butler is not going anywhere - he is not going to get paid unless there is some really interesting cap works by MIA and another team.

Also - this stops some of the deals the 76ers have done so there are some dominos that have to fall or there are several deals that are not going to work.

The athletic has an article talking about how DAL had agreed to a deal to take some contracts from MIA last week - I am guessing we had the same deal.

Its Dal messing with other teams

apollotsg wrote:The athletic has an article talking about how DAL had agreed to a deal to take some contracts from MIA last week - I am guessing we had the same deal.

Its Dal messing with other teams

Can they please mess with Western Conference teams!? Tired of seeing teams in the East get bamboozled while teams in the West seem to consistently have all the smartest guys in the room.

apollotsg wrote:Woke up to this mess. I am disappointed, I was sold on Towns leaks on what was going to happen and Rosas comments along with all the players talking about the Timberwolves making noise. I disagree with everyone saying Russel would not have made the difference - I think he changes the franchise for the next 5 years in a significantly positive way. And then...

Rosa clearly had a deal with someone that was ready - rumor is it was Dal, who got involved with MIA and then our deal died. Then the MIA deal died - so is DAL messing with other teams? As of this morning, DAL is NOT getting Wiggins or any player from MIA. I know there is bad blood between DAL and HOU, could this be some strange messing with Rosa over HOU history stuff?

Prior to MIA or DAL or however the deal fell apart - Wiggins was told - I am assuming Rosa felt 100% that he was going to be moved - it didn't happen.

Towns has been telling the world and more than he had this done - his Instagram post shows he thought it was done - so what happened?

So this morning we wake up with the same team we had last week. But Towns and Rosa have to go look at Wiggins - not sure how that works - like someone else said, maybe he will be pissed - who cares he cant give less effort. I think Towns looks like the biggest loser here - he recruited his best friend, had a party in a suit with him after agreeing to the max with us and then partied it up until Roas made room - clearly, his agent had some backup plans. How does your BFF agree to a deal in the night and by morning you tell him sorry but you changed your mind?

D'Angelo Russell is a flake. I was positive on anything that would rid us of Wiggins, so anything that netted out in a Russell/Wiggins swap would have been really nice. But I'm not in love with Russell the person or player, so I'm not THAT disappointed by this whole thing. I'm sure he'll thrive with Golden State since he will be surrounded by a very strong culture and clear alpha dogs, but success in Minnesota was far from certain.

apollotsg wrote:Woke up to this mess. I am disappointed, I was sold on Towns leaks on what was going to happen and Rosas comments along with all the players talking about the Timberwolves making noise. I disagree with everyone saying Russel would not have made the difference - I think he changes the franchise for the next 5 years in a significantly positive way. And then...

Rosa clearly had a deal with someone that was ready - rumor is it was Dal, who got involved with MIA and then our deal died. Then the MIA deal died - so is DAL messing with other teams? As of this morning, DAL is NOT getting Wiggins or any player from MIA. I know there is bad blood between DAL and HOU, could this be some strange messing with Rosa over HOU history stuff?

Prior to MIA or DAL or however the deal fell apart - Wiggins was told - I am assuming Rosa felt 100% that he was going to be moved - it didn't happen.

Towns has been telling the world and more than he had this done - his Instagram post shows he thought it was done - so what happened?

So this morning we wake up with the same team we had last week. But Towns and Rosa have to go look at Wiggins - not sure how that works - like someone else said, maybe he will be pissed - who cares he cant give less effort. I think Towns looks like the biggest loser here - he recruited his best friend, had a party in a suit with him after agreeing to the max with us and then partied it up until Roas made room - clearly, his agent had some backup plans. How does your BFF agree to a deal in the night and by morning you tell him sorry but you changed your mind?

Good post. Yep, I'd say that Rosas and Towns both look pretty bad here. I'm still not sure what happened and I'm interesting in learning exactly what went down. What we're hearing is that the Wolves had a cap-clearing deal in place but Russell changed his mind and decided to go to the Warriors. Hmm. Maybe that's true. If so, I'm glad we aren't stuck with him on a max deal. But I'm not convinced yet by that story line. I'm still wondering whether the Wolves failed to put a deal together. We should find out from Jon K or someone in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, Wolves fans can't help but be disappointed. And now Rosas, Towns and Saunders will have to deal with the aftermath -- Wiggins and Teague feeling unwanted, Towns embarrassed and dejected and Rosas rightly embarrassed.

As for Rosas, he's now 0-2 measured against his own goals. He wanted Garland, but couldn't get him. Then he wanted Russell and couldn't get him. In both cases, the whole world knew what Rosas wanted and in both cases he came close but fell short. Not a good start. Rosas said he would do things differently. Well, maybe he has or maybe he hasn't. But one thing for sure - the results are the same.