Re: Cam: Should the Timberwolves sign Jason Thompson?
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:16 am
lipoli390 wrote:khans2k5 wrote:Nice to know Milt couldn't even squeak out some meaningless second round picks for Miller and Martin knowing that buying them out was a serious option after the deadline. On to the next GM and coach.
Milt clearly hasn't done anything to suggest he's the best we can come up with as our next PBO. I'm really tired of second tier front office and coaching staffs. So as you indicated, let the search begin!
Look it sucks Martin is not going to bring the Wolves back anything but I don't think that's a real indication Milt screwed up. I spent a decent chunk of time this season looking at what other teams had to match salaries for Martin and there were very few fits.
Another consideration is look around at the talent teams are now getting to fight and acquire for vet min right now with guy taking buyouts or getting waived. Teams knew they were going to have shots to add vet players after the trade deadline for the vet min.
The people that wanted Martin traded last year turned out to be right. The one issue though is that Flip was running everything then and was expecting to be doing it in one form or another for years. He was a big Martin fan and he was probably the guy that kept selling Martin on staying here. Maybe Martin would have been more productive under Flip as coach. Maybe he would still want to stick around past this year if Flip was around. Flip was adamant about not trading Martin and still was this summer.
I am not suggesting Milt is the man for the job but let's be a little more realistic here. Martin wasn't really much of an asset by the time Milt ended up really looking to move him which REALLY REALLY sucks because there had to be a window of time where he had some solid value.