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Re: Mixed Feelings
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:22 pm
by Lipoli390
Phenom's_Revenge wrote:I would honestly prefer seeing who might be available in trade for Cole and the pick than any of the free agent names.
It depends who. But I wouldn't give up our 1st round pick for the likes of CJ Miles. If you're talking Avery Bradley then OK. So I'm with you in wanting to see who might be available. Therefore, we should definitely be exploring trade opportunities, but I'd be reluctant to part with our OKC 1st round pick unless it gets us a real needle-mover. Now if we're talking Cole and the 2nd round pick we have next season from some other team (we don't have our own) for CJ Miles, then I say yes. But that's not realistic.
Re: Mixed Feelings
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 5:46 pm
by AbeVigodaLive
lipoli390 wrote:monsterpile wrote:bleedspeed177 wrote:AbeVigodaLive wrote:Could Olynyk be one of those semi-decent free agents that get paid less than we might have thought?
I believe the Wolves still have to make additional moves (see Cole Aldrich) to open up much space...
I hope we don't trade a first to get rid of Cole.
I don't want to move the pick either. I think it's time to wait things out a bit and see who we can get for the vet min.
I think it's possible Olynyk still gets paid a decent chunk of money because he is one of the most exciting players left and is kinda young and all that stuff. How good is he really? Idk it will be interesting to see how much he gets. There are a bunch of guys in his range of impact like James Johnson and j Green that are players teams are looking to add.
I agree, Monster. Thibs needs to take step off the treadmill for a few minutes and take a deep breath. I think he got carried away and jumped the gun using the rest of our cap space to sign Taj to 2-year $28 million deal when there were solid vet PFs out there like Patrick Patterson willing to take a 3-year $16 million deal. He shouldn't compound the mistake by giving up the 1st round pick we got for Ricky just to open up enough cap space to sign a decent backup wing. It's time for Thibs to earn his keep.
Yes, he did well in the Butler deal, but that deal didn't take a lot of thought or creativity.
Now it's time for Thibs and Layden to earn their keep by signing one or two below-the-radar players (undrafted, released, or G-League) who can step up and shine. We need to sign our own version of Covington, J. Green, Dedmon, Danny Green, etc. That's what elite front offices do. We haven't seen it yet from any Wolves front office except when McHale traded for Billups, but then we let him go before he blossomed even though he was apparently shining in practice.
To be fair... We shouldn't simply dismiss the Butler signing.
If we want to rip Thibs for bad moves... fair enough. But to do so while trying to diminish the good moves is a slippery and sometimes disingenuous slope.