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D-Mac wrote:This sucks. If nowell goes, I'll be pissed. If he sees himself as a starter, I would agree with that. Good 6th man for us this year and could easily be starting for several teams this year I believe. I think the wolves took him as a 2nd round pick and developed him to what he has become, so hope there's some loyalty there on his end. As long as the wolves are able to offer him as much as other teams this offseason, I think he'll be back.

He was the Pac 10 player of the year his senior year and seems to be able to beat his man and get to the basket better than anyone on our team other than Ant... plus he has a certain swagger about him. So it's not difficult to believe he sees himself as a starter. But he's likely to be buried behind Ant and Jaden here. I think there are lottery teams out there that would love to have him as their starting shooting guard, and that would mean more money for him. I like him, but I still think it's likely he's somewhere lese next year.

I guess potentially losing Nowell is the downside of the "Gupta Special" as Dane Moore likes to call all of these contracts we handed out. If Nowell gets out there and there is a hot market for him good for him. I think there will always be a lot of players that love to score out there, so he may be replaceable. But he sure has been fun to watch so far.

thedoper wrote:I guess potentially losing Nowell is the downside of the "Gupta Special" as Dane Moore likes to call all of these contracts we handed out. If Nowell gets out there and there is a hot market for him good for him. I think there will always be a lot of players that love to score out there, so he may be replaceable. But he sure has been fun to watch so far.

Yep, very true on all accounts. I'll enjoy watching him this season.