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Big O wrote:Unless they have something really desirable to trade we shouldn't.

I mean Bjelica, Dieng and Martin might be able to land Porzingas. They either need to trade Melo and fully commit to the rebuild or get him help now. Grant/Martin/Melo/Bjelica/Dieng and some help in free agency gets them back in the playoffs in the East. Maybe I'm valuing our pieces too much.

Flip said he would have been a top 10 pick this year.

khans2k5 wrote:

Big O wrote:Unless they have something really desirable to trade we shouldn't.

I mean Bjelica, Dieng and Martin might be able to land Porzingas. They either need to trade Melo and fully commit to the rebuild or get him help now. Grant/Martin/Melo/Bjelica/Dieng and some help in free agency gets them back in the playoffs in the East. Maybe I'm valuing our pieces too much.

I think you are. I'd make that trade if I'm Minnesota without hesitation.

Agreed!

khans2k5 wrote:

Big O wrote:Unless they have something really desirable to trade we shouldn't.

I mean Bjelica, Dieng and Martin might be able to land Porzingas. They either need to trade Melo and fully commit to the rebuild or get him help now. Grant/Martin/Melo/Bjelica/Dieng and some help in free agency gets them back in the playoffs in the East. Maybe I'm valuing our pieces too much.

No way the knicks agree to that. They will hangup the moment they hear that offer. their fans may boo porzingis on draft night but if they deal him for that they would riot!

Melo was at the Prozingis workout and supposedly texts the Knicks all thebtime so I would imagine he is on board with the pick.

Bjelica does make sense with the triangle they can call about him all they want but they pretty much literally have nothing to offer. They have no players that make sense (they hardly have any to begin with) and they don't have any future 1st rounders. If the Wolves can seriously sign Bjelica for the 3 year 12 million that was reported sign him that's pretty cheap for an accomiplished euro player even before the cap goes up all things considered.

Let's hope Flip doesn't cave and give NB a player option, which he seems to always do.

This is my first post about Bjelica. I know next to nothing about him...

... But I just saw that he's on his way.



[Edit: This isn't exactly news, is it?]

Here it is... it's not FA news really, but kinda sorta.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/5518/report-nemanja-bjelica-is-finally-coming-to-minnesota

It took five years, but the Minnesota Timberwolves' 35th overall selection in the 2010 Draft may finally be coming to America. Euroleague MVP Nemanja Bjelica opted-out of his contract with Turkish team Fenerbahce Ulker at midnight, giving him the opportunity to play in the NBA. The arrival of the stretch-forward could force the Minnesota front office to make a move, according to Jerry Zgoda of the Minnesota Star Tribune:

"The Turkish team Fenerbahce Ulker overnight announced that Euroleague MVP Nemanja Bjelica has exercised an opt clause in his contract to leave for the NBA, That clears the way for the Wolves to sign him, five years after David Kahn drafted him 35th overall in the 2010 NBA draft. Expect Bjelica to sign a three-year deal worth at least $12 million, possibly more ... That's one more frontcourt player -- Bjelica is a natural "stretch" power forward who has the skills to play small forward, but you'd have to probably hide him defensively at that position -- coming to a team that already has Karl Anthony-Towns, Nikola Pekovic, Gorgui Dieng, to-be-signed Kevin Garnett and probably Robbie Hummel, Adreian Payne and Anthony Bennett."

bleedspeed177 wrote:Flip said he would have been a top 10 pick this year.

I've also herd he doesn't think he's better then Hummel. Although with Flip's love of Robbie, he might of taken him with the 1st pick if he could of