Final Wolves 2022 Pre-Season Moves

[Lipoli390]

OK. Here's a thread for everyone to post the final realistic pre-season moves you'd make for the Wolves this summer if you were in Tim Connelly's position. Right now, I'd be inclined towards only making the following pretty basic moves:

1. Release cap holds on Okogie and Layman, allowing them to leave as UFAs.

2. Sign Kessler & Moore to their rookie-scale deals

3. Give Minott one of our two-way deals

4. Give the other two-way slot back to McKinley Wrights

5. Keep Spagnolo overseas in Italy

6. Sign Jalen Smith using as much of Wolves MLE as needed - 1-year or multi-year deal

7. Re-sign Prince for no more than $10M.

My more ambitious alternative would be all of the above, except instead of re-signing Prince, we'd trade Beasley and Naz to the Kings for Barnes. Unfortunately, I think Cam is right that the Kings would insist on also giving up a future 1st and I woudn't be willing to do that for a one-year Barnes rental.

[kekgeek]

Can someone help me out on this question. I am pretty positive I read somewhere that if the Wolves want to resign Prince he has to be used in the MLE spot. Like we can't resign Prince and use the full MLE. Can someone help me out there.

[WildWolf2813]

According to Doogie, Wright is gonna play summer league with someone else.


I'm just gonna continue to say we give Petr Cornelie a deal and see if he makes the team

C Towns /Kessler /Reid
PF Vanderbilt /Prince /Cornelie
SF Edwards /McDaniels /Moore
SG Beverley /Beasley /Bolmaro
PG Russell /McLaughlin /Nowell

Minott on two way

[WildWolf2813]

Can someone help me out on this question. I am pretty positive I read somewhere that if the Wolves want to resign Prince he has to be used in the MLE spot. Like we can't resign Prince and use the full MLE. Can someone help me out there.

We have his bird rights so I don't see how he couldn't be resigned aside from using the MLE.

[kekgeek]

Can someone help me out on this question. I am pretty positive I read somewhere that if the Wolves want to resign Prince he has to be used in the MLE spot. Like we can't resign Prince and use the full MLE. Can someone help me out there.

We have his bird rights so I don't see how he couldn't be resigned aside from using the MLE.

So I thought that also but I've seen in multiple places that the MLE would need to be used on Prince but I don't know where I saw it

[kekgeek]

According to Doogie, Wright is gonna play summer league with someone else.


I'm just gonna continue to say we give Petr Cornelie a deal and see if he makes the team

C Towns /Kessler /Reid
PF Vanderbilt /Prince /Cornelie
SF Edwards /McDaniels /Moore
SG Beverley /Beasley /Bolmaro
PG Russell /McLaughlin /Nowell

Minott on two way

Interesting Wright won't be back

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Can someone help me out on this question. I am pretty positive I read somewhere that if the Wolves want to resign Prince he has to be used in the MLE spot. Like we can't resign Prince and use the full MLE. Can someone help me out there.

I'm not sure where you read that, but I'm fairly positive that's inaccurate. For starters, Minnesota has Taurean Prince's Bird Rights allowing them to re-sign him while being over the salary cap. They'll also be approximately $24.5-million under the luxury tax threshold after their two first-round picks sign their rookie deals, which means the Wolves have the full Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Salary Exception and Bi-Annual Exception to use if they so choose.

[Q-is-here]

According to Doogie, Wright is gonna play summer league with someone else.


I'm just gonna continue to say we give Petr Cornelie a deal and see if he makes the team

C Towns /Kessler /Reid
PF Vanderbilt /Prince /Cornelie
SF Edwards /McDaniels /Moore
SG Beverley /Beasley /Bolmaro
PG Russell /McLaughlin /Nowell

Minott on two way

Interesting Wright won't be back

That's too bad in my opinion. I thought he looked pretty good in Iowa and was truly the best player on the floor most nights. His shooting and overall game did start to wane a bit as the season progressed. And at the same time that was happening, Jordan McLaughlin turned his season around and cemented his status as a key player off the bench for the Wolves.

Can we please start a season for once where half the roster isn't struggling like hell to make a shot!? Beasley, Prince, McDaniels, and McLaughlin....all these guys were so damn cold for an extended period to start the year.

[JasonIsDaMan [enjin:7981157]]

OK. Here's a thread for everyone to post the final realistic pre-season moves you'd make for the Wolves this summer if you were in Tim Connelly's position. Right now, I'd be inclined towards only making the following pretty basic moves:

1. Release cap holds on Okogie and Layman, allowing them to leave as UFAs.

2. Sign Kessler & Moore to their rookie-scale deals

3. Give Minott one of our two-way deals

4. Give the other two-way slot back to McKinley Wrights

5. Keep Spagnolo overseas in Italy

6. Sign Jalen Smith using as much of Wolves MLE as needed - 1-year or multi-year deal

7. Re-sign Prince for no more than $10M.

My more ambitious alternative would be all of the above, except instead of re-signing Prince, we'd trade Beasley and Naz to the Kings for Barnes. Unfortunately, I think Cam is right that the Kings would insist on also giving up a future 1st and I woudn't be willing to do that for a one-year Barnes rental.

Let me help you with #6 and #7. The Wolves can get Smith for $0 of their MLE because they can get him for the VetMin. Seriously, IND declined his 3rd year, and no one (no offense) is talking about him. Taurean Prince will cost $2.43, which is the VetMin on a guy with 7 years experience. Prince's SF minutes weren't embarrassing, and if he's not difficult about it he can keep playing NBA basketball. But nobody's going to war over him.

[Lipoli390]

OK. Here's a thread for everyone to post the final realistic pre-season moves you'd make for the Wolves this summer if you were in Tim Connelly's position. Right now, I'd be inclined towards only making the following pretty basic moves:

1. Release cap holds on Okogie and Layman, allowing them to leave as UFAs.

2. Sign Kessler & Moore to their rookie-scale deals

3. Give Minott one of our two-way deals

4. Give the other two-way slot back to McKinley Wrights

5. Keep Spagnolo overseas in Italy

6. Sign Jalen Smith using as much of Wolves MLE as needed - 1-year or multi-year deal

7. Re-sign Prince for no more than $10M.

My more ambitious alternative would be all of the above, except instead of re-signing Prince, we'd trade Beasley and Naz to the Kings for Barnes. Unfortunately, I think Cam is right that the Kings would insist on also giving up a future 1st and I woudn't be willing to do that for a one-year Barnes rental.

Let me help you with #6 and #7. The Wolves can get Smith for $0 of their MLE because they can get him for the VetMin. Seriously, IND declined his 3rd year, and no one (no offense) is talking about him. Taurean Prince will cost $2.43, which is the VetMin on a guy with 7 years experience. Prince's SF minutes weren't embarrassing, and if he's not difficult about it he can keep playing NBA basketball. But nobody's going to war over him.

Lol. Thank you for your help, Jason. I think the Wolves should pay as little as possible to sign Jalen Smith and re-sign Taurean Prince. :)