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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18729556/minnesota-timberwolves-approach-new-york-knicks-derrick-rose

Not sure how far along, or how much volume this article screams of truth....but it would be intriguing to hear everyone's thoughts.

slimcalhoun27 wrote:http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18729556/minnesota-timberwolves-approach-new-york-knicks-derrick-rose

Not sure how far along, or how much volume this article screams of truth....but it would be intriguing to hear everyone's thoughts.

I've been pining for this deal just to free up cap room. Totally behind the idea. Re-signing him not so much unless he comes on the super cheap.

Read a tweet tonight that Phil Jackson is pushing to include Noah in a deal for Rose to the Wolves.

All kinds of gross. Wolves better not be a team that bails out the Knicks.

Every former wolves player is going to be linked to the Wolves for Better (Butler) and for Worse (Noah, Rose)

With Zach out I wouldn't be opposed to D Rose. Wiggins and Towns need some help now to get some buckets. He solves nothing defensively and I don't neccessarily want him long-term if he really wants to charge as much as he says, but we need some help down the stretch to close out strong. Ideally you swap him and a piece for Ricky and see if it works. I want no part of Noah though. He's just done. Rose at least has some juice left.

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khans2k5 wrote:With Zach out I wouldn't be opposed to D Rose. Wiggins and Towns need some help now to get some buckets. He solves nothing defensively and I don't neccessarily want him long-term if he really wants to charge as much as he says, but we need some help down the stretch to close out strong. Ideally you swap him and a piece for Ricky and see if it works. I want no part of Noah though. He's just done. Rose at least has some juice left.

Have you seen Rose this year?

Rose basically freezes everyone out and goes iso.

Gorgui becomes the best passer in the starting lineup with this trade.

Well it works as a salary dump (which I like better than the R. Jackson idea) and probably if anything tells you Thibs believes in Dunn. Personally I think at 14 mill a year for the next two years Rubio can be a valuable part of the point guard platoon. Sure it could open up more salary in the short term, but do we even need it? I'd rather keep a contributing player at a reasonable salary, not to mention one that has been playing his best basketball of the season as of late.

I see no way we take on Noah. Unless Thibs can put him through a time machine first...and while he's at it, put Rose in there too.

One other unlikely, but not impossible, scenario that frightens me: Rose comes here, reunites with Thibs and finishes the season strong, then we sign him and he reverts back to what he is now--a shell of the mvp player under Thibs. I mean, I just don't see it, but Thibs might see something else.

My bet is this trade does go down though. Let the D(unn)Rose era begin...

Did the Wolves call about Rose? Sure. Big story. Thibs loves Rose if he could get him for next to nothing sure.

Mstermisty wrote:Well it works as a salary dump (which I like better than the R. Jackson idea) and probably if anything tells you Thibs believes in Dunn. Personally I think at 14 mill a year for the next two years Rubio can be a valuable part of the point guard platoon. Sure it could open up more salary in the short term, but do we even need it? I'd rather keep a contributing player at a reasonable salary, not to mention one that has been playing his best basketball of the season as of late.

I see no way we take on Noah. Unless Thibs can put him through a time machine first...and while he's at it, put Rose in there too.

One other unlikely, but not impossible, scenario that frightens me: Rose comes here, reunites with Thibs and finishes the season strong, then we sign him and he reverts back to what he is now--a shell of the mvp player under Thibs. I mean, I just don't see it, but Thibs might see something else.

My bet is this trade does go down though. Let the D(unn)Rose era begin...

I think you nailed it, misty. No, we don't need the cap room right now...we have plenty. Our problem comes when the Big 3 and pieces needed to win a championship all demand the contracts they deserve, and we cant afford them without going "lux"...I don't see how this deal helps us in any way. Keep Ricky, and don't go after Rose.