In a word, no. Giving those kinds of deals to sixth men-and let’s face it, Gomes’ ceiling on a contending club is first option off the bench at 3 or 4-is the kind of decision that quickly gets teams into salary-cap hell. Gomes is a great guy and does a lot of things well, but he has no special talents as a scorer, defender, rebounder, or playmaker. It will be very interesting to see if he gets an offer sheet anywhere close to that figure (which, by the way, exceeds the MLE).

My guess for his top offer: 3 years, $11.5 mil.

I don’t like to see a non-starter get more than 3 years.

As good a guy as Gomes is in the lockerroom, Turiaf is even better. He also is better on D guarding Bigs. In addition, Gomes has played for losing teams in Boston and last with the Wolves. Turiaf was in the rotation and a valuable member of a team that got to the finals.

I would be very, VERY surprised if Gomes received a better contract that Turiaf.

If we can’t get Gomes for 1-2 years is his perceived value going to push him out of our rotation.

I know little to nothing about Carney but could McFail or someone in the FO figured out that in two seasons we are going to want flexibility so lets not sign a solid sixth man, Gomes, to a 3-5 year contract. I’d miss Gomes for his solid play and because I feel like he’s a solid character guy. I couldn’t blame him for wanting to jump ship to a contender either. Then again maybe he feels confident in what we are building here? I just don’t want to see us give up cap flexibility to have a guy that can play the 3/4 that’s only 6-7.

Will we be playing Miller at the 2 or the 3? Carney, Brewer, Miller, Gomes would probably be too many people vying for those 48 mn a night.

I was dying when we had all of those guys fall to use with our 2nd round picks. I can sort of understand the euro pick because we’ll get him in a few years and by then maybe he’ll be a total stud and the Jefferson/Love/Pekovic front line. CDR and Chalmers not finding their way to our team really sucks.

I understand that we had sold that pick before it came to us but moving Chalmers…still gets me going. I was so PO when that happened, I almost threw the remote. Who knows maybe Chalmers will suck but he’d look nice here on our current roster.

Let’s hope we can move Gomes/Smith via sign and trade.

...who are still clinging to resentment over the Chalmers and CDR decisions to the Jim Stack letter (posted at ESPN and other sites) for a detailed explanation of why the Wolves passed on them. These were VERY well-thought-out decisions.

I think the Wolves are going to be that much more interesting to watch this next season. All last year I would watch the games on a possession by possession basis instead of a game by game basis. I knew that we weren’t going to be winning much if at all. I was looking for improvements and for hints for the future. I think the roster we have right now will be ten times more entertaining to watch. Even if I’m not expecting more wins but just better possessions.

I’ll expect Shaddy to jack up shots early in possessions. Foye to not work the ball down to Love/Jefferson. I can start to see how this team will shape up in 2010 and on. Love might work out might not but I’ll love those 5-10 outrageous outlet passes you know he’ll be making to you name it for some sort of ESPN Top Ten dunk (or lay-up in Telfair’s case if we bring him back).

If we can’t find a PG we should bring back someone like El-Amin instead of any of the dopes on the summer league team if anything just for the local angle. I know that would be totally stupid but whatever give him a few 10 day contracts and see what tred he’s got left. Maybe we could have a 10 day contract revolving wheel sort of magical PG deal. Every 10 days we bring in a new worthless PG, I’m sure the FO could find a way to spin that into a promotion.

CDR and Chalmers are nice players, but it’s a long shot that either will be a star in this league. At the time the wolves were drafting in the 2nd round they had a glut of point guards and off-guards. That all changed a few hours later, but at the time it DEFINITELY made sense to parlay the 2nd 2nd round pick into 2million and 2 2nd round picks next year. Great, these guys are tearing up summer league, so what? If one of these guys becomes a rotation player it isn’t a big deal. Only if one becomes an all-star will I get upset. Plus, now Foye and McCants are the main men and we’ll know by the end of the season if they are here to stay in Minnesota. If not, there are another 20 guards next year that are all in the same class as those 2 in the 2nd round. So please, stop the 2nd round pick complaining until one of those 2 become an all-star.

Peace.