The Dog Days of Summer

by wyn on Aug 26, 2008 9:36 AM CDT in Links Comment 9 comments

As you all well know, with the Olympics now over the NBA has very little going on until training camp starts next month. But, we'll all just have to make due together.

If you're interested in a rundown of offseason moves by team, be sure to check out 4-letter.com's tracking page.

The Bleacher Report has blessed the blogosphere with a list of the Top 10 Worst Trades in Sports History. Coming in at #7 is trading KG to Boston:

The Timberwolves decided to trade the franchise to Boston. The 7-for-1 deal constituted the largest number of players traded for a single player in NBA history. Who were the other players involved? No one in the same ballpark as Garnett.

We could talk about KG being voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2003-04 season, NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2007-08, being named to eleven All-Star teams and being named to eight All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams.

All we really need to talk about is the results. KG helped to bring the championship back to the greatest franchise in NBA history – and they did it by dominating the hated Lakers. Minnesota, meanwhile, was staggering to a record of 22-60. Nuff said!

ScoutingtheNBA.com has calculated wins predictions for the Timberwolves for 08/09:

2008 Projection for 2008/9 season: 34.1 / 30.32 - If the Injury bug bites out 90pct or 80pct of top 10 players.

Best Case Scenario: 37.9 - If the team(s) new Rookie Kevin Love and Mike Miller can live up to early expectations of success. The Wolves could win about 37/38games (76.99)

Lastly, SB Nation is doing a new player tournament (sorta-kinda-mostly in response to the Floor Burn Tournament) on who's the most worthless player in the NBA. Suggestions?

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Don’t agree on Garnett, and some other dudes commenting there. Especially if you see it in its context. Off course he should have made it work WITH Garnett, but whatever happend, the trade on itself, at that point in time was pretty nice because we did get something back.

Thanks for saving us valuable type scouring the net ^^

by Wim (Belgium) on Aug 26, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You're right...

… there are some good comments on re: the KG trade calling for him to come off the list. The blogger responds with:

KG won a championship the year after he was traded, and his former team went 22-60. Sounds like a bad trade to me.

Yes, the team was much worse after trading its best player, and yes that player won a ring. But to say that it’s a bad trade based solely on those two facts is flat-out glib.

by wyn on Aug 26, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is your name pronounced...

Whim or Vim? Comically I grabbed the Anne Frank diary off the shelf (in a pre-bus catching quick grab) and noticed the similarity in nicknames to yours. Just curious.

by Pants_ on Aug 27, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whim is about right … and now try pronouncing my family name: Naessens :p. The W being pronounced as a V is only in (parts of) Germany I think :D.

by Wim (Belgium) on Aug 27, 2008 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OR if french people try to pronounce it, then it also sounds like Vim or Viem ^^

by Wim (Belgium) on Aug 27, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was also infuriated...

…by that response. It is idiotic for about 19 reasons (of which we all know).

by Pants_ on Aug 26, 2008 1:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Worthless Player

Assuming that “worthless” means “biggest negative effect on his team” I’d vote for Ricky Buckets or Stephon Marbury. If salary is considered, then Marbury takes the cake. The player needs to have a contagiously bad attitude, both on and off the court, as well as poor or diminishing skills that everybody except that player realizes, so he is always trying to do things that are outside of his ability-level. That is Stephon Marbury.

by Andy G on Aug 26, 2008 2:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs