Bring his talents to Mille Lacs
by twolf1 on Nov 30, 2010 8:59 AM CST
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I think most people here are in agreement that at this moment the TWolves are not a playoff caliber team. There are many ways to get to that caliber of basketball; the draft, developing young players, and trades. Most people get ridiculous ideas for trades that they can justify, and I want to see some here just for fun. Here's my idea.
Twolves get: Lebron James
Twolves give up: Nikola Pekovic, Michael Beasley, Anthony Tolliver, Rights to Ricky Rubio
Why the Wolves do it: As much as I do not enjoy his douchebaggery, Lebron James can play basketball. He makes the wolves an instant contender working with Love, Darko, Wes, and Luke. Luke becomes even more of a shooter because Lebron handles the ball most of the time. Wes is a spot up 3 baller. Darko is an inside force and Love cleans the glass.
Heat get: Nikola Pekovic, Tyson Chandler, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Anthony Tolliver, Knicks 1st round
Heat give up: Lebron James, Joel Anthony, Mike Miller
Why the Heat do it: They give up on the super trio experiment. They learn that Lebron and DWade cannot play effectively together. They trade Lebron and get a good defensive big in Tyson Chandler, a legit C size guy in Pek, a good defender/player in Wilson Chandler, another active defender/stretch big in Tolliver, and a shooter in Gallinari. Pretty much they trade Lebron to get the frontcourt depth that they are lacking.
Mavs get: Michael Beasley, Ronnie Turiaf,
Mavs give up: Tyson Chandler
Why the Mavs do it: They lose they're defensive center in Tyson Chandler, but gain a replacement defensive center in Turiaf. They also get a dynamic player in Beasley who they can play as another scorer off the bench.
Knicks get: The coveted rights to Ricky Rubio, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony
Knicks give up: Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Ronnie Turiaf, 1st round pick
It has been no secret that Knicks fans want to see Ricky in NY, and as little as I want to see them be right, we could let it happen for the right offer. The Wolves won't really be needing an ball dominant point guard with Lebron in town, so they trade him to NY where they love him NY greases the trade that sends the Wolves to a championship.
What are your guys' original trade ideas and explanations of why they will happen?
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I'm won't give up Super Beas for LeBron.
And it’s not just Beasley we’re giving away. You’ve got our young guys who are just starting to settle in like Tolliver and Pek and then you give them away like that. And the sacred rights to Rubio. I know you want to see the Wolves get to the playoffs. So do I. But the way to get there isn’t by acquiring the top talent in the league. What the Wolves organization is doing right now is special. They’re bringing up our young guys together. Like in Oceanary’s post, the team is a family now and if suddenly, you trade away our Alpha Wolf and our BIG bros so to speak, it might do more harm than good. Chemistry first. We don’t want to ruin the bond between our guys. Sure we may get to the playoffs with a trade like that, but we’re not aiming for the playoffs now. We just want to play good ball, develop our guys, most of whom aren’t even 25 yet and grow with each other. Another thing is, LeBron isn’t suited to play in a young environment where everyone is in the development stage. He is more suited to play with veterans who know what they’re doing. LeBron will probably want out once he gets frustrated with our young guys. They make mistakes and LeBron doesn’t have time to wait for them to become seasoned guys. He wants to win now and almost every other piece in our team is looking to win later.
I'll do it myself!
I know this wasn't a trade idea or an explanation of such,
but I’m just pointing out the major flaws in this trade. The flaws for the Wolves are already big. The other team that wouldn’t benefit from this is the Mavs. They get Beasley who is only good when he is the #1 guy. And they have Dirk. It’s like having Wade with him all over again.
I'll do it myself!
it was supposed to be more of a fun hypothetical post
because i have too much time, not enough responsibility, and got a mad scientist idea. . . not saying kahn needs more responsibility, but maybe i can empathize with him. and because it wont happen. and just for the sake of argument i think webster, love, darko, and ridnour are suited to play a veteran style of basketball
Well, in the spirit of mad scientist ideas
I present my own crazy trade
Wolves give up: Ridnour, Darko, Koufos
Wolves get: Kapono, Meeks, Dongaila (Darius Songaila)
This opens up the 2 spot for Webster. That way, Wes can play the 3, a position which he is more comfortable with. And it lets us use the Love at 5, Super Beas at 4 lineup. And it gives us a new young guy to bring up with the team in Jodie Meeks and we get expiring contracts in Kapono and Dongaila. We give up Kouf for salary matching.
Heat give up: Joel Anthony, Mike Miller
Heat get: Ridnour, Darko
They solve their problems at the PG and C positions, provided Darko is being consistent now. They don’t lose much when they give up Anthony because Darko, when confident and consistent, is a better all around player than Anthony and though they lose Mike Miller, I think James Jones, who stepped up in Miller’s absence, can keep up his solid performance as their outside threat.
Sixers give up: Kapono, Dongaila, Meeks
Sixers get: Mike Miler, Joel Anthony
Sixers add more fire power to their bench in Mike Miller and finally get a defensive minded post player. He may not be a scorer, but Anthony can sure as hell defend the paint. They give up Meeks, but that’s where Miller steps in. And Kapono and Dongaila, well, I can’t really say anymore.
There you go. It’s crazy, I personally don’t like it at all but if we’re talking fun trades, this could be one of them :)
I'll do it myself!
(o.O) is right on.....
I know this is supposed to be a fun post, but the T-Wolves are heading in the right direction and the future is full of incredible possibilities! Kahn is going to be looked up to in this league in under 3 years and a lot of people are going to be eating crow after bashing this organization! Go Wolves!
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