Fixing the T-Wolves - Part 6: TRADE DEADLINE!
The trade deadline is in two hours, so to make this official I had to get my trades out there.
Trade 1: Suns send Eric Piatkowski, Brian Skinner and ATL first round pick to T-Wolves for Sebastian Telfair and Wolves second round pick.
The Suns do this because they don't value 1st round picks that are guaranteed contracts. They get back a decent PG to back up Nash and replace Marcus Banks. They also get a very high 2nd round pick that is cheap and useful. Piatkowski is 37 and played in 13 games this year, he won't be missed. Backup Center Skinner is playing 15 minutes every night, but is less important now that Shaq is on the roster.
Wolves get a backup Center on the cheap and get a 1st round pick that will likely be used on C Roy Hibbert!
Trade 2: Minnesota sends Gerald Green to New Orleans for Julian Wright.
Green just lit up New Orleans at the All-Star break and his popularity is at an all time high. New Orleans can use him as an offensive presence who is ready to contribute off the bench. The Wolves get Wright who isn't used at all in New Orleans, but has been described as a versatile point-forward. If he develops well, he may be the perfect complement to the not so point guard Randy Foye.
Trade 3: Ryan Gomes to San Antonio for 2008 1st round pick and player TBD.
Wolves won't be bringing back Gomes, no reason too. And he would be an excellent fit in San Antonio as an understudy to Bruce Bowen. Wolves would have 3 1st round picks (essentially slightly upgrading their 2nd round pick lost to the Suns) to reload the team.
Trade 4: Salary Dump of Ratliff and Doleac for a disgruntled star? (Marbury, Vince Carter, etc)
Absolutely not! Even with the addition of one great player, the Wolves would still finish under .500 and not sniff the playoffs. If the guy brought in is a head case now, just wait till he spends a winter losing in MN. And worse, it jeopardizes the Wolves draft position for this year. Now maybe if the guy is injured for the rest of this year, has one year left on the contract, and the Wolves will lose the 2009 pick to the Clippers anyway... (you could just barely justify bringing on Marbury to screw the Clippers).
Trade 5: Salary Dump guys for a bad contract and a prospect or high draft pick?
I fully support this and I outlined how a trade for Ben Wallace might work. The bonus with Wallace is the mentorship he can give to Roy Hibbert when we make that trade with the Suns. There are plenty of other bad contracts and good picks to be had (Brian Cardinal in Memphis, Tinsley in Indiana, etc), I urge McHale to be creative. Even without dumping Ratlif and Doleac, the Wolves will shed enough contracts to fall under the salary cap next year.
Trade 1: Suns send Eric Piatkowski, Brian Skinner and ATL first round pick to T-Wolves for Sebastian Telfair and Wolves second round pick.
The Suns do this because they don't value 1st round picks that are guaranteed contracts. They get back a decent PG to back up Nash and replace Marcus Banks. They also get a very high 2nd round pick that is cheap and useful. Piatkowski is 37 and played in 13 games this year, he won't be missed. Backup Center Skinner is playing 15 minutes every night, but is less important now that Shaq is on the roster.
Wolves get a backup Center on the cheap and get a 1st round pick that will likely be used on C Roy Hibbert!
Trade 2: Minnesota sends Gerald Green to New Orleans for Julian Wright.
Green just lit up New Orleans at the All-Star break and his popularity is at an all time high. New Orleans can use him as an offensive presence who is ready to contribute off the bench. The Wolves get Wright who isn't used at all in New Orleans, but has been described as a versatile point-forward. If he develops well, he may be the perfect complement to the not so point guard Randy Foye.
Trade 3: Ryan Gomes to San Antonio for 2008 1st round pick and player TBD.
Wolves won't be bringing back Gomes, no reason too. And he would be an excellent fit in San Antonio as an understudy to Bruce Bowen. Wolves would have 3 1st round picks (essentially slightly upgrading their 2nd round pick lost to the Suns) to reload the team.
Trade 4: Salary Dump of Ratliff and Doleac for a disgruntled star? (Marbury, Vince Carter, etc)
Absolutely not! Even with the addition of one great player, the Wolves would still finish under .500 and not sniff the playoffs. If the guy brought in is a head case now, just wait till he spends a winter losing in MN. And worse, it jeopardizes the Wolves draft position for this year. Now maybe if the guy is injured for the rest of this year, has one year left on the contract, and the Wolves will lose the 2009 pick to the Clippers anyway... (you could just barely justify bringing on Marbury to screw the Clippers).
Trade 5: Salary Dump guys for a bad contract and a prospect or high draft pick?
I fully support this and I outlined how a trade for Ben Wallace might work. The bonus with Wallace is the mentorship he can give to Roy Hibbert when we make that trade with the Suns. There are plenty of other bad contracts and good picks to be had (Brian Cardinal in Memphis, Tinsley in Indiana, etc), I urge McHale to be creative. Even without dumping Ratlif and Doleac, the Wolves will shed enough contracts to fall under the salary cap next year.
posted by Bill Gilles | 11:05 AM
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