Pioneer Press: Revisiting the KG Trade

[klomp44]

http://www.twincities.com/timberwolves/ ... ck_check=1

OK, so not the most positive look at the trade. However, towards the end when looking towards free agency, this quote caught my attention.

"Guys around the league joke about cities they don't like to play in, and Minneapolis is not on that list," Legler said. "It's a great place to play. The franchise just has to show some growth so guys know what direction the team is heading. You have to show that somebody is making the right personnel decisions."

[Calinks]

http://www.twincities.com/timberwolves/ci_13707600?nclick_check=1

OK, so not the most positive look at the trade. However, towards the end when looking towards free agency, this quote caught my attention.

"Guys around the league joke about cities they don't like to play in, and Minneapolis is not on that list," Legler said. "It's a great place to play. The franchise just has to show some growth so guys know what direction the team is heading. You have to show that somebody is making the right personnel decisions."

Then who is?

[klomp44]

Seattle???

I'd probably say Memphis, Sacramento, OKC, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Utah, or Toronto...

[jade_hippo]

Salt Lake, Sacto, and OKC are probably the worst, Portland isn't great either I don't think. Toronto is a blast of a city, its like NYC but the people are nice; very diverse place. I think Toronto gets a bad rap because its across the border.

[Worm Guts]

I wouldn't guess Portland, definitely Milwaukee though.

[shrink]

Salt Lake, Sacto, and OKC are probably the worst, Portland isn't great either I don't think. Toronto is a blast of a city, its like NYC but the people are nice; very diverse place. I think Toronto gets a bad rap because its across the border.

I've heard TOR gets mentioned because of the taxes.

[shrink]

Regarding the article, this guy doesn't have a clue. Check this out:

Garnett was 31 when Wolves owner Glen Taylor gave then-vice president Kevin McHale permission to make the trade with the Celtics. Taylor was paying Garnett $26 million in his final season with the Wolves, a salary that contributed to the Wolves' inability to bring quality help for Garnett in free agency. To improve the team, Taylor and McHale believed they had to make a trade many thought never would be made.

The issue for Wolves fans is what the club got in return. Of the five players who came from the Celtics, only Jefferson and Ryan Gomes are still with the team. One of the five, guard Gerald Green, was traded to Houston before finishing his first season with the Wolves and is now out of the league. Guard Sebastian Telfair was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer, and forward-center Theo Ratliff was waived in the middle of the 2007-08 season.

I actually emailed this guy because he either doesn't understand how finances affect the NBA, or he is deliberately trying to spin this towards his opinion.

[Gant]

Did the article mention the draft choices?

[cpfsf]

06-07 MIN 76 Games 39.4 MPG 12.8 RPG 4.1APG 1.2 SPG 1.7 BPG 22.4 PPG
07-08 BOS 71 Games 32.8 MPG 9.2 RPG 3.4 APG 1.4 SPG 1.2 BPG 18.8 PPG
08-09 BOS 57 Games 31.1 MPG 8.5 RPG 2.5 APG 1.1 SPG 1.2 BPG 15.8 PPG
09-10 BOS 5 Games 28.0 MPG 6.8 RPG 2.2 APG 0.6 SPG 1.4 BPG 11.2 PPG

Did the article mention the draft choices?

Love or Flynn, who was our returned pick from Boston?

[john2jer]

http://www.twincities.com/timberwolves/ci_13707600?nclick_check=1

OK, so not the most positive look at the trade. However, towards the end when looking towards free agency, this quote caught my attention.

"Guys around the league joke about cities they don't like to play in, and Minneapolis is not on that list," Legler said. "It's a great place to play. The franchise just has to show some growth so guys know what direction the team is heading. You have to show that somebody is making the right personnel decisions."

Love that quote, I might have to sig that.

[john2jer]

06-07 MIN 76 Games 39.4 MPG 12.8 RPG 4.1APG 1.2 SPG 1.7 BPG 22.4 PPG
07-08 BOS 71 Games 32.8 MPG 9.2 RPG 3.4 APG 1.4 SPG 1.2 BPG 18.8 PPG
08-09 BOS 57 Games 31.1 MPG 8.5 RPG 2.5 APG 1.1 SPG 1.2 BPG 15.8 PPG
09-10 BOS 5 Games 28.0 MPG 6.8 RPG 2.2 APG 0.6 SPG 1.4 BPG 11.2 PPG

Did the article mention the draft choices?

Love or Flynn, who was our returned pick from Boston?

Neither. Seems like everyone's failing on that. the pick we owed to Boston was to be given 2 years AFTER we gave our pick to the Clippers, and if it wasn't by 2012, it became a 2012 2nd round pick. Some joker commented on the article with faulty information as well.

So in actuality what we got back from the Celtics was a 2nd round pick unless we somehow give up our 1st to the Clippers this year, which likely won't happen.

[Gant]

The Wolves got their own pick back (I think it was Flynn), and the Celtics first rounder last season.

[john2jer]

The Wolves got their own pick back (I think it was Flynn), and the Celtics first rounder last season.

Wrong. Please see above where I explained what pick we got back. It wasn't Flynn. We haven't even gotten to the draft yet that we owed them the pick.

[Esohny]

Ellington is the first of the picks that we got (looking like a solid addition IMHO).

[Gant]

The Wolves got their own pick back (I think it was Flynn), and the Celtics first rounder last season.

Wrong. Please see above where I explained what pick we got back. It wasn't Flynn. We haven't even gotten to the draft yet that we owed them the pick.

I see. You're right, that would have turned into a second rounder.