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To play devils advocate, why would anyone want pek too? Like y'all said, health is an issue, and he's not a good rim protector
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To play devils advocate, why would anyone want pek too? Like y'all said, health is an issue, and he's not a good rim protector
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I hate to part with Taj, and u really can't miss what u never had so I can say that losing Mirotic won't hurt as much.
You got yourself a deal!
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He is mostly just to sweeten the deal. We have a great young center in gourgui, and a top 5 pick is more important to our future success than an older mid-range center and a star who is already leaving. At this point, we need to get something out of love before he leaves.
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Right, I get that. But how does pek sweeten the deal? If anything, he sours the deal, no?
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He was 17th in the NBA in offensive rating, and 19th in PER.
http://m.bkref.com/m?p=XXleaguesXXNBA_2014_leaders.html&t=36
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It really depends on the trade. There are definitely cases where teams do not want pek
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The only thing that might scare teams away from Pek would be his contract. Other than that I would definitely consider him as a sweet throw in. Productive big men aren't exactly a dime a dozen.
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Feel bad for Minnesota fans, looks like it'll be a couple years more before returning to the playoffs.
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Decades*
We are Cleveland without actually being Cleveland. Pessimism is bred here.
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That's why you gotta deal Love.
Put the egos aside. It's officially rebuilding time.
There is no point to have him during this season. Everyone knows he's gone.
Put the egos aside. It's officially rebuilding time.
There is no point to have him during this season. Everyone knows he's gone.
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Love is in a win now mode. The team is still a few seasons from being a title contender.
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Love and his agent just straight up trollin now 
All good, we're used to this stuff up here in Minnesota with our stars.
Love's cap hit is such a valuable piece (over $20 mil) that I'm at a point where if they can't get anything appealing for him you just make him stay another year and then take the cap space when he walks. And it would give us an entertaining season
All good, we're used to this stuff up here in Minnesota with our stars.
Love's cap hit is such a valuable piece (over $20 mil) that I'm at a point where if they can't get anything appealing for him you just make him stay another year and then take the cap space when he walks. And it would give us an entertaining season
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How much can Rubio's offense, and shooting in particular, improve?
Love his vision, creativity, and passing...but I'd like even more to see Ricky in the 12-15 PPG range, if possible.
Love his vision, creativity, and passing...but I'd like even more to see Ricky in the 12-15 PPG range, if possible.
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Can it be much worse?
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Rubio is 5 years younger than Rondo. I'd like to believe the jump shot can change for the better, for both old-fashioned, traditional PG's.
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I think as long as Ricky always lives in the gym then it will improve, even though we know he's never going to be great. Rubio has got some serious form problems though but it's on him to get it worked out. The key for him moving forward too is going to be a new coach coming in who puts faith in him - Adelman yanked him around the last couple years and lost confidence in him in crunch time. New coach (Wolves will see to this) should give him 40 minutes a game and just let him go, turnovers be damned.
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Ever think how different Minny would be, with Batum?
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Well all you must do is look at some of their draft picks over the last 9 years.
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And just another reminder here are the players the franchise has passed up in the draft since McCants year.
Danny Granger, Nate Robinson, Jarrett Jack, David Lee, Monta Ellis, Amir Johnson, Chuck Hayes, Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, JJ Redick, Rajon Rondo, Kyle Lowry, Paul Milsap, Joakim Noah, Spencer Hawes, Wilson Chandler, Arron Affalo, Tiago Splitter, Big Baby Davis, Marc Gasol, Brook Lopez, Danilo Gallinari, Roy Hibbert, JaVale McGee, Ryan Anderson, Serge Ibaka, Nicolas Batum, George Hill, DeAndre Jordan, Omer Asik, Goran Dragic, Stephen Curry, DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings, Jrue Holiday, Ty Lawson, Taj Gibson, DeJuan Blair, Marcus Thornton, Danny Green, DeMarcus Cousins, Greg Monroe, Gordon Heyward, Paul George, Larry Sanders, Eric Bledsoe, Greivis Vasquez, Lance Stephenson, Jeremy Lin, Enes Kanter, Jonas Valanciunas, Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker, Klay Thompson, Nikola Vucevic, Tobias Harris, Kenneth Faried, Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons, Isaiah Thomas, and Michael Carter-Williams.
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No point in even looking at that list. Can't do nothing about that now.
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If any of those guys were here who knows if they would turn out the way they did. I think that is a waste of time looking at people who we passed out on.
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AP reports Flip Saunders names himself head coach of Timberwolves 
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Bazz was a known risk. Minny could regret selecting him over "Greek Freak," Snell, THJ, and "German Rondo."
