Think of the wolves with Lavine and Markennan. I hate my life.

Yep. Everybody would be on more-or-less the same timeline. We would have had tons of cap space last year too. But we wouldn't have been able to watch last year's surly, miserable team get the 8 seed then get stomped in 5 games.

I agree with this. **** tanking.

Wiggins is so ****ing bad....

https://deadspin.com/andrew-wiggins-...-is-1833135884

Oh my god. That win shares tidbit was a perfect way to top off that piece.

Worst contract in NBA history.

Agree wholeheartedly with your final paragraph

Wolves need to find a way to get rid of Wiggins this offseason. Wiggins can not be apart of a successful team. If Dallas found a way to trade Barnes, wolves need to do the same.

Better starting lineup, 13-14 Wolves or 17-18 Wolves?

Rubio-Martin-Brewer-Love-Pek: 1052 minutes, 114 ORtg, 101.6 DRtg, Net +12.3. TS .572 (NBA average .541), Reb % 54.0

Teague-Wiggins-Butler-Taj-Towns: 1131 minutes, 112 ORtg, 104.7 DRtg, Net +7.3 TS .573 (NBA average .556) Reb% 51.6

13-14 Wolves: 9th ORtg, 12th DRtg, 3.10 SRS

17-18 Wolves: 4th ORtg, 27th DRtg, 2.35 SRS

A lot of us will never forgive the 13-14 Wolves for quitting down the stretch losing 4 of the last 5 including 3 games to teams with 25 wins or fewer and thus somehow missing the over 40.5. Still, that team had a top 10 offense and defense for the first 75 games and ran historically under expectation in close games.

I honestly think that any of the players in Utah's rotation would be the 2nd best player on the Wolves. Kind of amazing how bad this roster is.

Haha I had that over too.

Someone tried comparing Wiggins with Giannis in the comments on Canis, saying they have similar talent or something, something to do with driving or dunking ability or something ridiculous..... Another guy went stat hunting and came up with this:

Ja Morant to KAT would be real nice.

GL guys.

I was super bored at work so i started reading this thread from 7 years ago. It was the best of times really. Some gifs i made from Ricky's 2nd ever game:





Sick passes are sick. Life really comes at ya fast.

We got Okogie with the pick we got for Rubio. I like Okogie, but trading Rubio and signing Teague was a huge mistake then and its still bad. I hope somehow Teague decides to opt out of his option (unlikely) and we sign Rubio for next season.

Will wiggins still be on the team? If so, it doesnt matter what this team does.

This. Our #1 priority has to be trading Wiggins. Is it even possible?

Would two firsts to a tanking team get it done? Apparently the Knicks wanted 3 firsts when trying to get rid of Dennis Smith, so who knows? Four years seems like an eternity, but he could be flipped again in his last year pretty easily I assume.

The hard part which I really have no idea about would be getting the salaries to work out, but it only takes one other GM to say yes.

Wiggins getting much, much better is our best path forward. If he can pull himself up to less negative of an asset he'll be much easier to move.

We are the kind of team that should be eating a Wiggins-like contract btw. We're in cap hell anyway thanks to 2 years of Thibs, and we've got a couple of years where we can't do anything.

Conflicting reports last night on what they're doing with the front office.

First:



Then a little while later:

you're probably right

possible, but the word is out on him. I think its going to cost us.

ugh. I dont think I would give up two 1sts, and probably not even this year's #1, but I dont think either way would be realistic anyway. I think getting rid of him might involve taking back slightly less bad contracts along with some kind of draft pick(s), but no lottery picks. On second thought, maybe if the #1s are heavily protected, it would make sense. Hopefully our new POBO (assuming we get one) isnt hamstrung by Taylor and has the freedom to get rid of Wiggins instead of trying to get him to fulfill his potential, which is obviously never going to happen.

Hopefully Jon K is right. Hopefully whoever is the new POBO has no country club ties. We do not want Billups.

Jon K has a long article about our new POBO search today. He knows something. Apparently there will be an announcement today that we are searching for a new POBO.

edit - there already has been an announcement.

I know I should probably be past this by now, but I’m still amazed that someone with the athleticism of Wiggins isn’t at least average. Yet he’s shooting 52% at the basket (baffling), and eFG-wise, being guarded by Standrew is the same as having a wide open shot.

I just hope it takes a little more than looking Taylor in the eyes and promising to do a good job to get hired.

Even though I like Ryan Saunders, now that Dave Joerger is available, who do you think the Wolves are better of with?