meh, saying a guy everyone thinks is horrible won't be good doesn't take guts.

These quotes on the other hand take a little guts.

Went back to read posts from that time for the memories and lols. Got lots of posts about how terrible and frustrating Corey Brewer is. Backfire.

yeah. Obviously physical talent does not equal being good in the NBA. Its necessary, but so is effort and having a brain. Darko just didnt care and Beasley has the BBIQ of a rock. Those guys showed flashes of having elite physical talent & Beasley actually put up all-time elite numbers in college. That game that you took my quote from, one of the Spurs' assistant coaches commented that he didnt know Kareem Abdul Jabbar played for the Wolves, in reference to Darko. He had a handful of games like that when he was here. The problem was, he didnt even try to do that all the time, or even most of the time.

Wes looked like he should have been a good player because he's an elite athlete, but it took a while to figure out he just cant play. Webster can play when he's healthy, he was just never healthy when he played here. Man, we had some bad players on that team. Take Love off that team and it probably would have been the worst team in NBA history, coached by an all-time worst coach candidate.

Shabust does not have elite physical talent and he did not have promising numbers in college, nor does he do any of the little things that could make a good role player out of him.

I didn't realize we ragged on Brewer that much when we had him.

But he was an elite prospect in HS, therefore exo is in love with him.

Austin Rivers >>>>>>>>>>>> Shabust

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i heard bazz torched mclemore today

Apparently even though I'm no longer a season ticket holder, they assigned a new ticket rep to me. This is the exchange I've had with him so far:




All of these messages happened the same day. Its been a couple days & I haven't heard from him after the last one.

Are ticket reps usually that candid(not sure if candid is the correct word) with their replies? It seems like its not just a cut and paste type reply, which is refreshing.

yeah, they'll talk a little sometimes. The last guy told me Kahn reads comments like mine. At the time, Kahn was on thin ice and I wanted him gone in a bad way, so I want super impressed with that.

I agree with jay. He made some mistakes and alienated some people, but he's a very intelligent guy who's willing to take risks. had a chance to be great

If cha thinks Kahn was a 0 and you two think he's 100, I think he was closer to a 25. Bad, but not cha bad.

My take on rumblings about PEK over at Canis:

- no one has confirmed that the Wolves ever offered 4 year at $50 mil. This was pure speculation from lazy-ass "journalist" Jerry Z. Everone else reporting those numbers has just copied Jerry's wild guess. The only thing we know is the Wolves offered him a contract that he hasn't signed yet.

- Doogie says he thinks PEK wants 5 years at $60 mil. PEK & Love have the same agent. I wonder what Love would think of his agent if he got PEK a 5 year deal?

- If we really offered PEK 4/50, why hasnt he signed yet? He has zero leverage. He probably wasn't offered this deal.

- People are saying what's more likely is Taylor either offered an incentive-laden deal that could reach 4/50, or even more likely, Taylor low-balled him, intending to match if someone else offers more.

- PEK getting a massive offer from someone else seems unlikely at this point.

I'm not too concerned about losing PEK at this point, but I'll feel more comfortable once he's locked up. I just hope Taylor didn't piss PEK & the agent off.

If you were to grade Kahn on a scale of 90 for A, 80 for B, 70 for C, 60 for D and 59 or less F, I would agree on him getting about a 25.

4/50 might be slight overpay (which i'm still fine with, all things considering), so it would probably be a good thing if the actual offer wasn't this large because - as you noted - most teams have already used up their cap space or don't need a center.

are they any teams who still need a center and could afford pek?

50 would be average

Read this on ESPN on why Pek hasn't signed yet fwiw.

It could be hundreds of things. To give you one example, and I'm not saying this actually the case, I've seen signings that are finalized but not announced because of the difficulty in physically signing the contract. If it gets to September, then start to worry.

yeah, that might have something to do with it too.

It'll get done, there is just not much urgency since it doesn't look like anyone else is going to make an offer. No reason for Pek to sign earlier than he has to and the Wolves are done making moves as well.

4/50 seems believable because it would be so idiotic to make him that offer. Fits Flip's style. Bidding against yourself is fun imo

Pek is playing in some EURO tournament for Montenegro can't imagine he would play in that before he signs a contract.

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I read that earlier too, but why was he so highly regarded coming out of HS? did he actually get assists in HS?