Minnesota Timberwolves 2008-2009 Season Preview

October 22, 2008

The Wolves have a nice base of young players but that won’t get them anywhere near the playoffs. The most they can hope for is to improve on the 22 and 60 record they had last year. The team is expecting to be better with Kevin Love and Mike Miller. They hope to have Randy Foye healthy the entire year. Last year Foye only played 39 games. They are also hoping for improvement from Corey Brewer. Brewer had a pretty horrible year last year. He shot 38 percent from the field and he is 6 foot 9 inches tall.

The one person the team can count on is Al Jefferson. He had a solid year and this year he will have Kevin Love to help him in the paint. Both players should be able to draw double teams with should free up shooters like Mike Miller, Foye, and Carney.

I know this team won’t make the playoffs but I can see them getting close to 30 wins. I also expect to see Mike Miller the first 20ppg season of his career.

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April 17, 2008

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Wolves Want To Dump Jaric, Howard, And Walker

October 26, 2007

The Wolves are serious as hell about rebuilding they are pretty much trying to dump any old guy on their team for young players and draft picks. The Wolves would love to dump Walker, Howard, Jaric if they can find some takers. Walker makes $8.5 million this year and $9.3 million next year. Jaric has 4 years left on his deal starting a $6 million this season and going up to $7.6 million in the last year. Howard makes$6.8 million this year and he has a player option for $7.4 million next year.

Looking at those salaries I don’t think any team would take any of those players. The only way they will get rid of them would be a buyout. Even if they are stuck with those three guys they still have a lot of money coming off the books at the end of the season. Ratliff, Simien, Doleac, Eddie Griffin (RIP), Ryan Gomes, and Craig Smith will free up about $20 million.

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Heat and Wolves Make A Deal

October 24, 2007

The Heat traded Antoine Walker, Wayne Simien, Michael Doleac, and a first round pick for Mark Blount and Ricky Davis. The Wolves were looking to get rid of some players they felt would be bad influences on their young team. They were reluctant to take Walker but he has two years left on his deal while Blount had three.

For the Wolves this is a weird deal because Ricky Davis was in the last year of his deal of $6.8 million. Instead of taking that off the books at the end of next year they will only take off $4 million because Doleac and Simien ar in the last years of their deals.

The Heat at an underated player that can score in Davis. He can take some of the load off of Shaq and Wade as a very good third option. Blount will be a good frontcourt backup to Haslem.

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KG Trade Done, Celtics Still Have Holes

July 31, 2007

KG is officially a Celtic giving them and instant Eastern Conference powerhouse but they need some serious help, they don’t have a bench at all. Word is Danny Ainge has been given the option to go over the Cap to bring in more guys and their are some quality players left like PJ Brown, Brevin Knight, and Matt Barnes.

On the other hand Minnesota has picked up a solid group of guys that will help contribute and entertain Minnesota fans. They already have Foye and Ricky Davis that will start, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, and Mark Blount should complete the starting 5. They also have Corey Brewer and Juwan Howard that will contribute.

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KG To Boston

July 30, 2007

The KG to Boston deal is heating up and many sources are saying it is nearly done. The projected deal would send KG to Boston for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and a first round pick. The trade would leave the Celtics with a starting five of Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, KG, and Kedrick Perkins. The bench would be a little thin with Glen Davis, a rookie, Leon Powe, and Tony Allen, and some other scrubs but with KG, Allen, and Pierce in the East they will be in the playoffs.

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Legit Summer League Players

July 17, 2007

A lot of people bash the NBA summer league because their is always a player or two that kills and gets peoples hope up thinking they will do it in the regular season, but they don’t. Darius Miles had a few great summer leagues in the past but he hasn’t been much of a player when he has played. Qyntel Woods got his money in the summer leagues a while back and he isn’t in the league anymore.

This year has some guys that won’t do anything in the regular season like Marcus Banks and Von Wafer but their are a few guys that I see taking their summer league game straight into the regular season.

One of those guys is Louis Williams of the 76ers. He is a Iverson type player because he is an undersized scorer. Sitting behind Iverson for a year and a half taught him a lot and now he looks ready to play some real minutes. He probably won’t start but he could be a solid sixth man and a person that plays a ton of crunch time minutes next season.

LaMarcus Aldridge is another player that should take his summer league game into the regular season. He no longer has to sit behind Zach Randolph and wait to get minutes, the PF spot is all his. With his minutes likely to hit the 35 to 40 range next season expect him to average a double-double.

Rany Foye is another guy that can’t wait for the season to start. Things were weird with the Wolves last season because the brought in Foye and signed Mike James a year after drafting Rashad McCants and they already had Troy Hudson and Jaric. With James gone, Rashad coming off a injury season, Hudson being washed up, and Jaric just being trash, Foye will be ready to take advantage of his increase in playing time by averaging at least 16ppg.

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Who Will Win In This 4 Team Deal

June 26, 2007

A lot of quality players are involved in the 4 team KG deal that is being talked about. Even though they are still talking about the deal and we don’t know all the players and picks that will be involved, I still want to look at how it affects each team.

The Lakers will add KG giving them one of the best duos in the league. They would have a starting lineup of Brown, KG, Walton, Bryant, and Farmar. That is if they keep Brown, resign Walton, and don’t get a better PG than Farmar. That really doesn’t look to great on paper. The would have to resign and start Chris Mihm and get a better PG to really improve. They could probably get Troy Hudson or Telfair but that would not really improve them much at PG.

The Timberwolves would get Al Jefferson and the 5th pick in the draft. They would get an up and coming big man and they could get a great forward in the draft.

The Pacers would benefit the most from the deal if you ask me, they get Bynum and Odom to go along with Jamal Tinsley and Danny Granger, if guys play up to potential. If they get those two they will have a team of underacheivers but if these guys play like they should the Pacers will make the playoffs.

The Celtics would get Jermaine Oneal to team up with Paul Pierce. That would be a solid addition if they can keep Delonte West and Gerald Green.

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Garnett Could Go To LA

June 25, 2007

The Lakers are in the process of trying to get Kevin Garnett in a Lakers uniform. Right now the Lakers, Wolves, Celtics, and Pacers are trying to work on a deal. Early talk is saying Garnett would got to LA, Jermaine Oneal would go to Boston, Bynum and Odom would go to Indiana, and Al Jefferson and the number 5 pick would go to Minnesota. Some other players and picks would also be involved.

Even with the talk about Garnett possibly going to the Lakers, Kobe is still saying he wants out of LA.

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