2014 Off-Season Thread

[WTF]

Re: 2014 Off-Season Thread

Kevin Love is no slava medvedenko, but I'm coming around to the idea.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Wolves squad will be fun

[cavsfan2]

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The Cavaliers come out far ahead from either team.

Wiggins is the only player the Wolves got that is both there for the long term and potentially a good player. Young is in the last year of his contract and I'm sure some team will be stupid enough to overpay for him. Bennett looked like a Candyman sized bust.

Ho hum, I guess I'll just have to settle for a probably perennial 50+ win seasons for the next 6 years and being the favorite for the Eastern Conference rep in the Finals.

Yeah crushed was the wrong word, but when you compare what the wolves got with other recent trades involving superstars with expiring contracts, it's clear that the wolves got far more than they deserved

I'm not saying the Cavs got crushed in this trade, merely that they got crushed in the negotiating process.

[ojandpizza]

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Still wish Cleveland would get more than just Love


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[Majingir]

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lol, it's funny reading some sites and they're trying so hard to be the first one to "officially" break the news of the Love-Wiggins deal. Everyone already knows it's happening and who's going where, but it's not officially official yet, and some sites/stations out there are trying to be the first to be official lol.

[Gibbz]

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The Cavaliers come out far ahead from either team.

Wiggins is the only player the Wolves got that is both there for the long term and potentially a good player. Young is in the last year of his contract and I'm sure some team will be stupid enough to overpay for him. Bennett looked like a Candyman sized bust.

Ho hum, I guess I'll just have to settle for a probably perennial 50+ win seasons for the next 6 years and being the favorite for the Eastern Conference rep in the Finals.

Cavs are obviously much better short-term with the deal than they would've been otherwise. I think the point is that Minnesota had no leverage and managed to get a pretty huge haul.

Cleveland obviously looks great now but gotta give props to Minnesota for some clutch dealing.

[mvb34]

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I will like to check back with Cavs fan in middle of the season after watch Kevin Love lack of defense

[VoltronViking]

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Pick n rolls should be a sight to see with Bron n Love

[rdnk]

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Minnesota will be a fun team to watch this year, although they're probably heading for another lottery pick. It may look something like this (?):

Pekovic/Deing/Turiaf
Young/Bennett
Wiggins/Buddinger/Brewer/Hummel
Martin/LaVine/Muhammed
Rubio/Barea/Williams

Young and Rubio are going to be rfas, so any cap space they gain from expirings or trying to move Martin will be eaten up.

[iLLosophy]

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I can actually see Lebron and K-Love clashing about James wanting him to try on defense and not sag off intentionally to boost his rebound numbers as I've heard he does.

He's not a defensive guru, but I've never seen him do that to pad his rebound numbers. KLove ability to rebound the def glass comes from is ability to box out. You can't do that if you're not near your man.

Most his stat padding comes from the offensive glass from all those tips to himself before the ball finally goes in.

[jpshua15]

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Cavs are gonna be an elite elite offensive team next year ... but that defense is gonna need some work

[Cavsfan4life]

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I dont think defense will be that big of an issue for us. Love and Kyrie are question marks as of now defensively but we can still possibly have a solid defense. Look at who we had on previous teams, was more about team defense rather than individual. A culture change as well should be big as well.

[ojandpizza]

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Really wish Cleveland could have landed at least something other than just Love.. Wroten from Philly, Brewer/Turiaf/Dieng/Barea from Minny, just something.


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[J_Posse]

Re: 2014 Off-Season Thread

Really wish Cleveland could have landed at least something other than just Love.. Wroten from Philly, Brewer/Turiaf/Dieng/Barea from Minny, just something.


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Dieng would have been a huge get, TBH. That kid showed flashes of being a legitimate starter and maybe even an elite center. I wonder if the Wolves will experiment with play Dieng and Pekovic together in certain match ups?

Wroten could have helped as a good defensive 3rd guard/combo guard, too. His lack of shooting could have been an issue, though.

I think the rest of those players wouldn't have helped as much.

The T - Wolves are going to be an exciting team for League Pass owners. Wiggins and LaVine are going to be having some crazy "dunk contest" esque moments through the long season.

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[ex carrabba fan]

Re: 2014 Off-Season Thread

LeBron took time out of his busy schedule to acknowledge his newest teammate

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11:26 AM - 23 Aug 2014