Rubio will sign with wolves, will jose be traded?

[LBF]

LOL, dead on sir.


...don't cut me off though, I still like to be heard, even with a beer in my hand.

Good point, and a point I missed, the Jose trade goes out the window, if Rubio is a serious option. ...but at the same time, you want veteran experience, yet you have no veteran point guards.... things that make you go hrmmmm

i think this guy is still drunk but i think i get what youre saying you are making me go hrmmmm thats for sure

[Bendit]

Any bottom feeding team should be careful about a Pau Gasol trade. There have been questions about Pau's absolute willingness to lay it on the line. He has his titles with LA and I cant see how motivated he would be going to a team like Minny from LA at his age and stage of career. He also has aspirations to finish medical school and that might well push him to it. However what might interest him is a mini-Spanish team in the nba and to give it a go for a couple of years.

[BayCityBaller]

The thought that Love puts more seats in the stands than Pau would is pretty short-sighted. Winning puts seats in the stands and Pau = more wins than Love and would pair up with Rubio far more naturally. Love is a hard-nosed, smart rebounder and has shown the ability to create his own offense purely by working hard under the basket. These skills would endear him to LAL fans and he would look great as the PF alongside Bynum. Pau works better under a structured system, completely understands the triangle offense Rambis has tried to institute (I know, Rambis has a short leash and may actually be shown the door prior to the season) and had a lot of the Lakers post-season failure placed on his shoulders. This would be a no-brainer if Kahn could pull it off.

[duncan]

The thought that Love puts more seats in the stands than Pau would is pretty short-sighted. Winning puts seats in the stands and Pau = more wins than Love and would pair up with Rubio far more naturally. Love is a hard-nosed, smart rebounder and has shown the ability to create his own offense purely by working hard under the basket. These skills would endear him to LAL fans and he would look great as the PF alongside Bynum. Pau works better under a structured system, completely understands the triangle offense Rambis has tried to institute (I know, Rambis has a short leash and may actually be shown the door prior to the season) and had a lot of the Lakers post-season failure placed on his shoulders. This would be a no-brainer if Kahn could pull it off.

+1. Well put. That was my thoughts exactly, you summed it up better than I could have.

[duncan]

Kevin Love Is Not Even As Near Good Ad Gasoll.Gasol Wins Championships And Love Wins Rebounding Titles.Put Love On The Lakers And His Numbers Will Drop By More Then Half.He Is Overrrrrrrrrrrated.

What Is Wrong With Your Keyboard?

[Tim W.]

I agree; a Gasol/Love trade for Minny is not the best idea (young vs old, large contract vs rookie scale etc.), BUT, David Kahn is on the hot seat; if his team does not show marked improvement this year, he is going to be fired. They need player(s) who know how to win, and Gasol fits that bill to a "T".

Is Kahn in the hot seat? Kevin McHale lasted nearly 50 years as the Wolves' GM by throwing darts at a dartboard in order to make decisions.

[Matt52]

Is Kahn in the hot seat? Kevin McHale lasted nearly 50 years as the Wolves' GM by throwing darts at a dartboard in order to make decisions.

I thought his preferred method of decision making was the Magic 8-Ball. Who knew it was darts all along.

[Tim W.]

I thought his preferred method of decision making was the Magic 8-Ball. Who knew it was darts all along.

Okay, let me clarify. McHale used to use the Magic 8 Ball but changed methods after the whole Joe Smith fiasco. He felt that darts would cut down on mistakes.

[G-locity]

I have this feeling that BC is more concentrated in hiring our new coach before the draft, as of now, its very quiet in the raps front office and all we're hearing is all speculations and wishes from raptors fans on who's getting drafted, who's getting traded, what BC's gonna do, trade up, trade down etc... Don't wanna sound negative but i think BC's going to do something that none of us expects. We all have our opinions on what the raps should do on draft night and maybe one of those might happen but all im saying is dont be dissapointed if BC does something totaly unexpected..

[Matt52]

I have this feeling that BC is more concentrated in hiring our new coach before the draft, as of now, its very quiet in the raps front office and all we're hearing is all speculations and wishes from raptors fans on who's getting drafted, who's getting traded, what BC's gonna do, trade up, trade down etc... Don't wanna sound negative but i think BC's going to do something that none of us expects. We all have our opinions on what the raps should do on draft night and maybe one of those might happen but all im saying is dont be dissapointed if BC does something totaly unexpected..

That is not negativity - that is reality.

Ever since last summer's CHA deal that wasn't, everything front office related in Raptor-land has been very hush-hush and rightfully so.

The Peja trade came from nowhere and the JJ trade was only reported when it happened. There has been lots of speculation but nothing concrete.

[Maleko]

I agree; a Gasol/Love trade for Minny is not the best idea (young vs old, large contract vs rookie scale etc.), BUT, David Kahn is on the hot seat; if his team does not show marked improvement this year, he is going to be fired. They need player(s) who know how to win, and Gasol fits that bill to a "T".

They have publicly stated they want to bring in experienced players, an experienced PG to mentor/transition Rubio, and the main reason they have been rumoured so much of trading out of the lottery is they say they don't want to get younger. Gasol fits a lot of bills, Calderon fits a couple, in both cases will help Rubio's transition into the league/country. It may even have been promised in the many visits with Rubio that they would try to bring in one or the other or both.

Umm, Kevin Love is the only player that put seats in the Target Center. He would be insane to trade away a player of his magnitude. I don't see it happening.

You don't think Rubio won't? I won't even bother asking about a Rubio-Gasol combo since that is so obvious.

The thought that Love puts more seats in the stands than Pau would is pretty short-sighted. Winning puts seats in the stands and Pau = more wins than Love and would pair up with Rubio far more naturally. Love is a hard-nosed, smart rebounder and has shown the ability to create his own offense purely by working hard under the basket. These skills would endear him to LAL fans and he would look great as the PF alongside Bynum. Pau works better under a structured system, completely understands the triangle offense Rambis has tried to institute (I know, Rambis has a short leash and may actually be shown the door prior to the season) and had a lot of the Lakers post-season failure placed on his shoulders. This would be a no-brainer if Kahn could pull it off.

He could be the modern day Kurt Rambis.

Okay, let me clarify. McHale used to use the Magic 8 Ball but changed methods after the whole Joe Smith fiasco. He felt that darts would cut down on mistakes.

Maybe he also should have used his shooting hand to throw the darts. It might have helped...