Re: Garnett?

[Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Yeah worth a try, but how do you match a 20+ million salary cap figure if what
Minnie wants most is to recoup future draft picks?  That sounds like a tough one
to do. Forget Paul Pierce in the deal I think. Walker+ Battie/Moiso+ Potapenko+
EricWilliams+ picks  makes more sense.  Also, I think Pierce/Garnett is probably
more complementary than a Walker/Garnett combo in Boston. But we'd still be a
piece away in the puzzle, just as the Timberpoodles are, so it might be
worthwhile to retain at least one of our possible lottery picks next year.

BTW, I love Kevin Garnett as a player but his trash talking and poor performance
in the Olympic championship game couldn't have been more of a disappointment.
Did you all see that? He came across as such a douchebag.


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"Berry, Mark S" wrote:

> First of all, I agree with Alex. I just don't see how trading Garnett
> improves their position. They have to hope that Szczerbiak and William Avery
> improve and then explore what they might be able to get for Terrell Brandon.
>
> Now, having said that, everyone will be monitoring this closely. It's
> conceivable that the Wolves, with their owner suspended and McHale
> reportedly stepping down and forfeiting five draft picks (low picks, but
> still...), maybe they decide the way to rebuild from this mess is to trade
> Garnett for another, less expensive star player and a boatload of picks. I
> don't see it, but stranger things have happened.
>
> Now, if that did happen, I'd think some package of Pierce, Moiso and picks
> would be pretty attractive. And the Celts would do it. Garnett is that good.
> They'd go into next season with Walker and Garnett at the forward spots, sit
> out the next draft, then try to add to the team the following year.
>
> It's not going to happen, but this is the kind of thing that pops up now and
> then to make great players available. It's good to have these assets
> available when it happens. I'm guessing this is just the kind of deal Paul
> M. has been dreaming of when tossing out the idea of a Pierce trade. Same
> here, although no one could have imagined a scenario that would make Garnett
> available. I still can't, but apparently some out there can...
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. Kudos to David Stern for coming down hard. The draft picks hurt, but
> the best part is voiding Joe Smith's Bird rights. That means the Wolves
> can't keep him for anything more than the minimum--and that means they can't
> keep him. So they lose a starting forward and five draft picks. And it's all
> deserved for what they did. Too bad Stern can't come down as hard on these
> "wink-wink" deals.