Even Worse

I've reflected a bit further on the Wolves' draft, and I realized that everyone is paying so much attention to the Mayo/Love trade that the worst move of the draft is being ignored - the Chalmers trade.

With Mayo/Love, you can argue either side of the trade and make an intelligent argument. I think it was a bad move, but I can see why people would be in favor of it - especially racists - and respect that opinion, however wrong it may be. But there is absolutely no defense for trading Chalmers for two second round picks. None at all. Just plain stupid.

Chalmers is a point guard. The Wolves have a serious point guard deficiency. The only point guard on the roster is Sebastian Telfair, who, although he showed some improvement last season, will never be mistaken for a quality point guard. With Jaric shipped out, the only other guy on the roster with any kind of ball handling ability is Randy Foye, and if they're still trying to turn him into a PG they might as well give up right now.

And Chalmers played point for the national champions at Kansas, and is a solid player. Obviously he was a second round pick, but he was projected as a "late first early second" type, not a "second to undrafted type." One scouting group rated him the same as DJ Augustin (note: I don't agree quite with that, but still.) Essentially, he was a steal where they got him, and then they ship him off for two second round draft picks, which I can almost guarantee won't end up netting them one player of Chalmers caliber, much less two. Maybe he's figuring he can get two guys who are each 60% the player Chalmers is, and that will be like getting 120% return on the trade. I honestly have no idea what McHale was thinking on this one. Utterly brutal. Now they'll end up signing some broken down veteran point guard to back up Telfair. This team is a complete joke. Their one chance was to hold onto Mayo, hope he's a star, and hope they can get him to stay - although he'd probably end up going to Boston like everyone else - and the blew that too. Good thing I don't watch the NBA, or I'd be out of this world pissed.

- In case you missed it, I said Woody Austin was the pick at the Buick this week. He finished second, and should have been in a playoff with winner Kenny "Dan Akroyd" Perry, but somehow managed to blast a birdie putt about fifteen feet past the hole and couldn't make it on the way back. Still, pretty much proves I'm a genius. Eat it Faldo, wherever you are.

All the Wolves Guards Want to Leave

Mike James, Troy Hudson, and Marko Jaric all have recently expressed a desire to not be a Timberwolf next year - and Bracey Wright, but he's not overpaid to suck, he just sucks. Oh no. Not that.

If only it were that simple guys. Look at your contracts, then look at the results, and then realize how difficult it will be to trade any one of these guys, much less all three.

James: 3 years, $18 million. After averaging 20 pts and 6 assists with 44% 3-pt shooting last season, was signed by the Wolves to that ridiculous contract. Averaged 10 pts, 3.5 assists, and shot 37% from three. Thanks Mike! You're an Ass!

Hudson: 3 years, $19 million. FOR A DAMN BACKUP!! Averaged 6 pts and 2 assists per game this season. Sweet. Sixteen minutes per game average in 36 games. Awesome contract. Just a terrific signing. Apparently there's a buyout option where if we can't trade him, and good luck on that one, we can buy him out and make him go away. I don't know how much it would cost, but whatever it is it would be worth it.

Jaric: 4 years, $27 million. Oh. My. Dad. I seriously thought you couldn't get worse than that Hudson contract. Also realize that not only did we trade Sam Cassell for this retard, but we also have to give them a first round pick. 5 points, 2 assists this season per game. Which really pisses me off. But then look at what his stats were the season before we traded for him: 10 pts, 6 assists. We gave up a first round pick, Sam Cassell, and eleventy billion dollars for that? What the hell. By the way, Cassell averaged 12 pts and 5 assists, and he's like 80 years old.

Nice team McHale.

McHale to Return as Wolves VP.

Oh goody.

I am so excited. What's even better, is that he says he's going to overhaul the roster and make some trades to improve the team.

Who are you going to trade? There's almost nobody tradeable on this team. Let's look (I have no idea where to find specific contract information, so this might not be perfect. Deal with it):

NOT TRADEABLE BECAUSE OF SUCKING: Bracey Wright, Justin Reed, Mark Madsen, Trenton Hassel

NOT TRADEABEL BECAUSE OF CONTRACT: Ricky Davis, Marko Jaric, Troy Hudson, Mike James, Mark Blount

Now, any of these guys could be included as a throw-in in a different deal, but none of them could really be a centerpiece, unless we get the same kind of crap back.

So that leaves four guys with any kind of trade value: KG, Randy Foye, Craig Smith, and Rashad McCants.

McCants and Smith won't get much of anything, at all, because they are relative unknowns at this point. Better off keeping them.

Foye is the future. You'd be an idiot to trade him. So he''s probably as good as gone with McHale.

KG. McHale said in the same interview that he won't trade KG. As much as I love the Big Ticket, the only way you can do anything with this team at this point is to trade him. You just have to. There's no other assets on this team, other than the 1st round pick this year, and he better damn well not trade that.

I've heard things like KG to the Bulls for Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and a couple of first rounders from Chicago, one of which will be around number 5 this year. Why not do that? There would have to be some throw-ins to make salaries work, and I'm too tired to work that all out, but I really think it's time to trade KG. If not to make the Wolves better, at least to get the poor guy somewhere he can have a chance to win. This crappy roster will never do anything. And don't forget, not only do we still owe the Clippers a pick (not this year, good job losing last night boys), we also owe the Celtics our pick in 2009. Sweet.