09 May 2017 09:44:00
Minnesota Championship Push

Trade:
- Andrew Wiggins, Kris Dunn, Bjelica and 2017 1st for Jimmy Butler
- Ricky Rubio, Jordan Hill, 2017 2nd for Ish Smith and Marcus Morris

Sign:
- Kyle Lowry - 4yrs/Max
- Paul Millsap - 4yrs/Max
- Thabo Sefolosha - 1yr/5Mill
- Justin Holiday - 2yrs/3Mill

PG - Lowry/Smith/Jones
SG - Lavine/Sefolosha/Holiday
SF - Butler/Morris
PF - Millsap/Dieng/Casspi
C - Towns/Aldrich

TWolves build a contending squad. Waive Pekovic, and let Shabaaz walk. Wolves bring in 3 allstars from the East who move West to avoid Lebron. Wolves can also explore a trade for Dieng to get more cap space

1.) 09 May 2017
09 May 2017 10:50:34
Why would you trade all of that for Butler maybe LaVine Dunn + pick is enough. You can keep Wiggins there.

2.) 09 May 2017
09 May 2017 10:50:50
I wouldn't give up that much for Butler if I were Twolves, even in this win-now scenario. I don't think Dunn has that much value any longer after a disappointing rookie year and him already being 23. Wiggins and the 2017 1st (projected #6) I think is still a bit on the high end for a team like Twolves. LaVine, the 1st and some other pieces is closer in my opinion.

Not really a fan of this scenario. Twolves are in a great place for the future. I think making some of these moves like trading for Butler could be justified at the right price. However, I'm not a fan of signing two 30+ guys to 4 year max contracts which would start at ~30 mill per year. Those contracts would be very tough to swallow in the backend when guys like Towns and LaVine will be further along in development, getting extensions and Twolves want to add talent around them.

3.) 09 May 2017
09 May 2017 16:21:21
The concept is good, but .

1. That's an overpay for Jimmy Butler. MIN has six years of team control on Wiggins (probably more) and eight years for Dunn, nine years for the pick vs 2 years for Butler. Bjelica is not a throw in.

2. Rubio has been a critical piece for the Wolves in the second half, and like all his coaches before, Thibs was won over by watching Rubio up close. I understand that you're trying to get him off the team to make room for Lowry though I think he'd be fantastic in the second unit, and has said he would accept that role if it led the team winning.

3. Lowry and Milsap are old, so that fits your win-now approach. I agree with you that MIN can probably get both because those free agent deals will become very bad fast. Milsap is an excellent fit with Towns.

Interesting trade!