OJ Mayo to Grizzlies, Kevin Love to the T-Wolves....

[lon3lytoaster]

Did Minny get Lowry back in the trade? If so that's not too terrible then, but I still would have demanded Conley.

I'm not really a Minnesota fan, but I do have that affair going on with Al Jeff and Gomes and I can see why KG didn't win a ring until this year in Boston... McHale screws everything up. Mayo is better than Love and they don't need Miller at all.

[dorschrm]

Chris Wallace continues to prove to me that he is the dumbest General Manager in the National Basketball Association.

McHale got a great bargain here, got the Love he wanted, and Mike Miller was a fabulous pickup for that team.  Good work for the Minnesota Ex-Celtics

[td450]

I don't see how anyone thinks the Wolves go anywhere unless you team Big Al with a long, defensively skilled PF/C. Love is a nice player and they will score points, but they'll never get any better than pretty good.

[Brickowski]

In my view Jefferson is a small center.  He's much better at that position than pf, both offensively and defensively.  So Love becomes the pf.  With Love's ability to shoot from the outside, it's really a comination that is similar to Boozer and Okur in Utah. Love is a little shorter than Okur, but he can defend the post and rebound just as well as Okur-- and he's a better passer than Okur.

[rondofan1255]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Aknvbuxq759W1Y4uBC38kwl20bYF?slug=dw-nbadraftwinlose062708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

I don't know if this was true, but I don't remember hearing about it. =)

[Smitty]

I really don't understand why so many of you are so upset that Minny will be weak defensively on the front line.  They play in the freaking West where defense IS an afterthought anyway. 

Second, how can anyone say that each team got equal talent here UNLESS you equate Antoine and Miller.  The first will be 32 in August and is washed up physically and likely mentally and had a 6.65 Efficiency Rating last year.  The second is ONLY 28 and had a 18.07 Efficiency Rating last year.  There simply is NOT much difference between Love and Mayo and I will NOT be shocked AT ALL to see love have as good, if not better, a career as the highly touted and vastly over-hyped OJ Mayo.

[dcsceltics]

And dont forget, they still have Foye, McCants, Brewer and Gomes if they re-sign him. They have a good young core with Love and Miller coming to join them.

[Barnabas]

When Minny made their selection my first thought was for our former C Kevin..."not another blunder, OJ doesn't fit with your team".  Yes he's gonna be good.  But I think Kevin did a really good trade here, I think Love & Jefferson can make a nice frontline in TODAY'S nba.  There simply aren't lg dominating centers, game has become speed/guard orientated.  They dumped walkers contract and lowered the teams body fat in 1 quick shot.  Miller spreads the floor (big time) to give added space for Love & Al.  Does old friend Gomes play sf ? D will be a problem if that is the front line.

I agree, this is a fine move by McHale.  He's got himself a good front line. 

[RedsCeltics34]

I agree with and like the trade for Minnesota.

[crownsy]

what he's doing is what alot of teams do, fleecing chris wallace.

OJ mayo is nice, but what they needed was a legitiamte big man to put in the middle so al could go back to PF.

not only did they fleece the bobcats out of chalmers, who is a lock down defender and three point shooter, but they got the guy they should have taken at 3 as well in love. throw in miller, and this was a great trade for MINN.

[bbc3341]

they needed shooting plus Love isn't a ham sandwich...

[papa shuttlesworth]

I like the trade.  They got value from the high pick and ended up with the guy they wanted and some extra help.  Love looks like he just knows how to play and Miller is solid. 

The only thing I'd be concerned about is defense.  This has the potential of looking like the Knicks defense with Curry and Randolph.  (But I think that both Al and Love have much more pride than those two and will at least make an effort to improve.)

[Edgar]

He will trade now Miller for Scal.
 

[Rondo2287]

He bascically turned OJ Mayo into Kevin Love, and Mike Miller.  Id say thats a pretty [dang] good deal considering he liked Love the whole time. 

[the_Bird]

I think it's been mentioned peripherally, but does getting Love change how they approach negotiations with Ryan Gomes?  Isn't Love likey to take a lot of the minutes at PF?  Do they really envision Gomes playing a lot of SF?