well guess Kevin Love isn't getting traded this summer

[D.o.s.]

That's kind of the problem I have with the idea that the best possible solution is to immediately trade our draft pick away -- I don't think there's a Ray Allen waiting in the wings ( unless you're talking someone like Eric Gordon, maybe New Orleans goes in on Wallace + our 1st for him since they don't have a first rounder? just spitballing), or another Big Ticket.

[Sixth Man]

I for one am not really sold on Love and I don't want Melo. 

If those are the only cap-busting options, then if I am DA I wait out the next season and see how this years draft picks develop with Sully, KO, & AB before I sell the ranch on one player.

For what he would cost, I would much prefer Asik to Melo or Love.  However, I agree that we should make our picks and continue to develop our "assets."

[YoungOne87]

melo or love is not what will bring us over the hump

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

What if after trading for Melo and Asik we somehow set Carlos Boozer off waivers? Rondo-Bradley-Melo-Boozer-Asik is pretty mean, no? 

[D.o.s.]

What if after trading for Melo and Asik we somehow set Carlos Boozer off waivers? Rondo-Bradley-Melo-Boozer-Asik is pretty mean, no?

I would really love to watch that team, actually.

[Fafnir]

What if after trading for Melo and Asik we somehow set Carlos Boozer off waivers? Rondo-Bradley-Melo-Boozer-Asik is pretty mean, no?

I would really love to watch that team, actually.

Boozer's looked pretty cooked.

[PhoSita]

What if after trading for Melo and Asik we somehow set Carlos Boozer off waivers? Rondo-Bradley-Melo-Boozer-Asik is pretty mean, no?

I would really love to watch that team, actually.

Boozer's looked pretty cooked.

Yeah.  Even if he weren't cooked, I don't think Boozer is a good fit with Melo.

Melo is at his best when he's playing at the 4.  If you're going to play him at the 3, you should at least avoid putting him with slow, lumbering big men who like to set up in the post.

[CoachBo]

Minnesota may not want to trade K-Love this summer ...

But if K-Love comes out and tells them he is leaving next summer anyways, they'll change their minds and be open to trading K-Love before the start of next season.

So the link above is fairly meaningless. This situation can change very quickly.

Quite true.

Plus, quoting Real GM is the equivalent of quoting the National Enquirer.

[nickagneta]

Minnesota may not want to trade K-Love this summer ...

But if K-Love comes out and tells them he is leaving next summer anyways, they'll change their minds and be open to trading K-Love before the start of next season.

So the link above is fairly meaningless. This situation can change very quickly.

Quite true.

Plus, quoting Real GM is the equivalent of quoting the National Enquirer.

Coach you are really being fair to such a high quality, reputable periodical that is the National Enquirer by comparing it to Real GM. Real GM is in a category of awful reporting that even the Enquirer doesn't belong in. 

[rondohondo]

Minnesota may not want to trade K-Love this summer ...

But if K-Love comes out and tells them he is leaving next summer anyways, they'll change their minds and be open to trading K-Love before the start of next season.

So the link above is fairly meaningless. This situation can change very quickly.

Quite true.

Plus, quoting Real GM is the equivalent of quoting the National Enquirer.

Coach you are really being fair to such a high quality, reputable periodical that is the National Enquirer by comparing it to Real GM. Real GM is in a category of awful reporting that even the Enquirer doesn't belong in. 

Realgm is just a site that reports quotes from articles around the country.....

[Bingbangbarros]

^

I wouldn't call Melo a ball-stopper at all. He has averaged over 3 APG for his career and is actually a pretty decent passer. You can't compare his passing numbers to LeBron's just because they are the same position.

Melo is the definition of a "ball stopper"

[D.o.s.]

^

I wouldn't call Melo a ball-stopper at all. He has averaged over 3 APG for his career and is actually a pretty decent passer. You can't compare his passing numbers to LeBron's just because they are the same position.

Melo is the definition of a "ball stopper"

Here's an interesting list of players using parameters that I would use to define a player as a 'ball stoppers': over 25% USG and below 15% Assist rate:
http://bkref.com/tiny/q3Fbh

[BballTim]

Minnesota may not want to trade K-Love this summer ...

But if K-Love comes out and tells them he is leaving next summer anyways, they'll change their minds and be open to trading K-Love before the start of next season.

So the link above is fairly meaningless. This situation can change very quickly.

Quite true.

Plus, quoting Real GM is the equivalent of quoting the National Enquirer.

   If there's one things we really agree on it's this.

[gpap]

This only means one thing…..Kevin Love is getting traded this summer.

[footey]

 I would put Carmelo roughly in the category of Pierce when we made the KG trade: reputation as a talented, brooding, offensive player who is selfish and doesn't play good defense.   Roughly equivalent on a talent basis.  Remember, when we traded for KG and Ray, we already had Pierce and Rondo. Sure Rondo is better now than he was in 2007, but he is no Chris Paul either.  My point is, even if we get Melo, where is our KG and Ray coming from.  Asik as the guy in the middle running the defense like KG, or shooting from 15-20 feet at an incredible clip like KG? Of course not. We may find the next poor man's Ray in this draft (Stauskas, McDermott?), I concede. But not the next KG.  I am discouraged that we can do anything  close to what Danny did summer of 2007 this off season.  Would rather he develop more young talent in the draft, develop the existing chips, and make dramatic moves in the 2015 off-season.  Or 2016.