I don't even consider the Brewer trade "the Brewer trade." It was the absurdity behind the hoops Kahn went through to get Anthony Randolph, including using a 8-digit cap space figure for Eddy Curry and facilitating Melo to NY, among other crazy factors. It is the 2nd most preposterous trade in Wolves history (Jaric), despite the fact that we oddly didn't lose much in the deal other than a TWB-favorite in Brewer.
It's Kahns series of low-risk and non-moves that make it harder for many (not y'all) to understand how bad he is. For some moves you really have to think deep. The AR trade is one of them. His moves aren't as gut-wrenching as some of McHale's.
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-Flynn. Rubio made it better. Taking Curry wouldnt have been as impactful as the Iggy trade would have been
35 Drafting Flynn in general, but also over Stephen Curry, Demar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings and BJ Mullens
29 Trading Brewer, Koufos, and $11 million in cap room for Anthony Randolph while fascilitating Melo to NY
8 Turning down Webster for Iguodala
ELIMINATED:
0 Trading Miller/Foye for 5th pick & picking Rubio - Kahn's First and Best Move!
0 Trading 2 second rounders for Michael Beasley - Kahn's 2nd Best Move!
0 Hiring Rick Adelman - Kahn's 3rd best move!
0 Acquiring the nude photos of Glen Taylor he has used as blackmail to keep his job for a future first rounder and cash - Kahn's 4th best move!
0 Signing Darko to a 4-year, $20 million contract extension - Kahn's 12th worst move!
0 Gomes + #16 overall pick for Martell Webster. Basically the same calibre players. And this was supposed to clear up cap space Kahn never used. And Martell has been perpetually injured. And we gave up the #16 overall pick to do this. Ugh. - Kahn's 11th worst move.
0 Signing Ramon Sessions to a 4-year deal, trading him to the Cavaliers for Delonte West less than a year later, and buying him out. Both players are now starters on playoff teams. - Kahn's 10th worst move!
0 Signing Kurt Rambis to a 4-year contract, and wasting 2011 picks to gather cash to pay his buyout - Kahn's 9th worst move!
0 Trading back the 20th pick in the 2010 draft to get Lazar Hayward, who was traded to OKC for 2 second round picks that will likely be in the bottom 2 of the entire draft. - Kahn's 8th worst move!
0 Drafting Wes Johnson over DeMarcus Cousins - Kahn's 7th worst move
0 Drafting Tanguay Ngombo in the 2nd round who Kahn thought was 21 but actually turned out to be 26 and ineligible for the draft. - Kahn's 6th Worst Move!
0 Trading away Ty Lawson for basically nothing - Kahnman's 5th Worst Move!
0 Failing to trade the #2 pick in the 2011 draft for a useful player, creating an awkward situation with Derrick Williams - Kahn's 4th Worst Move!
0 Trading Al Jefferson for cap room and 2 non-lottery 1st round picks - Kahn' 3rd Worst move!
