According to RealGM, the Wolves are part of a 3-team trade proposal that would send Dwight Howard to the Nets, Love to the Lakers, and Brook Lopez to the Wolves. The talks broke down when K-Love re-broke his hand. Would you do it?

I'd do it in a heartbeat. Disney Lopez has been great this year and he would fit well enough next to Pek. They'd struggle to guard athletic forwards, but that's what CunningHAM is for. Nobody would be able to match up with the size and strength of Pek and Lopez.

In other news, AK has said he won't opt out of his contract this offseason. So at least that's a little bit of good news in this shitty season

No. This trade is helping the Lakers, which I don't like.
Disney is also not a much better defensive player then Love, but a much worser rebounder.
Better do that trade that would send Horford here with Howard going to Atlanta.

Yea, that's a no. If they include Brooks to the Wolves I'd be a bit happier. Pek and Disney next to each other? That scares me a lot on D but you are right, they'd be the highest scoring front court, easily.

You guys are worried about Lopez's defense? Despite his lack of rebounding, he's actually a pretty good defender. He'd be a huge step up from Love's garbage D.

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get Brooks in the deal. He hardly plays for them and they would have to add at least one more player to the deal anyways to make the salaries match. Dwight makes 19.5 mil, Lopez makes 13.5.

I honestly don't know if I'd do that trade or not. Brooke Lopez has been playing MUCH better this year than he ever has in the past. Especially rebounding and defensively. I think he's like #5 overall in the East for PER?

But you would think K-Lav would have higher trade value? AND in this trade we are helping the Fakers... both those things make me sad. But on the other hand, Love will be leaving Minnesota as soon as he can, so maybe we are just better off trading him before he leaves and we end up with nothing.

Flash wrote:
Going by this year's stats and performance, the Lakers are receiving the worst player in the trade, and we are receiving the best player. How does that help the Lakers?

Also, the Lakers would be trading a 3 time defensive player of the year for a player that plays no defense at all. This trade will just make them worse.

I got it to work in the trade machine. Nets have to send about approx. $2 million extra worth of salary

espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=aarhg8j

roundhouse wrote:
You know Love is much better then his performances this year. He'll get to his old form, and I don't want to see the old K-Lav playing for the Lakers.

Flash wrote:
Yea, his shooting will probably be a lot better once his hand is healed, but he's always been a bad defender and he's not a team player. He's going to be playing for the Lakers 2 years from now whether we trade him there or not Also, I think it would be hilarious to see Love on the Lakers, because the LA/national media will rip him to shreds on a nightly basis. He wouldn't get the free pass that he gets from our pathetic sports journalists here in MN.

We might as well get one of the best centers in the league for him right now instead of waiting for him to leave for nothing.

roundhouse wrote:
Good trade. The more I think about it, I'd be cool with Brooke and Brooks. We are going to lose K-Lav to free agency anyways.

roundhouse wrote:
Hahahahaha, so true! It's almost worth the trade just to see that happen out there in LA. Would be nice to have that ego of his knocked down a notch, or three.

No. Unless we move Pekovic for a power forward like Smith and he actually re-signs, I don't see why we would do this. and FYI, this trade was never even on the table, never even brought to us. The Nets are denying it's existence and the report was the Nets were looking for a 3rd team, maybe us.

Oh come on.....that is terrible. Well, not terrible; Lopez is a really good offensive center but all he provides is basically a taller version of Pek with a little more range on his shot, only with about a pound of sand in his vagina. With MVJohnson quickly approaching superstar status, the Wolves would basically run 100% of their offense through the post given the offensive ineptitude of the rest of the roster. Better than constant bricks from outside I guess.

That being said, I would consider it if other valuable pieces were involved (eg some combo of multiple firsts, MarShon Brooks, a decent guard, etc.). There is no universe that exists currently where Lopez alone is even close to fair value for Love.

It is easy to forget just how awesome Love was for the two years leading up to the season of the fake knuckle pushup. Love is too much of an ego maniac to not bounce back. I know he really hurt his worth to the fans this season, but the guy deserves a chance to correct the course of this disaster and despite my recent pessimism, I really think he will. Sadly, we just might have to "wait until next year" again.

College Wolf wrote:
Missed this. Good start. Hard to stomach knowing Love is wildly better than Disney when healthy though. That's my only concern. I think we could get more for Love in the offseason if we really to trade him. Plus we won't lose him for another two years, so this move feels a bit premature. I still think the rewards are greater for this team with a healthy Love than trading him for Disney, but that isn't a bad deal by any means.

Yea, two things:

1) Regardless of our perceptions of it being poor value, I want them to trade for a guy I LIKE to watch play basketball. Not Disney.

2) Yes, you are correct that the D of either duo is average at best, but that was my point. Trading Love to me is only valuable if you get a two-way player able to keep up with the changing dynamic of the game (able to guard Ibaka, switch onto Lebron, able to guard Boshina, able to match Blake, etc.).

3) If Love really is going to leave like we all think, this is a good start.

4) It's really about philosophy, so it would really matter who was the coach. If you refused to counter another team and just pounded it to these two, especially when teams like OKC or the Clippers (Odom & Griff) try to go small. the drawbacks on defense might be negated by such a huge advantage on offense and the boards. Who knows though, it's a coach strategy question I suppose.

5) Stop with this "We need a PF" or "we need a SG" stuff. Coaches don't think like this. They think about who you can match up against (Hence Lebriggity playing the "4"). He can guard most "4"s and they can't guard him. I think what you mean is that you'd only trade for a more defensively MOBILE big to pair with Pek.

Case in point, is Pek the PF on the team? Because he guards Griffin, KG, Randolph, etc. while Love is hidden on the (usually) weaker traditional center. If the center is a better scorer, they switch. So that distinction is irrelevant.