The Timberwolves need to go out of their way to draft Ben McLemore out of Kansas. Likely entering the NBA Draft next year, the freshman out of Kansas is just the shooter that the Timberwolves can develop into a talented SG.

Ben McLemore plays very much like Ray Allen, he is a silky shooter who can put up points very quickly, and he seems to be the answer for the Timberwolves shooting woes. We need to make any moves we can to get McLemore from this years draft. To not draft him would be a terrible mistake.

Watch Ben McLemore light up the NCAA tournament.

Mclemore is currently projected to go in the top 2 and the Wolves currently have the 8th pick. How are they going to trade up that high to get him?

I'd rather just take Shabazz Muhammed or Victor Oladipo.

I can see why you want a shooter. Wow, I didn't realize it was this bad...

roundhouse wrote:
With the Wolves injuries and the way the Wizards are playing, I see no reason to think the Wolves can't wind up with the 3rd worst record in the league behind Orlando and Charlotte. My only fear is that Love/Budinger come back and we rack up a lot of wins to close out the year. That would be the Wolves luck

Either way, there are a ton of good SG's in this draft, so Kahn better frickin get one of them! If not, there's no excuse for that idiocy. Needless to say, I have little faith in him...

College Wolf wrote:
No faith in Kahn. So the only hope is that Taylor doesn't give him a new contract, and let's someone else build around Rubio and Love.

Tod Murphy wrote:
You mean like bringing back good old Flip?! I don't understand why we have to look to our past instead of looking toward a new future. Overall though, getting rid of Kahn, will help with my sleepless nights

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I agree with Tod Murphy on this, Kahn needs to go so we can get somebody else to build around Rubio and Love. Kahn may try to find a way to get rid of Love based on how the year went between the two...

Flip Saunders? Gross.

Damn draft talk, we weren't supposed to be doing this shit at this point in the year, we were supposed to be talking playoffs.

The Flip thing is hilarious, Glen is such a terrible owner. "This whole David Kahn thing isnt working out, I guess I'll hire another one of my friends from MN like I always do." Awful, just awful. Oh well, at least he can't be as bad as Kahn.

No.

Let me explain why... The Wolves have exactly 1 player who can get to the rim when the other team is playing physical: AK47. Shved and RR are terrific penetrators but get bodied up during the 8 minute stretch in the 2nd half when the refs always swallow their whistles, and are shut down. Barea... well, if you ever need an off-balance 1 on 3 contested fade away floater, you know where to look.

The issue isn't that we are a poor shooting team; at least, it isn't specifically that- it's that the Wolves get TURRRRBLE looks at the rim from the 3 point line when teams body up and are allowed to play physical. Nobody gets to the rim, and you end up with HAM shooting 8 17 foot jumpshots in 12 minutes of play, and Barea doing what Barea does.

Seriously. This team needs someone that can get to the rim when they are being pressured on the ball- and that someone needs to be strong enough to do it when they are being handchecked.

What you saw last night by Wade and LeBron is the type of aggressive physical offense that the Wolves don't even recognize.

Pek can play that game but only when he is getting the ball deep, and he is a pretty good interior passer but not good at kicking the ball out of the post. Ever noticed that? When was the last time you saw Pek hit a shooter open on the 3 point line when the defense collapsed? It's like he always holds it just long enough that his teammate is no longer open for the shot or something, for whatever reason.

Rubio creates good looks on the perimeter but he is only 1 man. Ridnour actually does some of this, and Love is pretty good at setting up perimeter shooters. But none of those guys know how to deal with handchecking perimeter defenders. You want someone who can actually go at the Avery Bradleys, Russell Westbrooks, Tony Allens, and so on of the NBA world.

McLemore fades out of games when they get too physical. He would fill a niche but I really, *really* think the team needs a guy like Oladipo who can be a physical beast that will get to the paint at will when things turn into football. As much as people think the Big Ten is physical, for those 7-10 minutes in the second half, the NBA is just as physical only with much bigger and much more athletic players.

Also... Flip???

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. (the sound of my enthusiasm for this team dying.)

daddyfatsax wrote:
Ughghghgghghgh I know.

Another brutal depressing year. I honestly don't even care at all if we win or lose games. Haven't for a while this year. What's the point?

wolfenstein wrote:
(Punches self in the nads repeatedly...)

Good point Wolfenstein, that would certainly help the team dynamic. That was supposed to be what Shved was good at, but he has been super inconsistent all year long. He is not reliable enough to start at the SG at this point, and he seems to be afraid to take over games. Maybe he will develop this, but for now he is a better sixth man type player. With Budinger and Love coming back, that should help ease our shooting woes. But I still think we need another shooter to help spread the floor for a player like Oladipo, who would be a great draft choice for the Wolves, and who will probably still be available when it is our turn to draft (since we are pretty unlucky in the lottery). I can see why Oladipo would be a good draft pick for us and not McLemore. He is just so smooth of shooter it is hard to see him go somewhere else. The future of the Wolves can be bright, but I think there might need to be some changes in the front office, somebody who actually wants to keep Love and Rubio on the same team.