Awesome new article on the front page of TWB, by our newest staff member! He should be around the forums soon, and posting stuff very frequently on the front page! So go check it out and comment and welcome him and all that good stuff. Very glad to have Mr. Grooms onboard!

"How the Dwight Howard Trade Affects the T-Wolves"

www.twolvesblog.com/201208133392/minneso...ects-the-wolves.html

The most hilarious result of the Howard trade is that the Rockets are now stuck with their ridiculous roster.

roundhouse wrote:
AHAHAHAH, I forgot about them. Nice try Houston. Oh man that is hilarious. I'm going to go over to theDreamShake blog to see how pissed they are.

I think we are the 7th seed. Thunder, Lakers, Spurs, Grizz, Clippers, Nuggets, Wolves

Murphs, you are setting your expectations low. That's probably smart. That being said, if we aren't genuinely shooting for the #3 seed we are selling ourselves short. The team is talented enough to go there, although I will admit that the other teams you listed ahead of us are right there as well. Just depends on execution I guess.

wolfenstein wrote:
With an injured Rubio to start the year, Brandon Roy's knees bone to bone, I think I'm being realistic. If they exceed my expectations, i'll be very happy. The problem with this team is health. Kirilenko is injury prone, Love always gets injured every year, Rubio is coming back from ACL surgery, Stiesma has feet problems, Pek has ankle problems, Roy has Knee Problems.

wolfenstein wrote: I think your expectations are waaaay too high. I would say Murphs, myself, others are being pretty realistic. There is no reason whatsoever to think we are going to be a Top 3 seed in the Western Conference. You are going to be massively disappointed if that is what you are counting on happening.

Man I still didn't get this damn trade:

Orlando is sooo stupid!! If it wouldn't be sad for Minny and if a direct concurent wouldn't be better now, I might look at this as something funny.

But I really dont get it why Orlando didn't find a trade with us:

For example: Howard for DWILL, Pek, Ridnour plus Picks - that would be a WAY better deal for Orlando then Afflalo, Harington and Harkless plus useless picks...

This still would be a nice trade for us. And we would now have a starting five with Rubio-Roy-Kirielenko-Love-Howard...

I really like Pek, but Howard still the best Center in the league right now and surely one of the best defenders... But I still hope this will change with Pek too