While initially the deal seems great for the Celtics (it is), I love this deal for the T'Wolves. I really like Randy Foye and I think he is going to be a star in the next two years. He was the building block in Minny even before this trade and now they have a lot more weapons to play with.
Al Jefferson, Gerld Green, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair and Theo Ratliff('s contract) AND two first rounders added to the core of Foye, Corey Brewer, Mark Blount (highly underrated center) and Ricky Davis will make this team young and dangerous. Maybe not right away, in fact, definitely not right away, but in a couple years they will have dumped Ratliff's contract and hopefully Telfair as well and they will be ready to build something nice.
Garnett is a great player, sure, but the Wolves weren't going anywhere with him. Has anyone seen how fucking good Al Jefferson is/will be? He is one of the precious few inside forces in the league and he's really young. Gerald Green seems to be progressing from high-flying but generally otherwise useless player into an excellent all-around talent. Ryan Gomes is a nice piece too. He can hit the mid-range jumper and is a good rebounder for his size. I think Brewer could be really good player in the mold of Raja Bell but better offensively.
Telfair is garbage and he doesn't deserve to be in the league, but he had to be included. I hope he never sees a minute on the court. It would make me happy.
Opening night roser (probably) for the Wolves (age on opening night in parentheses):
PG-Marko Jaric (28)
SG-Randy Foye (24)
SF-Ricky Davis (28)
PF-Al Jefferson (22)
C-Mark Blount (31)
Bench (someone will have to be cut loose to make a correctly-sized roster)
Sebastian Telfair (22)
Corey Brewer (21)
Ryan Gomes (25)
Gerald Green (21)
Rashad McCants (23)
Juwan Howard (34)
Theo Ratliff (34)
Trenton Hassell (28)
Craig Smith (23)
Chris Richard (22)
(PG Troy Hudson was bought out by the Wolves today cuz he sucks)
(I left off Mark Madsen for very obvious reasons)
That lineup is good and very, very young. Throw in that they might get good players with those draft picks and I think the Wolves made out tremendously here.
The Celtics did a good job too because now they are at least relevant in the East. I saw a graphic yesterday that they now have three of the top seven active players with the most points without a title (Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett). I don't really buy that they are a title threat, but they will certainly be fun to watch.
I like it for the Cs, but I love it for the Wolves.
T'Wolves are a big winner today
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