Timberwolves have agreed to send power forward Al Jefferson to the Utah Jazz for two future...

Timberwolves have agreed to send power forward Al Jefferson to the Utah Jazz for two future first-round draft picks and the salary-cap trade exception.

Al Jefferson headed from Wolves to Jazz

Jefferson at that price is rather sobering to our hopes of finding a difference maker for a cheap trade with our cap space.

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Lots of people seem to like this deal for the Jazz. I don't because I think Al Jeff stinks.

2010 Offseason Motto: Get Greedy, Bulls. 1 top FA down (Thibs), 1 (or 2) to go.

by fundamentallysound on Jul 13, 2010 1:32 PM CDT reply actions

Seems like an awkward fit and a big risk to me

by reprisal on Jul 13, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Doesn't Utah have other areas to improve on? They're even worse defensively now.

"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah

by Ozzie Montana on Jul 13, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions

He's got an actual point guard

He’s not done by any means.

I wonder how short of time until Sloan chews him out.

I can predict the future using Norm Van Lier's crystal balls.

"Sam has a tendency to denigrate reports coming from any reporter who didn’t also cover the day Naismith first put up the peach baskets." - snley

by NBA Observer on Jul 13, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions

he is still really young. I bet he starts with Milsap at PF and Jefferson at C

he’ll be better under Sloan

by Basketball Smurf on Jul 13, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I think

Al Jeff is a very solid player and will replace the low post scoring of Carlos Boozer.

by QUINTEN DALEY on Jul 13, 2010 1:40 PM CDT reply actions

Trade for Beasley

trade away Jefferson, makes perfect sense to me.

Did anyone else see that the Spurs signed Tiago Splitter for less than the T-wolves paid for Darko or Pekovic?

So…gotta say it: this sort of vindicates the Ben Gordon thing.
-by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jun 24, 2010 1:20 PM PDT

by runningman on Jul 13, 2010 1:54 PM CDT reply actions

Also, they're going to sign Ridnour to a 4 year/$16 million contract....while trying to trade Ramon Sessions.

"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah

by Ozzie Montana on Jul 13, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Spurs are the best in the business.

2010 Offseason Motto: Get Greedy, Bulls. 1 top FA down (Thibs), 1 (or 2) to go.

by fundamentallysound on Jul 13, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

one thing to remember is that the Spurs had Splitter’s rights so he couldn’t go anywhere else in the NBA but SA. Loses just a bit of leverage that way. Not that that exempts Kahn from making stupid moves.

by CubFan81 on Jul 13, 2010 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions

He could have gone back to Europe

Well, isn't what LeBron did last night the living embodiment of The Secret, leaving millions on the table and turning himself into a hometown villain, all for the sake of winning?
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by snley on Jul 13, 2010 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Splitter was a 1st round pick, so

he has to sign the contract thats was slotted for his spot in the draft.

by QUINTEN DALEY on Jul 13, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Per Hollinger, he was no longer beholden to the rookie scale

Entering the offseason, most thought the Spurs would need their entire midlevel exception to lure Splitter, a 2007 first-round draft pick who no longer is bound by the rookie contract scale, from his team in Spain.

Link

Also, from the Larry Coon FAQ (Q 43)

After three years they have the option of either using the salary scale or signing him like he was a free agent— using their cap room, the Mid-Level exception, the Bi-Annual exception or the Disabled Player exception, and with standard raises. They can only do the latter if the player did not play intercollegiately in the interim, and such a contract must be for at least three seasons.

by snley on Jul 13, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

So Minnesota's offseason is basically downgrading from Al Jeff to crazy Michael Beasley?

Plus another hard-to-guess if he’s going to be good drafting of Wes Johnson, instead of who SHOULD have been AlJeff’s replacement: DeMarcus Cousins.

I don’t think Cousins is nearly as crazy as Beasley, and Beasley seems to have little upside or work ethic.

(Of course, I have a Kentucky bias)

by KentuckyBullsFan on Jul 13, 2010 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Beasley will back up Kevin Love

Obviously they should have drafted Cousins, but clearing a ton of money and grabbing picks is a big win for the twolves in this trade.

by reprisal on Jul 13, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions

The picks are less of a win if they are so heavily protected.

2010 Offseason Motto: Get Greedy, Bulls. 1 top FA down (Thibs), 1 (or 2) to go.

by fundamentallysound on Jul 13, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Look at it this way, the more years the protection kicks in, the less likely it is David Kahn is the one doing the drafting

by reprisal on Jul 13, 2010 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

ha, that's awesome

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jul 13, 2010 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

plus the jazz are a perennial 45 to 50 win team. We are talking about a 20th pick or so

by Basketball Smurf on Jul 13, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually, I just read that the trade exception is useless because Minny was so far under the cap anyway

http://www.twolvesblog.com/201007133066/minnesota-timberwolves/articles/big-alco-traded-to-utah-for-cap-space-a-draft-picks.html

Hollinger said:

If I’m not mistaken Minnesota will be more than $13M under cap anyway, so TPE would be a non-factor. For those who are asking, no, you can’t use the TPE and the cap space. It’s one or the other – if you use cap space you renounce exceptions.

They did clear some money, but they got rid of their first or second best player for basically clearly $8M in salary and garbage

from that minny blog:

So if all this stuff goes down, in total we swapped out Big Al and 2 future second round picks for Michael Beasley, Luke Ridnour, two future heavily protected first round picks, and about $8 million dollars in cap space. I guess you be the judge regarding the merits of these moves. I like the Beasley trade, but I would have liked to seen us get at least one player for Jefferson though. I hope our Front Office doesn’t try to spin this as one big trade (to cover up for dumping Al), because that would be disingenuous and weak.

by KentuckyBullsFan on Jul 13, 2010 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs