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.
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by fundamentallysound on Jul 13, 2010 1:32 PM CDT reply actions
Doesn't Utah have other areas to improve on? They're even worse defensively now.
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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.
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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
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
Also, they're going to sign Ridnour to a 4 year/$16 million contract....while trying to trade Ramon Sessions.
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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
Though...
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.
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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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.
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.
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?
Neil Paine, basketball-reference.com
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.
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
Actually, I just read that the trade exception is useless because Minny was so far under the cap anyway
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
this trade doesn't make sense without drafting Cousins. Jefferson and Love
had problems playing together, but Love isn’t a low post scorer. Now all of a sudden, the Twolves are a total jump shooting team. Its surprising that a 15 win team with cap space can get worse. Good job Kahn.
by Basketball Smurf on Jul 13, 2010 3:05 PM CDT reply actions
Cousins would have been a pretty ideal fit.
2010 Offseason Motto: Get Greedy, Bulls. 1 top FA down (Thibs), 1 (or 2) to go.
by fundamentallysound on Jul 13, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I had Minnesota taking Cousins
based off an Al Jeff trade in my mock draft, but Kahn doesn’t know what the hell he is doing, drafting Rubio & Flynn, signing Sessions last year, and now signing Ridinour this year, he is making Kevin McHale look like Mitch Kupcheck
by QUINTEN DALEY on Jul 13, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Best thing about this for the Bulls
Jazz are now at the tax line, so it virtually eliminates the chance that they bring back Ronnie Brewer or any other SG we may be after.












