Markji wrote:

Uptown wrote:Now this.....

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68373/20100726/minnesota_plans_to_waive_west/

Minny is waiving Delonte West at $4.66 million expiring contract. Anyone understand why they are waiving him? Is Cleveland going to re-sign him?

I think Delonte's deal is not guaranteed - meaning Minnesota can waive him and it doesn't count as a cap hit and they don't have to pay him anything.

newyorknewyork wrote:This was a salary dump. Sessions has 3yrs left, West has an expiring contract.

Its actually not a bad move from Minny's perspective. West ability to play 2guard makes him more valuable to them then Sessions as well as the fact that his contract is ending.

Though they should have never signed Sessions in the first place.

I agree. This was a deal that basically recognized that Sessions was not working so you trade for West and cut him and save your franchise about $12 million. It was a salary dump and probably the best move for Minny right now. However, Kahn should trade the Rubio pick next summer once Rubio is eligible to come back to the NBA. Rubio is never playing there, and Minny could get a boatload of assets for him.

martin wrote:

Markji wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Markji wrote:

Uptown wrote:Now this.....

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68373/20100726/minnesota_plans_to_waive_west/

Minny is waiving Delonte West at $4.66 million expiring contract. Anyone understand why they are waiving him? Is Cleveland going to re-sign him?

I think Delonte's deal is not guaranteed - meaning Minnesota can waive him and it doesn't count as a cap hit and they don't have to pay him anything.

According to the HoopsHype salary chart, D West has a guaranteed salary, not a team option.

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/minnesota.htm

it's been well documented that DWest can be let go and only $500K is guaranteed on his deal.

JohnWallace44 wrote:Its not so much that he's bringing in PG's. He's bringing in pick and roll point guards while the team is running the triangle.

The triangle doesn't even require a dominant point. You sure as heck need a dominant scoring guard though. it makes zero sense that he's bringing in all these guys. Flynn and Sessions look terrible in that system and you hurt their trade value immediately in that system. To go out and sign another pick and roll guy is just crazy stuff. There is no way that the Knicks, running SSOL, and the Wolves, running the triangle, should ever be eying the same PG's to sign.

Minny needs a BJ Armstrong type who can play defense and stretch the defense.

Rubio actually fits into the "bad for Minny category," too, and he may be a worse shooter than Flynn or Sessions.

Kahn should have had a signed coach in his pocket before the draft. I'm not even sure how much time he had to get a coach after being hired, but to not have a coach and system before a draft where the T-Wolves had a ton of picks was sheer lunacy, IMO.

KNICKSdom wrote:Also West and Beasley looks alike, might confuse teams on game planning?

Might confuse Gloria on gang banging?

He needed to take cousins and package flynn and jefferson together and move on and actually build a team. Beasley was a nice move, but Darko, Ridinour, nothing for Jefferson.

It's guys like these that bring credibility to anyone that thinks they can be a GM

Ira wrote:

Markji wrote:

Uptown wrote:Now this.....

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68373/20100726/minnesota_plans_to_waive_west/

Minny is waiving Delonte West at $4.66 million expiring contract. Anyone understand why they are waiving him? Is Cleveland going to re-sign him?

It would be incredibly ironic if he ends up in Miami. It would be a media field day.

He'd be taking his talents to south beach and lebron's mom would be happy