NardDogNation wrote:So even if we were able to offload Noah in the process (and took back more salary instead), that wouldn't be enough?
The Timberwolves are one of the few teams talent wise and defense wise are seen as somewhat possible to slow down the Warriors.
79 out of a possible 105 playoff games were played last postseason. That's A LOT of revenue left on the table because top heavy teams like the Warriors and Cavs were curb stomping everyone. The networks were FURIOUS about it. They pay big dollars to see the profitable "narrative" not straight out massacres of dramatically less talented teams by stacked teams.
Making one of the few teams that MIGHT, maybe one day, slow down the Warriors enough to just not get swept makes no sense for the league
Also, this trade makes no sense of Minnesota. It's so lopsided in favor of the Knicks, it would be vetoed because the only reasonable explanation is collusion of some kind. This isn't just standard trade rape, this is prison shower by 15 guys working a conga line kind of trade rape. It's basically asking anyone who works for the Timberwolves front office to stop feeding their children.
What's even more bizarre are guys in this thread saying "No, no, we don't want Wiggins at all, even at that price" Which is baffling. Maybe he's a long shot at this point, but given how the NBA operates and talent scarcity, you take that shot.
IF , and it's a huge IF, Wiggins were to be traded, the Raptors would make a huge play and the league administration would PUSH the TWolves to trade him up to Canada. The league administration would go so far as to incentivize Minnesota to do it in some way.
Minnesota actually needs to dump Gorgui Dieng. They need more wings, not pivots. Why would they trade to equalize their wing situation numbers wise, degrade talent wise, then add in another pivot with a huge contract? If and when Noah gets bought out, the T Wolves can just get him for the vets minimum.
Any trade presented
1) Must pass The Mirror Test
2) Has to be the best overall option for a trade out of ALL 29 OTHER TEAMS and their offers
3) Must be defensible to the non Knicks team fanbase, ownership, sports media, the league administration and the networks
Sometimes nutty trades happen. We all saw this with Brian Cashman and old man Steinbrenner. Cashman would try to do X and Y, and then the old man would want to pay a middle reliever a 25 million dollar contract back when that wasn't the marketplace norm. But fundamentally you can't expect the non Knicks team to work against their own best interests in a trade.