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Minnesota keeping the 2nd pick

Who do they pick?

  • Williams

    Votes: 10 27.0%

  • Kanter

    Votes: 24 64.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Total voters
    37
Most likely. It doesn't make sense for them to draft a 3/4 in Williams when they have Love, Beasley, Johnson and Webster, having a big hole in the 5 spot.
 
NCJazz said:
Nothing set in stone. For the right deal I have no doubt they would trade it. Good way to drive up the value of the pick
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The crazier thing he said was "I'm okay with Kahn." So are the teams (including Utah) that are abusing the Timberwolves in the trade department, BTW.
 
This is just Kahn trying to up the value of the pick. He doesn't want every owner thinking that the #2 pick is up for sale for pennies on the dollar.
 
This says not only nothing new, but nothing at all. "We'll keep the pick... or maybe we'll trade it."
 
I agree with AlaskanAssassin, I think they are trying to use gamesmanship to increase the value of the pick. Ultimately I believe they'll be trading it. If they don't, Kanter is a better choice for the team due to Beasley being solid and Minnesota's C situation as it is.
 
I personally see it going one of 2 ways: keep it and draft Kanter or trade it to (or pick for) Washington who in turn picks Kanter. I think we have the best player in the draft slip to us without giving up anything, and thats DWill2.
 
Pure smoke. This little press release or whatever it is isn't even emphatic on the point. We may not know what the Timberwolves are doing, but I can certify that they don't either.
 
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The buzz right now seems to be that Kanter is being regarded as a near-equal prospect with Derrick Williams for #2, whether Minnesota keeps the pick or not. But anything can happen once the individual workouts begin.
 
Bodhi said:
I personally see it going one of 2 ways: keep it and draft Kanter or trade it to (or pick for) Washington who in turn picks Kanter. I think we have the best player in the draft slip to us without giving up anything, and thats DWill2.
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I like the way you think. I hope it resembles reality.
 
Archie Moses said:
Plenty of allstar quality players get traded every year.
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"All-star" is also a pretty subjective term. Are we talking Mehmet Okur and Jamaal Magloire, or are we talking Shaq? There are plenty of one-time all-stars that have worse careers than high-level role players/winners (Robert Horry, Derek Fisher) or what you could call borderline all-star players and never get in.
 
Haven't read through this thread yet but this news goes to show how much of a moron Kahn is. The night they got the 2nd pick they came out and said they'd field trades for it. And now they've done a 180? Right, like I believe they wouldn't trade it.
 
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