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Engorged On Unborn Gore said:
I would have liked that scenario, also. That said, the picks that we got out of that deal are getting better every day.
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Yeah the way this is working out it is looking a lot better for us than we imagined, and not for the reasons we thought it would. It is a real reversal right now. We are doing well and the lottery pick looks like it will come from the Wolves, and not vice versa as was expected. Crazy, but incredibly fun season so far.

I do feel bad for Rudy. I kind of feel like we did him dirty, especially with the loyalty he had shown. I get it is a business and if it gets us a ring, then I will call it a rousing success, but I still feel bad for the guy. He deserves better.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Yeah the way this is working out it is looking a lot better for us than we imagined, and not for the reasons we thought it would. It is a real reversal right now. We are doing well and the lottery pick looks like it will come from the Wolves, and not vice versa as was expected. Crazy, but incredibly fun season so far.

I do feel bad for Rudy. I kind of feel like we did him dirty, especially with the loyalty he had shown. I get it is a business and if it gets us a ring, then I will call it a rousing success, but I still feel bad for the guy. He deserves better.
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What you do is you hope Minnesota completely implodes and gets in a panic thinking about Rudy’s contract. You get all the other guys to point the finger at Rudy, to where Minnesota thinks they have to trade Rudy to keep the other guys. Swoop in at the deadline and relieve them of the long-term salary burden and offer them one of their picks back.

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infection said:
What you do is you hope Minnesota completely implodes and gets in a panic thinking about Rudy’s contract. You get all the other guys to point the finger at Rudy, to where Minnesota thinks they have to trade Rudy to keep the other guys. Swoop in at the deadline and relieve them of the long-term salary burden and offer them one of their picks back.

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The funny thing is that I don't think I would even do that trade. Rudy just clogs things up way too much and that salary is better used elsewhere in the future. I like having a team with spacing everywhere on the floor and bigs that are really good passers.
 
sip said:
The funny thing is that I don't think I would even do that trade. Rudy just clogs things up way too much and that salary is better used elsewhere in the future. I like having a team with spacing everywhere on the floor and bigs that are really good passers.
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The Jazz play with Jared Vanderbilt and Walker Kessler. Rudy can play with this team just fine.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Yeah the way this is working out it is looking a lot better for us than we imagined, and not for the reasons we thought it would. It is a real reversal right now. We are doing well and the lottery pick looks like it will come from the Wolves, and not vice versa as was expected. Crazy, but incredibly fun season so far.

I do feel bad for Rudy. I kind of feel like we did him dirty, especially with the loyalty he had shown. I get it is a business and if it gets us a ring, then I will call it a rousing success, but I still feel bad for the guy. He deserves better.
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I mean, we sent him to a super talented team. I wouldnt say we did him dirty. It's just unfortunate the team has a very poor personality mix to succeed. They are far from dead in the water though. They will get better, to some degree.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The Jazz play with Jared Vanderbilt and Walker Kessler. Rudy can play with this team just fine.
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Vanderbilt plays with 2 stretch bigs a lot of the time and Kessler isn't playing heavy minutes. I guarantee having Rudy out there for 34 minutes a game would disrupt the flow of the offense compared to what we have seen so far. Then of course there is the obvious playoff failures with him being game planned into a big liability. Rudy is a great player but he isn't always the best fit and his future salary is a big concern when building a team.
 
sip said:
Vanderbilt plays with 2 stretch bigs a lot of the time and Kessler isn't playing heavy minutes. I guarantee having Rudy out there for 34 minutes a game would disrupt the flow of the offense compared to what we have seen so far. Then of course there is the obvious playoff failures with him being game planned into a big liability. Rudy is a great player but he isn't always the best fit and his future salary is a big concern when building a team.
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It would change stuff for sure. It would probably be better.
 
Wolves down 22 to the Suns going into the 4th. Man, this team is such a mess, I didn't see it coming. I didn't think they would do well in the playoffs, but I thought they would be one of the best regular season teams in the league. I was clearly wrong.
 
Jingled said:
Wolves down 22 to the Suns going into the 4th. Man, this team is such a mess, I didn't see it coming. I didn't think they would do well in the playoffs, but I thought they would be one of the best regular season teams in the league. I was clearly wrong.
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Honestly same.

The wild thing is the longer this goes (and they have some tough games coming up) the more panic and distrust will set in and feed on itself.

Russell and KAT are certainly not dudes to lead that group through that. And the way Edwards seems to be culturally this year, and Rudy’s passiveness as a leader…..this could get REALLY rough.
 
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