01-02-2023, 04:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2023, 04:03 PM by SleepingHero.)
(01-02-2023, 03:51 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Former Denver GM Tim Connelly deserves all the blame for this. It's amazing how he helped build Denver into a title contender, and then has a total brain fart when he gets to Minny. That Gobert trade is potentially going to set them back years, then they blow it up and start all over. Sad.
Gonna try and play devil's advocate here:
Perhaps Connelly believes and/or understands that KAT isn't a winning player. Wolves were nothing even after KAT got a bigger role early in his career. Any Wolves success has come from the addition of another star or reliance on role players.
Maybe he's trying to ship off KAT for a PG and retool around Edwards with Gobert manning the middle. The payment they get for KAT offsets the cost they paid for Gobert.
Now do I think this is a smart plan? Not really. I don't see the market for KAT, and I'm dubious on whether a team with Gobert can ever really win anything big while he's playing a substantial role.
But looking at it from this POV, I can kind of see where Connelly is coming from, and it's a very ballsy plan.
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