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Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
Not even comparable. George is a 6'8 athletic freak who plays defense (also was a sophmore). Brooks is a 6'5 senior who just scores.
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Brooks is a great talent who could easily have as productive career as George. I wasn't comparing their height, but their potential. Brooks could be a starting 2-guard.
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
Not even comparable. George is a 6'8 athletic freak who plays defense (also was a sophmore). Brooks is a 6'5 senior who just scores.
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Brooks is a great talent who could easily have as productive career as George. I wasn't comparing their height, but their potential. Brooks could be a starting 2-guard.
 
I just hope the FO goes after the guys they want, moving up from 3 and 12 if they need to. We have Memo's expiring, CJ, future picks, and Raja... all of whom might be able to lever our spot up a notch or two.

Dude, if we could get Williams and Biyombo out of this draft I would be ecstatic.
 
Would anyone do this? Draft Kantar at 3. Draft Donatas Motiejunas at 12. Trade either Millsap or Jefferson for a 2 or a 1 or a package of both.


Totally rebuild the front court.
 
Archie Moses said:
Would anyone do this? Draft Kantar at 3. Draft Donatas Motiejunas at 12. Trade either Millsap or Jefferson for a 2 or a 1 or a package of both.


Totally rebuild the front court.
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even if you drafted both of those guys there would be no reason to trade BOTH Al and Paul next year. One of them would need to go. Even if we only draft one big, one of them probably needs to go.
 
NAOS said:
even if you drafted both of those guys there would be no reason to trade BOTH Al and Paul next year. One of them would need to go. Even if we only draft one big, one of them probably needs to go.
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That's why I said or and not both. Memo may have to go, but not if we get Kantar.
 
I wouldn't rebuild the front court like that, no. Keep Jefferson. Keep Millsap unless a phenomenal deal pops up.

But I think an argument could be made to draft Knight with the first pick and Montiejunas with the 2nd. I'm not 100% sold on Kanter yet, and Montiejunas is very mobile and skilled for a 7' player. He needs to put on some more weight, but could be a nice replacement for Okur.
 
Maybe. I'm trying to think of who to compare Kanter to. There isn't a perfect comparison, but in terms of impact in the league, I could see Kanter being similar to a Rony Seikaly. He's maybe not an all star, but a solid double-double guy who works hard.
 
It's impossible for any of us to compare Kanter to anyone because we have so little game footage of him. His only game we really know about is basically a glorified All-Star game.
 
If Kanter is that good, I highly doubt that the Timberwolves will pass on him at #2. Especially beings that this will be Minnesota's highest draft pick EVER. They also have a need at Center while not really having one at Point Guard or at Small Forward. If the Timberwolves want to build their team, they need to take top prospects that fill positions of need. This is how Oklahoma City built their team and they are now in the conference finals. The Timberwolves already have Michael Beasley at SF and Kevin Love at PF. They drafted Wesley Johnson with the #4 overall pick last season to be their starting shooting guard. They also have Martell Webster, Lazard Hayward, Wayne Ellington, and Anthony Randolph battling for backup positions at the 2, 3, and 4 positions. Their primary need is at center, where all they have is Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic. Their secondary need is as point guard, even though they just drafted Johnny Flynn in last year's draft and Ricky Rubio in the 2009 draft. Unless they are planning some major wheeling and dealing, drafting another Small Forward/Power Forward would NOT be a smart move.
 
pappyman said:
If Kanter is that good, I highly doubt that the Timberwolves will pass on him at #2. Especially beings that this will be Minnesota's highest draft pick EVER. They also have a need at Center while not really having one at Point Guard or at Small Forward. If the Timberwolves want to build their team, they need to take top prospects that fill positions of need. This is how Oklahoma City built their team and they are now in the conference finals. The Timberwolves already have Michael Beasley at SF and Kevin Love at PF. They drafted Wesley Johnson with the #4 overall pick last season to be their starting shooting guard. They also have Martell Webster, Lazard Hayward, Wayne Ellington, and Anthony Randolph battling for backup positions at the 2, 3, and 4 positions. Their primary need is at center, where all they have is Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic. Their secondary need is as point guard, even though they just drafted Johnny Flynn in last year's draft and Ricky Rubio in the 2009 draft. Unless they are planning some major wheeling and dealing, drafting another Small Forward/Power Forward would NOT be a smart move.
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If they where smart/crafty they would trade some of their young talent for some veterans, but they aren't so I have no idea what they are going to do.
 
Not sure if anyone else follows Derrick Williams on Twitter. He reminds me of Odom with his tweets and that makes me think that he won't want to play for the teams with the top 3 picks.
 
pappyman said:
If Kanter is that good, I highly doubt that the Timberwolves will pass on him at #2. Especially beings that this will be Minnesota's highest draft pick EVER. They also have a need at Center while not really having one at Point Guard or at Small Forward. If the Timberwolves want to build their team, they need to take top prospects that fill positions of need. This is how Oklahoma City built their team and they are now in the conference finals. The Timberwolves already have Michael Beasley at SF and Kevin Love at PF. They drafted Wesley Johnson with the #4 overall pick last season to be their starting shooting guard. They also have Martell Webster, Lazard Hayward, Wayne Ellington, and Anthony Randolph battling for backup positions at the 2, 3, and 4 positions. Their primary need is at center, where all they have is Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic. Their secondary need is as point guard, even though they just drafted Johnny Flynn in last year's draft and Ricky Rubio in the 2009 draft. Unless they are planning some major wheeling and dealing, drafting another Small Forward/Power Forward would NOT be a smart move.
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The T-wolves could draft Williams for another team as part of a trade if they don't think he fits.
 
Zerol said:
Not sure if anyone else follows Derrick Williams on Twitter. He reminds me of Odom with his tweets and that makes me think that he won't want to play for the teams with the top 3 picks.
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His tweets seem pretty normal. Just him talking about hanging out with his friends and such.
 
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