Comments on: Magic 118, Wolves 94

By: BC.Beneke

BC.Beneke — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:45:05 +0000

I don’t see a solid reason to bring them both off the bench. I mean I can understand that McHale can get frustrated with the kids, but they are his kids, and you can’t bring in a babysitter to watch your kids when you are at home, and it’s your job to watch the kids. God knows if I tried that my wife would shoot me, lol.

McHale chose these guys. Any time that the old guys come in “in-mass” like that it is a sign of futility, and giving up on the trust you are trying to build with the young guys.

I would like to see this team just keep going young, and if they lose it’s no big deal because they were already losing.

This team has no shot at the playoffs this year… so what matters most is either maturing the current roster, or playing for the draft. With the talent we have… I think it would be easy to do both because this team isn’t going to win 15 games this year.

Glen Taylor needs to start looking with massive intensity around the NBA and marketing companies around the world to help try and bring this organization back together to be implimented on the day after the season ends… so they can be vested by the draft.

By: Roberto El Doucho

Roberto El Doucho — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:59:20 +0000

The New York Jets fired their coach and he had more wins and a sixteen game schedule.

Can someone explain how McHale still has a job?

I mean any JOB? He’s not qualified to sweep the Target center.

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:23:50 +0000

Trade up to get Thabeet and Jennings

By: dedman

dedman — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:12:36 +0000

With all due respect, Cardinal and Madsen are a waste of time. I understand the importance of trying to win in order to keep morale up but Kevin Love, for better or worse, should be playing 30+ minutes a game and easily in front of either of those two. Same thing with playing Telfair/McCants over Ollie.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:28:38 +0000

The Chalmers 2nd round pick trade was made to pocket $2 million that Miami sent to Glen Taylor as part of the deal. And, all these genius moves to trade the 3rd pick (Mayo gets paid 3.875 million this year and 4.166 million next year) in the draft for the 5th pick (Love gets paid 3.164 million this year, 3.401 million next year) end up saving Glen money because the 3rd pick is guaranteed a set amount of money that is higher than the 5th pick. And, picking Brandon Roy with the 6th pick and then trading him for the 7th pick (Foye) saved a bit of money, too. But, it cost the team a lot more money in the long run in fan frustration. If the Front Office was smarter and made the right picks and also saved Glen some money on draft night, fine, but they just look doubly stupid and cheap this way.

By: Reality Based Fan

Reality Based Fan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:29:27 +0000

Sportsjunkie says: “RealityBased- whats wrong with having a prospect in the D league”

Nothing, if that’s the best available to you at the time of your pick. My point was McHale’s talent evaluation would likely miss the ’steal’ who can actually play in the NBA right now (Chalmers), which would make taking a D-league prospect “wrong.”

All this Chalmers talk misses the point that it was Miami, not McHale, doing the talent evaluation and picking…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:08:46 +0000

Also keep in mind that Chalmers is playing alongside Dwyane Wade, who makes just about everyone look good. Remember Damon Jones?

As for Carney and Brewer, I still consider Brewer the better prospect, although Rodney is a very good player himself. But I think that Rodney’s shooting is about as good now as it’s ever going to be, and I don’t see him getting much better with his ballhandling or passing either. Brewer has tons of room to grow in all three areas…whether he actually gets anywhere is another story, but in terms of sheer potential, I’d say Brewer has a much higher ceiling. Carney didn’t make huge strides in any particular area his first couple of years with the Sixers, so it looks like he might be close to topping out right now.

But I love the idea of having them both long term. They’re both great defenders, and very athletic, which gives us a lot of potential on the wings. We can basically alternate them and not see any drop in defensive pressure, which is a luxury few teams have. The first game of the season was a great example of this, as Corey and Rodney took turns guarding Kevin Martin, forcing him into a 5-19 shooting night.

By: zbast

zbast — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:21:11 +0000

Chalmers is pretty good, but lets not go overboard and call him a stud. He’s averaging 10 pts, 4.5 ast, shooting 42% from the field in 32 minutes per game.

I’m not advocating the trade, but the trade was made for the cash they gave us. The two draft picks were secondary pieces.

By: Sportsjunkie

Sportsjunkie — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:17:35 +0000

Speaking of Carney….I like his potential and consider him a better prospect than Corey Brewer. He’s not quite as tall but more athletic and 10x the shooter and finisher as Brewer….. RealityBased- whats wrong with having a prospect in the D league

By: Reality Based Fan

Reality Based Fan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:56:32 +0000

Look, McHale only took Chalmers on instructions from Miami. This whole ‘we had Chalmers and traded him away’ omits entirely the question of whether McHale on his own would’ve been smart enough to take him. I mean really, is there any doubt that if picking solely for the Wolves, McHale would’ve wasted the pick on a scrub who would now be struggling to make a D-League team?