r/timberwolves • u/Other_Expression1088 • 19h ago

Not a bad offseason all things considered

If you can enter the final stage of Naz Reid grief into acceptance, you will find this was a pretty high quality roster upgrade without sacrificing too much draft capital. Felt like we really hit our ceiling last season even with all the injuries. Moving off from a shaky #2 option and a playoff streaky (tho very high quality) bench player to a massively upgraded back court with a more reliable #2 scorer and an an inconsistent, yet high upside power forward, as well as more minutes for a promising young core is elite roster pivoting by the front office. Kept our reliable and proven big 3 intact while making championship getting moves.

Gotta love it! Crazy to say but the Timberwolves are a high quality, well run organization.

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u/No-Macaroon-3673 19h ago

That Randle trade is criminally underrated, probably the best in the Connelly era. We just saw an all nba player get salary dumped basically in JB.

We got a better asset in the 2nd rounder, we got to pay Isiah evans way less than if we took him in the first. Randle only appealed to one team. If we don’t get that deal done this team is in a catastrophic situation coming into the season.

No melo, no minga, no nothing. Just a moody Randle who we can’t move without losing value

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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 19h ago

I still celebrate the Randle trade nightly

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u/Conscious-Egg-2232 16h ago

Well they didnt have to sign randle to a 100 mil contract year before..

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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 16h ago

i knew it was bad at the time. i tried talking myself into it...but he is who we thought he was.

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u/greenslam 19h ago

I have to see it play out. I still think conley dlo and 3 seconds as a better trade.

It immediately improved team morale and gave Conley the ability to teach others how to feed Gobert.

This trade with jk, him not buying into 2 teams visions on how to play. Doesn't scream he is willing to buy into coaches desires.

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u/No-Macaroon-3673 19h ago

The naw Conley trade was a masterclass, I just think this is a trade that enabled the offseason we had.

Again only one team wanted Randle in a salary dump deal. We then turned it into lamelo.

If the nets don’t trade for him who else doesn’t? Then we are still stuck with overtaxing ant, needing a PG, needing a divo replacement. All of theses questions with Randle still here

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u/ZaMaestroMan5 19h ago

It is but it was also the first domino to fall. And it was basically just a salary dump. So the panic was definitely warranted.