Well if I were a Wolves fan, I’d be really concerned about Foye. He played poorly in general and appeared not to have a clue about the NBA point guard position.

Hey Jeff -

Thanks for the love, much appreciated. I’m honored to be on the front page of your prestigous blog.

Sonia and myself (as well as many others on TWolvesblog) are big fans of Celticsblog. Great site, keep it up.

I agree that our articles were very similar, it must be because we are both so awesome…? ;)

Enjoy the KG era everyone, it will be a blast. Good luck this season too, TWB is pulling for the C’s to win it all.

Brick -

Yes… I for one, have been concerned since last season ,in regards to Foye as our starting PG. I’ve talked about it incessently in our forums, as well as other articles, and “Battle of the Bloggers” on Timberwolves.com. It gives me a headache. Just because they are playing him at PG, doesn’t mean that he is truly a PG! Argh, it drives me nuts. Anyhow, enough about that from me.

Why would we need a “PG?” I mean, we’ve got a guy that exclusively plays the ‘1’ on our team already. Telfair is his name, dropping dimes is his game.

I mean honestly, between Foye and Telfair, why would we need anyone else? :P

Jeff, what’s the thing with the ‘Ratliff joke’ you refer to? Obviously, College Wolf wrote the same thing you did about Ratliff (the over/under is 5.5 games). But did you both borrow this line from another source? And has it always been attached to Ratliff? Or is this just a common joke long employed in sports talk?

In any case, I think you’re being pretty charitable to College Wolf.

I’m not a huge Foye fan, but I definitely think he can be a player in the league. BUt the wolves NEED to addres the PG situation, and move Foye to the 2. He’s not a PG, he’s not even a play-making SG.

Should have signed Brevin Knight. Minnesota that is. Could have developed Foye in his right position than stalling his career and hurting his confidence as well as every other player on the team because they aren’t getting the ball at the right time or the right spots to show their talents.

Sorry excuse for a team. We really traded anything bad we had and fobbed it off to Minnesota to add to their sorry collection. I feel bad for Minny fans because it’s not going to get any better in the next two years after this one unless they get a top two pick or are touched by angels. Minny has bad luck so i’m picking the neither option.

no kidding said:
In any case, I think you’re being pretty charitable to College Wolf.

- What do you mean by that?

As for the “joke” there isn’t another “source” that I’m aware of. I was going off the fact that he’s perennially injured, as well as the fact that he played a meager two games for you guys last season. Ratliff looked good last night, so maybe he can bump that up to five games this season! ;)

Oh, okay. ;)

Ratliff will play in 35-60 games this season just to avoid his team re-collecting a large portion of his salary through the insurance out of spite … oh and for hope of another contract in his last hurrah in the NBA.

I’m pretty sure Pollard has missed more games than Ratliff.

Who -

If his body can physically hold up, I agree with you on the fact that he could be seeking one last contract. Hey, we won’t re-sign him when his contract expires, so I’m all for him contributing this season. Anything to keep Blount off the court is magical for us Wolves fans.

Yep, Theo has played in a higher proportion of games throughout his career than Pollard and a higher proportion over the last five years. Pollard just pips him to the post on the average of the last 3 years due to his superior 24-2 games last season but lost the two years before that.

I don’t like the Theo jokes. Pollard deserves them more and seems to get a pass. It’s the money isn’t it?

Definitely the money.

I didn’t realize that Blount hadn’t played…and I call myself a Celtics fan.

Perhaps the T’wolves were showcasing him for a trade?

Theo Ratliff’s contract was playing with a lot of intensity last night. Good to see. ;)

Pollard is getting way too big a pass for my liking.

Theo was just the short term consequence of another deal for us and for the wolves

Pollard was targeted for his performance on the court. That bugs the heck out of me.

788 potential games, played in 484. Average of 40.4 games per year over the last 5.

If we signed Theo for 12m worth of performances it would bother me, but we didn’t, he was just a means to an end (a trade for a superstar for us and cap space/emerging star for Minny)

Theo – consequence of another motive
Scott – expected to perform

Bugs the heck outta me.

Wow. Couldn’t it be that Pollard’s sprained ankle is just a sprained ankle? Are we in the playoffs already?

By perform I mean make it onto the court and contribute in some way, any way, something worthwhile if that’s 6 shaq fouls so be it.

Whether Theo did or not it never really mattered it wasn’t his purpose. If he did great, if he didn’t he’s still here for what he’s meant for (Theo’s insurance pickup last year probably enhanced his value).

Pollard fits this team nicely. If he can still play he’ll be a surprise and if he can stay out of the medics room.

Drives me up the wall his injury history is getting such a free pass.

I’d rather give the minutes to Batista or Glen Davis and say “no thanks” to Ratliff or Pollard. Pollard is hurt now, and it’s only a matter of time before the same thing happens to Ratliff.

Batista knows how to play. He isn’t as good as Lazaros Papadopoulis, but he’s decent.

The Wolves should use Ratliff’s expiring contract to get a decent pg at the trading deadline. That’s what I would do, and the guy I would target is Jamaal Tinsley. My guess is that Tinsley will not thrive in Jim O’Brien’s offense, which basically consists of chucking as many treys as possible.

Tinsley will flop for Obie….

Blount, however will thrive under Obie. Look for a reunion. Either a junk for junk trade..Blount and assorted junk for Tinsley?? …Or Blount will be bought out and Obie will pick him up. And he will play well for Obie….But noone else.

I like Hubie Brown a lot.

I didn’t read the other stuff so I probably shouldn’t say anything. I just feel bad for Big Al. He can’t do much without the ball and I doubt the ball will find him. He’s going to need to play like Perk, find his own offense off rebounds. This would be a setback for him and would not be in the best interests of the team. Unfortuately, he’s in a position to sign a big contract and I don’t see him wanting to be a part of this team, it would be a waste of his talent. Unfortunately he’ll be a restricted FA next year and the Wolve’s won’t be able to just give him up. On the other hand Al would probably want the security of the contract. I just hope things work out for him after all he’s gone thru.

 Truegreen some updates for you on Al. Minny said he had a bad ankle that’s why he didn’t start, play as much or been the go to guy like he should have been.

Both Big Al and Minny saying they want to get a long term contract signed so my guess is it will happen early this season.

What Al is banking on and what Minny needs is to evaluate their talent, get a set rotation and they need to package guys like Howard/Blount/Telfair/Green who aren’t going to be part of their future and get a big man to help Al (i.e. Gasol was the guy bandied about last year, but that type of talent) to go along with Al, Brewer, Foye, Gomes, etc. Minny also has lots of money and draft picks.

Minny fans will demand management put their money where there mouth is as they see all the Celts have accomplished with these trades.