Timberwolves continue tank - trade Budinger to Pacers

[Moranis]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--pacers-finalizing-trade-to-acquire-chase-budinger-203116343.html

[BudweiserCeltic]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--pacers-finalizing-trade-to-acquire-chase-budinger-203116343.html

Meh. Last year of his contract, always injured for that team. Not going to miss him.

[Lucky17]

Not sure how trading a marginal rotation player = tanking.

[Bucketgetter]

Not tanking at all. Not only is he always injured, but even when he's healthy he is their 3rd string small forward behind Wiggins and Shabazz. And he has a bad contract. Great way to clear cap space to go get a backup point guard.

[Moranis]

Budinger played in the 4th most games for the Wolves and had the 6th highest minutes on the team.  The wolves traded a quality veteran player for a guy that will likely be cut.  that is a tank trade. 

[MJohnnyboy]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

[LarBrd33]

Yeah that's not tanking.  They have guys who need minutes.   

[Moranis]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

Wiggins started every game last year for the Wolves and Muhammad is a SG.  Budinger was a quality bench player.  they didn't need to move him to create more minutes for those two.  It was a move to save money and they got nothing of value at all in return.

[MJohnnyboy]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

Wiggins started every game last year for the Wolves and Muhammad is a SG.  Budinger was a quality bench player.  they didn't need to move him to create more minutes for those two.  It was a move to save money and they got nothing of value at all in return.

Budinger can play both positions if his team needed him to. He was expendable. There's no need to make a big deal out of this. At all.

[Moranis]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

Wiggins started every game last year for the Wolves and Muhammad is a SG.  Budinger was a quality bench player.  they didn't need to move him to create more minutes for those two.  It was a move to save money and they got nothing of value at all in return.

Budinger can play both positions if his team needed him to. He was expendable. There's no need to make a big deal out of this. At all.

I didn't.  Just pointing out that a team that tanked last year is letting its veterans go in free agency or trading them for nothing, and is thus continuing its tank.

[MJohnnyboy]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

Wiggins started every game last year for the Wolves and Muhammad is a SG.  Budinger was a quality bench player.  they didn't need to move him to create more minutes for those two.  It was a move to save money and they got nothing of value at all in return.

Budinger can play both positions if his team needed him to. He was expendable. There's no need to make a big deal out of this. At all.

I didn't.  Just pointing out that a team that tanked last year is letting its veterans go in free agency or trading them for nothing, and is thus continuing its tank.

Or they could be giving their younger guys more minutes because they didn't need Budinger since their younger talent who play his position are better than him.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

[slightly biased bias fan]

I love the wolves team, i think they would excel though if they traded away Pek and Rubio

C- Dieng
PF-Towns
SF-(experienced free agent)
SG- Wiggins
PG- Lavine

6th- Muhammad
7th- Bennett

[Denis998]

I wouldn't say it's them tanking as much as it is they are creating more minutes for Wiggins and Muhammad because they are better than Budinger.

Good trade for the Pacers. Adding some nice role players to put next to George.

Wiggins started every game last year for the Wolves and Muhammad is a SG.  Budinger was a quality bench player.  they didn't need to move him to create more minutes for those two.  It was a move to save money and they got nothing of value at all in return.

Budinger can play both positions if his team needed him to. He was expendable. There's no need to make a big deal out of this. At all.

I didn't.  Just pointing out that a team that tanked last year is letting its veterans go in free agency or trading them for nothing, and is thus continuing its tank.

I wouldn't say that T-Wolves tanked last year, they were genuinely bad due to injuries.

[colincb]

It's a salary dump. This trade has been at top of their to-do list for awhile.

[Bucketgetter]

I love the wolves team, i think they would excel though if they traded away Pek and Rubio

C- Dieng
PF-Towns
SF-(experienced free agent)
SG- Wiggins
PG- Lavine

6th- Muhammad
7th- Bennett

Lavine isn't a point guard. Not a good enough ball handler or playmaker. They tried him there last year, but that experiment didn't work. That's why they got Tyus!