Chris Mannix on Toucher & Rich (Adam Jones filling in) - Rondo stays, Love stays

[GreenWarrior]

Wojo - was just on Dan Patrick Show and he said that Flip thinks they can make the playoffs this year and convince Love to stay....pretty big gamble...

Not that I'm necessarily a fan of acquiring Love but Sanders is an idiot if he ends up going thru on this angle.  How he can sell that idea to his management with a straight face is beyond me.  Love is walking if he gets to that point with Minnesota.  I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't.

this and the fact that flip actually thinks he's a better coach than Rick Adleman apparently. it's all just so freaking laughable.

maybe Flip's plan is to trade Love at the deadline this season. where he'll get much less for him than he would now. but he'll lead us to believe he outsmarted everybody.

[fairweatherfan]

Wojo - was just on Dan Patrick Show and he said that Flip thinks they can make the playoffs this year and convince Love to stay....pretty big gamble...

Not that I'm necessarily a fan of acquiring Love but Sanders is an idiot if he ends up going thru on this angle.  How he can sell that idea to his management with a straight face is beyond me.  Love is walking if he gets to that point with Minnesota.  I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't.

I think it's posturing by Flip to drive up prices; the good offers aren't really coming so he's trying to remove the air of inevitability that's keeping them down. 

At least I hope so because even if Minny can make the playoffs their absolute ceiling is probably a 7 seed and a first-round stomping.  I seriously doubt that's enough to change Love' mind.

[Clench123]

Wouldn't it be sweet if we pick Embiid at 6 and come August when Flip is ready, offer him a deal that wouldn't include Embiid but would still have almost thesame appeal (possibly additional future picks) for Love? 

Rondo, Love, Embiid (the future)

Win/win

[cman88]

here is a list of teams much better than the wolves as currently constructed

OKC
Spurs
clippers
golden state
rockets
mavericks
memphis
nuggets
suns
portland

[gpap]

That's okay.

We just get Love next year as a FA and don't have to trade anything for him.

[D.o.s.]

Much less likely, since Love is likely to reup with whichever team will pay him the most money (the incumbent squad). If the T-Wolves make the not-inconceivable leap to, say, the 2nd round, the whole issue becomes much murkier.

[gpap]

Much less likely, since Love is likely to reup with whichever team will pay him the most money (the incumbent squad). If the T-Wolves make the not-inconceivable leap to, say, the 2nd round, the whole issue becomes much murkier.

Possibly.

Which at that point I say, "hey we tried to get this guy, we couldn't get him, onto the next target."

[GreenWarrior]

Wojo - was just on Dan Patrick Show and he said that Flip thinks they can make the playoffs this year and convince Love to stay....pretty big gamble...

Not that I'm necessarily a fan of acquiring Love but Sanders is an idiot if he ends up going thru on this angle.  How he can sell that idea to his management with a straight face is beyond me.  Love is walking if he gets to that point with Minnesota.  I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't.

I think it's posturing by Flip to drive up prices; the good offers aren't really coming so he's trying to remove the air of inevitability that's keeping them down.

if it is more posturing? it's not making him or the franchise look to good.

[cman88]

Wojo - was just on Dan Patrick Show and he said that Flip thinks they can make the playoffs this year and convince Love to stay....pretty big gamble...

Not that I'm necessarily a fan of acquiring Love but Sanders is an idiot if he ends up going thru on this angle.  How he can sell that idea to his management with a straight face is beyond me.  Love is walking if he gets to that point with Minnesota.  I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't.

I think it's posturing by Flip to drive up prices; the good offers aren't really coming so he's trying to remove the air of inevitability that's keeping them down.

if it is more posturing? it's not making him or the franchise look to good.

the franchise doesnt look good as it is

[TwinTower14]

Can you imagine if the C's draft Embiid and Saric, trade Rondo....how bad will they be next season?  to me, that is worst case scenario???

[bknova]

Danny won't take Saric, especially if he draft Embiid at 6.  He might try and move up from 17 in that case.

[sed522002]

Can you imagine if the C's draft Embiid and Saric, trade Rondo....how bad will they be next season?  to me, that is worst case scenario???

Saric signed with Turkey

@chadfordinsider: Dario Saric reaches agreement in principle in Turkey. Unlikely to come to NBA for two years - http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2014/story/_/id/11122639/nba-prospect-dario-saric-agrees-principle-three-year-deal-turkish-team ?

[TwinTower14]

According to the Twitter World - Bucks will NOT be taking Embiid - nothing earth shattering but DA is going to have a huge decision to make at 6....

[nacceltic]

The reason I believe most of this is posturing is because of how quiet Kevin Love and/or his agent have been, since the trip to Boston...The guy wants out, everyone knows that. In this day and age, players don't care if a team's fan base hates them, they're going to make the move that makes the most sense for them...LeBron didn't care about Cleveland, Melo didn't care about Denver, CP3 could care less about New Orleans, etc...

It's obvious that Kevin Love has heard what Wojo and others are saying now, that Minnesota is going to keep him and hope he resigns...All we've heard from Love's camp is that Saunders coaching has not changed his mind one bit.  Love has gone this deep, I don't think he's turning back any time soon.

So, I think there are two possibilities of what's going on:

1) Saunders is posturing and still trying to drive offers up, because he wants more...This has been communicated to Love's agent and they have promised to not talk or go on another "vacation", until the move is finally made.

2) Saunders is delusional and Love's agent and Love himself have decided to be quiet until draft night...If nothing is done, then I would expect "word" to get out about Love's distaste for what Minnesota's plan is, etc.

It's 2014 and whether we like it or not, players control the market...If Love wants out, he'll force Minny's hand...No idea if it'd end with him in a Celtics uniform or a Warriors uniform, or whoever else gets in the bidding...Love and his agent have been silent since the trip, that tells me they believe he'll be dealt sooner rather than later.

[GreenWarrior]

Wojo - was just on Dan Patrick Show and he said that Flip thinks they can make the playoffs this year and convince Love to stay....pretty big gamble...

Not that I'm necessarily a fan of acquiring Love but Sanders is an idiot if he ends up going thru on this angle.  How he can sell that idea to his management with a straight face is beyond me.  Love is walking if he gets to that point with Minnesota.  I'd be absolutely shocked if he doesn't.

I think it's posturing by Flip to drive up prices; the good offers aren't really coming so he's trying to remove the air of inevitability that's keeping them down.

if it is more posturing? it's not making him or the franchise look to good.

the franchise doesnt look good as it is

no kidding. just like them saying they like Chi. and GS's offer "better" because they think their players they're offering gives them a chance at the playoffs.

they're offers might do that but they'll get bounced in the 1st and won't have any way of improving on that team and they'll be right back where they are now 2 yrs. from now.