There are many schools of thought that can describe this coming season for the Timber wolves up in Minnesota, poor moves in the off season, a “we’ll see what happens” kind of season, and maybe, just maybe a little bit of excitement. After Kevin Love was traded to the Cavilers, in a 3 team trade, for high-prized number 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins, last year’s number 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett (staggered playing time last year with the Cavs’ due to knee and shoulder injuries along with asthma and conditioning problems), and Philadelphia 76ers’ high scorer Thaddeus Young (17.9 pts. per game last season) leaves the T-Wolves without their long loved All-Star and face of the franchise (“Thaddeus Young”). Kevin Love was an absolute monster for the T-Wolves in previous seasons scoring 26.1 points per game and snagging 12.2 rebounds a game last season, (career high in points per game) being hailed as one of the most diverse big men in the game. With that talent traded away, the T-Wolves as a team, not just one player, have huge shoes to fill (NBA.com).
Who is to blame for the trade? Rick Adelman or Flip Saunders? The General Manager? Player conflicts? Neither, Kevin Love wanted to be traded, the T-Wolves wanted to keep him. In the summer of 2014, Kevin Love, “made it clear to the Timberwolves that he intends to become an unrestricted free agent after next season and has no interest in a contract extension to stay in Minnesota” (Stein and Shelburne, ESPN) he didn’t want anything to do with the organization. But the organization played the scenario perfectly. If the T-Wolves were to keep K-Love for another season, knowing fully well that their All-star doesn’t want to play or be in Minnesota, then why let him? If the T-Wolves would have kept K-Love he would not have produced the same numbers in the past because of his lack of interest in the organization. The T-Wolves played it beautifully.
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