turk128 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I really miss the Sonics EDIT: Sometimes I miss not watching RAW regularly... this is one of those times. Dat heat is nuclear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 So sharing the medical info is basically both sides ready to finalize the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 The Suns fired their GM, Ryan McDonough, today. Weird timing to do it shortly before the season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 This probably explains some of it: Owners getting involved in day to day workings of the franchise has had a long history of success! Let's see how this goes... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: This probably explains some of it: Owners getting involved in day to day workings of the franchise has had a long history of success! Let's see how this goes... That makes sense. Sarver is the same dude who insisted on dumping Kurt Thomas and two first round picks for cap relief, one of the reasons they're in such a sorry state today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 If Glen Taylor is serious about trading Butler, I could see Thibs relieved of front office duties if he keeps up this bullshit of coming really close on a trade, then jacking up the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I thought Taylor took Thibs out of the equation for Trade a couple weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Letting him hire the new head coach a few months before firing him is peak dysfunction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, jaedmc said: I thought Taylor took Thibs out of the equation for Trade a couple weeks ago. As far as I can tell from the news articles, Taylor told fellow owners to go around Thibs if they needed to, but I think he's still in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Lowe reported "at least" 3 other PHX front office or scouting staff members were fired as well. They are cleaning house. In October. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Jimmy Butler has reiterated his desire to be traded out of Minnesota. His list of preferred destinations remains Miami, the Clippers, Brooklyn, New York, or Houston. The report said Thibs has been slow walking the trade in order to foster a reconciliation. So this is Butler basically telling him to shove his sorrys up his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Like clockwork... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Oh, apparently just a little while ago, Butler added a (completely arbitrary) Friday deadline to the trade. He may or may not have used the term "...or else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I think Jimmy Buckets is assuming he has leverage that he really doesn't have. I also think it's insane that Thibs hasn't been fired, or at least stripped of his front office role yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The only leverage he has is that the T-Wolves just signed KAT for the megabucks deal and he and Butler hate each other.Its not so much accomodating Butler as Towns. But yeah that Thibs is still in charge of this is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 This is going great. EDIT: This rules. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Minnesota's got a new logo: Spoiler 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 This keeps getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 "We're not mad, this is actually very funny" says source who is definitely not Tom Thibodeau in a wig and moustache. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24950981/jimmy-butler-heated-practice-timberwolves Quote Butler acknowledged that he can be hard on teammates, especially Towns, but he said on Wednesday Towns started it all by talking trash to him. And he responded. "Am I being tough on him? Yeah, that's who am I," he said. "I'm not the most talented player on the team. Who is the most talented player on our team -- KAT. Who is the most god-gifted player on our team -- Wiggs. Who plays the hardest? Me! I play hard. I put my body (on the line) every day in practice, every day in games. That's my passion. Everybody leads in different ways. That's how I show I'm here for you." EDIT: ESPN interview All this has turned 180, the heel has become the de-facto face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 He beat them with the 3rd string! Ahahaha. This is amazing Love this quote from yahoo. "“I ain’t never seen some [expletive] like that. Jimbo showed out,” one of Minnesota’s players told Yahoo Sports. What a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Yeah it's amazing. KAT has shown a lot when he actually shoots, at least on offense. Wiggins has just been one of the biggest disasters you could ever see. A guy that athletic, with that size, to not even be a mediocre defender is just inexcusable. Plus his terrible shot selection, awful three point shooting, and lack of development... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 And he asked to be traded long ago, this last minute flareup is because Thibs didn't trade him. Man, Thibs could have had some potentially good trades if he had removed his head out of his own arse. EDIT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Remember how Flip (rip) brought in KG, Tayshaun Prince and Professor Andre Miller in to tutor KAT, Wiggins and LaVine? And then Thubs brought Butler in to light a fire under the first two? And how KAT still passes up shots he should take, and neither of them can play defense? In Towns defense, there was nobody else but him to space the floor last year, and his efficiency numbers are still insanely good on offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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