Alberto Lucentum ACB escribió:Lo de ricky hasta que no lo vea no lo creo pero sería bueno empezar ya con él este año y con el sistema Rambis de correr...
+1, hasta que no le vea en la rueda de prensa con Kahn y Rambis a su lado, no me lo creeré
Alberto Lucentum ACB escribió:Lo de ricky hasta que no lo vea no lo creo pero sería bueno empezar ya con él este año y con el sistema Rambis de correr...
Pericles escribió:ronsu escribió:Ojito: contraoferta de los wolves a la penya por Ricky.
Ya te podrías pasar por el post de la Penya a comentarlo, kabronazo.
In their place: One of the most profound and rapid rebuilds the NBA has ever seen, highlighted by the frenetic activity of hardworking new president of basketball operations David Kahn
"I have absolutely no desire," says Kahn, "to build a team that perennially wins 40 to 45 games and scratches and claws for the first round."
"The singular objective," says Kahn, "is to be a championship-contending team. I don't want to put a time frame on it, but it seems that three to four years is probably realistic."
Next summer there will be several more new players to be added through the draft and free agency. "2010-2011 could be something of a laboratory, too," says Kahn. "There are so many things that can change, but with the path we're on, I think the third year is the first time we can really expect to make a playoff push."
"I was a little disappointed about Kevin McHale leaving, and also a little disappointed about Sebastian Telfair leaving,"
Jefferson says he has been "doing everything I was supposed to do, and not doing everything I wasn't supposed to do." To play center, he had bulked up to 285 or bigger last season. This summer, after seeing the team draft speedster point guards Rubio and Flynn, and knowing he'd be running more than ever, he resolved to get back to his rookie weight of 265 (he's at 270 right now).
How does one drop weight while taking it easy on a healing knee? "Easy," he says. "I didn't go home to Mississippi and eat all that fried food. I stayed in Minnesota."
Kahn and Rambis have insisted that the up-tempo style they plan to play can use Jefferson on the secondary break, or when the team can't run. Jefferson, for his part, says he'll be like Amare Stoudemire, out there running and finishing on the primary break, and he's looking forward to it.
As for Jefferson and Love's coexistence, Rambis bats aside the concern that they can't play together: "Kevin Love and Al Jefferson can definitely play together. They're going to be the initiators of the break, and they're both very, very capable rebounders in this league. As Pat Riley talked about many years ago, no rebounds, no rings."
Jefferson's impressed with Rambis, however: "The No. 1 thing that amazed me was how he left the Lakers. A championship team, probably was going to be the head coach in the next couple of years, who knows? To come here, and to help turn the Timberwolves around, that gained my respect. I just met him today. He already got my respect for that, because a lot of people don't want to come to Minnesota. I'm here and I want to be here, and I want do something this team has never done before, we're going to need all the main pieces to get us there. Bringing Coach here could be the beginning."
"I have a gut feeling, right now, that Ricky would be the starter," says Rambis. "Flynn with his speed and and nastiness as a defender, I see him being a key player off the bench ... but it's not set in stone."
What Rambis says is unlikely, however, is Flynn and Rubio starting together.
Kahn had spun a yarn, since the draft, that Flynn and Rubio could play together, in the backcourt, at the same time, for the long term. "Right now I see them playing a little bit on the floor together, but that will be extremely difficult to do for long periods of time particularly in the Western Conference," says Rambis, "because of the quality of the point guards, as well as the quality 2 guards. Defensively, that'll be a tough matchup for either one of them."
"At a minimum," says Kahn, "I expect we'll be $10 or $12 million under the cap in the summer of 2010. If we have that cap space, and we can spend judiciously on a player who will help our team, we are absolutely ready to spend that money."
In deference to that cap space, Kahn says that he will not take on any more contracts that last beyond next summer, and is "pretty much done with major changes to the roster" beyond "some pruning and trimming."
"The biggest change that could be coming to our roster for this season is finding out whether or not we'll get Ricky Rubio this season," he says.
Hoopsworld.com:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Added/Retained: Jonny Flynn, Mark Blount, Wayne Ellington, Darius Songaila, Oleksiy Pecherov, Chucky Atkins, Damien Wilkins
Lost: Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Craig Smith, Mark Madsen, Sebastian Telfair, Etan Thomas, Quentin Richardson
Review: New Timberwolves GM David Kahn left many folks scratching their heads when he decided to draft both Flynn and Ricky Rubio with the fourth and fifth picks in last June's NBA Draft. The fact the Wolves are still engaged in a staring contest with Rubio's representation about when he will come to the NBA has turned the offseason into somewhat of a circus.
The good news for fans in Minnesota is that the Wolves weren't going to win big this season, anyway, so it's not like Rubio staying overseas for another season or two is really going to kill the organization. However, the team better get something from him eventually to justify his selection. Flynn also had his moments in Vegas this summer, and Rubio's likely absence will ensure he gets plenty of run.
When the Wolves weren't focusing on the Rubio situation this summer, the front office was busy cleaning house. Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, and Kevin Love are the only major contributors from last season who will return in 2009-10 assuming no other major moves are made by the club this summer. Minnesota also added a new head coach earlier this month. Kurt Rambis, a long-time Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, will have the chance to grow together with the team.
It's clear the Wolves have been thinking two or three years down the road when making moves this offseason, which means it could be a long season in 2009-10 for the good folks of Minnesota.
Grade: D
The Timberwolves are talking with Reggie Theus about becoming an assistant coach under Kurt Rambis, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Theus has experience as the former head coach of the Kings.
"The T-Wolves are talking to ex-Kings coach Reggie Theus about an assistant coaching job on Kurt Rambis' staff, sources tell Y! Sports," Adrian Wojnarowski wrote on his Twitter page.
Ricky firmará por cinco temporadas con clausulas de salida para la NBA que irán disminuyendo progresivamente según pasen las temporadas.
La Penya acabó aceptando 3,7 millones de euros, el traspaso más caro de la historia
A partir de la segunda campaña sí que sería asequible económicamente su salto a la NBA y no tendría que hacer demasiada ingeniería económica teniendo en cuenta que ya sabe lo que cobraría en los Timberwolves y a partir del tercero su salida hacia la NBA sería mucho mas que asequible.
baerd_drow escribió:Si son dos, era lo esperado, como se confirme eso de 3 temporadas ciertamente me cabrearia bastante. Cuando se confirme ya podemos hablar sobre que tenemos un base mas que interesante que va a llevar 2 o 3 años de adaptacion a la liga y a la franquicia por delante de Rubio. Y losdos en ese momento no pueden convivir pues lo mas probable es que ambos tengan nivel para ser el PG titular de 35 minutos(si todo va bien)
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