re: WSJ: T'Wolves won the NBA Draft

I think they would have been better off long term keeping Lauri Markkanen. Dude is the next Dirk.

2-3 years from now a Markkanen/ Wiggins combo would be challenging AD/ Cousins for the best pair of bigs in the league (assuming the Pels can hold those 2 together)

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2-3 years from now a Markkanen/ Wiggins combo

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Surely you mean Towns not Wiggins, right?

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I get where you're coming from, but he's a a 22 year old freak athlete averaging 23 ppg. He will be valuable for a while.

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This is precisely why you flip him. Let other teams fall for the physical attributes while the numbers say he hardly improved, and arguably declined, in year 3.

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LaVert

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LaVine

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I think he was going for LaVine can jump out the gym play on words

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He is still young and can develop, but 3 years isn't really a small sample size. He is very inconsistent, and not good defensively.

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Wiggins is effectively the third option now. So we will see how that changed his overall performance.

Also the Wolves can easily bring in another big name with their cap/roster situation.

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They need shooting.

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This... They need more shooting for better spacing. But, with Butler and Wiggins on the wings they will get to the foul line and put teams in a bind on the interior by slashing and finishing at the rim.

If they can somehow get that stretch 4 (Dieng ain't it) along with a couple of sharp shooters, they will extremely dangerous. But, as of today they are a slash and dash team with a point guard who is suited better in pick-n-roll situations.

Butler and Wiggins should, I said should, form the best duo in terms of defense on the wings and ability to get easy buckets at the rim. But, that is to be seen obviously.