Bobcats on the clock

I just don't see a lot of upside there. He's never going to be a great passer, he's not going to be a great scorer either, he's not a great defender, and you constantly hold your breath that he won't get injured. Maybe if we played more uptempo I could buy his role, but I felt like the UNC connection influenced both picks that year. I don't supposed that they could do much about it, I just felt like Deron Williams and Paul were much better point guards.

 

K.Garnett to the Bobcats maybe


The Minnesota Timberwolves' attempts to trade Kevin Garnett continued Thursday afternoon.

The Wolves have contacted the Charlotte Bobcats to try to help facilitate a deal for Garnett, one day after a potential three-way deal with the Phoenix Suns and the Atlanta Hawks hit a roadblock.

According to sources, the Wolves are asking the Bobcats to give up the No. 8 pick along with an undisclosed player. In the proposed deal, Garnett would go to Phoenix, and the Suns would send Amare Stoudemire to Charlotte. The Bobcats would also be required to take Suns guard Marcus Banks.

However, the Suns aren't the only players for KG. The Golden State Warriors are also making a pitch in a three way deal that would send Jason Richardson and others to Charlotte and KG to Golden State. And, sources say that the Bobcats themselves are pondering a straight deal between the Bobcats and Wolves. Michael Jordan is a big fan of Garnett and wants to turn the Bobcats into a contender right away.

The Bobcats have been offering the No. 8 pick to various teams for weeks and have several offers. If they can't get something worked out with Minnesota and Phoenix before the draft, the Bobcats will likely move the pick in another deal, a source said.

However, a source in Phoenix continues to maintain that the team has not had any conversations about trading Stoudemire.

This is just the latest turn in what has been an increasingly bizarre saga of Garnett, who was until recently considered untouchable.

ESPN.com first reported on June 18 that Minnesota GM Kevin McHale was finally listening to trade offers for Garnett and was talking to the Boston Celtics. Shortly after that, Garnett's agent said Garnett would opt out of his contract if he were traded to Boston.

In the last few days, the Lakers got into the picture, trying to work a four-way trade and then a direct deal with the Wolves for Garnett.

When that fell through, Minnesota began looking to acquire Atlanta's No. 3 and No. 11 picks in Thursday's draft along with several cap-friendly contracts from the Hawks and Phoenix Suns. To participate, Atlanta wanted Stoudemire from Phoenix.

On Wednesday, sources say one of the Hawks owners vetoed a hypothetical deal for Stoudemire for financial reasons.

However, late Wednesday night the Wolves were trying to resurrect the deal in a way that would overcome the objections. The sticking point has been a trade kicker in Garnett's contract. The Wolves were talking to a fourth team that could help alleviate the financial burden on Atlanta and Phoenix.

"All I can tell you is we're talking to a lot of people," Hawks general manager Billy Knight said Wednesday afternoon, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I can't say that anything is imminent or even likely to take place. Right now, we have the No. 3 and No. 11 picks and that's all we have.

"We feel good about what we could do if we draft at No. 3 and then again at No. 11. But we are talking ... we're talking about a lot of different things, and we're going to continue to do so up until the draft begins."

The Suns claim to have never had any direct contact with the Hawks about a deal. While they have shown strong interest in acquiring Garnett, the deal never reached a stage where they were asked by either team to give up Stoudemire and never offered him in a trade.

While teams like the Lakers and Suns will continue to pursue Garnett, and the Wolves seem intent on trading him, sources say that it's unlikely, but not impossible, that a deal goes down by the time of the draft.

The latest drama in the Garnett saga shows some of the perils of dealing with the Hawks -- arguably the most dysfunctional franchise in the league

 

BobHeels.

no thanks. As if the NBA didn't suck enough.

 

Im going to chime in even though I haven't watched an NBA game in like 8 years.

Thorton would have to back up Morrison so not a good pick. Noah has no offense and neither does Okafor so not a good pick. Do we have a decent 2 guard? I don't think they do. They need a legitimate superstar, not young talent. I say go for Garnett as well and add some offense.

 

My guess is that your ass would have said the same thing if they had drafted Worthy, Perkins, and Jordan in a 2 year span too.

 

I wish Michael Jordan had been able to buy a majority in the Hornets instead of collecting Tarheels. Not that Brandon Wright can't be a pretty good pro, it's just I did not like how he prepped for the draft and Okefor is really a #4 playing center IMO. Hawes would have been a safer pick in the half court world of the NBA east and would have allowed the Bobcats to move Emeka out. Hell even the Kansas player would have been a nice pick.

Thorton should be fun to watch run along side of Brand in La La Land

 

If he's still there with the next pick I'd go DaeQuan (sp?) Cook

 

Cook is still there. Morris Almond?

 

jinx

 

Cook gone.