Link <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>13b. What if Kevin McHale had taken Chicago's "Godfather" offer for KG before the 2006 draft? Here was the offer: Tyson Chandler, Luol Deng and the No. 4 overall pick for Garnett. Now ... Imagine Kevin Garnett, right, in Chicago, Jason Kidd, left, in San Antonio and Paul Pierce in L.A. It all could've happened. Let's say McHale does the deal. And let's say he takes LaMarcus Aldridge with that No. 4 pick. And let's say he takes Brandon Roy at No. 6 and doesn't foolishly swap Roy for Randy Foye (a swap that never made sense, by the way). Suddenly, the T-Wolves have a nucleus of Chandler, Aldridge, Deng and Roy. Wow. And that's not even a stretch. This could have easily happened. Meanwhile, Chicago would have ended up with Garnett, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, Andres Nocioni and the typical flood of discount free agents and February buyout guys who follow a guy like KG, and on top of that Garnett would have ignited Chicago as a basketball city just like he ignited Boston (and potentially pushed the Bulls into the NBA Finals in a weak conference last spring). Instead, they gave away Chandler, turned Aldridge into Ty Thomas and wasted all their cap space on Ben Wallace. So, um ... that kind of sucked. 13a. What if McHale had taken G-State's "Godfather" offer for KG during the 2007 draft? Here was the offer: Monta Ellis, Al Harrington, Andris Biedrins and the No. 8 pick (Brandan Wright) for Garnett. Now ... As much as I love Al Jefferson, the T-Wolves would have gotten four starters out of that deal, including a franchise guard (Ellis, suddenly the next Dwyane Wade), an up-and-comer (Wright, suddenly being compared by everyone to Chris Bosh), an athletic rebounder/shot-blocker (Biedrins) and a quality veteran (Harrington). I thought they were crazy for passing up that deal last summer ... but now, with the way Ellis has been lighting it up lately? My God. Do you think Chris Mullin just spends 24 hours a day sighing in relief that the deal never happened? I would. By the way, I'm starting to think McHale might not be a very good GM.</div> ugh
Man, the lineup possibilities just make me wonder what it could have been like. I think we made a pretty good deal, but those look really good right now.
Great post Tim, I remember reading this article and sitting in my chair for about 20 minutes just thinking about the what if's.
What if Jordan had been a Blazer? What if Vince had made that shot? What if Shaq and Kobe got along? What if CWebb hadn't gotten injured? What if Jay Williams hadn't taken that motorcycle ride? You have to think about what bad things could have happened too.
Well, seeing how this is a Timberwolves site and not the site for the other teams list...I could care less...lol. This was asking a "what if" for this particulat team, not the league
whoever wrote that got something wrong. Aldridge was not the #4 pick. He went #2. #2 was Chicago's pick.
It was well known that Minnesota took a liking to Tyrus Thomas so I'm sure he woulda been picked there...making it: KG for Chandler, Deng and Ty Thomas So it coulda been Aldridge as well, if Minny wanted Aldridge.
