Desperate Robin Lopez salary dump coming

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  1. Rhal

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    Makes me think Olshey is really looking for a blockbuster trade. Whether we are on the receiving end of the star or the one giving out the star is yet to be seen.
     
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    This is an awesome move! Good job Neil!!!! In olshey we trust!

    Now if Aldridge isn't traded; then I suspect olshey got Aldridge to buy into staying...
     
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    Getting Lopez on basically a 2 year MLE deal sounds great to me. He has flaws in his game but he can bang with big guys. I didn't want to have to play Meyers if he is struggling and this way we can leave him on the bench if need be.

    I wonder what we would do with our remaining cap space? Brian said we'd have $4.3mil space and $2.5mil room exception. If nobody wants Dalembert I'd give him $4.3, otherwise I'd look for a defensive wing or PG that got overlooked and we can sign to an advantageous contract. If none of those deals are available we can just keep our cap space until training camp with an ear open for more salary dump trades.
     
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    I'd be cool with Dorell Wright and Devin Harris.
     
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    Remember when Olshey talked about generating "deal flow?" I think these last two trades are an example of what he meant. Being there to take advantage of salary cap dumps in order to replenish our asset base is the first step in his plan. I like the guy.
     
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    Isn't Corey brewer still available?
     
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    I was thinking the Wright deal maybe? Wasn't that like 3-4 mil?
     
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    Apparently we give up some of Paul Allen's Money.

    I guess this means we're not going after Pekovic. I just hope it doesn't mean the Wolves get him cheap because nobody else offers him an outrageous offer sheet.
     
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    I do remember. I also remember many of us, including myself, scratched our heads and wouldn't believe that we could obtain enough bench talent with the cap space we have without trading our existing starters. So far, all the starters (except for Hickson, but he was not traded and let go) haven't been traded and we just obtained Trob and Lopez.

    NICE!
     
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    Robin Lopez would be a nice pickup..... but he is hardly the kind of player that I expected with our cap space this summer.

    I don't know... is CJ, TRob, and Robin Lopez the kind of offseason you were expecting?
     
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    Oh no... He will get an outrageous offer. Teams are waiting for the Howard domino to fall first.
     
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    We still aren't finished, but it's a damn good start. I'm just thankful we aren't going after Pek.
     
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    He's a good offensive rebounder, a horrible DEFENSIVE rebounder
     
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    Now I want Shaun Livingston, and I'm set. At least until we trade Aldridge.
     
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    If we're getting Lopez for cap space, that leaves only like.... what... 4 million left? We could still sign a vet. Probably Dorrell Wright actually.

    McCollum
    Robinson
    Lopez
    Wright

    It gets us into the plaoffs next year, but would we be good enough to get out of the first round? I don't know.

    Dame/CJ
    Matthews/Crabbe
    Batum/Wright
    Aldridge/Robinson
    Lopez/Leonard

    That sounds like a completed offseason to me.
     
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    All in all, I can get on board with Lopez though, maybe he can switch his game up and be that good defender/ board cleaner they were looking for

    Fingers crossed
     
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    I love that offseason, personally. I was thinking we'd end up trading 10 for our C, and using free agency to find our scoring 6th man. And then fill in smaller pieces. This works about as well. Obviously, still a big IF we land Robin. But with #10 and 11 million in cap space, we land our starting C, still only 25, with room to grow. Also, on a good cheap deal, so isn't any sort of anchor on our cap. We landed our scoring 6th man with the 10 pick, our backup 1/2. And what sounds to be a great overall kid. We landed a backup PF who had a terrible season, but was a recent top 5 pick and has a lot of talent. we still have 3-4 million in cap space and the mini-MLE. THere were no short term stop gap signings, no terrible deals we're tied to. All are trade-able assets with room to increase their value.
     
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    Any of you think Lopez can improve? He is only 25. I wonder if the goal is just to take him for what he is (backup center) or if they think they can get more out of him. It would also be interesting to see him with this team and system. I know he hasn't improved much to this point, but you never know.

    As RR7 said, the price is right. Reasonable contract and we wouldn't have to give up anything.
     
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