You Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You? by Karl Wiggins

He has Simmons in the selection pool the Boomer can take with them to the World Cup and said this to SEN Radio in Sydney, reports Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Is the next place we see Ben Simmons on a basketball court in the Philippines during the World Cup this September?Īustralia coach Brian Goorjian hopes so. As Wolfson noted, these teams don’t look close to a trade at all. 15.Īnd there’s still the matter of the Timberwolves not being willing to deal Wiggins and the Cavaliers wanting more than Wiggins anyway. The Cavs might want Jeff Teague, who would be displaced by Irving in Minnesota and could step in at point guard in Cleveland. Though including him would make the trade technically allowable, the center – with a salaries of $7.3 million this season and $6,956,021 ($2,056,021 guaranteed) in 2018-19 – probably carries negative value. Though Irving has only minimal control where he gets traded, he has the power to signal where he would and wouldn’t re-sign in 2019.īeyond those three, the Timberwolves lack the assets to get Irving.Ī straight Wiggins-for-Irving trade wouldn’t work, anyway – both because their salaries don’t match and apparently because Cleveland wants more. Jimmy Butler‘s friendship with Irving is probably a key aspect luring Irving to Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns is far more valuable than Irving and clearly off limits. If the Timberwolves aren’t willing to trade Wiggins – and their max extension offer for him suggest they’re not – I don’t see how they acquire Irving.

They want something of substance in addition to Wiggins.

Word is they want more than Aldrich to make the $$ work.

You Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You? by Karl Wiggins