Bye-bye to Jefferson, hello to Ridnour?
The long dark night of the soul that was the Al Jefferson era in Minnesota has come to an end; the Wolves ended up trading the cornerstone of the Kevin Garnett to Boston trade in exchange for two first-round draft picks from the Utah Jazz earlier this week. The Jazz also tossed in a seven-foot center that David Kahn has made clear probably won’t be with the Wolves for very long.
Whether he’s affected by nuphedragen or not, Kahn is keeping busy. There are many reports that Milwaukee PG Luke Ridnour is about to sign a contract with Minnesota almost identical to the one signed last season by Ramon Sessions, who is likely to be traded before training camp… probably to Charlotte.
All of this comes in addition to the Wolves making the trade official that brings forward Michael Beasley to the Wolves; the former number two overall draft pick for the Miami Heat fits the profile of the sort of player Kahn and coach Kurt Rambis want on the team. Young, full of both talent and potential to improve, and hungry.
That’s great, but before this is all over, the Wolves still need a solution at shooting guard. With all the cap space created by trading Jefferson, they ought to be able to find a decent veteran in free agency, or at least trade for one.
Perhaps that’s what the trade of Sessions to Charlotte will result in, though Stephen Jackson is their only real attractive option at that position, and the Wolves already have a couple ‘tweener SG-SF players who are younger and possess more upside than Jackson.
