[SIZE="3"]Summer of 2010: Free Agency[/SIZE]
Actually, the Wolves made probably their biggest splash of the offseason before free agency even started. We finally bought out Ricky Rubio from overseas, and he'll join our team for the 2010-2011 season. This immediately makes Flynn or Sessions expendable, as I won't be using all three. I'm truly excited to be coaching this team now, with Rubio, Love, Jefferson and Cousins all on the team.
But everyone wants to know about the summer of LeDouche, so here we go.
Apparently in coach-only mode, it sims the entire free agency and doesn't stop. This sucks, I have to go into news and scroll through it. I think I'll do team-by-team this time. Notable signings only
Atlanta: Larry Hughes, 7 million for two years. Looks like he'll backup Jamal Crawford now that Johnson is gone.
Boston: Resigned Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, picked up Josh Howard, Earl Barron on what looks like a one year MLE, and Nate Rob for another part of that MLE, two years though.
Charlotte: Resigned Raymond Felton, also got Tyrus Thomas to accept their tender offer of 6 million.
Chicago Bulls: Got their backup PG with Luke Ridnour, also signed Wes Matthews to fill their SG hole, and Hakim Warrick and Amir Johnson as backup bigs.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Not only did they bring back the Big Diesel, but the King decided to resign with his old team. That's a major surprise.
Dallas Mavericks: Resigned Dirk to a max deal, also got Haywood and Will Bynum.
Denver Nuggets: They apparently needed a couple of shooters as they got Wally Szczerbiak and Channing Frye.
Golden State Warriors: Signed CJ Watson to a two year, 11 million dollar deal. I think that's overpaying but whatever.
Los Angeles Clippers: They had a ton of cap space, and with it they got: Travis Outlaw, Victor Claver, Von Wafer, Timofey Mozgov, and James Singleton. Ouch.
Los Angeles Lakers: They had much less cap space, but were able to get Flip Murray, Skip to My Lou, Mike Miller, Matt Bonner and Jason Williams. I guess they were serious about getting some PGs, but Miller was the real deal.
Memphis Grizzlies: Ronnie Brewer and Rudy Gay both signed 1 year tender offers with Memphis. We should have gone after Gay, but I think Gay knew Memphis was gonna keep him and he wants out. After this year, he's unrestricted.
Miami Heat: Another team with a ton of cap space. Let's see what they did with it: Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Ben Wallace. Uh, guys? It's not 2005 anymore. They also got Luis Scola, Rasual Butler and Q Richardson. What a terrible free agency.
Milwaukee Bucks: I guess they wanted to get older and slower: Derek Fisher, Brad Miller, and Big Z.
New Jersey Nets: What else is new? The Russian got dangerous and signed D-Wade and Chris Bosh to max deals.
New York Knicks: Walsh tries to keep up even with Dolan still standing over his head, and gets Joe Johnson, Drew Gooden, and retains David Lee.
Phoenix Suns: Got Al Harrington for 4 years, 30 million. This team will still suck.
Sacramento Kings: Chris Duhon came to the capital of CA, but the real big name splash was Amar'e Stoudemire. Paired with Tyreke, the Kings could be playoff bound.
San Antonio Spurs: Exercised their rights on Tiago Splitter. We all know he's about to beast it.
Utah Jazz: This team got very, very lucky. They were able to resign Carlos Boozer to a 6 year, 88 million dollar deal. That's hardly 15M a season, with raises. Very lucky.
How did the Timberwolves fare? Here's our signings:
PF Mike Sweetney, 1 year, 1.7 million
SF Alonzo Gee, 1 year, 3.3 million
SF Dorell Wright, 2 years, 3.45 million
You've got to be kidding me. First of all, we're sitting on 13M in cap. We couldn't get a decent SG?? Second of all, how in the hell does Alonzo Gee have a higher per-year salary than Dorell Wright?
David Kahn sucks. But oh well. I'll make the best of what I got.