Durant:

Probably his greatest strength is his jumper, and it is here where the TMac comparisons are strongest. The three point shooting is particularly similar. They both get great elevation off the floor from three land and shoot the ball high above their head. They hit full elevation on their three point shot effortlessly. This translates well in the pro game.

Greatest weakness:

besides a relative lack of upper body strength, one thing i’ve noticed that hardly gets any play is a relative lack of hops. People say this guy “leaps out of the gym”. Really? Can someone give me a measurement of his vertical plz? Cuz to me, it looks like this guy has a 20-25 vertical TOPS.

and that’s it for now. i’d comment more but im sleepy =)

World B Free, Purvis Short, Bernard King, Sleepy Floyd, Chris Mullin,Hardrock Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, Joe Barry-Carroll, Antawn Jamison, Gus Williams,Gilbert Arenas, Wilt Chamberlin, Nate Thurmand and the few who escape my memory.

He’ll be missed

if you think about it, it just doesnt make sense. if minny wanted wright, why risk losing him? do you understand the point? the fact that they take brewer means they dont like wright as much as brewer. if they wanted wright, they would have taken him over brewer. no one thinks they can get a prospect they like by trading for him later. if trade doesnt work out, you’ll lose him.

it’s hard to see how the w’s can get kg. the w’s just dont have the pieces. yes you can give up ellis, andris, wright, and whoever to make the numbers work, then what’s the pt of trading for him. kg is good but not good enough to compensate for the lost production. jr was the w’s best bet. now that he’s gone, who else make sense.

What we could use the exception for is swallowing a bad contract or two that the Wolves would want to unload. For example, we could make a KG deal and then a technically separate deal where we take a guy like Hudson or Jaric and give back no salary.

from a financial stand point, taking brewer and then dealing kg later makes sense. for instance, because of the cba the warriors could send the 10 mil trade exception, wright, and another player to the twolves in exchange for garnett. since garnett makes more than the exception, a player from the w’s would need to involved to complete the deal (maybe a sign-and-trade with pietrus??). dealing kg would free up cap space for the t’wolves without really taking on a huge contract like jrich (when he was here) depending on who they get from the warriors. it makes it easier for the warriors to make the deal rather than finding a 3rd team to make the salaries work. minny could start their rebuilding process around brewer, wright, and foye. if they took wright, there’s no way they get brewer from say…the bobcats. that leaves them stuck in no-wheres-ville, rebuilding while kg is still on the squad. they’d have to take back some huge contract to unload him then. someone please correct me if i’m wrong.

You’ve probably already have seen this but my buddy just emailed this my way. I don’t like this trade at all!!!

Just got this from CBS Sportslines’s Rumor Mill:

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
The winner of the Kevin Garnett trade sweepstakes could possibly feature a dark horse in the Golden State Warriors. After acquiring the draft rights of Brandan Wright in a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats for Jason Richardson, the Warriorrs are possibly putting a package deal to bring Garnett in Sunny California, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Times reports that the package includes Wright, Andris Biedrins and Monte Ellis.

Here’s what I could dig up on the LA Times website

Garnett, sought by the Lakers and Phoenix Suns in multi-team talks that broke down this week, may still be traded … with speculation now centering on the Golden State Warriors.

Whether it was part of a deal the Warriors are working on with Minnesota or not, they traded guard Jason Richardson to Charlotte for North Carolina’s Brandan Wright, a promising young big man whom the Bobcats drafted at No. 8.

The Warriors may now offer Wright with center Andris Biedrins and guard Monta Ellis and enough salary to make the deal

maybe you can elaborate your thoughts on kg going to w’s and what are the chances that minny is interested in wright from your sources in a post.

Marcus, I’m probably the first to point this out. If we do keep Wright, it still makes a whole lot of sense. We’re going to be seeing a lot of Kevin Durant over the next 10 years or so (4 times a season). Wright matches up with Durant in terms of length and athleticism and could be a good match up on defense. If Marion gets moved, the Suns have no one who can guard Durant. Lakers? No. Kings? No. Clippers? No. Nuggets? No. Do you think acquiring Wright was influenced by Durant being in the same conference?

Sentiment and love for J-Rich aside, it is hard to tell yet whether our moves made us a better team. Just don’t know yet whether the fat lady has sung. We dumped $48 mil so we can deal at least with Beans’ extension (probably $10 mil for 5 years). That leaves Monta. Maybe we are still after KG or Yi (with the help of my cousin, David Stern).

The one thing I don’t understand is why we picked a guard at 18 when we have Monta and presumably Zuki. But then again, Mully found AB in Europe.

I thought the day had great drama. I’m sorry for Jason, but happy (I think) for the team and our future.