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For The Love Of God, Please Get Jonny Flynn Out Of Minnesota STAT

The Timberwolves are a nightmare of a pro franchise and Dave Kahn is the lunatic driving the crazy bus.  I mean, just look at this timeline of his ridiculous decision-making prowess.  Kahn just unloaded his best player to one of Minnesota's rivals and is about to sign free-agent point guard Luke Ridnour.

Interesting because the team already has two very capable point guards, Jonny Flynn and Ramon Sessions.  Oh and they've also got some guy named Ricky Rubio under contract, though he will never, ever play for the team.  And if he does, he won't be nearly worth half of what they initially thought.

The rumor is that Kahn wants to unload Sessons but it's no secret that Flynn had been rumored tradebait for months now.  Jonny and the Triangle Offense go together about as well as UConn and laptops not bolted down to the table.  The fans don't seem to like Flynn, his name comes up in trade talks every couple weeks and his GM is making decisions based on how his D&D 20-sided dice roll.

While it seems like Jonny is now looking at backup-status, if not shared duties at the point.  And if I didn't know any better, the team seems to be built around Darko Milicic.  With the arrival of Wes Johnson, perhaps that gives Jonny a bit of incentive to make it work in Minny but that's not just up to him at this point.  Hopefully, Flynn will indeed get that trade one of these days and get the chance to play for a team that wants him, in an offense he fits, in front of fans who want to cheer for him.

Then again, you never know what Dave Kahn has up his sleeve next.  He might keep Jonny, he might trade him to Memphis or he might trade him to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for a kicker.  Everything's in play at this point.

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Here is what is weird.

The fans don’t seem to like him very much, but the assumption over there is that Sessions is the more likely to get traded and that Flynn will start, not Ridnour. And they seem to think that should be the case. They also think Kahn is a moron, which I don’t blame them for. Basically they figure the team will rebuild until Rubio comes in and saves them. Which is stupid. They also recognize that the triangle doesn’t make any sense for the team they have. They really like distributing the blame over there.

by NOLACuse on Jul 13, 2010 4:21 PM EDT reply actions  

None of us in MN like Flynn

He has one of the worst BBIQs for a PG. Most of us can’t wait till Rubio is here.

by NorthernLights666 on Jul 14, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Have fun with that.

I doubt Rubio shows up. If you ran a system that fit your players, as opposed to trying to force players into an ill-fitting system, you might find that Flynn would make quite a nice PG. If Rubio comes, it’ll work out nicely for you. There is very little to suggest Rubio will actually ever play for the Timberwolves though.

So here is my question, what happens if Rubio doesn’t come through? Do the wolves draft another PG to fit into the triangle, or will they actually try a system that works with their players?

by NOLACuse on Jul 14, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Huh?

“if you ran a system that fit your players, as opposed to trying to force players into an ill-fitting system…”
So are you saying that Jackson shouldn’t run the triangle or Sloan shouldn’t run the pick and roll? Are you going to try to tell me that Boheim doesn’t run a system (never seen a better defensive system in the college game)? Teams that run solid systems can stay competitive as players come and go when they find players that fit. Utah is a great example of this.
They are woking on getting players to fit their system which is why they got rid of the offensive black hole and non-defensive play of Jefferson and hopefully will find a way to unload Flynn as well. Too bad they didn’t hire Rambis (and get their current direction of play) until after they had made the mistake of taking Flynn instead of Curry.

by hoopsfan1 on Jul 19, 2010 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Boeheim recruits players he believes will work in his defensive system.

The ones that don’t pan out don’t play. Running the triangle is fine with the right players and it seems the Wolves are trying to put those pieces in place, mostly. But none of the PG’s on that roster make sense for it and therefore both they, and the system, will look sub-par at best until a change is made.
The point I was making is that Flynn isn’t necessarily a bad PG, as so many Wolves fans seem to believe, but rather he is ill-fitted to the system. If you want Flynn to be successful, the triangle isn’t how it’s going to happen. If you want the triangle to be successful, find a replacement for Flynn that makes sense for the triangle, trade Flynn and pray Rubio comes aboard for reals next year or whenever that pipe-dream is supposed to come true.

by NOLACuse on Jul 20, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Okay, sure

If there’s one thing rookies are known for, it’s having a high basketball IQ.

What makes you think Rubio is ever coming?

by MrPlow99 on Jul 14, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Aren’t the Knicks looking for a point guard? I know the Bobcats are but that won’t help anyone except those of us in the Charlotte market who would love to see Flynn wearing a local orange jersey.

by Orange Chuck on Jul 13, 2010 4:38 PM EDT reply actions  

What does Syracuse do...SHUT IT DOWN. Nuff said.

by agentdp009 on Jul 13, 2010 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

OR

What does Syracuse do...SHUT IT DOWN. Nuff said.

by agentdp009 on Jul 13, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Honestly

They got HOSED on the Garnett deal. Not that they would have done better with Kahn, but they made some bad moves before him.

Go Orange(men)!

by SUmonkey on Jul 13, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

how can you say they got hosed on the garnett deal?

They got two 1st rounders, Al Jefferson, who averaged over 20 and 10 until he blew out his knee, and Ryan Gomes, who turned into a pretty good player. Gerald Green was a big “potential” player who was only in his 2nd year.

by noro on Jul 13, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

KAAAAAAAAAHN

And to think right now Kevin Pritchard doesn’t have a job

by OJthecuseman on Jul 14, 2010 12:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Kahn did screw up in the 2009 draft...

He should have picked Cury who is a much better shooter and even though he wasn’t a point guard like Flynn in college pretty much matched his TOs per game. Curry stands 3" taller than Flynn which is a big help since Flynn gets lost in the lane among the big trees with his diminutive stature. Too bad he didn’t recognize that he is short and most of the time he still tried to put the ball up to just get it rejected.
Watching him play last year was painful not because of the Triangle, but because the guy can’t shoot!

by hoopsfan1 on Jul 19, 2010 7:00 AM EDT reply actions  

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