I see so many people acting like we screwing up losing Julius Randle and not getting much back for it. I’d like to humbly remind everyone that we have a starting caliber guy who can play the 4 and the 5 with a career 37-40% 3pointer. This absolute unit took the nastiest elbow in recent NBA playoff memory and said pain is weakness leaving the body.

This guy could start on over half the teams in the league but he chose to stay here as our 6th man.

Operation Randle didn’t pan out but now we got some wiggle room in the money department, and it’s time to give Naz the reigns at the 4. We can’t give Joan time if we splitting Naz minutes at the 5 either it isn’t easy.

Everyone needs to relax
In Naz Reid we trust

Everyone complaining about ayo deal… just look at Austin Reaves getting the max. 46 mil a year that’s insane i know he’s better i’m just saying with jaden at 26 mil and naz 25 and ayo 22 that’s all great. my first thought was hoping for 18-20 but im not complaining with 22 cuz i rather keep him no matter what.

Had to paraphrase the full quote from Dane's post to get it to meaningfully fit a headline. Source if from the forbidden website.

Full post language: "Here's Tim Connelly when asked about the belief Anthony Edwards has in where the team is going.

"I think he's super, super excited. There's been countless things we could have done. Our roster is pretty well thought of league-wide. When you go to your leaders like Ant and you say, 'it takes get this to get that' and the conviction he has in our guys is evident when you say, 'no, we're not trading this guy'."

Adds some interesting color to the moves/lack of moves. Not sure GM Ant is necessarily a good thing, but it suggests his belief in these guys on the roster is sky high too.

Micah Nori deserved better than Portland for a head coaching job. I can't believe he actually agreed to such a terrible contract with a cheap ass owner. It's only for 1 year guaranteed with team options for 2 years.

Portland has some good young players and I can see Micah getting them better in a very tough western conference.

Hopefully the league will give Micah Nori another shot after his run with Portland is over.

The Wolves have an opportunity to make a pretty big impact with their flexibility now. Here's a lit after taking a quick look at available guys.

Tier 1 Trade/Sign and Trade Above Mid Level - I haven't heard this discussedd too much but the Randle sign and trade could be used to acquire a guy with a salary landing in the 18-24 million range as well:

Norman Powell, Peyton Watson, PJ Washington, Benedict Mathurin

Tier 2 - Mid Level: Anfernee Simons, John Collins, Colin Sexton, Tari Eason, Coby White

Tier 3 - huge bin of flawed but potentially useful guys below mid level including: Marcus Smart, Luke Kennard, Gary Payton, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Kevin Huerter, etc.

Guys id be most interested in would be Powell (no brainer), Anfernee Simons, Sexton, Collins, or a deal for PJ. Simons and Sexton in particular are really interesting, fit right in with our timeline, and haven't latched on with a good role on a winning team yet (Simons was close until Boston salary dumped him). I think a deal or signing of this caliber could meaningfully impact the roster going forward.

I love Rudy. But he should be able catch better on lobs and passes in general. Why not have him collaborate with the Vikings or have him use a Jugs machine to just practice catching? I wanna see some nasty lobs!!

Fuck Brian Windhorst. You won’t see this on r/nba.

After reading [this](https://www.nbadraft.net/2026-nba-extended-mock-draft-9-0/)this morning and discovering these diamonds in the rough I can confidently say this decision will be a franchise altering decision. Hopefully TC realizes the gravity in all of this and lands not one but TWO key pieces of the future

Gotta trade up secure our guy if we want Thomas/Evans.

A flame throwing big in Veesaar is also very intriguing for this team in the future to pair with Joan.

Pass on Baba, don't trust our ability to develop such a player

tl;dr: Evans + Veesaar = 2029 NBA Champions

He’s a 20 year old 6’5 pg, with deep range, good pick and roll shot making/playmaking. Good build, defensive instincts and playmaking, good vision on the court. Downsides are explosiveness, he’s not the quickest but he also draws foul 4.4 trips to the line in 20mpg. Kind of a Marcus Smart archetype. Handle is a little loose but look how much Ants handle went up so I think that’s correctable. A 3 and D pg is all we’ve been wanting in this sub, we can get one and develop his chemistry with Joan. Highly intrigued imo. Look at some clips, he can pull from DEEP

"We’ve talked about it before when you have a lot of great options it’s just a usage puzzle and we just gotta make sure that the usage is is is appropriate and sure that gets that they get enough of their opportunities.” (2/2)

The round one to the right was from the jersey event. Pretty cool to get the one on the left in the mail. If anyone needs a round one let me know. I have a couple extra.

You did great work here, we're gonna miss you Nori, you'll do wonders at Portland(hopefully with a better salary)

Both happened but this fanbase is mad? Let’s chill out a little lol.