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2012-13 Game Logs: Wolves @ Golden State

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Tonight is part five in our ongoing series where I use trade machine to try and trade Derek Williams to the team the Wolves are playing that night. My goal is for Derek Williams to become aware of this and use it as motivation. That or David Kahn becomes aware of these posts and tries to make these trades.

Since the Wolves have already played the Warriors there isn't much sense in detailing the trade I have already mentioned. Instead let's make a list of things that Coach dislikes more than Derek Williams.

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okay, so yeah. I will be at a wedding cutting up some rugs tonight. I might make it back in time to see the Wolves give up a 4th quarter lead.

Line: Wolves +3

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2012-13 Game Logs: Game 11 Minnesota @ PDX

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Tonight is part four in our ongoing series where I use trade machine to try and trade Derek Williams to the team the Wolves are playing that night. My goal is for Derek Williams to become aware of this and use it as motivation. That or David Kahn becomes aware of these posts and tries to make these trades.

Portland and Minnesota have become rivals of sorts over the past couple of years. To think a rivilary coule be started as a result of a General Managers who developed a distrust from one another because one thought it was in poor taste to trade a player with a broken back while the other thought it to be brilliant. For what it is worth, if you are the one getting rid of the guy with a broken back I would call that a win for the organization.

Since that time there have been lawsuits, offer sheets, trade rumors, agent double speak, and offer sheets matched. The odds of these two teams dealing with each other in the future is probably limited. At least until the Blazers offer Pek a max contract this off season.

Speaking over huge contract offers, let's check in on Batum before looking at tonight's trade offer to unload Derek Williams.

20.1 ppg, 6 boards, 3.2 assists, 2 steals, 1.1 blocks.

and for the heck of it, let's look at AK.

13.8 ppg, 8.3 boards, 3 assists, 1.6 steals , 2.1 blocks

Batum can score a little bit more but it seems AK is giving more on the defensive end. Look for AK's ppg to go down with Love back, too. Not saying one is better than the other just pointing out the two off season targets for the Wolves.

And now, trade time!

Derek Williams and 2 first round picks for Batum.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=acvracn

PDX gets: Williams
Minnesota gets, Victor Claver, Will Barton, & Elliot Williams.

One of these players hasn't gotten off of Portland's bench, and the other two are averaging 5 min a game for a team with an awful bench.

We all really liked Will Barton coming into the draft though!

Wolves/Blazers tip off at 9pm CST. Blazers are -2.

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2012-13 Game Logs: Game 10 Denver @ Minnesota

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Tonight is part three in our ongoing series where I use trade machine to try and trade Derek Williams to the team the Wolves are playing that night. My goal is for Derek Williams to become aware of this and use it as motivation. That or David Kahn becomes aware of these posts and tries to make these trades.

I mentioned something like this was going to happen during the last game log in part to illustrate how little trade value Derek Williams actually has and I have no intention of backing down from this trade offer tonight.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=brvwbvu

Derek William for Corey Brewer.

Here is possibly the worst part about this though, I can't see any reason at all why the Nuggets would make this trade. Denver has plenty of athletic players who can't shoot. They don't need another player like Williams. They, like the Wolves, need a player like Redick who can hit open shots. Then they could spell him with a player like Brewer. As much as it may pain Wolves fans to say at this point Brewer is a competent rotation player.

As for Denver, they have been a little up and down this season. They have a lot of depth and should be able to run a lot of other teams off of the court this season. The Nuggets will be able to use their depth and home court advantage to get a lot of wins this season but they started 3-5 on the road and don't have any shooters other than Gallinari.

The four days off should help the Wolves. Perk is coming back. JJ might be back, too. The Nuggets depth won't be as much of an advantage tonight and if their shots aren't falling the Wolves should be able to steal this one.

No line as of my writing.

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2012-13 Game Logs: Game 9 Golden State @ Minnesota

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Tonight is part two in our ongoing series where I use trade machine to try and trade Derek Williams to the team the Wolves are playing that night. My goal is for Derek Williams to become aware of this and use it as motivation. That or David Kahn becomes aware of these posts and tries to make these trades.

After Derek Williams molasses like performance, without any of the sweetness, his trade value is down again. Time to peruse the Warriors line up and see what could help the Wolves.

So this trade is going to be a little bit harder to pull off. The cap numbers between the two teams don't match up favorably without either the Wolves giving up more than one player or the Warriors trading someone that would never, ever trade. Ideally we could do a one for one Jonny Flynn for Steph Curry but I don't think the Wolves have the rights to trade someone who is currently playing for the Melbourne Tigers.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cnxn6sh

There is is. A whopping seven player deal. The idea here is to get as many players onto the roster as possible since most of the team is hurt. The Wolves get a net gain of three players in this trade. Four if you take into consideration that JJ is currently hurt. This is exactly the kind of trade the Wolves need to make to ensure that Conroy, Lee, and the Steamer are not playing 40 minutes a night.

Oh by the way, if anyone was wondering, the Wolves gave Josh Howard $2.15 million pro-rated of the rest of the season. Yep.

The Wolves are 1 point dogs tonight and the o/u is 185.5. I will take some of the under.

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2012-13 Game Logs: Game 8 Bobcats @ Wolves

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Tonight I will start a new feature where I use trade machine and try and trade Derek Williams to the team the Wolves are playing that night. My goal is for Derek Williams to become aware of this and use it as motivation. That or David Kahn becomes aware of these posts and tries to make these trades.

Tonight, the Charlotte Bobcats!

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=a8lehsb

Yes, I am serious, Gerald Henderson and cap filler.

Henderson is a perfectly serviceable backup two guard which this team is probably going to need a lot of this season. Also it appears that Gerald Henderson is injured and the Wolves could always use more injured players. I know that we all want Biyombo but I can't imagine the Bobcats would give up anything of consequence for Williams.

Do you hear that Williams? Michael Jordan might not even trade an injured Gerald Henderson for you. What do you think about that?

Alright moving on, the Bobcats are a little frisky and are coming off a win last night. The Wolves roster is going to be patchwork at best. If I were a betting man I think the under is going to provide good value tonight at 181.5.

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2012-13 Game Logs: Wolves @ Bulls

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Wolves @ Bulls
7pm CST

First off, let's take a step back and enjoy how this looks.

Northwest W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK
Minnesota 4 1 0.800 0.0 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-1 4-1 W 3
Oklahoma City 4 2 0.667 0.5 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 4-2 W 3
Denver 3 3 0.500 1.5 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-3 3-3 W 3
Portland 2 3 0.400 2.0 2-3 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-3 L 2
Utah 2 4 0.333 2.5 2-4 0-1 2-0 0-4 2-4 L 1
Pacific W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK
L.A. Clippers 4 2 0.667 0.0 4-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 4-2 W 2
Golden State 3 3 0.500 1.0 2-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 L 1
Phoenix 3 3 0.500 1.0 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-2 3-3 W 2
Sacramento 2 4 0.333 2.0 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-3 2-4 L 1
L.A. Lakers 2 4 0.333 2.0 1-4 1-1 2-2 0-2 2-4 W 1
Southwest W L PCT GB CONF DIV HOME ROAD L 10 STREAK
San Antonio 5 1 0.833 0.0 4-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 5-1 W 1
Memphis 4 1 0.800 0.5 3-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 4-1 W 4
Dallas 4 2 0.667 1.0 2-1 0-0 3-0 1-2 4-2 L 1
New Orleans 3 2 0.600 1.5 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-0 3-2 W 1
Houston 2 3 0.400 2.5 0-3 0-1 0-2 2-1 2-3 L 3

Even formatted poorly that looks great.

Now, onto Kirilenko. Let me start by saying that his basketball reference page is currently available for only 47 90 dollars. I'd like to get someone over Canis on that right away. Six, klaw, I think you guys have some pull over there, right? In this morning's CoC I suggested that AK is probably the second best player on this team after love. I know we are all Rubio fans boys but even on Rubio's best days I don't know if he impacted games the way Kirilenko does.

5 game sample size in mind, Kirilenko would have season highs in the following statistics right now:

Field Goal Percentage: .629
3 Point Percentage: .500 (As sustainable as the Knicks)
True shooting: .673
Effective Field Goal: .657
Rebound %: 13%
Assist %: 19.8%
Offensive Rate Per 100 Possessions: 119
Defensive Rate Per 100 Possessions: 95
Win Shares Per 48: .217

All of this is being done with a next to career low usage rate of 15.4%.

Yes, again, I am fully away of sample sizes and the sustainability of some of the statistics listed above. With that said, there is a reason this guy is getting 10 million bucks and so far, he is on pace to be worth every penny of it.

Wolves are +8 or +300 on the money line tonight. Don't everyone run to Vegas all at once.

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Minnesota Timberwolves 2012-13 Game Logs: Game 2 Wolves @ Raptors

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Brent Barry is on NBA TV right now making fun of Kevin Love for doing knuckle push ups. Immediately thereafter he said that Pek doesn't do push up, he pushes the rest of the world down. Also he mentioned the Pek is so tough he snacks on fingernails.

Not to sound to hard or anything but I have been chewing on my nails since I was like 4.

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Beulah – Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand

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Sure, I've played this before, I think on 12.31.2009 at the old basement. But today instead of signifying an end of a decade this is signifying the end of my time as a WGOM djay. With this song I will go out to pasture with 6 and bs.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it-AMdi0AvE

Hopefully, after playing these guys a dozen or so times, it has made you want to check them out. If not, go do it.

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Fiery Furnaces – Full Show

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I don't know if I have ever liked a band so much and enjoyed their live show so little. With that in mind, here is an entire performance from the Fiery Furnaces.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2etKWgW20

After the first time I saw them I had to see them a second time in hopes that it was just one bad show. It wasn't. 40 Watt Club, 2005.

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