Monday, January 15, 2007

Jaric Leaving Town?

The Star Tribune's Steve Aschburner reports this morning that the Timberwolves are working on a deal that would send one of Kevin McHale's biggest mistakes to Detroit. In return for Jaric, the Wolves would recieve one of three Detroit big men - Nazr Mohammed, Antonio McDyess, or Dale Davis. Aschburner states that the salaries match up best between Jaric and either Mohammed or McDyess, so Davis is the least likely to be traded.

I began reading the article with some optimism, hoping that maybe getting rid of Jaric was the first step in climbing out of this hole that McHale has dug. Mohammed and McDyess both make between $5 and 6 million, but McDyess is only under contract through 2007-08. Mohammed on the other hand, is in the first year of a 5-year deal with Detroit. So the logical move would be to go for McDyess... and therefore McHale's move will be to bring in Mohammed, yet another big man who can't rebound with an enormous contract (see Olowokandi, Michael; Blount, Mark; and Madsen, Mark). And Detroit can have a first round pick while we're at it.

Jaric has reportedly asked for a trade, so he'll most likely be leaving Minnesota soon, but I hope it's not in a Jaric-for-Mohammed deal. I'd happily welcome McDyess, although it would mean even less minutes for my favorite underused Wolf this season, Craig Smith. Detroit is desperate to move a big man soon, to make way for Chris Webber, but here's my plea to McHale:

Whatever you do, please don't saddle us with the contract of Nazr Mohammed. Or trade another first-round pick.

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