Crazy T'Wolves Trade Idea

On a recent podcast, the Sports Guys suggested that Minnesota should play the "Bill Belichek" trade-down-forever game. This happens to be the perfect draft to try something like this in the NBA. What if they made the following four trades?

1. Minn trades #2 to Utah for #3+#12. Utah would love to get Derrick Williams, and would probably not like to get any younger with that extra #12 pick. Maybe Minny could toss in Martel Webster or a second rounder to sweeten the pot.

2. Minn trades #3 and Anthony Randolph to Washington for #6+#18. Washington can pick up Enes Canter pair with Javale McGee up front, plus they pick up a mercurial athlete/headcase/talent.

3. Minn trades #6 to Charlotte for #9+#19. MJ is desperate to add an impact player, and could score Kemba or maybe even Knight at #6.

4. Minn trades #20 to Chicago for #28's, #30, and #44. Chicago doesn't want all of these picks, they'd probably be thrilled to pawn them off to move up.

Minnesota ends up with: #9, #12, #18, #19, #28, #30, #44. For those keeping score at home, that's turning 2 picks into SEVEN, four of them in the top 20.

Here's how they play their hand:

#9: Target the starting shooting guard spot. Klay Thompson or Alec Burks (or both) will be available. I like Thompson, he can catch Rubio passes all day and knock em in from deep. He can start right away at the two guard and Wes Johnson can play sixth man on the wings.

#12: Aim for Valanciunas. He's a top-5(10?) talent who, in a year or two, would be a great fit next to Love. Or a replacement if he leaves.

#18 and #19

With one pick, go after a center. Vucevic is probably the only legit guy on the board at this point, but he's an upgrade over Darko. With another pick, go after a backup for Kevin Love. Let's say they pick Markieff Morris.

#28, #30, #44

Having fun yet? With three more picks, they should go heavy on internationals. Davis Bertans should be around at #28 and Bojan Bogdanovic and Giorgi Shermadini at #30 & #44 respectively.

Points: Rubio, Flynn

Wings: Beasley, Klay Thompson, Wes Johnson

Bigs: Love, Markieff Morris, Vucevic, Darko

Overseas: Valanciunas, Bertans, Bogdanovic, Shermadini.

Let's be clear: This team still sucks. All they have done is pick up three rotation guys and four players on the other side of the Atlantic. But they could score a TON of points and be exciting out of the gate and they would have something no other NBA teams: a semi-legit farm system. They might even be able to package their prospects later to make a baseball-style trade (star for prospects + money).