TWolves Screwed Up 2009 Draft

[jonathanlambert33]

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We interrupt Part 2 of the NBA Trade Value column to explain the travesty known as the 2009 NBA draft. That night, Minnesota drafted two of our top-30 trade value guys (Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick, then Ty Lawson with the 18th pick) and passed up a third top-30 guy (Stephen Curry) to take Jonny Flynn. Trust me, this was just as ridiculous at the time. (Check out my thoughts at 5:10 of the '09 Draft Diary.)
 
That same night, Minnesota quickly traded Lawson to Denver for a future protected first-round pick that became the immortal Luke Babbitt (2010's 16th pick). What happened to Babbitt? It flipped his rights, along with Ryan Gomes, to Portland for Martell Webster, who had already been gift-wrapped a more-than-generous four-year, $20 million deal.
 
What happened to Webster? Turned out he was damaged goods — Webster needed two back surgeries to repair a bulging disc (including one before he ever played a T-Wolves game), struggled through two injury-plagued seasons before Minnesota released him, then became the centerpiece of a contentious compensation process that was only recently resolved (terms were not disclosed).

 

 

[BwareDWare94]

David Kahn has done some LOLworthy shit in his time in Minnesota.

 

[Wolves United]

Yeah David Kahn completely messed up this draft. If anything, he should have kept Ty Lawson. He's done a better job as of late

 

[Hurricane Season]

Everyone likes to be a revisionist historian and say that they knew a certain player wasn't going to pan out, but Flynn truly was a terrible pick at the time, and everyone but Minnesota seemed to think that.

 

[buzzy]

A team around Curry and Love would be pretty damn good. 
 
It could also be the name of a highly successful Bollywood movie. "Curry and Love - The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"

 

[elcheato]

I'm still confused to this day as to what anyone saw in Flynn.

 

[Pugz]

i know i was one who wasnt too high on curry running an offense. kind of the same with ty but i thought hed be the better player. i thought higher of both than flynn though.

 

[bosoxlover12]

A team around Curry and Love would be pretty damn good.

They had Boston's pick as well.

They could have possibly traded 28, and one of their two 2nds to move #6 to #3


Imagine.

C Jefferson
F Love
F Harden (#3)
G Curry (#5)
G Lawson (#18)

 

[jonathanlambert33]

i know i was one who wasnt too high on curry running an offense. kind of the same with ty but i thought hed be the better player. i thought higher of both than flynn though.

 
I'm not sure if he's still trusted to run an offense to much.  He's more like a 2 guard to me.

 

[Pugz]

 
I'm not sure if he's still trusted to run an offense to much.  He's more like a 2 guard to me.

well hes shown he has an eye. i think curry is a trusted point guard, but not to the level of other guys. his scoring and shooting will always make him valuable.

 

[BwareDWare94]

and then Wes Johnson...
 
Syracuse, you duped the Wolves twice.

 

[Boda]

Everyone likes to be a revisionist historian and say that they knew a certain player wasn't going to pan out, but Flynn truly was a terrible pick at the time, and everyone but Minnesota seemed to think that.

Well I tend to agree with this.  I have to say I was an exception to this specific one.  People could easily go look on another forum and see how against the Flynn drafting I was and how big of a fan I was of Curry even though a LOT of people had serious questions about how good he would be in the NBA.  I thought he would become a star and he has done that.  Than you can also see that after the Wolves Drafted Ty Lawson later that I thought that the Wolves should keep Lawson & Rubio and trade away Flynn.  I was a huge fan of Rubio have been since he was 14yrs old.  I was ecstatic when the Wolves drafted him.  I also wanted us to draft Curry as I said earlier and absolutely hated the pick of Flynn.