Howlin' T-Wolf

After taking a weekend off to take a trip to the Big Apple – my search for the Knicks finest Amar’e Stoudemire proved unsuccessful, — I am back to give you the best of the best coverage of your Timber Puppies.

Luckily it’s late July and NBA news has taken a backseat to the revving up of NFL training camps. Wolves news has also slowed down aside from Kahn’s remarks on Beasley’s smoking habits and the occasional trade rumor.

But what was rumor became reality tonight when Ramon Sessions was shipped off to Cleveland. The deal has the Wolves sending Sessions and Ryan Hollins to Cleveland for Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair.

We should all know by now that, and if you don’t, Delonte West will never wear a Timberwolves jersey, at least not in the immediate future. West’s contract is only partially guaranteed for $500,000 if he is waived before Aug. 5^th. The Wolves will waive him in the next few days saving around $4 million in salary cap space next season.

In hindsight, the trade has a bright outcome considering the money that they will be saving, but what bums me out the most was the fact that Sessions, one of my favorite players last season, never got his chance in Minnesota. Sessions had to back-up a hot-shot point guard he never got the opportunity he needed to show the coaching staff and fans what he’s made of. He was being held back from his true potential by only being the back up here. If he had gotten the chance to start, I firmly believe that he would have won the spot at least contemporarily. Sessions has a bright future at only 24 years old, and playing next to his close friend Mo Williams in Cleveland will only heighten his limits.

The other question that comes out of this trade is what we plan to do with all this extra cap space. David Kahn does understand that the NBA has a minimum salary, right? As of right now the Wolves would not reach that threshold. Something may possibly be brewing behind the scenes, where the Wolves are trying to fill that open cap space very quickly with a player with a hefty price tag. Or maybe they just plan to fill to the minimum and acquire a player at the trade deadline next season from a team looking to dump salary.

All in all, the trade works for both sides. The Cavs got two good, young players and the Wolves got salary relief.

Win-win? Maybe not. Tie-tie? That’s more like it.