Sunday, January 29, 2006

Methinks you doth protest too much

Some of the sports journalists in Minnesota have only upped their rhetoric and criticism of the Davis-Szczerbiak trade in the last 48 hours. Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune now calls it one of the worst trades in franchise history.
After making one of the worst trades in franchise history Thursday -- acquiring Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Justin Reed, Marcus Banks and two conditional second-round picks from Boston for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a future first-rounder McHale's job could be in serious jeopardy at the end of the season if the deal doesn't work out.

The four Boston players acquired in the deal will not match the contributions that Szczerbiak has made to the Timberwolves, especially this year when he was playing the best basketball of his career.

An interesting research question: which other trades would make the list of worst in Timberwolves history?

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