Tim Fierst

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Talk about overplaying your hand

[Evan Sidery @esidery]

The Celtics wanted the Timberwolves to trade Rudy Gobert and future draft capital for Jaylen Brown, which Minnesota declined, per @JonKrawczynski (https://t.co/uU5wIwWqOt).

Minnesota immediately pivoted to LaMelo Ball, once it was known the Hornets were open to dealing him.

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Weird how these dudes get so insecure

[Sam Altman @sama]

come for the best model, stay because we don’t treat you with contempt

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Two things funny about this, Hornets making evaluations on “winning players “ & Colby White solves that?

[Hornets Lead @HornetsLead]

Here’s the truth:

1. The organization didn’t believe in LaMelo Ball. They didn’t believe that he could be the face of a championship-caliber franchise. They didn’t believe he embodied enough of “Hornets DNA (selfless, resilient, hard-working, high IQ).” They didn’t believe he was a max player. They didn’t believe in his health. They didn’t believe in his ability to play through physicality or that he could lead this franchise through the playoffs.

2. The plan was always to trade LaMelo Ball. The organization (Peterson, Schnall, Plotkin) had a plan and perfected it. They did not allow one season of exceeding expectations to change that plan. Due to health, coming into the season LaMelo had negative trade value. This season was all about keeping LaMelo healthy and flipping his trade value. The org did everything in its power to monitor minutes, b2b, and even experimented with Ball off of the bench. Winning wasn’t the priority, as we saw early on. It was keeping LaMelo healthy for the eventual flip.

3. Peterson traded for LaMelo’s replacement when everyone else thought it was to bolster depth. Coby White wasn’t just an upgrade over Collin Sexton, but the eventual LaMelo Ball replacement. As soon as LaMelo’s trade value was a net positive, he would be flipped and the next starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets was already in the building. Peterson was thinking steps ahead.

Max player. Never made the playoffs. Smacked in three separate play-ins. Healthy once out of the last four seasons. Trade value at a high. Replacement in the building at half the price. Flexibility moving forward. Not falling for fool’s gold this past season. Jeff Peterson made the move.

The Charlotte Hornets are moving on without LaMelo Ball.

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

If Kevin Love comes with as a package i don’t even want LeBron

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Still shook that he’s gone

[Minnesota Timberwolves @Timberwolves]

Minnesota is always rooting for you, Naz Reid.

[ꉂָ @omgitslapoild]

niggas who been a bum they whole life naming they son a jr is top 2 selfish things of all time

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Im not too impressed with Philly’s roster

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

This LeBron thing has the feel of a classic Minnesota let down. The wait is the cherry on top. Gives you a minute to hype yourself up before Lucy yanks the football away.

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

I am 1,000% against dumping TSJ for this season’s roster. We’re still major dogs to OKC & SA. Don’t look that short term pls, TSJ is a dawg

[Michael Grady @Grady]

Two Words.

Thank you 🫶🏾🙏🏾

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

How tf am i supposed to work

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

WTF? Naz was one of my fav Wolves all time

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Contrary to the panic im ok with wolves moves so far. Would like to see them spend up to the 1st apron at a minimum.

[Chris Orzechowski @chrisorzy]

I love when restaurants put “market price” next to certain menu items. Like yeah, I’ve been monitoring scallop futures all week.

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

There’s this whole group of crypto people who really don’t understand inflation. Weird to me.

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

$1M in 1995:

- Buy forever home
- Raise 3 kids
- Stay at home spouse
- Retire early

$1M in 2026:

[Zach Vogt @ZachVogt30]

Since who?

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Every time this dude talks it verifies the exact player he was. Dude gave a fuck about winning.

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

Jeff Teague says De'Aaron Fox needs to go to Houston:

“He need to get the fu*k away from anybody that got future of being the greatest player we ever seen, he need to stay the fu*k away from that. KD is on his way out he going to look towards De'Aaron Fox and be like go get a bucket. People be like, “Get Wemby the ball he don’t even feel like himself out there he got to get the fu*k away from there.”

(Via @club520podcast)

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Finch will forever be my dog

[KFAN1003 @KFAN1003]

"The interesting thing about this, @PAOnTheMic, is the Western Conference Finals that just played out between San Antonio and Oklahoma City — two amazing organizations and great teams at the moment — both have a foundation built on tanking."

- Chris Finch

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

Wemby’s skinny ass is a little crybaby bitch, huh?

[Tim Fierst @tfierst]

@SethDavisHoops Because if you needlessly kick your feet forward you weren’t landing where Fox’s feet were anyway.