Greg Buckner didn't stay in Minneapolis long after being traded by the Mavericks to the Timberwolves on Friday. Buckner boarded a charter plane with his new teammates and took off for Istanbul, Turkey, where the Wolves will train. Minnesota will play an exhibition against a Turkish team on Saturday and then will fly to London for an exhibition against the Celtics.
Minnesota is in for a rebuilding year and there are already questions about whether the 31-year-old Buckner will stick with the team. The Wolves traded Kevin Garnett in the off-season and that move resulted in an early candidate for understatement of the year.
This is from Wolves GM Kevin McHale: "We're pretty committed to making some changes,"
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-- Jan Hubbard
Buck didn't play well last season after he got hurt. Maybe the injury was worse than the public was told it was. His big 3 pt shot never really materialized last season either. From all accounts, Buck is a great guy so I wish him nothing but the best, but I'm excited about getting Trenton Hassell. His shooting % is way up there and he plays good solid defense. He has been compared to Bruce Bowen without the 3 pt shot and being compared to Bowen imop is always a good thing. This was good move by the Mavs. Now let's just get this season started already!! GO MAVS!!!!
Posted by: Cynthia | September 30, 2007 at 01:22 PM