Comments on: Revisionist history: What if Cassell wasn’t hurt?

By: bob

bob — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:42:27 +0000

what if yao didn’t get injured

By: ramon

ramon — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:01:08 +0000

You can play the same “what if” game with the ‘03 team. That was a pretty solid team. The Rasho/Jackson tandem was a step up from ‘Kandi/Johnson. T-Hud, Wally and Garnett were on fire and there was a decent cast of backups. And they should have been up 3-1 but folded in the 4th in game 4.

The “what if” then was: If Marbury doesn’t demand a trade, leaving us with Terrell Brandon, who, if he didn’t break down early in the year would have made a better backcourt with T-Hud than Peeler and Strickland, would we have won game 4?

Almost the same situation. I have to agree s2rweeze: It’s the Lakers. Even if they’re not playing good, they know how to make the other team beat itself in the clutch situations. If the ‘03 Wolves were matched up with Utah or Portland in round one…

Are they playing this game in Atlanta right now?

By: Foley

Foley — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:59:15 +0000

I try to avoid thinking about this “what if” if possible. I definitely believe we would have won that series with a healthy Cassell. Our guard play without him was horrendous and we still took them to six games.

By: s1rweeze

s1rweeze — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:12:56 +0000

Even with Cassell healthy, they don’t beat the Lakers, not even in 7. I remember the two games the Wolves won in that series seeming like the Lakers LET them win, only because they didn’t feel like showing up that night. The Pistons, on the other hand, were a really awful matchup for the not-entirely-motivated and tired Lakers.

Good points about the Cassell trade though, there’s a chance he would’ve stayed and they would have kept that #1 pick… but still, while the Wolves would’ve been a better team had that happened, I don’t think they’d be title contenders, exactly. They’d be the same old “make the playoffs as a 7 seed and leave in 5 or 6 games” Wolves.

By: Joker

Joker — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:46:30 +0000

It wouldn’t have made much of a difference. KG still would have had his say in who to draft with that pick. We still would have offered way too much money to Sprewell for him to turn down and go belly-up. McHale would still be here.

By: roughkat

roughkat — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:36:23 +0000

I drink your milkshake.

By: scagmajor

scagmajor — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:35:54 +0000

If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:34:42 +0000

How can I improve my milkshake by that extra 20%? I want to start bringing girls to the yard.

By: jama

jama — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:23:07 +0000

Damn you for always raining on my parade. Let me hate Troy Hudson in peace.

Sorry, you would be correct again.

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:20:12 +0000

I could teach you, but I’d have to charge.