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Kris Humphreys, nah. It wouldn't be bad to try to get him, the hometown guy, big man, all that, but I don't think its very important. We definately have more use for Wally than we would with Humphreys. Wally is a high percentage shooter, and probably the biggest fan favorite behind KG.
Its almost rediculous that you even mention the names Kris Humphreys and Karl Malone in the same sentence. Kris Humphreys had totally inflated stats because he lead a last place Gophers team in scoring and rebounding, but what do you expect Adam Boone to do that? Their whole offense ran through him, everytime they got the ball they would go to him, and he ended with solid stats for that kind of a gameplan, except he had like 1 assist every two games. His ball control isn't very good, and he thrived on playing the poor competition.
The Timberwolves already have an undersized white power forward in Madsen, and Madsen is a lot more of a team player than Kris would be. He is all about himself, arrogant, and just a huge d-bag everyone who knew him tells me. If he is going to thrive in the NBA, its going to be in the East, because his size will be an advantage there, so Boston will be a good choice. If that is their plan, the worst part is that we would be taking him 10th overall, he is projected to go in the 20's, and he is the kind of guy who is going to try to force the maximum contract possible. The last thing we need is a guy used to dominating (he was everything in Hopkins and then again at the U) now coming off the bench and making little impact.
Humphreys isn't a fan favorite in Minnesota, he's not even white as you said, it would be a huge mistake to draft him, especially that early while losing such a good talent in Wally.
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