Trade Scenarios of Love to the Suns

 I would add Mirotic to that group.  But every time I see a trade idea, there is very little consideration about how long players will be under team control, how their salary/production effects the team’s salary cap, etc.  The only due dilligence most people do is using ESPN’s trade machine.  I don’t believe there has ever been a 4/5 team trade with that many moving pieces like the OP proposed.  When you compare that to potential trades that have been metioned in the media already, it also has WAAAAY too many smaller pieces moving from one team to another for certain teams to make only mild strides in the positive (and sometimes negative) direction.  I am a Bulls fan, so I know that trade idea the media has been floating around for the past week or so the best, so I can compare that to the OP’s trade idea and see how the talent adds up.  BTW, I am agreeing with you that the Wolves wouldn’t be interested in anything less than young, future all-stars that are still at or near their rookie contracts and top 10-15 picks.

 The "proposed" Bulls/Wolves trade that the Bulls offered had the 16th and 19th picks, Mirotic (who can be looked at as a possible Top 10 talent), Butler/Gibson (most likely Gibson, who isn’t really a younger guy anymore at 29 but has a reasonable salary compared to production and Butler is going to need a new contract after 2014-2015), and even possibly the future Sacramento pick from the Cavs/Deng trade that is Top 10 protected through 2017 (which seems more likely than ever to be a 1st opposed to turning into a 2nd with the ownership group in Sacramento looking to win sooner rather than later).  That also includes taking Boozer for salary cap purposes, although that is an expiring deal after the upcoming 2014-2015 season.  That is A LOT of things to trade for one player and would only be accepted by Chicago if they get Love to agree to a small extension.  

People are split on how good Mirotic will be, but he combined with 3 picks and either Gibson or Butler is a chance for Minnesota to get 3 starters for the next 5 years.  That’s saying that (let’s just pick Butler for this discussion, who Minnesota would have to feel confident he will sign a new deal with them after next year) Butler, Mirotic, and only 1 guy out of the 3 picks Minnesota receives becomes a starter (or the picks are moved as assets, or combined with Minny’s own picks to move up in the draft or in another trade for a quality starter).  

Guys like Dragic (who has a player option for 2015-2016) is too close to becoming a free agent for him to be a good choice for Minnesota.  If Love is moved, I completely agree that the Wolves would be going completely in the rebuild mode and would want the youth/talent combination that you listed above.  But, there are some "older" veterans (27 is considered older in the NBA, which is kind of funny) that could be considered if they have reasonable contracts compared to their production and the Wolves can keep them in Minny for 2-3 years.

 I would add Mirotic to that group.  But every time I see a trade idea, there is very little consideration about how long players will be under team control, how their salary/production effects the team’s salary cap, etc.  The only due dilligence most people do is using ESPN’s trade machine.  I don’t believe there has ever been a 4/5 team trade with that many moving pieces like the OP proposed.  When you compare that to potential trades that have been metioned in the media already, it also has WAAAAY too many smaller pieces moving from one team to another for certain teams to make only mild strides in the positive (and sometimes negative) direction.  I am a Bulls fan, so I know that trade idea the media has been floating around for the past week or so the best, so I can compare that to the OP’s trade idea and see how the talent adds up.  BTW, I am agreeing with you that the Wolves wouldn’t be interested in anything less than young, future all-stars that are still at or near their rookie contracts and top 10-15 picks.

 The "proposed" Bulls/Wolves trade that the Bulls offered had the 16th and 19th picks, Mirotic (who can be looked at as a possible Top 10 talent), Butler/Gibson (most likely Gibson, who isn’t really a younger guy anymore at 29 but has a reasonable salary compared to production and Butler is going to need a new contract after 2014-2015), and even possibly the future Sacramento pick from the Cavs/Deng trade that is Top 10 protected through 2017 (which seems more likely than ever to be a 1st opposed to turning into a 2nd with the ownership group in Sacramento looking to win sooner rather than later).  That also includes taking Boozer for salary cap purposes, although that is an expiring deal after the upcoming 2014-2015 season.  That is A LOT of things to trade for one player and would only be accepted by Chicago if they get Love to agree to a small extension.  

People are split on how good Mirotic will be, but he combined with 3 picks and either Gibson or Butler is a chance for Minnesota to get 3 starters for the next 5 years.  That’s saying that (let’s just pick Butler for this discussion, who Minnesota would have to feel confident he will sign a new deal with them after next year) Butler, Mirotic, and only 1 guy out of the 3 picks Minnesota receives becomes a starter (or the picks are moved as assets, or combined with Minny’s own picks to move up in the draft or in another trade for a quality starter).  

Guys like Dragic (who has a player option for 2015-2016) is too close to becoming a free agent for him to be a good choice for Minnesota.  If Love is moved, I completely agree that the Wolves would be going completely in the rebuild mode and would want the youth/talent combination that you listed above.  But, there are some "older" veterans (27 is considered older in the NBA, which is kind of funny) that could be considered if they have reasonable contracts compared to their production and the Wolves can keep them in Minny for 2-3 years.