NBA Draft offal: Where Minnesota Trades Mayo Happens [College Fast Break - NCAA Basketball -...

On Thursday night Minnesota had a lot of people respecting them, believing they had made the correct selection at #3. But when folks woke up Friday, many were probably not too surprised the team who gave up Kevin Garnett traded away O.J. Mayo too. This time the T-Wolves didn’t get a Al Jefferson type of talent in return, instead they got a low ceiling player in Kevin Love. Memphis looks much more legit now with a Mayo-Gay combo. Minnesota? Jefferson-McCants, Jefferson-Gomes. Ouch. Speaking of Memphis, Chris Douglas-Roberts did get chosen by a team on draft night. It might have been after most went to bed or stopped watching, but it did happen. CDR got to the free throw line 63 times during last year’s tourney. He scored 20 + points in 5 out of the 6 games. Those stout postseason numbers combined with an impressive 3 year... [read full story]