Ramon Trade talks from RGJ

[alphie]

Someone please cut & paste or summarize the Roman & Fazekas story from the RGJ today. Our work computers block all blog websites, ugh! Thanks

[rimrocker26]

Ramon Sessions has been a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves for only 25 games but he might already be on the move. On Tuesday, Sessions became trade-eligible. And he might soon be shopped. The ex-Nevada point guard signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Timberwolves in the offseason but the moratorium for free agents who signed this summer to be traded has been lifted. Sessions acknowledged in this story that he didn't even know that rule existed, but isn't worried about a potential trade or carving some playing time from Johnny Flynn, who starts for Minnesota.

"I'm being patient, I knew the situation coming in," Sessions told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "Jonny's a great, young guard. He needs to play. I'm not the type of guy who's going to complain about minutes. I'm just fortunate enough to be in this league. I'm living a dream, so I'm just taking it as that. If it's 14 minutes or 25 minutes, I'm just trying to be ready. We'll make it work."
ESPN.com ranked Sessions among the top-five players now trade-eligible who might be on the move.

The news for Sessions' former teammate, Nick Fazekas, isn't good, either. The Wolf Pack's all-time leading scorer, who was playing in France, is apparently out three months with an ankle injury. That according to this story and this story, which is written in French. Based off my translations, he was injured during the first week of December and will miss most of the season. Fazekas also suffered through a pair of injuries while playing overseas last year. He only had one significant injury during his time at Nevada, and that was an ankle sprain. During his sophomore season, Fazekas broke his nose and had to wear a plastic mask (proof below).

[rimrocker26]

Sessions just passed Snyder in total NBA points scored. And he should easily pass Johnny High and David Wood this year, putting him at the 2nd highest scoring pro we've had behind Edgar Jones.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/colleges.cgi?college=nevada

It will be interesting to see where he gets traded. I'd love to see him be the starter somewhere. New York would still be an amazing fit.

[oldballcoach]

I'm thinking Oklahoma City. Team has the cap room and is trying to make a playoff push, so if they can't land a big man then a versatile talent like Ramon would be the next best thing.

[chriswebb86]

I think whoever gets him will have a really good player. I wish he could land on a team that needed him to be their starter. For the most part he puts up great numbers.

[buzzt14]

Ramon has always seemed to not play as well coming off the bench, but he always performs when given the start. So hopefully he goes somewhere he can start.

[geezer1]

Refreshing attitude from Ramon, he is just a class act and any city/team will be lucky to get him.