3 NBA Teams Who Should Pursue Minnesota Timberwolves’ Chase Budinger

October 17th, 2014 by Stephen Babb Leave a reply »

Kevin Love may not be the only veteran relocating from Minneapolis for the 2014-15 season.

Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski recently reported that, "The Minnesota Timberwolves are shopping forward Chase Budinger in trade talks, league sources told Yahoo Sports."

Wojnarowski cites league sources claiming that the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets are among the organizations that, "have shown an interest."

At least one other team has emerged as a possible candidate, according to the Sporting News' Sean Deveney:



There may well be additional suitors who emerge in the near-term, but all three of these clubs have good reason to be interested in the 26-year-old forward.

Injuries held Budinger to 41 games and a career-low 6.7 points per contest last season, but the 26-year-old still managed to convert on 35 percent of his three-point attempts. That's an important metric for any team doing its due diligence on the five-year veteran.

For his career, Budinger has averaged 3.4 three-point attempts per game. He'll grab a few rebounds and serve other glue-guy functions, but he ...

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