luther

I agree with Ruff Draft that it seems most likely that we will. First of all, as good as Jefferson has been, I doubt the Wolves want to risk ending up with only one player out of the Garnett trade. Gomes has proved himself to be a solid player in several aspects, and worth keeping around (although ideally his role would be reduced as other, more talented players step up and take his place...which is the same thing we said about Sam Mitchell here for about 6 years before it finally happened).

But if Gomes has unrealistic salary expectations, I really hope we don't re-sign him. I like him as a player, but if he ever matches his numbers from this season it's a bad, bad thing, because he was overused. We ought to look at him in that way: a very solid 7th man who can step in and start when necessary, either as we go very small or very big and he's filling a specific role. If he wants $3m a year, great. $4m a year and I get very nervous. Full midlevel and I laugh and tell him to **** off.