What do you do when your Franchise Player is not talking up his team in the offseason before a contract year?  When your Franchise Player, despite be one the most talented players in the league, can't get out of the first round of the playoffs?  Well you make some big moves or prepare yourself to drive him to the airport so that he can fly out to his new team.

The Wolves have decided on the first of those two options, having already brought in a championship winning point guard and center that most claim is just waiting to blossom the Wolves are trying to acquire All Star Latrell Sprewell.

In a deal that has been reported to involve as many as five teams, the Timberwolves look  be sending out Terrell Brandon's contract with backup center Marc Jackson.

In a deal that would give the Wolves one of the strongest backcourts in the league and the Knicks Keith Van Horn, Glenn Robinson will go to the 76ers with Brandon who will never paly again and will retire ending up in Atlanta.  That will then leave Jackson most probably joining Robinson in Philly with other player and/or draft picks being moved about as well.  Some reports have the Kings also involved in the deal but to what capacity at this time is anyone's guess.

In the other news the Wolves are reported to have had a preliminary discussion with free-agent swingman Eric Piatkowski.

Piatkowski, a nine-year veteran former Clipper, has a reputation as a pure shooter. He has made 40 percent of his three-point field-goal attempts.

Piatkowski is the Clippers' all-time leader in three-pointers made (738), attempted (1,835) and percentage (.402).