Mega Thread Minnesota Timberwolves Thread - The Finch Era begins

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[Dannnnnnnnnn]

The prevailing rhetoric seems to be, "This is how bad Minnesota's depth is," but I just don't buy it. Jones, Crawford, Bjelica and Dieng are four very handy players coming off the bench. The problem is when they all play together, but that's not necessary if you stagger your rotations appopriately.

There is absolutely no excuse for our starters to be playing such exorbitant minutes. There was last year, but not this year.

 

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Very winnable runs of games coming up

@OKC
LAC
@MEM
@LAC
DAL
PHI
SAC
PHX
POR
@DEN
at PHX

@OKC L
LAC W
@MEM L
@LAC W
DAL
PHI
SAC
PHX
POR
@DEN
at PHX
@ LAL
DEN

Good to see Justin Patton make his debut G-League. 15/7 in 16 minutes.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Not really news to anybody but KG much clearer than he has been in the past here:

"I don't want to be partners with Glen [Taylor], and I wouldn't want to be partners with Glen in Minnesota," he said. "I would love to be part of a group that buys him out and kind of removes him and go forward."

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...mberwolves-and-to-kind-of-remove-glen-taylor/

 

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Also:

 

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Shabazz Muhammad turned down a four-year, $40 million contract extension from the Minnesota Timberwolves before the 16-17 season, according to Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune.

 

[mockingbeat]

Minutes looked a lot better today.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Blowout. Close game Thibs rides the starters just as hard

Brooks getting 2 minutes in a blowout is criminal.

Georges hunt played a bit with Gibson looking tired, But he looked ok, not enough to say if he belongs in the league, but he didn;t do anything to look out of place, moved the ball, shot when he needed to.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

shot when he needed to.

Passed up a couple good 3s but I'm sure that'll come with more time/experience.

He needs more minutes. We need him to stick for the sake of our depth/minutes so we need to trial him more. Has looked good in limited outings for mine. Really solid defence.

 

[mockingbeat]

What the hell did I just watch.

 

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While i disagree with Wiggins and he's gotten a lot better, Towns is known

 

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@OKC L
LAC W
@MEM L
@LAC W
DAL. W
PHI. L
SAC. W
PHX. L
POR. W
@DEN. W
at PHX. W
@ LAL
DEN

Good to see Justin Patton make his debut G-League. 15/7 in 16 minutes.

Patton and Brown joining squad while G-League is in recess over Christmas.

 

[mockingbeat]

Nice to see us hopefully hold onto this lead

 

[power09]

I haven't read anything official but watching the game Teague looked like he did his ACL

 

[Wadsworth]

I haven't read anything official but watching the game Teague looked like he did his ACL

Mild MCL apparently. Will likely miss a few weeks. It'll be nice to see what Tyus Jones can do in a bigger role, but it makes the bench that much thinner.

 

[power09]

Mild MCL apparently. Will likely miss a few weeks. It'll be nice to see what Tyus Jones can do in a bigger role, but it makes the bench that much thinner.

Hopefully not, I think Thibbs has a lot of faith in Aaron Brooks

 

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Again. A 15 point lead wasted. And this one bites us in the ass. Unlike Denver. Jimmy couldnt carry us to a win (useless!!!)

Really bad rotations and being sucked in when a player ices the driving player and kicking it out. Wiggins ball watches draws in and suddenly an open 3. Or a big (Towns has gotten better at it but still sucks) will go for the block and leave an easy wrap around pasa/dunkm thats where 8-0 run from milwaukee came from. Slow closeouts from Crawford/Wiggins and Dieng doing his best towns impression


We should be on a 5-0 run. Notched teo back to back road trip wins. However the confidence we got from beating Denver is worthless now

Having Teague out for a month sucks. Having a player who can get a high percentage shot when the offense is struggling is great (Hey wiggins contested jump shot 2!) but things run smoothly with him (Nothing against Jones. Earns every minute he gets. Super on the defensive end)

However its time for Wiggins to move the ball more. Play the pick and roll more with KAT

And bite the bullet and trade Dieng+first for Robin Lopez. Someone who is solid defensively and hustles way more.

Or even Tyson Chandler and play Towns more at the 4

 

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Sneaky success story of this season is Tyus Jones. We've found a legit player.

 

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We came out with a 15-0 run against Indiana, Currently 9-0 against lakers, Wew!

 

[power09]

Towns has been phenomenal lately, his screening and passing have improved dramatically and its helping everybody play better

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Haven't been able to watch much lately but man I love watching Tyus play. Teague is undoubtedly better in a lot of areas but the game just flows so much better with Jones at PG in my opinion.

 

[stewie griffen]

Odds on trading for niko ?

 

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Odds on trading for niko ?

With what? He's UFA at the end of the season?