Wolves vs. Denver Jan 03

[Dewey]

man ... I just cannot stand watching Love lumber down the floor anymore. Last year he was running the floor well and this season he's merely loping. What a slug

[southern wolf]

man ... I just cannot stand watching Love lumber down the floor anymore. Last year he was running the floor well and this season he's merely loping. What a slug

I think that's because last year he was the fittest he'd ever been in his life and he has let himself go a little bit this season, as he has said.

[southern wolf]

JJ Barea deserves more credit tonight. He was huge in the last quarter.

[Saltine]

JJ rocks

[Dual]

jj's won us the game again, sometimes he plays really bad, but you have to give him credit, he has the balls to carry the team in really difficult situations.
Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrooooooooo!

[Klomp]

“@JerryZgoda: George Karl post-game: "I think Minnesota at times plays better without Love. They're kind of a machine-like offense."�

[[RCG]]

“@JerryZgoda: George Karl post-game: "I think Minnesota at times plays better without Love. They're kind of a machine-like offense."�

I was just going to post that.

[Murphs56]

Ok, so lets bench Pekovic as well considering he was in constant foul trouble tonight and didn't contribute much of anything. So good, we can win a game without Love and Pekovic when Denver absolutely stinks down the stretch.

Honestly, 17 rebounds in 24 minutes against one of the best rebounding squads in the NBA is pretty damn impressive. If you don't think that contributed to the win, you weren't watching. Denver usually owns the glass and gets easy putbacks. Love controlled that area for the minutes he was in there. It really got Denver off rhythm the entire night and got people into foul trouble. Offensively, yes he's struggling and it's tough to watch, but His presence on the glass is necessary, especially against a team like Denver

[Krapinsky]

Ok, so lets bench Pekovic as well considering he was in constant foul trouble tonight and didn't contribute much of anything. So good, we can win a game without Love and Pekovic when Denver absolutely stinks down the stretch.

Honestly, 17 rebounds in 24 minutes against one of the best rebounding squads in the NBA is pretty damn impressive. If you don't think that contributed to the win, you weren't watching. Denver usually owns the glass and gets easy putbacks. Love controlled that area for the minutes he was in there. It really got Denver off rhythm the entire night and got people into foul trouble. Offensively, yes he's struggling and it's tough to watch, but His presence on the glass is necessary, especially against a team like Denver

And yet, despite all that we were down by 10 when Love went out.

[Dual]

Love needs time to put his body and his mind ready to play. I say, give him a couple of weeks of the court to work on his conditioning.

[Murphs56]

Love needs time to put his body and his mind ready to play. I say, give him a couple of weeks of the court to work on his conditioning.

Off the court? How can he work on his conditioning when he's not playing in games? You get into game shape by playing games. Unfortunately for him, he's suffered set back after set back and can't get into a rhythm. Rubio isn't in shape either you know

[Murphs56]

Ok, so lets bench Pekovic as well considering he was in constant foul trouble tonight and didn't contribute much of anything. So good, we can win a game without Love and Pekovic when Denver absolutely stinks down the stretch.

Honestly, 17 rebounds in 24 minutes against one of the best rebounding squads in the NBA is pretty damn impressive. If you don't think that contributed to the win, you weren't watching. Denver usually owns the glass and gets easy putbacks. Love controlled that area for the minutes he was in there. It really got Denver off rhythm the entire night and got people into foul trouble. Offensively, yes he's struggling and it's tough to watch, but His presence on the glass is necessary, especially against a team like Denver

And yet, despite all that we were down by 10 when Love went out.

Lets put it this way. We'll be a lottery team if Love doesn't turn it around. He's the best player on this team by miles and the team will go absolutely nowhere without him. That's me being a realist.

[Dual]

Love needs time to put his body and his mind ready to play. I say, give him a couple of weeks of the court to work on his conditioning.

Off the court? How can he work on his conditioning when he's not playing in games? You get into game shape by playing games. Unfortunately for him, he's suffered set back after set back and can't get into a rhythm. Rubio isn't in shape either you know

He came back too early, thats what i think, thats why he is allways hurt, he need to stop.
Rubio's case is different, he needs games to became the old Ricky we know.
Rubio isnt "fat" as Love and his knee is 100%, also they are taking care of him. But Love is out there like he was 100% and for me, right now he is 30% of his old self, and i dont think he needs more games to get in shape, he just need to get in shape by himself and rest to comeback at full strenght.

[Murphs56]

Some of you guys probably believe we would have blown the Thunder out by 15 if Love didn't play... You know because his 28 11 7 stat line didn't contribute much.

[Dual]

Some of you guys probably believe we would have blown the Thunder out by 15 if Love didn't play... You know because his 28 11 7 stat line didn't contribute much.

He played great that game, i dont say he dont, but remember it was a National TV game
He is not putting the same effort in non national tv games