Pre-season begins !!!

Post #121 » by **C.lupus** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 2:33 pm

Cleveland is going to take some time to gel. They have three alpha dogs so they are going to have to figure out the pecking order after Lebron and learn to play with each other and in a new system. Love should be able to focus a bit more on defense now that he doesn't have to be the one-man scoring machine for the franchise.

Post #122 » by **Klomp** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 6:16 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/PhilErvin/status/519188370782978049[/tweet]

Post #123 » by **Calinks** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 6:18 pm

Agree with Lupus. Love will be fine. He has never had this many talented players around except for team USA. He is figuring out his role, he's not the man anymore and he doesn't need to go HAM to get buckets. He is going to find his place, find his spots and go from there. He will put more effort into defense because he doesn't have to expend so much energy on offense and because the bar is higher now. He simply cant get away without playing defense in that environment. Give him time and he will be good. Maybe not 26 and 14 every night but he will give the Cavs whatever numbers they need from him.

Post #124 » by **Klomp** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 12:23 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DarrenWolfson/status/519158426203467776[/tweet]

AQuintus · Post #125 » by **AQuintus** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 12:30 am

Klomp wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/PhilErvin/status/519188370782978049[/tweet]

The only cuts that will be relevant will be Barea vs GRIII vs Hummel.

southern wolf · Post #126 » by **southern wolf** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 1:18 am

Is the game against the Pacers tomorrow going to be a TV game?

Note30 · Post #127 » by **Note30** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 5:28 am

southern wolf wrote:Is the game against the Pacers tomorrow going to be a TV game?

According to NBA.com there isn't any TV info for any Wolves games until OCT 22.

Note30 · Post #128 » by **Note30** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 5:30 am

southern wolf wrote:Is the game against the Pacers tomorrow going to be a TV game?

Timberwolves PR is saying the Friday game and the one on the 22nd are the only televised preseason game.

Post #129 » by **Basti** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 8:20 am

Couldn't find anything on the Pacers homepage either. Doesn't look like there will be any pie either

Post #130 » by **Klomp** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 10:07 am

Basti wrote:Couldn't find anything on the Pacers homepage either. Doesn't look like there will be any pie either

Correct.

From my research, the only games we'll be able to watch are vs PHI, at MIL, and at CHI (Chicago pie). Maybe there will be an arena feed floating around somewhere, but I doubt it.

Feilong · Post #131 » by **Feilong** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 4:22 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JerryZgoda/status/519521528321286145[/tweet]

InfraRen · Post #132 » by **InfraRen** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 4:58 pm

Drat on Bennett

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/519531618021961728[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Kyle_Ratke/status/519532280960667648[/tweet]

Feilong · Post #133 » by **Feilong** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:33 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/twolvesnow/status/522451937992900608[/tweet]

Post #134 » by **Klomp** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:54 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JerryZgoda/status/522455253174980610[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/PhilErvin/status/522453448349208576[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/MNTimberwolves/status/522453798451941376[/tweet]

Post #135 » by **Klomp** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:31 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/522826074527248384[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/522477095604461569[/tweet]

Post #136 » by **Klomp** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:05 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6AgPqvg7E[/youtube]

NBADraft2003 · Post #137 » by **NBADraft2003** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:22 pm

How is Turiaf doing for you guys now and was he good last season?

Post #138 » by **Basti** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:01 pm

NBADraft2003 wrote:How is Turiaf doing for you guys now and was he good last season?

He was hurt several times, unfortunately, but whenever he played fans really loved him as far as I can say. I really love having him on the team. Perfect 3rd string center. Even when he's not on the court he's a joy to watch whenever he reacts to a great play by a teammate or similar stuff.

In a way, though, it wasn't too bad he was out injured because it forced Adelman to play Dieng and we got to see a glimpse of what Dieng can do.

Feilong · Post #139 » by **Feilong** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:12 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JimPeteHoops/status/524384667106295809[/tweet]

Feilong · Post #140 » by **Feilong** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:12 am

C/P from canishoopus site. Don't know if numbers are accurate.

I compiled all of our preseason stats so far.

Here are the aggregate plus/minus numbers:

Ricky Rubio: 30
Corey Brewer: 16
Nikola Pekovic: 11
Kevin Martin: 9
Brady Heslip: 8
Gorgui Dieng: 7
Glenn Robinson III: 7
Anthony Bennett: 2
Chase Budinger: 1
Andrew Wiggins: 0
Thaddeus Young: -1
Mo Williams: -1
J.J. Barea: -1
Robbie Hummel: -5
Ronny Turiaf: -5
Kyrylo Fesenko: -9
Shabazz Muhammad: -13
Zach LaVine: -36

Notes:
Mo Williams is on fire, with an 0.812 TS% and 26.6 PTS36. He’s carrying the scoring load. Dieng has done well, too. Bennett has rebounded well, but his per-36 numbers and shooting efficiency aren’t great. LaVine has been truly terrible (TS% = 0.385, 3.4 AST36, 6.2 TO36). Team-wide TS% = 0.508. And that’s with Mo Williams shooting the lights out.
by Madison Dan on Oct 20, 2014 | 1:11 PM reply