Wolves season watch thread for the 2021 pick

Post #61 » by **FNQ** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:32 pm

Rubio dragging the team as selfish and “worse than our record” is music to my ears 4 games in

I mean that’s gotta be pretty telling right? When only after 4 games a veteran, passing PG is calling out team mentality?

KevinMcreynolds · Post #62 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:13 pm

Coxy wrote:Dlo -26 and Edwards -21 on court against the Clips today, yikes.

with Wiggins sucking butt to open the season I think I quickly forgot how awful DLo was for us last season. Somehow, even when he was good he was bad. :crazy:

TB · Post #63 » by TB » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:27 pm

KevinMcreynolds wrote:
Coxy wrote:Dlo -26 and Edwards -21 on court against the Clips today, yikes.

with Wiggins sucking butt to open the season I think I quickly forgot how awful DLo was for us last season. Somehow, even when he was good he was bad.

Thats the key thing to remember anytime Wiggins has a rough game lol. We got the better of the two players and also got the Minny pick. Huge win.

likashing · Post #64 » by **likashing** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:29 pm

Coxy · Post #65 » by **Coxy** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:45 pm

PharmD wrote:
Coxy wrote:Dlo -26 and Edwards -21 on court against the Clips today, yikes.

DLo hit 4 straight threes in the 4th down 30. Take those out and his box score is a more honest reflection of how bad he was.

Yeah wow. That guy is maddening. Hope you guys can fool someone into taking him in trade.

azwfan · Post #66 » by **azwfan** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:47 pm

likashing wrote:Anyone thinks the pick’s value will be more depressed than 2020 if NCAA doesn’t resume?

For the 2020 picks, there was at least something to evaluate the players on.

Maybe I'm miss understanding your post but isn't the NCAA season already going?

Coxy · Post #67 » by **Coxy** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:59 pm

TB wrote:
KevinMcreynolds wrote:
Coxy wrote:Dlo -26 and Edwards -21 on court against the Clips today, yikes.

with Wiggins sucking butt to open the season I think I quickly forgot how awful DLo was for us last season. Somehow, even when he was good he was bad.

Thats the key thing to remember anytime Wiggins has a rough game lol. We got the better of the two players and also got the Minny pick. Huge win.

If Wiggins plays like he did yesterday even 3 out of every 5 games the trade is a slam dunk home run touch down double pike gold medal cigar smoking victory lap.

I think lost in it all was just how terrible Dlo really was. I'm not sure whether Myers and co. actually thought Dlo could be something good, or if they just thought he was a max contract slot that they could pump up as a trade asset to shift on quickly, but either way Bob pulled that trigger. Minny really did turn out to be our only trade partner though because of KAT being his mate. Wiggins was not ideal, but that was the market for Dlo in the end, and GM's knew it. We are so lucky KAT was pining for him publicly and that Minny was currently not a very desireable destination for players. Minny hands were tied, Bob pounced and swapped Dlo for a better fit, and for a guy that was showing signs of playing defence. That pick, well, gravy.

It could all change though. It's a trade that both teams will revisit for years to come.

likashing · Post #68 » by **likashing** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:41 pm

azwfan wrote:Maybe I'm miss understanding your post but isn't the NCAA season already going?

You are right. wtf was I thinking :lol:

Mylie10 · Post #69 » by **Mylie10** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:56 pm

KevinMcreynolds wrote:
Coxy wrote:Dlo -26 and Edwards -21 on court against the Clips today, yikes.

with Wiggins sucking butt to open the season I think I quickly forgot how awful DLo was for us last season. Somehow, even when he was good he was bad.

What was funny to me was how much Kerr hated him, and how quickly he got the front office to dump him.

ChuckDurn · Post #70 » by **ChuckDurn** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:00 pm

floppymoose wrote:Minny's January schedule is cupcake city. At least GS is on it twice, so they have a chance to influence things.

If the Wolves don’t have Towns for part or most of January, who in the league can they beat? They started Russell, Rubio, Beasley (playing up at 3), Jarrett Culver (playing up at 4), and Naz Reid yesterday, and aside from Edwards, their best bench player might be Jordan McLaughlin.

Their frontcourt - or really, anybody taller than about 6’5” - is abysmal without Towns. It’s Detroit-level bleak, maybe worse, without Towns. If January is the easy part of their schedule, they’re not going to do well without Towns, and then they’ll struggle mightily against a harder schedule when he’s back.

Coxy · Post #71 » by **Coxy** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:50 am

ChuckDurn wrote:
floppymoose wrote:Minny's January schedule is cupcake city. At least GS is on it twice, so they have a chance to influence things.

If the Wolves don’t have Towns for part or most of January, who in the league can they beat? They started Russell, Rubio, Beasley (playing up at 3), Jarrett Culver (playing up at 4), and Naz Reid yesterday, and aside from Edwards, their best bench player might be Jordan McLaughlin.

Their frontcourt - or really, anybody taller than about 6’5” - is abysmal without Towns. It’s Detroit-level bleak, maybe worse, without Towns. If January is the easy part of their schedule, they’re not going to do well without Towns, and then they’ll struggle mightily against a harder schedule when he’s back.

That’s a grim outlook. Winter is coming.

HiRez · Post #72 » by **HiRez** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:01 am

I never wish injuries on players, but it's an excellent circumstance for us. While he's out, I hope they lose every game. Yeah, they should remain pretty horrible while he's out and struggle to beat just about anyone. We play them back to back Jan 25 and 27, great opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone. Or 4 birds with 2 stones. Or whatever.

Post #73 » by **floppymoose** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:12 am

I didnt realize KAT was out.

Mylie10 · Post #74 » by **Mylie10** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:26 am

We don’t want them to be number one bad. Just number four

Little Digger · Post #75 » by **Little Digger** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:29 am

Mylie10 wrote:We don’t want them to be number one bad. Just number four

Looking at the odds and the prospects, #1 bad seems like a strong set up for us

Mylie10 · Post #76 » by **Mylie10** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:31 am

Little Digger wrote:
Mylie10 wrote:We don’t want them to be number one bad. Just number four

Looking at the odds and the prospects, #1 bad seems like a strong set up for us

Because you want the 2022 outright? I know

Mylie10 · Post #77 » by **Mylie10** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:47 am

The Athletic - Minnesota

Then KAT got hurt, followed by Okogie. Beasley, with a fat new long-term contract paid him by an organization that has steadfastly supported him through his legal travails during the offseason, clearly felt the need to ratchet up his game in response. You could practically smell the overheated smoke arising from his maniacal effort, shearing the gears off his calibration controls.

Beasley was the most obvious of the players coach Ryan Saunders had in mind when he declared that the Clippers game got away from the Wolves as early as the first quarter “when we started trying to do our own thing, both offensively and defensively.” But in truth, smoothly translating chalkboard X’s and O’s into competent execution was going to be a painstaking process throughout the season anyway; never mind that consequential injuries and recent underperformance have the brain trust already tweaking “the system” in some significant ways already.

Beasley is not the only one struggling to synergize the individual and collective learning process. The elixir ingredient in Culver’s dramatic offseason improvement was the confidence he regained from diligent drills. His recent slump has resurrected the demon of his self-doubt. Rookie Anthony Edwards has appropriately basked in the celebratory flow of his swagger, but after his first clank-fest on the court he allowed between boasts that back-to-back games in the NBA were surprisingly tough. And you know Layman and Juancho Hernangomez are not sleeping well after their flagrantly horrible starts to the season.

Lol, so good

killmongrel · Post #78 » by **killmongrel** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:55 am

Didn't Rubio just call out his teammates? Mmmmmmmm that pick is getting tasty.

HiRez · Post #79 » by **HiRez** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:29 am

Mylie10 wrote:
Little Digger wrote:
Mylie10 wrote:We don’t want them to be number one bad. Just number four

Looking at the odds and the prospects, #1 bad seems like a strong set up for us

Because you want the 2022 outright? I know

I'd rather take the #4 pick (hypothetically) next year than have the unrestricted pick in 2022. Because you just never know.

ChuckDurn · Post #80 » by **ChuckDurn** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:50 am

HiRez wrote:
Mylie10 wrote:
Little Digger wrote:Looking at the odds and the prospects, #1 bad seems like a strong set up for us

Because you want the 2022 outright? I know

I'd rather take the #4 pick (hypothetically) next year than have the unrestricted pick in 2022. Because you just never know.

The #4 pick next year is the best scenario for us, in all honesty. They may not fit real well together, but Towns and Edwards have a lot of talent, Russell can put the ball in the hoop, and if you add a top-3 pick in this upcoming draft (likely Cunningham, Mobley, or Suggs), it’s doubtful that the 2021-22 version of the Wolves is bad enough (again) to result in a 2022 pick better than what the #4 pick will be in 2021.