Game 21 : Minnesota Timberwolves (5-15) @ San Antonio Spurs (11-10) - 8:00 PM

[Sugarless]

Most baffling thing was why on earth was Beasley inbounding the ball on final play when he is the best 3 pt shooter on the team??

I love it. It's like when Thibs consistently had Zach inbounding the ball (and failing terribly) on final plays so Wiggins could take the shot, instead of having Ricky inbound and LaVine catch and shoot.

[Jedzz]

Most baffling thing was why on earth was Beasley inbounding the ball on final play when he is the best 3 pt shooter on the team??

I love it. It's like when Thibs consistently had Zach inbounding the ball (and failing terribly) on final plays so Wiggins could take the shot, instead of having Ricky inbound and LaVine catch and shoot.

Same thought here during game. I'm seeing Ricky trying to get open and cringing, why isn't he inbounding the pass?

If you want to tank games, save us the time and just forfeit.

[Jedzz]

Raps fan here. Watched the game to cheer on Edwards. Gotta say, even for an outsider watching Russell it is super frustrating. He kills any team momentum you guys have almost every time he steps on the court. I would be so mad if I were his teammates, he’s not good enough at all to be a ball hog but he is one of the biggest hogs in the entire league. I literally yelled ‘pass the ball to Edwards you idiot!!!’.

I think if you sat him your record would be much better. Dude needs a serious reality check, hopefully young Saunders has the guts to sit his a$$.

Anyways.... I’m cheering for you to improve. Edwards and KAT the future (with Dlo playing in China).

I came to the realization that DLo sucks like 10 games ago and have basically made my peace with it. It seems like the rest of the board is starting to move from the denial phase to the anger phase. I'm fully in the acceptance phase and am more interested in how to use his strengths and minimize the impact of his crippling weaknesses.

Your last sentence is the only one worth reading, sorry to say. It is the reality for almost all players not named Lebron and very few others. They mostly all have horrible weaknesses and if you played toward those you get the results you asked for. This is all coaching decisions.

To continue blaming Dlo for being Dlo is asking to never fix this. Which is how it always seems to go.

Said it in another post, but fans lambasted Butler for taking final shots in losses as well. No, none of them are Air Jordan making the baskets and drawing the foul. Doesn't mean they aren't the best this team has. Also doesn't mean the team needs to choose to play as if they have Michael Jordon. They can choose to play as a team. It's all on coaches. Direct it where it needs to be directed or accept that it never gets corrected.

[PharmD]

Raps fan here. Watched the game to cheer on Edwards. Gotta say, even for an outsider watching Russell it is super frustrating. He kills any team momentum you guys have almost every time he steps on the court. I would be so mad if I were his teammates, he’s not good enough at all to be a ball hog but he is one of the biggest hogs in the entire league. I literally yelled ‘pass the ball to Edwards you idiot!!!’.

I think if you sat him your record would be much better. Dude needs a serious reality check, hopefully young Saunders has the guts to sit his a$$.

Anyways.... I’m cheering for you to improve. Edwards and KAT the future (with Dlo playing in China).

I came to the realization that DLo sucks like 10 games ago and have basically made my peace with it. It seems like the rest of the board is starting to move from the denial phase to the anger phase. I'm fully in the acceptance phase and am more interested in how to use his strengths and minimize the impact of his crippling weaknesses.

Your last sentence is the only one worth reading, sorry to say. It is the reality for almost all players not named Lebron and very few others. They mostly all have horrible weaknesses and if you played toward those you get the results you asked for. This is all coaching decisions.

To continue blaming Dlo for being Dlo is asking to never fix this. Which is how it always seems to go.

Said it in another post, but fans lambasted Butler for taking final shots in losses as well. No, none of them are Air Jordan making the baskets and drawing the foul. Doesn't mean they aren't the best this team has. Also doesn't mean the team needs to choose to play as if they have Michael Jordon. They can choose to play as a team. It's all on coaches. Direct it where it needs to be directed or accept that it never gets corrected.

Jeddz, assuming that none of us are Gerson Rosas or Becky Taylor we can't do anything about the coaches or players. Nothing that we talk about is constructive or has any influence on the real world. Complaining about the players is just as meaningful as complaining about the coaches.

[wolves_89]

One thing I'd really love to see going forward is an attempt to run an offense and move the ball in the fourth quarter. A DLO iso can still be the default option at the end of the shot clock if the Wolves can't find a better shot. The possessions consisting solely of DLO dribbling around until he forces up a contested shot (with no passes) have got to stop.

[Jedzz]

I came to the realization that DLo sucks like 10 games ago and have basically made my peace with it. It seems like the rest of the board is starting to move from the denial phase to the anger phase. I'm fully in the acceptance phase and am more interested in how to use his strengths and minimize the impact of his crippling weaknesses.

Your last sentence is the only one worth reading, sorry to say. It is the reality for almost all players not named Lebron and very few others. They mostly all have horrible weaknesses and if you played toward those you get the results you asked for. This is all coaching decisions.

To continue blaming Dlo for being Dlo is asking to never fix this. Which is how it always seems to go.

Said it in another post, but fans lambasted Butler for taking final shots in losses as well. No, none of them are Air Jordan making the baskets and drawing the foul. Doesn't mean they aren't the best this team has. Also doesn't mean the team needs to choose to play as if they have Michael Jordon. They can choose to play as a team. It's all on coaches. Direct it where it needs to be directed or accept that it never gets corrected.

Jeddz, assuming that none of us are Gerson Rosas or Becky Taylor we can't do anything about the coaches or players. Nothing that we talk about is constructive or has any influence on the real world. Complaining about the players is just as meaningful as complaining about the coaches.

Oh I'm not so sure of that. Where do you think pressure comes from on Coaches and GMs on the hot seat? It doesn't come out of thin air. It starts somewhere and it reverberates with others if it's real and then...pressure. Now if enough people are drumming up the masses on something totally incorrect, whether they know it or not, and doing it enough it may well get picked up by others until the pressure builds and this faulty thinking now becomes common and the pressure builds all the same. Maybe a good player or good coach goes packing for all the wrong reasons. I've been talking about pressuring the right person to make this work better in a positive way. Instead of focusing on a smaller part of this that actually can impact this whole thing negatively if he's removed.