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Nick K · Post #21 » by **Nick K** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:54 am

KAT is one helluva player. Make no mistake about it. Feed the beast!

He's not arguing calls to a large degree. Huge progress. Gotta love it.

Post #22 » by **Calinks** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:54 am

Huge run by the magic, we have to clamp this immediately.

Nick K · Post #23 » by **Nick K** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:54 am

Can we piss it away??

Post #24 » by **Calinks** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:57 am

Nick K wrote:KAT is one helluva player. Make no mistake about it. Feed the beast!

He's not arguing calls to a large degree. Huge progress. Gotta love it.

3 things I'd love to see.

No more arguing calls. So far he has been MUCH better in the last 5 or so games. Way better.

Fewer fouls

Better defense

He does all three and I will be very happy with Karl. Cutting out the whining has already made it so much easier to watch though.

Post #25 » by **Calinks** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:00 am

Rudy Gobert's favorite point guard of his career will be Karl-Anthony Towns. The only guy who was always looking to dump it to him.

Post #26 » by **Domejandro** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:01 am

I don’t understand why Towns is the only guy who understands how to pass to Rudy Gobert. It is very strange.

Dalvin · Post #27 » by **Dalvin** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:10 am

Seeing KAT-Gobert PnR game is so beautiful

Nick K · Post #28 » by **Nick K** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:12 am

We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

Post #29 » by **Calinks** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:19 am

Arrrrooooooooo!!!!

Didn't let the Magic crawl back in. They made a big push but we slammed the door in their face. Progress. We badly needed these last two wins.

Dalvin · Post #30 » by **Dalvin** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:20 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Loved to see the smiles, winning does cure everything. Need to go back to .500 and get over that hump. League better watch out when they start clicking and gelling!

Post #31 » by **Calinks** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:21 am

Nick K wrote:We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

I really think we will look like a different team when we get good guard play form the 1 and 2 on both ends. They need to defend but also get the ball moving and play with pace. We get that and it will be night and day. This is a guards game and Rudy and KAT need competent guard play to operate.

Dalvin · Post #32 » by **Dalvin** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:22 am

You know what stopped the bleeding for Minnesota? When KAT started feeding Gobert. Maybe that's why Finch really wanted those two to build chemistry together. The League doesn't know how to guard a 4-5 PnR set yet. Might not even have the personnel to stop it.

winforlose · Post #33 » by **winforlose** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:23 am

Calinks wrote:Arrrrooooooooo!!!!

Didn't let the Magic crawl back in. They made a big push but we slammed the door in their face. Progress. We badly needed these last two wins.

Taking care of business

Nick K · Post #34 » by **Nick K** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:24 am

Calinks wrote:
Nick K wrote:We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

I really think we will look like a different team when we get good guard play form the 1 and 2 on both ends. They need to defend but also get the ball moving and play with pace. We get that and it will be night and day. This is a guards game and Rudy and KAT need competent guard play to operate.

Without a doubt.

winforlose · Post #35 » by **winforlose** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:25 am

Domejandro wrote:I don’t understand why Towns is the only guy who understands how to pass to Rudy Gobert. It is very strange.

Even KAT sometimes throws bounce passes. Maybe one day Rudy will sit them down and teach them about lobs. Tall guys like nice high lobs so they can grab and slam. Not low bounce passes that they need to bend in traffic, secure, bring up through defenders, get over their head and then jump to slam. Rudy is a beast and when he hits his free throws he is in Uber beast mode.

winforlose · Post #36 » by **winforlose** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:29 am

When we contain the ball handlers and don’t let them break down our formations, our defense is solid. When our guards don’t contain the ball, we get unbalanced and give up a ton of open looks. Also, boxing out 1-5 is huge in preventing second chances points. Often those second chance points come when we are disorganized after going for the boards. Again, we need to maintain our defensive formations and make opponents take tough shots.

Jailblazers7 · Post #37 » by **Jailblazers7** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:17 am

Dalvin wrote:You know what stopped the bleeding for Minnesota? When KAT started feeding Gobert. Maybe that's why Finch really wanted those two to build chemistry together. The League doesn't know how to guard a 4-5 PnR set yet. Might not even have the personnel to stop it.

KAT clearly needs to be the hub of the offense, his playmaking has really elevated this year. The more the team minimizes DLo’s role and play through Towns the better they’ll be.

HHS43 · Post #38 » by **HHS43** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:24 am

Nick K wrote:We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

As long as teams like tanking Orlando are on the schedule with 3 starters out to boot!! Arooooo

winforlose · Post #39 » by **winforlose** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:31 am

HHS43 wrote:
Nick K wrote:We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

As long as teams like tanking Orlando are on the schedule with 3 starters out to boot!! Arooooo

You play the schedule you are given. Every team benefits from missing players. No one apologized when Gobert was out with Covid. You know this as well as anyone.

HHS43 · Post #40 » by **HHS43** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:35 am

winforlose wrote:
HHS43 wrote:
Nick K wrote:We're seeing glimpses of how good we can be! Rudy and Kat plus ANT! How good is that?

Let everybody else be the supporting players to those 3. The rest have to be able to get it on their own for the most part.

As long as teams like tanking Orlando are on the schedule with 3 starters out to boot!! Arooooo

You play the schedule you are given. Every team benefits from missing players. No one apologized when Gobert was out with Covid. You know this as well as anyone.

Weeeeell Mitchell & Allen out the other day, 50 pts and 16 boards out of the line up tonight. Meh prolly 2 loses instead on Ws