Fun facts and unreal stats

thinktank · Post #221 » by **thinktank** » Fri Apr 7, 2023 8:08 pm

younggunsmn wrote:
thinktank wrote:Why do you care how much Rudy of all people is generating his own shots?

Because a guy who creates his own offense and offense for others is 10X more valuable than a guy who can only finish lobs and has to be spoonfed. Or the league would be full of DeAndre Jordans instead of everyone looking for Donovan Mitchells.
Volume matters and range matters. KAT and NAZ being able to touch 60% and shoot 3's is much more impressive.

That .658 number looks nice on paper but any 7 foot stiff can get close to that if he's only finishing off passes inside of 5 feet.
How much is that really worth compared to how much you are hamstringing your teammates by being no threat to shoot dribble or pass?

Check out Rudy’s win / loss record and you tell me. He’s a big-time winning player.

TimberKat · Post #222 » by **TimberKat** » Sat Apr 8, 2023 11:12 pm

With today's win, Finch now owns 6 of Wolves' top 10 highest single game high scores. 4 of those are this season's. Yet another bipolar stat consider we see how this team sometimes struggle to score.

Finch is also the second coach to have two non losing seasons ( hopefully tomorrow I could say two consecutive winning seasons).

That is unreal stats for a 33 year franchise.

TimberKat · Post #223 » by **TimberKat** » Sun Apr 9, 2023 4:52 pm

We are 17-18 vs under .500 teams. The next worst playoff teams vs under .500 is 12 losses. So, if we're were anywhere close to that like 14 losses, We would be playing for the 4th seed today.

Just wins vs Bulls and POR games alone, would put us in control of getting the 5th seed today. We would be talking about Finch as the best thing since the invention of disposable diapers. Let's give him an extension before it's too late. How great the Gobert deal had worked for us to weather Towns' injury. What a crazy season.

shrink · Post #224 » by **shrink** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:05 pm

Ant finished the regular season 12th in Defensive Win Shares

Defensive Win Shares
1. Evan Mobley • CLE 4.8
2. Nikola Vučević • CHI 4.4
3. Jayson Tatum • BOS 4.3
4. Nic Claxton • BRK 4.0
5. Jarrett Allen • CLE 4.0
6. Joel Embiid • PHI 3.9
7. Brook Lopez • MIL 3.9
8. Bam Adebayo • MIA 3.8
9. Jaren Jackson Jr. • MEM 3.8
10. Nikola Jokić • DEN 3.8
11. Giannis Antetokounmpo • MIL 3.7
12. Anthony Edwards • MIN 3.6
13. Donovan Mitchell • CLE 3.5
14. Rudy Gobert • MIN 3.5
15. Anthony Davis • LAL 3.4

Neeva · Post #225 » by **Neeva** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:16 pm

Where is Jaden?

younggunsmn · Post #226 » by **younggunsmn** » Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:14 pm

shrink wrote:Ant finished the regular season 12th in Defensive Win Shares

Defensive Win Shares
1. Evan Mobley • CLE 4.8
2. Nikola Vučević • CHI 4.4
3. Jayson Tatum • BOS 4.3
4. Nic Claxton • BRK 4.0
5. Jarrett Allen • CLE 4.0
6. Joel Embiid • PHI 3.9
7. Brook Lopez • MIL 3.9
8. Bam Adebayo • MIA 3.8
9. Jaren Jackson Jr. • MEM 3.8
10. Nikola Jokić • DEN 3.8
11. Giannis Antetokounmpo • MIL 3.7
12. Anthony Edwards • MIN 3.6
13. Donovan Mitchell • CLE 3.5
14. Rudy Gobert • MIN 3.5
15. Anthony Davis • LAL 3.4

9 of the top 10 players being PF/Centers (and Vucevic 2nd on a horrible defensive team LOL) should tell you all you need to know about the relative value (or lack therof) of that stat. Also big LOL to Mitchell being tied with Gobert.
Nice to see Ant as the 2nd guard/wing on the list though. He gets more rebounds and ST/OCKS than Jaden which will bump the stat.
Doesn't mean he's a better defender though.

If we made our personnel decisions based on overall Win Shares we would be trading KAT and Gobert for Miles Plumlee and Nic Claxton.

Post #227 » by **Klomp** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:31 am

The Timberwolves have more 82-game seasons below 20 wins (5) than seasons above 50 wins (4) in franchise history. Just keep that in mind when folks call for Finch's head after consecutive winning seasons.

TimberKat · Post #228 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:37 am

Klomp wrote:The Timberwolves have more 82-game seasons below 20 wins (5) than seasons above 50 wins (4) in franchise history. Just keep that in mind when folks call for Finch's head after consecutive winning seasons.

Yet our draft records don't reflect those below 20 game seasons. We draft like we winning championships every other year.

Baseline81 · Post #229 » by **Baseline81** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:06 am

Klomp wrote:The Timberwolves have more 82-game seasons below 20 wins (5) than seasons above 50 wins (4) in franchise history. Just keep that in mind when folks call for Finch's head after consecutive winning seasons.

Oh please, we all agreed going into the season this was one of the most talented teams the Wolves have ever had.

As I stated before, Finch has proven to be an actual NBA coach, however, that doesn't mean he's immune to criticism. Most importantly for him, his tenure followed Saunders.

younggunsmn · Post #230 » by **younggunsmn** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:01 am

Klomp wrote:The Timberwolves have more 82-game seasons below 20 wins (5) than seasons above 50 wins (4) in franchise history. Just keep that in mind when folks call for Finch's head after consecutive winning seasons.

I will give FInch a pass for this season because Connelly blew up the roster Finch succeeded with last year.

Us being the franchise with the worst winning % in all of pro sports doesn't excuse the massive regular season underachievement.
Most of you were predicting 50+ wins.
The truth is the west was awful this year and basically only 3 teams really earned their way into the playoffs.

I would fire Connelly and his whole staff before I would fire Finch, he's ultimately more responsible.
Finch overachieved last year with 47 wins when no one expected us to make the playoffs.
He deserves another year for that.

younggunsmn · Post #231 » by **younggunsmn** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:25 am

wrong thread

Post #232 » by **Klomp** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:33 pm

Read on Twitter

shrink · Post #233 » by **shrink** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:57 pm

Klomp wrote:

Read on Twitter

I had to look it up. We lost all three - not surprisingly.

However, if you remember the game he sat, Shabazz Muhammad had the game of his life …!

shrink · Post #234 » by **shrink** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:38 pm

Tuesday night's play-in game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers averaged 3.47 million viewers on TNT.

The viewership stands as the second largest in play-in game history, only trailing the Lakers game against the Warriors from two years ago. It was also the second most-watched game of the season on cable, trailing the Lakers-Warriors game from opening night.

BlacJacMac · Post #235 » by **BlacJacMac** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:05 pm

shrink wrote:
Tuesday night's play-in game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers averaged 3.47 million viewers on TNT.

The viewership stands as the second largest in play-in game history, only trailing the Lakers game against the Warriors from two years ago. It was also the second most-watched game of the season on cable, trailing the Lakers-Warriors game from opening night.

Nice that our meltdown had such a large audience...

shrink · Post #236 » by **shrink** » Mon May 1, 2023 6:30 pm

Jaylen Nowell played one minute more than Naz Reid this season.

TimberKat · Post #237 » by **TimberKat** » Tue May 2, 2023 3:35 am

shrink wrote:Jaylen Nowell played one minute more than Naz Reid this season.

That is 600 minutes too many for Nowell.

Post #238 » by **Calinks** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:04 pm

Even the Nuggets say we gave them the best fight. Told you, we are ELITE!

Read on Twitter

KGdaBom · Post #239 » by **KGdaBom** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:33 pm

shrink wrote:
Klomp wrote:

Read on Twitter

I had to look it up. We lost all three - not surprisingly.

However, if you remember the game he sat, Shabazz Muhammad had the game of his life …!

Bazz pretty much beat the best team in NBA history all by himself that day.

Post #240 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:38 pm

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