The Official Wolves vs Grizzlies Series Thread

Post #281 » by **Calinks** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:14 am

King Malta wrote:Well, that was even more fun than the play-in win

Edwards is absolutely terrifying. If you'd have told me 12 months ago that it wouldn't be outlandish to say this kid could end up as the best Timberwolf of all time I'd have scoffed more than a little bit.

Regardless of what happens for the rest of this series, we've got ourselves a team here.

I remember when I was worried he was another Wiggins or Wes Johnson. :lol:

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #282 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:38 am

Hey now…what do you have against “wild” Wes Johnson?

karch34 · Post #283 » by **karch34** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:04 am

Great win. We’re not contenders, but this experience will be very beneficial. So excited that Ant is not affected by the magnitude of it all.

Post #284 » by **floppymoose** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:30 am

Nice job on game 1 win! Memphis is my pick to win it all but I'm hoping MIN wins.

Slim Tubby · Post #285 » by **Slim Tubby** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:41 am

Calinks wrote:
King Malta wrote:Well, that was even more fun than the play-in win

Edwards is absolutely terrifying. If you'd have told me 12 months ago that it wouldn't be outlandish to say this kid could end up as the best Timberwolf of all time I'd have scoffed more than a little bit.

Regardless of what happens for the rest of this series, we've got ourselves a team here.

I remember when I was worried he was another Wiggins or Wes Johnson.

I wanted Wiseman.

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winforlose · Post #286 » by **winforlose** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:47 am

My father and I were discussing the series and I said to him that any game we play against them is 50-50 that we win it. He responded by saying a lot had to go right for us to win tonight. The key flaw in his argument, and something I don’t think we talked about enough, is how many Wolves had bad games tonight. Dlo and Naz were both awful. JMAC and Prince were both well below their usual standard, and V8 wasn’t bad per se, but also didn’t move the needle much in this one. Beverly was good but was by no means at his best. We had four players have great games (Ant, KAT, Beasley, and MCD,) and everyone else was average or below. I am not saying this to complain, I am saying this to point out, we have a margin for error that should not be overlooked. Now I sincerely hope we don’t need to dig into it in the next game, but to say everything had to go just so and every chip had to fall just the right way is not correct. We had a lot of bad bounces with the refs and half the team played average to poorly and we still won.

life_saver · Post #287 » by **life_saver** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:56 am

There were some possessions today where KAT was doubled and he quickly passed it out off the double instead of taking lot of time before passing it. The possessions where he passed it out quickly when doubled were so much more productive..he needs to keep doing this more frequently.

life_saver · Post #288 » by **life_saver** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:58 am

Another key dynamic in this matchup is how KAT is a bad matchup for Adams. Will this force Grizzlies to bench Adams and go with JJJ or Anderson at 5? If so, then that would also take away one of Grizzlies's big weapons - their offensive rebounding which is just amazing when Adams is on floor. It will be an interesting decision for Grizzlies coaching staff to make.

winforlose · Post #289 » by **winforlose** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:42 am

life_saver wrote:Another key dynamic in this matchup is how KAT is a bad matchup for Adams. Will this force Grizzlies to bench Adams and go with JJJ or Anderson at 5? If so, then that would also take away one of Grizzlies's big weapons - their offensive rebounding which is just amazing when Adams is on floor. It will be an interesting decision for Grizzlies coaching staff to make.

I think they know they cannot have Adams on Towns outside the paint. More likely JJJ will guard Towns and Adams will guard V8. The problem for the Griz is Adams isn’t quick enough to take full advantage of that strategy. Also JJJ is foul prone and already has 1 tech. Two more or one more and a flagrant and he will be suspended.

As big an issue as defending KAT is, the Griz are realizing they also need a plan for Ant. I felt like the extra attention was on Dlo today and that likely cannot continue. Opportunities will abound as we match up very well against Memphis.

Any of our advanced stat guys can you please help me out? I keep looking for pace stats on this game and I just cannot find it. I appreciate anything you can do.

theGreatRC · Post #290 » by **theGreatRC** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:49 am

I wonder if Grizz will sit Adams and start Clarke with JJJ on Towns? Then try to do the Clippers strat on KAT?

If so, DLO needs to be locked n loaded

winforlose · Post #291 » by **winforlose** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:54 am

Anyone else wondering if we got the leagues attention with this win? All eyes north indeed

Post #292 » by **Calinks** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:56 am

Guarantee the Grizzlies will attempt to pull a Clippers. Every team will. They are also going to attack KAT hard to get him flustered and in foul trouble. We are really going to have to hope that Towns keeps his head, that's going to be their main plan IMO. It will probably be their best shot too as Ant and Dlo are no consistent enough to guarantee they can make Memphis pay if KAT gets shut down.

GopherIt! · Post #293 » by **GopherIt!** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:02 am

An And1 for Edwards is an “Ant1”

moss_is_1 · Post #294 » by **moss_is_1** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:16 am

GopherIt! wrote:An And1 for Edwards is an “Ant1”

Found Dave Benz on RGM.

GopherIt! · Post #295 » by **GopherIt!** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:47 am

moss_is_1 wrote:
GopherIt! wrote:An And1 for Edwards is an “Ant1”

Found Dave Benz on RGM.

I’m in Laker/Clips/Doyer/Rams/ Chargers/ Raiders/USC/Kings territory. I don’t have cable. I like to go out. I pick a bar w a ton of screens & ask to get the Wolves game on one screen. I never get audio. Sometimes the bar person asks me, “u said the Wizards?” They don’t even know we have an nba team. :nonono:

It was fun having a bunch of loud Laker fans cheering for the Wolves against their hated rival Clippers, meanwhile of course I had to listen to the Doyers announcers as the Twins bullpen imploded.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #296 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:48 am

Calinks wrote:Guarantee the Grizzlies will attempt to pull a Clippers. Every team will. They are also going to attack KAT hard to get him flustered and in foul trouble. We are really going to have to hope that Towns keeps his head, that's going to be their main plan IMO. It will probably be their best shot too as Ant and Dlo are no consistent enough to guarantee they can make Memphis pay if KAT gets shut down.

Memphis doesn’t have the personnel to pull what LA did. Batum was an absolute menace. Very smart, seasoned defender.

Probably also gets us to play mcdaniels more if they have to pull adams and stick jjj and Clarke out there.

GopherIt! · Post #297 » by **GopherIt!** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:15 am

RoCo &/or Batum would be a nice addition to Minny’s front court.

King Malta · Post #298 » by **King Malta** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:16 am

GopherIt! wrote:RoCo &/or Batum would be a nice addition to Minny’s front court.

We tried that years ago :lol:

GopherIt! · Post #299 » by **GopherIt!** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:17 am

King Malta wrote:
GopherIt! wrote:RoCo &/or Batum would be a nice addition to Minny’s front court.

We tried that years ago

Wasn’t he also “manna from heaven” or was that just Donnie Darko?

King Malta · Post #300 » by **King Malta** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:26 am

GopherIt! wrote:
King Malta wrote:
GopherIt! wrote:RoCo &/or Batum would be a nice addition to Minny’s front court.

We tried that years ago

Wasn’t he also “manna from heaven” or was that just Donnie Darko?

Haha that was Darko. Portland (?) ended up matching our Batum offer.

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