The Positivity Thread

[shangrila]

I'll say this, Beasley has been a huge bright spot for this team. I was dubious of re-signing him after the legal troubles and honestly skeptical that he could keep up his small sample size after the trade deadline but, even if he's not always consistent, the energy is always there and it's big.

Combine it with Edwards and even if I think about the worst happening (i.e. Towns demanding a trade) I feel confident that those 2 can carry the team going forward.

[Calinks]

I think we have a lot of young pieces that are nice. I don't think we can keep them all and we need to get some vets but I am intrigued by a lot of the youth. I can't be totally out on what this team is trying to do until I see KAt and DLO for many games together and see this team with a bit more to it like a PF and another shooter or two.

[Jedzz]

Dlo was last minute hero to stop the Saunders tank. They even made it happen in a dual PG rotation. Positivity Parade

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[Calinks]

Naz Reid
Jaden McDaniels
Anthony Edwards
Jaylen Nowell

All have shown signs of NBA-level talent. All look like they have a chance to be players in this league.

[m2002brian]

Naz Reid
Jaden McDaniels
Anthony Edwards
Jaylen Nowell

All have shown signs of NBA-level talent. All look like they have a chance to be players in this league.

Not included in this list....
DLo

[Klomp]

We won! Positivity!

[Klomp]

Naz Reid
Jaden McDaniels
Anthony Edwards
Jaylen Nowell

All have shown signs of NBA-level talent. All look like they have a chance to be players in this league.

Yet people want to fire the guy who drafted them all

[Calinks]

Naz Reid
Jaden McDaniels
Anthony Edwards
Jaylen Nowell

All have shown signs of NBA-level talent. All look like they have a chance to be players in this league.

Yet people want to fire the guy who drafted them all

I'm very suspicious of Rosas ability to daft top end talent. (Culver has looked mostly bad with some good and Edwards has a lot of bust potential still with what he has shown). I don't know if Rosas and his staff are great at talent evaluation early in the draft but they seem excellent at finding late talent/fringe players that fit their system.

I don't have much hope for Culver but if Edwards turns out to be really good, then I won't doubt Rosas' ability in that area. Right now though its very shaky with top draft picks.

[Dewey]

Naz Reid
Jaden McDaniels
Anthony Edwards
Jaylen Nowell

All have shown signs of NBA-level talent. All look like they have a chance to be players in this league.

Yet people want to fire the guy who drafted them all

I'm very suspicious of Rosas ability to daft top end talent. (Culver has looked mostly bad with some good and Edwards has a lot of bust potential still with what he has shown). I don't know if Rosas and his staff are great at talent evaluation early in the draft but they seem excellent at finding late talent/fringe players that fit their system.

I don't have much hope for Culver but if Edwards turns out to be really good, then I won't doubt Rosas' ability in that area. Right now though its very shaky with top draft picks.

Not like Rosas been handed god given talents in either draft position - sadly. Everyone is an expert that is not an expert

[theGreatRC]

We only need to be 4 games out of the final 2 seeds to be part of the play in.

Currently 6 out of the 8th seed (2 losses out of the play-in) with more than half a season to play and our best player has been out through most of it.

During that time, we've had some heart breaking losses, BUT we have found the players that can play (Jaden, Jaylen, Jarred) and found players who should NOT be playing (Okogie, Culver, Juancho) so the rotations should be better when we insert our big man.

DLO/Ricky or Jmac
Beasley/Nowell
Edwards/Layman
Mcdaniels/Vanderbilt
KAT/Naz

That should be the rotation going forward and the others will have to earn their way back

[Note30]

We only need to be 4 games out of the final 2 seeds to be part of the play in.

Currently 6 out of the 8th seed (2 losses out of the play-in) with more than half a season to play and our best player has been out through most of it.

During that time, we've had some heart breaking losses, BUT we have found the players that can play (Jaden, Jaylen, Jarred) and found players who should NOT be playing (Okogie, Culver, Juancho) so the rotations should be better when we insert our big man.

DLO/Ricky or Jmac
Beasley/Nowell
Edwards/Layman
Mcdaniels/Vanderbilt
KAT/Naz

That should be the rotation going forward and the others will have to earn their way back

I like Vanderbilt starting PF more tbh

[Dewey]

Argument For what would result in a better final record?

A. Full roster from Day 1.

B. KAT returning for second half of season.

Lots of these developments and player opportunities likely would not have occurred and KAT has seen the development first hand.

[_AIJ_]

Hopes of sneaking in the playoffs when the team is 100% healthy the rest of the season?

[Neeva]

McDaniels and Ant are the real deal. Like future all stars. Even if Lamelo is more pro ready and will probably win ROY, the wolves got two of the very best ones in this draft. Things will be okay in the future even if Towns wants out..

[Dalvin]

I'm just hoping we sneak into the playoffs either as a playin (9th or 10th seed). If we sneak into the playoffs, I hope we got hot at the right time and make some noise. But if we fail in the playin and not qualify for the playoffs, I hope we'll still win the lottery back to back (any of the top 3 picks) and not give the Warriors our pick for next season

[Jedzz]

Yet people want to fire the guy who drafted them all

I'm very suspicious of Rosas ability to daft top end talent. (Culver has looked mostly bad with some good and Edwards has a lot of bust potential still with what he has shown). I don't know if Rosas and his staff are great at talent evaluation early in the draft but they seem excellent at finding late talent/fringe players that fit their system.

I don't have much hope for Culver but if Edwards turns out to be really good, then I won't doubt Rosas' ability in that area. Right now though its very shaky with top draft picks.

Not like Rosas been handed god given talents in either draft position - sadly. Everyone is an expert that is not an expert

Team would have had a much better shooter onboard since 2019 had he stayed at 11 and drafted Cameron Johnson. I wanted him chosen at 11 that year, a number of people here at least had his name on the list. I expected him as SG or SF. Not sure why but they are using him as PF at Suns. Certainly could have been part of the Forward solution here shooting 38% 3s and .586 TS since drafted. So not sure what you mean about not having talents handed to him. His job was to select them from what is available. He overlooked this guy most thought would be there at 11 and chose to moon shoot and chose a project after trading up. Garland seems a little better if not still questionable as worthy of a trade up if he had been able to select him. But Herro was there, Reddish and others as well.

Story is still out on choice of Edwards and decision not to take any offers he did get for the #1, then trading away 17 with so many shooters in this draft. What has still been the largest problem with this team to date before and since Rosas took over? Shooting skills. The Pobo/GM shouldn't have to have the best player handed to you on a silver platter each season with the #1 overall pick in order for him to correct the team's single most horrifying weakness a team can have in the game of basketball.

I want to be positive about the team. Just can't be of Rosas right now. I'll stay positive on the players for now instead and Rosas can prove a little more to us in my opinion yet.

[Calinks]

Was thinking about making a thread but I can make it way shorter here and it fits.

There is still optimism that this team can be better.

Everything is built around Towns and the system. Towns and DLO have played in only 5 or so games, we all know that, another thing to factor in, Towns, Russell, and Beasley have only played in like 6 games together. That's a huge deal. This season, it would be as if they have only played for less than two weeks worth of games.

I think Russell can get a big boost to his game playing next to Towns. Beasley has already been out best player this season and that is with defenses keying in on him and shutting him down. If Towns is out there scoring and being a threat, all of Beasley cuts are more dangerous, he get less attention.

If we can play inside out, with Towns commanding doubles, those are easy pass outs to Beasley, Russell, or Edwards (who is at least so-so when hitting catch and shoot threes. That could kill teams right there.

I think until we can bring in a starting vet PF, we need to start McDaniels. His defense next to KAT could change our effectiveness.

We will no longer be so massively undersized, teams will at least have to think about attacking the rim. On top of that KAT can kick out threes to Jaden who may be able to knock some down.

The addition of Towns can open up everything, especially if Towns plays good defense. I don't think its crazy for this team to be playing close to .500 ball after Towns gets acclimated and we are relatively healthy. The goal of this team should be to win as much as possible and build some optimism for next season.

[_AIJ_]

Is the play-in still attainable? How many games should they win?

[Klomp]

Is the play-in still attainable? How many games should they win?

Last year's play-in final seeds had 34-39 records (.466). This year, the current 10 seed is at a .464 win percentage. So 34 wins might not be far off from the goal, which would require a 27-18 clip the rest of the way.

[packforfreedom]

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