Preseason Game 6: Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6 pm

[Norseman79]

It’s just the same bs we get from the same users that still crap on Ant and Jaden (eventhough they were dead wrong on both of them) they still go at it lol and Rob is their new target.

I have never crapped on Ant or Jaden. What exactly does Rob have? Size? No. Athleticism? No. Elite vision/handle? No. Dead eye shooter? No. Good defender? No. I was excited when we drafted him because I thought he was a lot quicker and more vertically explosive (A.l. / Stevie Francis) he is not even above average athletically. Something should have flashed and stuck a little by now.

I say he's very quick, has a good shot, and elite vision and handle.

You say very quick, yet he doesn't blow by people. You say good shot, yet - take away the game against the foreigners and he is at like 33% from 3. Elite vision and handle, yet turns over a lot against any type of pressure. He is not ready to play meaningful minutes on a playoff team or against quality NBA players. But, I hope I'm wrong.

[winforlose]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

[Araxen]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

He should have spent last year in Iowa too.

[FrenchMinnyFan]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

He should have spent last year in Iowa too.

Agree, the mistake was done last year when we knew we have to play the same 8 to make a run. Sitting on a bench does not help development. I see Rob getting 10 min per night the first part of the regular season and see what'a happened. Will mostly depend on how well Mike and DDV play.

[KGdaBom]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

Terrible first two games. After those IIRC he looked pretty good. I see the talent and it's ready to emerge.

[Shaka_Zulu]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

Definitely no where good enough.


I feel for Wolves fans who talked themselves into thinking he is gonna be good enough for rotation even spot up minutes, let alone eventually start.


They are up for a very rude awakening.

[KGdaBom]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

Definitely no where good enough.


I feel for Wolves fans who talked themselves into thinking he is gonna be good enough for rotation even spot up minutes, let alone eventually start.


They are up for a very rude awakening.

I think you will be up for a rude awakening of hating on your team. Dilly will be just fine.

[Shaka_Zulu]

Can we all agree Rob had a bad preseason and needs to spend the year in Iowa? If not then how many minutes per night would you give him?

Definitely no where good enough.


I feel for Wolves fans who talked themselves into thinking he is gonna be good enough for rotation even spot up minutes, let alone eventually start.


They are up for a very rude awakening.

I think you will be up for a rude awakening of hating on your team. Dilly will be just fine.

No hate, I very much have high expectations for Shannon, think Clark can perform right away (despite awful SL and pre season). That Beringer will become very good player even if he is 18 and raw and it will take years.


But I judge based on performances, and nothing I seen so far in past year tells me Dillingham will be good enough. In fact Im extremely worried, very much so, because its a huge position of need.


Every skillset that is needed in his position besides playmaking is very much lacking in his repertoire.


I truly hope he works through it all and turns out to be good. But nothing I seen so far suggests he will.

[KGdaBom]

Definitely no where good enough.


I feel for Wolves fans who talked themselves into thinking he is gonna be good enough for rotation even spot up minutes, let alone eventually start.


They are up for a very rude awakening.

I think you will be up for a rude awakening of hating on your team. Dilly will be just fine.

No hate, I very much have high expectations for Shannon, think Clark can perform right away (despite awful SL and pre season). That Beringer will become very good player even if he is 18 and raw and it will take years.


But I judge based on performances, and nothing I seen so far in past year tells me Dillingham will be good enough. In fact Im extremely worried, very much so, because its a huge position of need.


Every skillset that is needed in his position besides playmaking is very much lacking in his repertoire.


I truly hope he works through it all and turns out to be good. But nothing I seen so far suggests he will.

Funny you see nothing where I see a lot. There will be no rude awakening for me. Dilly will be fine.

[Klomp]

The biggest improvement Rob still needs to make is mentally. Honestly, while a different style of player, it somewhat reminds me of Nickeil before Finch got his hands on him. It's like he was fighting the system. In other ways, I see a bit of how Julius started last season here. Finch needed him to play a different way than he was used to. Julius didn't truly buy in until the injury. When is Rob going to buy in? Hopefully before it's too late, for his sake.

[Klomp]

It does seem like they are going to at least give Rob a shot right out of the gate. That might be matchup-dependent, but it does seem like Rob is a rung above Jaylen Clark. Might be earned, might be unearned, but I think he's getting his opportunity. But if he starts slow, I don't think Finch will hesitate to pivot to Jaylen, possibly even during a game. If that begins to be a trend too often, I would look for it to be only very specific games where he gets a chance on a very short leash. And if this comes to fruition with any regularity, I wouldn't rule out Connelly cutting his losses at the trade deadline.

[Domejandro]

I think you will be up for a rude awakening of hating on your team. Dilly will be just fine.

No hate, I very much have high expectations for Shannon, think Clark can perform right away (despite awful SL and pre season). That Beringer will become very good player even if he is 18 and raw and it will take years.


But I judge based on performances, and nothing I seen so far in past year tells me Dillingham will be good enough. In fact Im extremely worried, very much so, because its a huge position of need.


Every skillset that is needed in his position besides playmaking is very much lacking in his repertoire.


I truly hope he works through it all and turns out to be good. But nothing I seen so far suggests he will.

Funny you see nothing where I see a lot. There will be no rude awakening for me. Dilly will be fine.

Rob Dillingham might be fine in the end, but outside of the game against the Chinese team (which was significantly worse than a G-League squad), Minnesota pretty consistently got beat or crushed whenever he was on the court. Good vibes and hope don't change the current reality of his play, he will need to step it up significantly to be a net-positive this season.

[KGdaBom]

No hate, I very much have high expectations for Shannon, think Clark can perform right away (despite awful SL and pre season). That Beringer will become very good player even if he is 18 and raw and it will take years.


But I judge based on performances, and nothing I seen so far in past year tells me Dillingham will be good enough. In fact Im extremely worried, very much so, because its a huge position of need.


Every skillset that is needed in his position besides playmaking is very much lacking in his repertoire.


I truly hope he works through it all and turns out to be good. But nothing I seen so far suggests he will.

Funny you see nothing where I see a lot. There will be no rude awakening for me. Dilly will be fine.

Rob Dillingham might be fine in the end, but outside of the game against the Chinese team (which was significantly worse than a G-League squad), Minnesota pretty consistently got beat or crushed whenever he was on the court. Good vibes and hope don't change the current reality of his play, he will need to step it up significantly to be a net-positive this season.

Plus/minus in preseason games means next to nothing to me. I'm not going by vibes. I'm going by what I saw. In the Philly game Rob was playing quite well until getting late TOs when our whole team fell apart. I think the reality of his play after the first two preseason games was solid and improving. Time will tell if I'm right.