Identity crisis?

[minimus]

Steals are an interesting stat to look at.

A lot of high steals guys are gamblers. Sure they may get a few each game, but for every successful steal, how many times do they end up putting the team at a disadvantage because they missed the steal?

If you're a PG with a 6'7 wingspan, you're likely getting steals by being in passing lanes. Little guys like Dilly tend to go for the strip.

That's correct. For instance, NAW has great wingspan, but he rarely gambles and put the team out of position. Clark has been mostly disciplined although he has some really awful fouls, like last game in clutch vs SAC. But to my surprise Dilly has been consistently giving effort in defense which results in steals. I mean yeah, I agree that steals can be result of gambling, but Dilly earns my respect by caring about defense. This is a positive sign to me. I mean if he can be McLaughlin level of defender it will be a huge, huge difference. And I think he will find his shot.

[Guest84]

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[FrenchMinnyFan]

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Mike Conley called for a mandatory team dinner last night in OKC, to talk things over.

Conley: "When you have games like we just had, guys can get down, confidence can go up and down. It's the perfect time to bring it all back up."

Julius Randle mentioned that they talked about getting on the same page and getting back to the way they were playing earlier. He also stated that, "it was not optional."


Great job by Mike. This is what leader do. If i was Connely, i will ask Mike to stay around the team this year with limited minutes and take over Finch position next year. He will do a much better than Finch, no doubt about that.

[Guest84]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282930/Anthony-Edwards-Embraces-Point-Guard-Role-As-Timberwolves-Adapt-Without-Traditional-One

[Dewey]

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Mike Conley called for a mandatory team dinner last night in OKC, to talk things over.

Conley: "When you have games like we just had, guys can get down, confidence can go up and down. It's the perfect time to bring it all back up."

Julius Randle mentioned that they talked about getting on the same page and getting back to the way they were playing earlier. He also stated that, "it was not optional."


Great job by Mike. This is what leader do. If i was Connely, i will ask Mike to stay around the team this year with limited minutes and take over Finch position next year. He will do a much better than Finch, no doubt about that.

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[minimus]

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I think this is one big improvement area, where MIN clearly needs to get better: implement more DHO, split offense, where bigman works as an offensive hub. It creates this highly efficient scoring opportunities.

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It was always hope that KAT could do this, but at that time Edwards was not a high level shooter yet. Anderson did it at some degree. Now there is hope that Randle and Reid can improve in this role. Right now MIN have Edwards, DDV and Reid as group of shooters.

P.S. During game vs BOS, I asked myself whether Juzang is that worse than Schierman. It hurts to see Clatk and TJ to miss wide open threes.

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Old school players used to say that practice was tougher than the games and that they went game speed a lot more. I understand that this is only a snippet and prob doesn't show the true intensity of the full practice, but does this look like a quality practice??

[shrink]

I liked the practice. Julius is finally comfortable and his best self, and we are seeing it in his production.

I also think Finch is focusing on the right things. The two things MIN he said the Wolves need to be a great team are consistent effort from the top seven, and more defensive intensity.

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The 6 minutes of this roster last night in the 4th was a masterclass in terns of defense, ball movement... all of this without Rudy and ANT. This is interesting but at that time SA play without a big.

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[minimus]

I wonder if this is, in fact, an identity crisis. Let me explain.
Minnesota's offense is built around two elite isolation scorers: Randle and Edwards. But running an iso-heavy offense demands a lot of discipline, team effort, and high-IQ role players. Ball movement and player movement not only make the offense more efficient — they also help role players stay engaged and involved on both ends of the floor. And MIN is such a unique team. We're elite when it comes to individual skills — Randle in ISO, Edwards as a scorer. Even Gobert is a better individual defender than team defender. But we often fall short in areas that require collective execution: team movement, off-ball chemistry, shared decision-making. So here's the real question: Is it even possible to build a winning team today without elite team connections? Who on the Wolves has built a reliable two-man game? Randle and Edwards? Not really — more of a "my turn, your turn" setup. Randle and DDV? That’s basically just a kick-out pass after a Randle ISO. Randle and Reid? Edwards and McDaniels? Edwards and Reid? Now look at someone like Ingles. He checks in for one minute and throws a perfect alley-oop to Beringer. He’s also our best inbound passer — which says a lot about a team that often struggles to complete even a basic inbounds play in the clutch. This is what makes this Wolves roster so strange: elite individual talent, but a real lack of internal cohesion. Next year, with Conley and Ingles likely gone, I really hope the front office can convince Kyle Anderson to return — even on a vet minimum. We’ll need that connective tissue more than ever.