The Justin Patton thread

[mplsfonz23]

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That's ridiculous - If he's not "fully medically cleared" then he shouldn't be playing full stop.

I thought the same thing.
But maybe Thibs wants to run him into the ground like all his players.

[Worm Guts]

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That's ridiculous - If he's not "fully medically cleared" then he shouldn't be playing full stop.

I thought the same thing.
But maybe Thibs wants to run him into the ground like all his players.

It's not Thibs' call, I'm sure it's a medical professional making that decision. Someone more qualified than any of us.

[mplsfonz23]

That's ridiculous - If he's not "fully medically cleared" then he shouldn't be playing full stop.

I thought the same thing.
But maybe Thibs wants to run him into the ground like all his players.

It's not Thibs' call, I'm sure it's a medical professional making that decision. Someone more qualified than any of us.

Oh, I get it.
I just think this is an excuse not to try and inject him into a game which most of us would like to see.
Either way, Thibs is going to be Thibs. And rookies have to earn his respect. IMHO. (See Dunn, and that was his pick.)

[Worm Guts]

I thought the same thing.
But maybe Thibs wants to run him into the ground like all his players.

It's not Thibs' call, I'm sure it's a medical professional making that decision. Someone more qualified than any of us.

Oh, I get it.
I just think this is an excuse not to try and inject him into a game which most of us would like to see.
Either way, Thibs is going to be Thibs. And rookies have to earn his respect. IMHO. (See Dunn, and that was his pick.)

It's probably less about Patton being a rookie and more about Dieng making 16 million a year.

[Narf]

Unless he's ballin out of this world in practice, Thibs wouldn't give him enough minutes for him to compete for ROY.

As a true rookie maybe. But he'll have a year of learning under his belt and be more NBA ready next year. If we trade Dieng in the offseason I'd expect Patton to get some regular playing time.

Edit:
Unless you meant this year. He won't get ROY this year.

I meant next year. I see very few takers for Dieng, and if he is gone, will JP be developed enough (tough enough) to handle Thibs system? We ALL know that isn't going to change. I guess we will see if he can handle the task. I hope so. But watching/practicing for a year isn't the same once it starts to count.

ROY? See J Butler's rookie minutes. 23 DNP-CD recorded. Right?

No. Jimmy was a late draft pick with an insane work ethic. He wasn't that good out the gate, and that team had Rip Hamilton, Ronnie Brewer, Korver and Luol Deng.

[Vindicater]

It's not Thibs' call, I'm sure it's a medical professional making that decision. Someone more qualified than any of us.

Oh, I get it.
I just think this is an excuse not to try and inject him into a game which most of us would like to see.
Either way, Thibs is going to be Thibs. And rookies have to earn his respect. IMHO. (See Dunn, and that was his pick.)

It's probably less about Patton being a rookie and more about Dieng making 16 million a year.

That cntract is going to come back and bite us hard.

[shangrila]

Oh, I get it.
I just think this is an excuse not to try and inject him into a game which most of us would like to see.
Either way, Thibs is going to be Thibs. And rookies have to earn his respect. IMHO. (See Dunn, and that was his pick.)

It's probably less about Patton being a rookie and more about Dieng making 16 million a year.

That cntract is going to come back and bite us hard.

Yeah, though I still think we dodged a bullet overall with it. If they'd given him what other guys were getting that year he'd be on 20mil+ per and that would nearly cripple us.

[Klomp]

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[Vindicater]

It's probably less about Patton being a rookie and more about Dieng making 16 million a year.

That cntract is going to come back and bite us hard.

Yeah, though I still think we dodged a bullet overall with it. If they'd given him what other guys were getting that year he'd be on 20mil+ per and that would nearly cripple us.

Very true.

[Raigoki]

i'd say let patton rest this season and play on Iowa Wolves. Let him develop there. Next season, we might have a ROY contender.
Ben simmons got a lot of time refining his skills by not playing with the 6ers on his year being drafted.

[Klomp]

Interesting....Iowa playing tonight in first game after break, but no Justin Patton.

[jmoy]

Interesting....Iowa playing tonight in first game after break, but no Justin Patton.

Yeah, I am watching that game and no Patton. Would like to see him play there instead of sit in Minnesota

[Klomp]

Interesting....Iowa playing tonight in first game after break, but no Justin Patton.

Yeah, I am watching that game and no Patton. Would like to see him play there instead of sit in Minnesota

This is just guessing on my part, but it could be that a couple days of practice with the NBA team (not sure when they started up again) was viewed as more beneficial than a one-game road trip to New York with the G League club.

[jmoy]

Interesting....Iowa playing tonight in first game after break, but no Justin Patton.

Yeah, I am watching that game and no Patton. Would like to see him play there instead of sit in Minnesota

This is just guessing on my part, but it could be that a couple days of practice with the NBA team (not sure when they started up again) was viewed as more beneficial than a one-game road trip to New York with the G League club.

I agree and that is probably correct, but I hope he doesn't stay with the TWolves unless they give him playing time.

[DaMplsKid]

I think it was the last game where they said he was going in for a check up and would most likely be medically cleared to play. If so Thibs has said all along we were waiting for that before he gets to play with the big boys. Could he be a guy we use for a push for the playoffs. Might be why we didn’t make any moves at the deadline because we knew we were about to add him?

[mplsfonz23]

So, if Thibs decides to play Patton at any point this season it takes away his rookie status for next year?
If so, then let him stay on the bench to see how life in the NBA really is, or send him down.

I would like him to have something to motivate him next year, and ROY could be that motivation.
I guess I don't see the point this year of playing him. Is it me?

[Domejandro]

So, if Thibs decides to play Patton at any point this season it takes away his rookie status for next year?
If so, then let him stay on the bench to see how life in the NBA really is, or send him down.

I would like him to have something to motivate him next year, and ROY could be that motivation.
I guess I don't see the point this year of playing him. Is it me?

Giving him legitimate, NBA experience is far more important to his development.

[mplsfonz23]

So, if Thibs decides to play Patton at any point this season it takes away his rookie status for next year?
If so, then let him stay on the bench to see how life in the NBA really is, or send him down.

I would like him to have something to motivate him next year, and ROY could be that motivation.
I guess I don't see the point this year of playing him. Is it me?

Giving him legitimate, NBA experience is far more important to his development.

I would think more time to get healthier, stronger and 25 plus minutes in the G is better than 5-7 minutes per night in the bigs.
Who's minutes does he take? Gibson? Dieng? Tough call.

[wolfen]

So, if Thibs decides to play Patton at any point this season it takes away his rookie status for next year?
If so, then let him stay on the bench to see how life in the NBA really is, or send him down.

I would like him to have something to motivate him next year, and ROY could be that motivation.
I guess I don't see the point this year of playing him. Is it me?

Giving him legitimate, NBA experience is far more important to his development.

I would think more time to get healthier, stronger and 25 plus minutes in the G is better than 5-7 minutes per night in the bigs.
Who's minutes does he take? Gibson? Dieng? Tough call.

The g league ends the end of March I believe, so there really aren't that many games left down there. I'd say let him play 2 more weeks down there, then bring him back up. So he'll miss the last 2 weeks of the g league, no biggie. At that point he'd be better off getting his feet wet in the big leagues.

I could care less about rookie of the year stuff, much more important to get him in the swing of things, even if it's a minute here or there this year. I would certainly like to give our WINGS a rest by playing Bjelly at the 3 most of the time, that leaves backup PF minutes that would need to be covered - IF Patton would be ready...

[Araxen]

Patton was sent back down to Iowa today.

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