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If Siakam can slow down Durant Raptors have a chance.

I have friends going to the Nets/Raptors game down here in Tampa. Disappointed no Harden.

The wolves need to lose tonight. This one is too important to our draft pick. I want us in 3rd not 4th.

Looks like it got changed from BKN-TOR preview for those thinking jpatrick and I are crazy.

winforlose wrote:The wolves need to lose tonight. This one is too important to our draft pick. I want us in 3rd not 4th.

I understand the sentiment but disagree as there's nowhere we could land that guarantees we keep our pick. I'd rather build some positive culture myself. Also I think the one year we tanked to improve our odds we jumped Portland and that was the year the number combinations we would've gotten had we not went to Portland and they jumped up quite a few spots to the #1.

I'm not about tanking. I think we lose the pick anyway but even if we win, if we get hot we will probably lose about an 8 percent chance at retaining the pick. That isn't nothing but it's not a guarantee we will lose it either.

I am of the mind that this team needs to start making progress towards accountability and winning. I don't think you just instantly decide you are going to win and you become good, you have to build towards it with habits. The Suns are ballin this year but they laid the groundwork in the bubble last season, before the Nuggets broke through they missed the playoffs by one game.

Continuing to play like garbage and throwing away game right now isn't a good message to the players IMO. If we win some games and keep that pick that's good karma. If we win some games and lose the pick but it winds up being like 7 or 8, I'll consider that a nice win too.

The worst case for me is giving away the 4th pick and it's a star.

All of that said it is absolutely within our wheelhouse to get beat down in this game. We can't pencil in a win against any team in the NBA.

Calinks wrote:All of that said it is absolutely within our wheelhouse to get beat down in this game. We can't pencil in a win against any team in the NBA.

But I already wrote 'W' in pen...

Calinks wrote:All of that said it is absolutely within our wheelhouse to get beat down in this game. We can't pencil in a win against any team in the NBA.

100%

Edwards is taking too many threes.

Calinks wrote:I'm not about tanking. I think we lose the pick anyway but even if we win, if we get hot we will probably lose about an 8 percent chance at retaining the pick. That isn't nothing but it's not a guarantee we will lose it either.

I am of the mind that this team needs to start making progress towards accountability and winning. I don't think you just instantly decide you are going to win and you become good, you have to build towards it with habits. The Suns are ballin this year but they laid the groundwork in the bubble last season, before the Nuggets broke through they missed the playoffs by one game.

Continuing to play like garbage and throwing away game right now isn't a good message to the players IMO. If we win some games and keep that pick that's good karma. If we win some games and lose the pick but it winds up being like 7 or 8, I'll consider that a nice win too.

The worst case for me is giving away the 4th pick and it's a star.

Totally agree. Keep playing our a$$es off, improve the defense and give the young guys plenty of minutes. Let the chips fall as they may in the Lottery and if we lose the pick, we have a fresh slate and our pick in the 2022 Double Draft.


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This.
F**K the picks.
15 years of picks hasn't got us anywhere.
Start winning games.

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Calinks wrote:Edwards is taking too many threes.

It won’t be this year, but he has to take and hit those if he is going to be a premier perimeter scorer. The Rockets are laying back and daring him to shoot. And he’s just not consistent enough right now.

Naz has become a major part of our team, his work off the bench is frequently a sparkplug for us to make runs.

Juancho and Naz are ballin lately

I wish DLo can be bit more careful with some of his passing...this team has some lazy turnovers every game due to extremely careless passing from KAT & DLo. OTOH, another solid defensive effort from the team so far. I feel like I've said this so many times already but Vando is an amazing rebounder

Went through hell all season but suddenly we may have some really good role/bench guys for the future.

Juancho, the Spanish Steph Curry.

Ant is forcing way to much. He’s a liability right now when the outside shot doesn’t go in because he starts forcing it to the rim when the D is laying off. Results in turnovers and tough shots.