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ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:14 am
by cpfsf

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:20 am
by PeeDee
I guess I can't really argue that they're wrong.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:36 am
by Krapinsky
Yep, we are the worst. We lost to Sac and OKC. Can't really argue with that.

Top 3 pick, woohoo!

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:48 am
by _AIJ_
its not that surprising that we are last. wittbrick all the way!

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:13 am
by lewdog
ALICEinJAM wrote:its not that surprising that we are last. wittbrick all the way!


Just remember who hired him.

Nevertheless as a die-hard Wolves fan, this ranking is sobering.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:19 am
by Calinks
I have nothing to say. We have played like garbage so we deserve to thrown in the bin. At least last year I thought we had good efforts. Some of the crap I have seen this season... Kevin Garnett must be rolling over in his grave.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:41 am
by southern wolf
At least SI mentioned some nice lines from Love.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:10 am
by 4ho5ive
Calinks3 wrote:I have nothing to say. We have played like garbage so we deserve to thrown in the bin. At least last year I thought we had good efforts. Some of the crap I have seen this season... Kevin Garnett must be rolling over in his grave.


Chrisitan Laettner must be rolling over in his grave...

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:54 am
by Hruska Varna
Al J = premier offensive low post player, should be a better passer, apparently little interest in defense as well

M. Miller = not as good at getting his shot as I thought, D is suspect, but he's OK

K Love = effort+smarts+some skills; concern = already close to his ceiling?

R Foye = disappointment - has not developed - lacks identity as player

R McCants = disappointment - has not developed - poor defender for his skill level

Bassy = better than he was, but still has a long way to go to be more than a back-up PG

C. Brewer = give him some slack but inconsistent, hope he doesn't join Foye/McCants club

R. Gomes = solid for who he is, but unfortunately he's not 6-10

C. Smith = good for short stretches and vs. certain match-ups

Just not a lot to work with here. Collins might help.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:10 am
by shrink

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:46 am
by Frozen316

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:08 am
by 4ho5ive
Hruska Varna wrote:Al J = premier offensive low post player, should be a better passer, apparently little interest in defense as well

M. Miller = not as good at getting his shot as I thought, D is suspect, but he's OK

K Love = effort+smarts+some skills; concern = already close to his ceiling?

R Foye = disappointment - has not developed - lacks identity as player

R McCants = disappointment - has not developed - poor defender for his skill level

Bassy = better than he was, but still has a long way to go to be more than a back-up PG

C. Brewer = give him some slack but inconsistent, hope he doesn't join Foye/McCants club

R. Gomes = solid for who he is, but unfortunately he's not 6-10

C. Smith = good for short stretches and vs. certain match-ups

Just not a lot to work with here. Collins might help.


I dont understand how anyone can be a disappointment after 6 games.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:57 am
by digitaldropoff
Yeah...we are sucking rather hard..but I try not to put too much into these rankings...for one...how can a team that hasn't won any games be ranked higher than us? Tougher schedule, one less game played, but no wins and that team is noticeably better? I'll wait till AS break to assess how bad we really are not care about the dopes at ESPN.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:34 am
by Frozen316
"The Wolves are 0-5 since and showing their youth, with three of those losses coming by four points or fewer."

It's better than losing by 10+ every game

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:53 am
by hijacktheparade
I wonder what it would feel like to be in the teens again.

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:04 pm
by Frozen316
Or .500 :o

Re: ESPN SI & NBA.com have us last in power rankings

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:14 pm
by revprodeji
the fact that we are losing by a few shows us that it is not a lost cause. A change here or there and our record is much better. It is a long season. Put the white flag away and regroup.