mandurugo wrote:"who don't block shots"... Really don't play good defense is more like it. I know some of you think Al is improving his defense every year but I've yet to see it, Love struggles against bigger and quicker players, and Pekovic's reviews seems to all mention his weakness is defense. None of them look to be capable of anchoring a defense - not a pleasant thought. It will be good to have multiple talented offensive bigs, but it is disappointing that they all have the same weaknesses. Oh well, bring on the experiment I guess.
83 sixers beat the hell out of the taller and better shooting Lakers (Kareem/Magic/Wilkes/Cooper) by surrounding Moses Malone w/ perimeter athletes and owning the glass inside. Granted it's not everyday that a team has Dr J, but then it's not everyday that guys like Jefferson/Love come along either. Wolves can clean the glass, but they need the perimeter athletes. No offense to Miller and Gomes, but they're not the perimeter athletes this team needs, they'd fit better on a team like San Antonio.
Wolves need to get another 2 or 3 guys on the perimeter - at least a couple of them need to be of the Olympian type. Luckily there's some guys that fit the bill in the draft - plenty in fact (D James, Young, Aminu, T Smith, T Williams, etc)