2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #7 Golden State Warriors (MIN WINS 4-1)

[Chuck Everett]

What do you want them to do? Make the local fans to come at 5pm at the game? Most people are commuting.

Put us in the Eastern conference where we belong. Ya know, with all the other cities we're rivals with in every other sport like Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and the Wisconsin teams...

Minny and the Grizzlies need to move East when they add Vegas and Seattle(?)

Only one team can go. It should be Minnesota.

Memphis is close enough to New Orleans, OKC, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas to make it work.

[Diop]

No one sleeping better than Pat Riley tonight.

He honestly shouldn't be...he should be up wondering why the hell he waited so long to trade Butler despite knowing he didn't want to pay him. Could of got a better return and avoided the whole mess around the situation. Should of happened the year before or at the very least during the offseason right when he made it known he wasn't going to give him the extension....waited way too long.

i didnt hate what they got in the end, wiggins, mitchell and 1st is solid for a dude who is always going to be noisy when traded

[SerialChiller]

14 and 16 last 2 games. What happened to playoff jimmy.

He got old and can only give the odd 30 point game here and there. Then it's passive Jimmy. Heat fans know all about it, he's more like a number 3 on offense now on average, with the odd big game capability. He couldn't even play in the last playoffs at all for them despite taking it easy all season which resulted in the playin...where he then got hurt.

[Mk0]

Put us in the Eastern conference where we belong. Ya know, with all the other cities we're rivals with in every other sport like Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and the Wisconsin teams...

Minny and the Grizzlies need to move East when they add Vegas and Seattle(?)

Only one team can go. It should be Minnesota.

Memphis is close enough to New Orleans, OKC, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas to make it work.

Doh. My brain isn't brain-ing.

[SerialChiller]

No one sleeping better than Pat Riley tonight.

He honestly shouldn't be...he should be up wondering why the hell he waited so long to trade Butler despite knowing he didn't want to pay him. Could of got a better return and avoided the whole mess around the situation. Should of happened the year before or at the very least during the offseason right when he made it known he wasn't going to give him the extension....waited way too long.

i didnt hate what they got in the end, wiggins, mitchell and 1st is solid for a dude who is always going to be noisy when traded

I like Mitchell, Wiggins not looking like a good fit but it is what it is. All things considered at the time it was as good as they could do, but earlier it could of been better and the whole Butler losing his joy bs could of been avoided. Pat came right out and said he wasn't going to trade Butler, which made him realize he had to get loud in order to get out. And he knew he wasn't getting the extension he wanted as well as did everyone thanks to Pat lol.

[facothomas22]

This may have been the Warriors best chance at Contending for Championship for one last time under the Stephen Curry era and that was taken away from with his injury. The Western Conference will only get tougher from here. The Spurs could very well add Giannis, which will quickly make them a top 4 team in the Western Conference. The Rockets are loaded with assets to make major improvements. The Mavericks are likely a playoff team again. The Grizzles are sneaky team that can make noise. The Thunder,Nuggets, and Timberwolves are going nowhere anytime soon. Combine the fact that Stephen Curry/Jimmy Butler likely will decline some with age, I think the Warriors are likely fighting with teams like the Suns(assuming they don't trade Devin Booker),Kings,Clippers,Lakers,Blazers and Grizzlies for play-in position and a lot of money tied up to 3 older players. Not a great place to be at.

[Ritzo]

I'm surprised how consistent Julius Randle has been the whole playoffs

[slicedbread2]

Don Julio is making a big name for himself and will get a huge bag from the Wolves in the offseason.

He's been a great fit next to Edwards and has given Finch new options to run his schemes and it's been nice to see Randle buying in. Donte has been a great get as well and sure it sucked giving up Towns, but honestly it had to be done because of the CBA and it's really nice to see Minnesota have some life.

[Raps in 4]

I think it's safe to say that Playoff Jimmy has been exposed in this series.

[Raps in 4]

Minny is going to the Finals.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Don Julio is making a big name for himself and will get a huge bag from the Wolves in the offseason.

He's been a great fit next to Edwards and has given Finch new options to run his schemes and it's been nice to see Randle buying in. Donte has been a great get as well and sure it sucked giving up Towns, but honestly it had to be done because of the CBA and it's really nice to see Minnesota have some life.

His ability to play off the bounce has been really useful to an offense that doesn't employ a traditional point guard (Conley used to be a point guard but plays more like a two guard at this point).
That's a benefit to the trade that I didn't anticipate.

[Raps in 4]

This may have been the Warriors best chance at Contending for Championship for one last time under the Stephen Curry era and that was taken away from with his injury. The Western Conference will only get tougher from here. The Spurs could very well add Giannis, which will quickly make them a top 4 team in the Western Conference. The Rockets are loaded with assets to make major improvements. The Mavericks are likely a playoff team again. The Grizzles are sneaky team that can make noise. The Thunder,Nuggets, and Timberwolves are going nowhere anytime soon. The combine the fact that Stephen Curry/Jimmy Butler likely will decline some with age, I think the Warriors are likely fighting with teams like the Suns(assuming they don't trade Devin Booker),Kings,Clippers,Lakers,Blazers and Grizzlies for play-in position and a lot of money tied up to 3 older players. Not a great place to be at.

They should trade Steph and start the rebuild. They should have done it two years ago.

[CobraCommander]

Randle mvp of this series and best wolves player this playoffs over all

[Gregoire]

Robin and Alfred didnt handle well absencce of Batman.

[MrBigShot]

Jimmy is washed. His "time" is over.

Randle having an incredible playoffs. I didn't see it coming honestly.

[RB34]

Elimination game Jimmy

[baldur]

Minny is going to the Finals.

Okc?

[DonaldSanders]

Congrats to the Timberwolves and their fans!

Good luck in the next round, Minnesota deserves one.

[AmIWrongDude]

I don’t get the Kerr hate. Warriors played the series without their engine Steph. Since when do we expect teams to win a second round series without their best player?

[AmIWrongDude]

Jimmy is washed. His "time" is over.

Randle having an incredible playoffs. I didn't see it coming honestly.

Jimmy shooting 9 times last game and 11 this game with Steph out is embarrassing. His whole reputation is built around being a dawg that can carry teams in the playoffs. Don’t think the Warriors could’ve beat the Wolves without Steph but their only chance was for Jim to get nasty with it and take over.

I have a pretty neutral opinion on Jimmy but I’m disappointed because I feel like he didn’t even try.

Randle is a guy that I was 100% sure isn’t a winning player on a contender. I’m honestly shocked at how good he is and how smart he plays now. Never saw this coming.