22/23 Preseason game 2

winforlose · Post #1 » by **winforlose** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:39 am

Copied from hoopshype.

“ Dane Moore: These are the Wolves players out tonight, per Chris Finch Karl-Anthony Towns Eric Paschall PJ Dozier D’Angelo Russell and Rudy Gobert will play 42 mins ago – via Twitter DaneMooreNBA
Chris Finch, Injuries, D'Angelo Russell, Eric Paschall, Karl-Anthony Towns, PJ Dozier, Rudy Gobert, Minnesota Timberwolves”

Edit to add:

Read on Twitter

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This is at least a test of Naz at PF for the season beside Rudy.

Post #2 » by **Klomp** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:13 am

Read on Twitter

Post #3 » by **Calinks** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:15 am

Terrible start with the turnovers.

Dewey · Post #4 » by **Dewey** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:15 am

DLo… hard to like.

Movics · Post #5 » by **Movics** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:18 am

Mark Jackson said we have enough talent to win it all. Never agreed with him more

_AIJ_ · Post #6 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:20 am

Naz garbage as usual

_AIJ_ · Post #7 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:29 am

Give me Knight any day

m2002brian · Post #8 » by **m2002brian** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:24 am

Lively crowd in here tonight.

shrink · Post #9 » by **shrink** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:24 am

Lots of interesting stuff in the first half.

Great to see Rudy board, plus seeing McDaniels and Naz fighting for offensive boards was new.

DLo’s first stint was pretty bad, and it was nice to see McLaughlin bring up the energy. DLo was better in the second quarter, but I worry that his slow, deliberate play runs counter to what a lot of the quicker Timberwolves do well.

I expected better lobs to Rudy, but it’s probably just a function of him getting rest after playing for France, and can’t expect great chemistry until he’s practiced with the team more.

I’m keeping an eye on Austin Rivers, and what Finch will do with him. I thought he didn’t look great in the first game, and I believe he was the eleventh man to enter the game today.

I’m looking forward to the second half!

shrink · Post #10 » by **shrink** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:24 am

_AIJ_ wrote:Give me Knight any day

Intentional pun?

_AIJ_ · Post #11 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:34 am

Dlo is azz

_AIJ_ · Post #12 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:34 am

shrink wrote:
_AIJ_ wrote:Give me Knight any day

Intentional pun?

I tried my hardest on that one

Folklore · Post #13 » by **Folklore** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:48 am

JVG really thinks that we aren't a playoff team?

shrink · Post #14 » by **shrink** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:49 am

Folklore wrote:JVG really thinks that we aren't a playoff team?

Yeah that was weird. Four teams are intentionally tanking, and all the rest are maybes?

Post #15 » by **Calinks** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:51 am

The depth is showing through right now.

shrink · Post #16 » by **shrink** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:51 am

The Laker board doesn’t even have a game thread for tonight?

winforlose · Post #17 » by **winforlose** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:01 am

shrink wrote:The Laker board doesn’t even have a game thread for tonight?

Can you blame them? A back 2 back road game in preseason is silly. Sitting Bev, Nunn, Westbrook, Lebron, and AD is a legit starting 5 not playing.

_AIJ_ · Post #18 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:07 am

This clown saying that the lakers have a big 4. Pat Bev is a star now?

TimberKat · Post #19 » by **TimberKat** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:23 am

_AIJ_ wrote:This clown saying that the lakers have a big 4. Pat Bev is a star now?

No, he meant Towns just got traded to Lakers tonight and join the big 3. Could someone post Towns sitting on the bench with his newly Lakers uniform

Folklore · Post #20 » by **Folklore** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:37 am

Did Finch really have to run the clock like that? He effed over both teams with that.