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winforlose wrote:KGdaBom wrote:I predict that the agony of waiting for this season to start will drive me insane and I will pull out all of the remaining hair I got.
Your not the only one brother
Nick K wrote:winforlose wrote:KGdaBom wrote:I predict that the agony of waiting for this season to start will drive me insane and I will pull out all of the remaining hair I got.
Your not the only one brother
I'm even more excited about this upcoming season than I was in 2003-2004. It wouldn't surprise me if we won it all.
AAARRROOOO!!
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
Klomp wrote:Nick K wrote:winforlose wrote:
Your not the only one brother
I'm even more excited about this upcoming season than I was in 2003-2004. It wouldn't surprise me if we won it all.
AAARRROOOO!!
Let's get more of this energy going around the forum!
Dewey wrote:Klomp wrote:
These predictions assume lots of things… specifically a healthy roster, ANT playing like an all-star, DLo plays with grit, McD steps up, and the Gob/Kat chemistry clicks.
It’s a world of the willing & able… in basketball it’s simple… ya have to be willing to prepare and able to play winning basketball.
I’m concerned on the loss of Beverly and I’m concerned with DL’s grit. I’m still in the 50-52 wins, these two issues remain in the back of my mind.
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
LSWF wrote:I think we sorta know what we're going to get with Rudy, KAT and Dlo. We know their warts and their strengths. The biggest key for extrapolating their production is relative health.
On the other hand, projections for young players is inherently difficult. Ant, Jaden and Jaylen are going to be the difference between us having another play in appearance or vaulting us to a truly fantastic season.
If Ant takes the kind of leap many here and around the league expect we will be half way to a remarkable season. Ant is already a really good player. What I'd like to see Ant do is incrementally improve his playmaking and efficiency, tighten up those handles a bit and focus on being the point of attack defender he showed against Ja in the post season.
Jaden's offence this season is something that I'll be watching. Just hitting his threes at league average would be phenomenal. We know he's a really good defender, but if he takes his offence up a notch we'll be three quarters of the way there.
Jaylen is a bucket! His defense thus far has not been good. He may look better defensively with the addition of Rudy, but upping his point of attack defense would be amazing and complete the one hundred percent remarkable season.
Ant is going to take that leap. Jaden is going to hit his threes. Jaylen is going to look better on defense.
Dewey wrote:LSWF wrote:I think we sorta know what we're going to get with Rudy, KAT and Dlo. We know their warts and their strengths. The biggest key for extrapolating their production is relative health.
On the other hand, projections for young players is inherently difficult. Ant, Jaden and Jaylen are going to be the difference between us having another play in appearance or vaulting us to a truly fantastic season.
If Ant takes the kind of leap many here and around the league expect we will be half way to a remarkable season. Ant is already a really good player. What I'd like to see Ant do is incrementally improve his playmaking and efficiency, tighten up those handles a bit and focus on being the point of attack defender he showed against Ja in the post season.
Jaden's offence this season is something that I'll be watching. Just hitting his threes at league average would be phenomenal. We know he's a really good defender, but if he takes his offence up a notch we'll be three quarters of the way there.
Jaylen is a bucket! His defense thus far has not been good. He may look better defensively with the addition of Rudy, but upping his point of attack defense would be amazing and complete the one hundred percent remarkable season.
Ant is going to take that leap. Jaden is going to hit his threes. Jaylen is going to look better on defense.
I agree with most of this … but … I do not think players like Nowell can count on Gobert to cover their weakness and think it’s ok. That’s not winning basketball IMO as we saw in Utah. Nowell simply has to get better defensively or he’s a weak link. No different for DLo or ANT. I agree McD can be a real difference maker…
winforlose wrote:I am not sure we will see this, but I am going to go ahead and optimistically call it. At some point Rudy will have a 20/20 night. He has had 7 in his career, and I get the feeling he will get to 8 this season.
theGreatRC wrote:Putting a bet on the Wolves to be the #1 seed this year, idc.
Klomp wrote:KAT made 150 3s last year, his career-best. I'm predicting he'll make more than 250 this season.
KGdaBom wrote:winforlose wrote:I am not sure we will see this, but I am going to go ahead and optimistically call it. At some point Rudy will have a 20/20 night. He has had 7 in his career, and I get the feeling he will get to 8 this season.
So let it be written
So let it be done
I think it's a lock to happen.
KGdaBom wrote:Klomp wrote:KAT made 150 3s last year, his career-best. I'm predicting he'll make more than 250 this season.
That's a lot of 3s. If he doesn't miss games maybe.
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
The Timberwolves will need some time to figure out how Towns and Gobert work together, according to John Hollinger of The Athletic, who suspects it will take another year for the best version of this team to show up. Hollinger expects the Wolves to take a small step forward in 2022/23, projecting 47 wins and a seventh-place finish in the West.
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