Playoff picture thread

shrink · Post #101 » by **shrink** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:51 pm

Battletrigger wrote:
cmoss84 wrote:
Folklore wrote:

Buddy, mediocrity is exactly the position the trades put us in.

Agree to disagree. We're mediocre without KAT.

Were we better with Kat and Gobert?

It's funny how people likes to obviate the truth or past situations.

I can’t believe the first twenty games, with Ant and DLo struggling to adapt, Gobert coming back from representing France, and KAT coming from the hospital, truly represents what the team can be.

Battletrigger · Post #102 » by **Battletrigger** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:05 pm

shrink wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
cmoss84 wrote:Agree to disagree. We're mediocre without KAT.

Were we better with Kat and Gobert?

It's funny how people likes to obviate the truth or past situations.

I can’t believe the first twenty games, with Ant and DLo struggling to adapt, Gobert coming back from representing France, and KAT coming from the hospital, truly represents what the team can be.

Ok.

cmoss84 · Post #103 » by **cmoss84** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:02 am

Battletrigger wrote:
shrink wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
Were we better with Kat and Gobert?

It's funny how people likes to obviate the truth or past situations.

I can’t believe the first twenty games, with Ant and DLo struggling to adapt, Gobert coming back from representing France, and KAT coming from the hospital, truly represents what the team can be.

Ok.

Seeking instant gratification is a bitch. Avoid it man!

Post #104 » by **Calinks** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:34 pm

Thankfully the Lakers took a loss yesterday. We have to start stringing together some wins. If we can get like 4 games over .500. Then we can just play .500 ball and have a good shot at not being in the play-in. One 5 game win streak could totally solidify us. One 5 game losing streak could be irreparable.

Post #105 » by **Klomp** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:52 pm

Battletrigger wrote:This is going to be fantastic, we are going to lose the position against a Lakers teams without Bron thanks the players last year where with us and gave to make the team worst.

Let the Lakers max Russell, I really don't care!

Post #106 » by **Klomp** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:38 am

A few things to note....

We get Atlanta on Wednesday after they host Detroit on Tuesday.
Either GS (6th)or Dallas (7th) will lose on Wednesday.
OKC has their next three games in Los Angeles; two with the Clippers and one against the Lakers
Utah should beat Portland on Wednesday, but then has Milwaukee and Sacramento to close out the week.

TimberKat · Post #107 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:49 am

This is the NFL compressed into 3 weeks.

shrink · Post #108 » by **shrink** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:16 pm

I think as fans we get very frustrated with our inability to get some distance, and we think it’s just a Wolves-thing, but I was looking at the record for teams over the last ten games, and fans of all these teams probably feel that way.

PHX 5-5
LAC 5-5
GSW 4-6
DAL 4-6
MIN 5-5
OKC 7-3
UTA 5-5
LAL 6-4
NOP 4-6

moss_is_1 · Post #109 » by **moss_is_1** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:30 pm

shrink wrote:I think as fans we get very frustrated with our inability to get some distance, and we think it’s just a Wolves-thing, but I was looking at the record for teams over the last ten games, and fans of all these teams probably feel that way.

PHX 5-5
LAC 5-5
GSW 4-6
DAL 4-6
MIN 5-5
OKC 7-3
UTA 5-5
LAL 6-4
NOP 4-6

The west is just crazy right now, there's basically just 3 tiers. Denver-Sac-Memphis at the top. Houston and San Antonio at the bottom. Then Phoenix(4) all the way to Portland(13) is only 7 games apart. 4-12 is actually only 4 games, Portland has fallen off a bit. So jam packed and really going to be fun to see where teams end up.

Post #110 » by **Klomp** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:02 pm

Read on Twitter

Two weeks would mean April 5, Clippers' third-to-last game. They have 6 games between now and then, sitting in 5th place at the moment but only 1.5 games up on 7th and 2.5 games up on 11th.

jpatrick · Post #111 » by **jpatrick** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:08 pm

OKC’s future is ridiculous. SGA is a star. I’d take Jalen Williams over any other rookie in this class. He has a Pippen quality to him. So good in every area already. Not a huge Giddey guy, but a guy putting up those numbers on a playoff team at age 20 is really impressive.

Add in they have Chet. Kenrich Williams is a good player. Dieng and the other Jaylin Williams have talent. And they are loaded with future picks.

Post #112 » by **Klomp** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:19 pm

jpatrick wrote:OKC’s future is ridiculous. SGA is a star. I’d take Jalen Williams over any other rookie in this class. He has a Pippen quality to him. So good in every area already. Not a huge Giddey guy, but a guy putting up those numbers on a playoff team at age 20 is really impressive.

Add in they have Chet. Kenrich Williams is a good player. Dieng and the other Jaylin Williams have talent. And they are loaded with future picks.

The star label depends on how you categorize it...I'd put him in the Chicago Jimmy Butler level.

But making that next jump up as a franchise is not as easy as it looks, as we've witnessed firsthand. Opponents will take them a lot more seriously next year.

shrink · Post #113 » by **shrink** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:29 am

We win, Jazz and Mavs both lose. Tied for 7th again.

younggunsmn · Post #114 » by **younggunsmn** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:45 am

As long as they aren't the team that knocks us out I'm kinda rooting for OKC to make the playoffs.
And for the Lakers Clippers and Jazz to not.

Giddey is kind of like the young version of Jason Kidd, good in all areas but his outside shot.
They have a lot of good pieces and tons of assets, could get real good really quick with one all-in move.
Mikal Bridges would be a perfect target.

shrink · Post #115 » by **shrink** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:50 pm

Since I had to look it up, I’ll post in case others wanted to know.

Sun, Mar 26 @Golden State
Mon, Mar 27 @Sacramento
Wed, Mar 29 @Phoenix

Fri, Mar 31 vsLos Angeles Lakers
Sun, Apr 2 vsPortland

Tue, Apr 4 @Brooklyn
Sat, Apr 8 @San Antonio

Sun, Apr 9 vsNew Orleans

cmoss84 · Post #116 » by **cmoss84** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:02 pm

I see us going 5-3. 2 games separate 5th-10th, and Mr. George is done for a while. My prediction is we end up at 6.

TimberKat · Post #117 » by **TimberKat** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:23 pm

cmoss84 wrote:I see us going 5-3. 2 games separate 5th-10th, and Mr. George is done for a while. My prediction is we end up at 6.

I hope Wiggins, DK and James aren't back for those games ( it's a little weird talking about Wiggins in the same sentence with KD and James). The GSW game is key for me and need to make sure we don't go to double OT. We should run the table in April as POR and NOP will be out of it by that time.

TimberKat · Post #118 » by **TimberKat** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 2:24 am

How did NOP get HOU, HOU, SAS, CHA in a row this late in the season? We got those teams early in the season when they were still trying to win.

TimberKat · Post #119 » by **TimberKat** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:55 am

Tough to be Wolves fan? It's giving you bipolar disorder? Try to be Dallas or Portland fan right now. You may want to set yourself on fire.

Murphs56 · Post #120 » by **Murphs56** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:11 am

This could be a huge night. Dallas lost, Kings are up over the Suns and the Sixers are up right now against the Warriors.