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Domejandro wrote:Klomp wrote:TimberKat wrote:We need a Malik Monk on the Wolves.
His name was Malik Beasley, and people wanted him banished!
Just thinking about how much better Minnesota would be with Malik Beasley over Shake Milton is painful.
TimberKat wrote:Domejandro wrote:Klomp wrote:His name was Malik Beasley, and people wanted him banished!
Just thinking about how much better Minnesota would be with Malik Beasley over Shake Milton is painful.
I just checked Beasley's stats, he is doing well ( as support cast) in MIL. There is got to be another Malik in the NBA or in the world that can shoot the 3pt shot.
younggunsmn wrote:TimberKat wrote:Domejandro wrote:Just thinking about how much better Minnesota would be with Malik Beasley over Shake Milton is painful.
I just checked Beasley's stats, he is doing well ( as support cast) in MIL. There is got to be another Malik in the NBA or in the world that can shoot the 3pt shot.
No. Just no. Getting rid of our low BBIQ/low character players has been a huge addition by subtraction.
Beasley was only a plus out there when he was on a hot streak shooting. He was a big net negative at all other times.
He wasn't as bad as Bryn Forbes, but that's not saying much.
I don't think Shake will be this bad all season, but I'd still take the current version over Beasley.
He can at least pass, dribble, and play defense.
And I'd certainly take TBJ over Beasley.
Calinks wrote:Chuck still doesn't believe in us yet I see him time and time again talk up the Lakers. They got blown the hell out the other day, they have been shaky all season, and tonight the Thunder just thrashed their cheeks with a lightning bolt. Dude needs to give us some credit if he thinks the Lakers are so great with that kind of resume.
TimberKat wrote:Calinks wrote:Chuck still doesn't believe in us yet I see him time and time again talk up the Lakers. They got blown the hell out the other day, they have been shaky all season, and tonight the Thunder just thrashed their cheeks with a lightning bolt. Dude needs to give us some credit if he thinks the Lakers are so great with that kind of resume.
I don't think he watched any of those games. He is still stuck in the 80's. How can the Wolves possibly beat the Lakers and Celtics? They don't have a center that can compete with Kareem, Parish and Joe Barry Carroll.
TimberKat wrote:Calinks wrote:Chuck still doesn't believe in us yet I see him time and time again talk up the Lakers. They got blown the hell out the other day, they have been shaky all season, and tonight the Thunder just thrashed their cheeks with a lightning bolt. Dude needs to give us some credit if he thinks the Lakers are so great with that kind of resume.
I don't think he watched any of those games. He is still stuck in the 80's. How can the Wolves possibly beat the Lakers and Celtics? They don't have a center that can compete with Kareem, Parish and Joe Barry Carroll.
Tukkerwolf wrote:I genuinely believe our last year's team could have beaten Memphis as well. And perhaps even the Warriors.
Calinks wrote:Tukkerwolf wrote:I genuinely believe our last year's team could have beaten Memphis as well. And perhaps even the Warriors.
I must agree. I think Memphis was really a step below last post-season and we would have matched up better with where Ant was playing and with out size even though we weren't as good as we should have been. I also think the Warriors were starting to fall off enough where they were beatable but it would have been a tough series. I think the Lakers were beatable too but I would have probably given them the edge. I wouldn't be shocked if we beat them though.
This season if healthy I think we smoke the Warriors. I think we beat Memphis. I could see it being a series against the Lakers but I think we take them too.
Worm Guts wrote:
I’m actually surprised the Wolves have only spent 10 days on top of the Western Conference in their history, considering they did win it once. I guess I forgot they didn’t spend most of the year there.
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
shrink wrote:I didn’t want to start a new thread, so I’ll stick this here:
The Timberwolves were #27 in attendance last year, and are now up to #18. Every game has been a sell out so far, but we are behind some teams that are under 100% attendance simply because our stadium has fewer seats than teams like CHI and DET.
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
shrink wrote:I didn’t want to start a new thread, so I’ll stick this here:
The Timberwolves were #27 in attendance last year, and are now up to #18. Every game has been a sell out so far, but we are behind some teams that are under 100% attendance simply because our stadium has fewer seats than teams like CHI and DET.
? I think we still have sections closed off so we can call it a sell out. Sure sounds like ARod's plan which likely means they will spend to keep the team playing well for the sell outs shrink wrote:Calinks wrote:Tukkerwolf wrote:I genuinely believe our last year's team could have beaten Memphis as well. And perhaps even the Warriors.
I must agree. I think Memphis was really a step below last post-season and we would have matched up better with where Ant was playing and with out size even though we weren't as good as we should have been. I also think the Warriors were starting to fall off enough where they were beatable but it would have been a tough series. I think the Lakers were beatable too but I would have probably given them the edge. I wouldn't be shocked if we beat them though.
This season if healthy I think we smoke the Warriors. I think we beat Memphis. I could see it being a series against the Lakers but I think we take them too.
I agree, and what drives me crazy is that we play a whole season, and a single point spelled the difference!
We faced the Lakers in the first playoff game without Gobert, McDaniels and Naz, and Ant was awful (3-for-17), and that game went to overtime. Towns was unstoppable for three quarters, but ran out of gas. One made basket from Ant would have us in, facing the disintegrating Grizzlies, and we would have likely beat Warriors as well with our size - that’s how LAL beat them. If we had won that first play in game, the Lakers would have started the playoffs facing DEN, and the off-season narrative for both our teams would have been completely different.
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