Game 5 WCF - Do or Die reloaded

younggunsmn · Post #141 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:44 am

Do Snoop and Luka have beef going back to the Clipper series?

KATKlownFeet · Post #142 » by **KATKlownFeet** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:45 am

Gobert is a team worst -23. Dallas has two better younger and much cheaper centers than Gobert and idiots TC and Finch thought the Gobert trade would put us on top.

younggunsmn · Post #143 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:49 am

Sothron wrote:
younggunsmn wrote:
Sothron wrote:This is...embarrassing. Just no other way to say. I was a semi-Wolf fan BEFORE we drafted Marbury....pause to address, yes, I'm old :p so I've seen some horrible face palm performances from this franchise.

After fighting so hard to avoid a sweep...its like they just gave up and settled for not getting swept in the WCF.

I am trying to look at the positives. This is a youngish team and is still getting better. We need a point guard option other than Conley. I love Mike Conley going back to his Grizz days but we need someone that has years to go instead of the other way around.

Give us that Murray guy you've got

Hawks and TWolves are my 1 and 1A teams. I've done mock trades on NBA 2k for two years now sending KAT to Atlanta for Murray. I just don't think any other situation really works for both teams. I don't think Taylor wants to move KAT especially after how far the team got this season.

We can't talk about ownership here until the playoffs are over, but who ends up with the team and how could change a lot of things.

TimberKat · Post #144 » by **TimberKat** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:50 am

Neeva wrote:Finch isn’t a championship winning coach:/ then again teams win championships with superstars, right now Ant is the only one that can become that and still has a long way to go, we need to get another one. that’s not Kat, that’s not Gobert, that’s not Jaden.

There is only a handful of superstars that made it this far so... I still would go for a Naz or Jaden as upgrade chip first before move Towns/Gobert.

younggunsmn · Post #145 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:53 am

There is SO much bad in how we are defending these pick and rolls.
If you are going to help you have to get square, get your hands up, and defend the pass back in the direction you are helping from.

TimberKat · Post #146 » by **TimberKat** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:54 am

Miller time for all the wrong reasons :nonono:

guest81 · Post #147 » by **guest81** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:56 am

great season guys. Most enjoyable wolves season ever

younggunsmn · Post #148 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:56 am

First goal for next season should be to get Jaden McDaniels 15 field goal attempts per game.

TimberKat · Post #149 » by **TimberKat** » Fri May 31, 2024 2:59 am

The NBA finally is going to be really sucks. How can we make both team lose?

m2002brian · Post #150 » by **m2002brian** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:00 am

It’s always been the same for years upon years. This thinking we can just retool around Ant and KaT is wrong.

We had to give up the switching and pick n roll defense because KAT is extremely limited in his defensive IQ

We had to stick KaT on Jokic not because Rudy was getting cooked but because KAT isn’t trusted to do anything but man up one guy and one guy only.
If he got switched onto Gordon, he would **** up the help on Jokic and it was an easy assist for Jokic to the dunker spot for Gordon.

He slow, he plays recklessly and he’s extremely limited defensively. Not worth the check being written.

Some team will think it is, just get to the playoffs, just to have some sort of “big name”.

Finch was out coached and quite possibly running a system that does not benefit the best players on the team first to put them in the best position to succeed.

Guest84 · Post #151 » by **Guest84** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:03 am

I hope they watch this on their home court and keep that feeling at the top of mind.

Post #152 » by **Domejandro** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:05 am

It's a tough loss, but Dallas is just a better team. They have run through teams since the NBA Trade Deadline.

Hopefully Minnesota will be better next year, with Anthony Edwards improving and Jaden McDaniels hopefully becoming more consistent offensively. There is room for growth.

Muskies97 · Post #153 » by **Muskies97** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:05 am

Hopefully this was the last KAT game in Minnesota.

TimberKat · Post #154 » by **TimberKat** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:08 am

Our defense is not great in this seriese but really the bigger problem is how bad our offense look. If Finch is supposed to be an offense master mind, I am not seeing it. I get we had to dumb it down because our player's IQ or limitations but still should be a little better than what we see.

Neeva · Post #155 » by **Neeva** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:12 am

Muskies97 wrote:Hopefully this was the last KAT game in Minnesota.

For real, Naz is improving defensively against Denver, so getting another playmaking guard to help Ant in playoffs will be better.

KATKlownFeet · Post #156 » by **KATKlownFeet** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:13 am

Domejandro wrote:It's a tough loss, but Dallas is just a better team. They have run through teams since the NBA Trade Deadline.

Hopefully Minnesota will be better next year, with Anthony Edwards improving and Jaden McDaniels hopefully becoming more consistent offensively. There is room for growth.

Dallas wasn't even a playoff team last year and LAC and OKC put up a better fight against Dallas, than Wolves.

Nick K · Post #157 » by **Nick K** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:20 am

Domejandro wrote:
KATKlownFeet wrote:
Nick K wrote:
This is a coaching problem and they are too stubborn do make adjustments.

I'm not seeing ball movement and 3 pt shots in rhythm. We drive into crowds and force the ball. We try to make Rudy an offensive star.

The coaches tell them what to do.

I'm ready for a new coach. If you want to win a title, Finch is not it.

Can we get real? Minnesota is not firing their coach who brought them to their first Western Conference Finals in two decades.

Criticizing the coaching is one thing, but this is just super silly.

I agree! I criticize Finchy but no way we replace him. I wish he wouldn't get so stubborn before he mixes it up but he's learning too. These opportunities can be rare. Its such a shame to go out the way we did.

Post #158 » by **Domejandro** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:24 am

KATKlownFeet wrote:
Domejandro wrote:It's a tough loss, but Dallas is just a better team. They have run through teams since the NBA Trade Deadline.

Hopefully Minnesota will be better next year, with Anthony Edwards improving and Jaden McDaniels hopefully becoming more consistent offensively. There is room for growth.

Dallas wasn't even a playoff team last year and LAC and OKC put up a better fight against Dallas, than Wolves.

Lmao, k. Not even worth responding to, comparing last year's Dallas team to this season.

Guest84 · Post #159 » by **Guest84** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:34 am

Absolutely disappointing end. Just a tough matchup for the wolves. They were what phx was supposed to be.

Looking at the last few seasons, this team went from a high powered offense getting bounced in the first round. To a defensive force getting bounced in the wcf.

Did they sacrifice too much offense for defense? More balance is def needed.

Dalvin · Post #160 » by **Dalvin** » Fri May 31, 2024 3:36 am

It sucks to lose that way and in front of the homecourt. But I'm proud of the team for this season. This was the best team in 20 years we've had. The draft is in a few weeks away and I haven't really looked much into the prospects, I even forgot the lottery happened already.
Most were saying that the season if we didn't at least reach the WCF that this iteration of the team is a failure and yet we did reach the WCF! Another offseason of growth, take their bitter medicines/lesson from this series and come back better next season! We have a competent GM, a good coach, a young superstar. Our future is not doom and gloom, it's bright!

P.S. Here's to hoping we don't need to wait another 20 years to be this good again :lol: