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Klomp wrote:Are Ant and Rob the "Swag Brothers"?!
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
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
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
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:I think this might be the move that will define Tim Connelly's career here, yes even more than the Gobert trade.
winforlose wrote:No shade honest question. What was the buzz like around Culver? Or Wiggins? Or Okafor, or Anthony Bennett, or Kris Dunn. My point is simply, you don’t know until you know, everything else is best guess.
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:winforlose wrote:No shade honest question. What was the buzz like around Culver? Or Wiggins? Or Okafor, or Anthony Bennett, or Kris Dunn. My point is simply, you don’t know until you know, everything else is best guess.
I think Wiggins is the only one with a similar type of hype and fanfare. I think his love of the game was his undoing.
But really, Embiid would have likely been the No. 1 pick were it not for his injury concerns.
TimberKat wrote:Klomp wrote:winforlose wrote:No shade honest question. What was the buzz like around Culver? Or Wiggins? Or Okafor, or Anthony Bennett, or Kris Dunn. My point is simply, you don’t know until you know, everything else is best guess.
I think Wiggins is the only one with a similar type of hype and fanfare. I think his love of the game was his undoing.
But really, Embiid would have likely been the No. 1 pick were it not for his injury concerns.
I think there was just as much hype for Dunn and Culver. There was talk about Dunn going #2 to Celtics. Everyone was saying Dunn was a great pickup and perfect fit for Wolves. Culver was supposed to be the fifth pick to Cavs and it was fortunate he fall to #6.
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:Dunn and Culver were both a hope and a prayer. We drafted them not really having a vision.
Tim Connelly has a vision. We've seen it. We've heard it. There was a clearly-defined role available, and Connelly pushed in all of his chips to get arguably the best fit available for that role. It's why multiple people have said the Timberwolves 'won the draft'. They weren't really saying that about the Culver or Dunn picks.
Obviously, things still have the potential to go wrong, winforlose is absolutely correct about that. But that is always the case in any situation in life.
winforlose wrote:Klomp wrote:Dunn and Culver were both a hope and a prayer. We drafted them not really having a vision.
Tim Connelly has a vision. We've seen it. We've heard it. There was a clearly-defined role available, and Connelly pushed in all of his chips to get arguably the best fit available for that role. It's why multiple people have said the Timberwolves 'won the draft'. They weren't really saying that about the Culver or Dunn picks.
Obviously, things still have the potential to go wrong, winforlose is absolutely correct about that. But that is always the case in any situation in life.
All I am saying is the hype can be right or wrong. Nowell was a great shooter who lost his deep shot. Butler was an afterthought who turned into a superstar. Lauri Markkanen was an average role player on bad teams and is now the hottest trade commodity in the NBA. We won’t know what we have in Dilly for some time (honestly proper evaluation of young players takes years as you account for growth between seasons.) Hype is great, but it is just hype until it isn’t.
thinktank wrote:winforlose wrote:Klomp wrote:Dunn and Culver were both a hope and a prayer. We drafted them not really having a vision.
Tim Connelly has a vision. We've seen it. We've heard it. There was a clearly-defined role available, and Connelly pushed in all of his chips to get arguably the best fit available for that role. It's why multiple people have said the Timberwolves 'won the draft'. They weren't really saying that about the Culver or Dunn picks.
Obviously, things still have the potential to go wrong, winforlose is absolutely correct about that. But that is always the case in any situation in life.
All I am saying is the hype can be right or wrong. Nowell was a great shooter who lost his deep shot. Butler was an afterthought who turned into a superstar. Lauri Markkanen was an average role player on bad teams and is now the hottest trade commodity in the NBA. We won’t know what we have in Dilly for some time (honestly proper evaluation of young players takes years as you account for growth between seasons.) Hype is great, but it is just hype until it isn’t.
I agree.
It’s going to take some basketball games to prove you wrong.
One thing that’s interesting:
Connelly and Finch have said they’re ready to play Dilly right away. Is that hype? I think that’s stronger than hype when it comes from the GM and coach of a very strong team. That’s endorsement. Not hype.
We had an awful team with Dunn and Culver and coaches weren’t talking like that.
winforlose wrote:thinktank wrote:winforlose wrote:
All I am saying is the hype can be right or wrong. Nowell was a great shooter who lost his deep shot. Butler was an afterthought who turned into a superstar. Lauri Markkanen was an average role player on bad teams and is now the hottest trade commodity in the NBA. We won’t know what we have in Dilly for some time (honestly proper evaluation of young players takes years as you account for growth between seasons.) Hype is great, but it is just hype until it isn’t.
I agree.
It’s going to take some basketball games to prove you wrong.
One thing that’s interesting:
Connelly and Finch have said they’re ready to play Dilly right away. Is that hype? I think that’s stronger than hype when it comes from the GM and coach of a very strong team. That’s endorsement. Not hype.
We had an awful team with Dunn and Culver and coaches weren’t talking like that.
The hype I was referring to was the national media stuff posted above. You need context before jumping in.
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