Preseason thread

Colbinii · Post #81 » by **Colbinii** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:17 am

18 Assists on 25 FGA at half-time. This team is going to be awesome. So many selfless players, so much shooting and everyone does the little/dirty things.

younggunsmn · Post #82 » by **younggunsmn** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:33 am

Offense is a disaster with NAW at PG per usual with 3 straight turnovers.

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #83 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:35 am

I'm impressed the way we play really. Ball movement is night and day with last year. Many good pass, many players can shoot. Really like what i'm seeing in preseason so far. Go Wolves!

wolves_89 · Post #84 » by **wolves_89** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:35 am

I'm not sure that having NAW as the main backup PG is going to be successful. Having him bring it up every possession is not looking great so far this preseason.

wolves_89 · Post #85 » by **wolves_89** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:43 am

Without Rudy the Wolves are too small. They just don't have any way to deal with an opposing center with size.

BlacJacMac · Post #86 » by **BlacJacMac** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:53 am

younggunsmn wrote:Offense is a disaster with NAW at PG per usual with 3 straight turnovers.

Yeah. I’m much more comfortable with Donte handling the ball.

KGdaBom · Post #87 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:54 am

Dilly struggling with his shot tonight, but some nice assists. One particular pretty one to Luka.

Norseman79 · Post #88 » by **Norseman79** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:54 am

I hate small ball...

KGdaBom · Post #89 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:55 am

BlacJacMac wrote:
younggunsmn wrote:Offense is a disaster with NAW at PG per usual with 3 straight turnovers.

Yeah. I’m much more comfortable with Donte handling the ball.

I'm more comfortable with Dilly handling the ball.

KGdaBom · Post #90 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:05 am

Luka is such an offensive machine.

wolves_89 · Post #91 » by **wolves_89** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:09 am

One thing that stands out from Summer league and the first two preseason games is that Dillingham is incredibly streaky. He'll have stretches where he makes 5 in a row and then follows that with long stretches where he can't make a shot.

BlacJacMac · Post #92 » by **BlacJacMac** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:14 am

7 assists, 0 turnovers, 4 rebounds, 3 steals for Dilly.

Also 0-6 shooting….

KGdaBom · Post #93 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:14 am

wolves_89 wrote:One thing that stands out from Summer league and the first two preseason games is that Dillingham is incredibly streaky. He'll have stretches where he makes 5 in a row and then follows that with long stretches where he can't make a shot.

His shot is not falling, but he has 7 dimes with zero TOs.

El Hespiritu · Post #94 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:15 am

I'm the most comfortable with Ingles handling the ball

KGdaBom · Post #95 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:16 am

BlacJacMac wrote:7 assists, 0 turnovers, 4 rebounds, 3 steals for Dilly.

Also 0-6 shooting….

The upper line looks great.

The lower line needs improvement. :lol:

KGdaBom · Post #96 » by **KGdaBom** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:23 am

Dilly finally makes a couple shots and ends the game with a real good looking line.

Dalvin · Post #97 » by **Dalvin** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:23 am

Aaaaarrrrrroooooo!!!!! Finch doesn't lose preseason games! 14-2 under him :lol:

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #98 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:25 am

Great team. We are much more deep than last year. I tell it before but i see RD more as a Mike style player, not going for 20PPG but having a huge ratio assist/TO. We are better than last year for me, Season looks very promising.

younggunsmn · Post #99 » by **younggunsmn** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:52 am

Dillingham with more Assists than FGA and zero turnovers is very encouraging.

NAW with one assist to 4 turnovers yikes.

Jaden adding some offense and rebounding. We should set a goal to get him at least 12 shots every game.
He seems to be a player who plays better the more involved he is in the offense.

Minott might be an actual option as a serviceable backup PF if he keeps playing this well.
We are likely to need one in the rotation next year.

Playing Dante exclusively at wing so far, maybe that's just to ease him in to start.
He has the ability to playmake, quiet night for him but good floor game that should be there every night for us.
All the bench wings we've run the past few years have had at least one big flaw.
Beasley brought nothing but shooting, Nowell played no D, NAW is a poor ballhandler and creator.
Dante doesn't seem to have a single glaring flaw in his game and is a really smart player.

The bad: 7 offensive boards to Drummond, who would be a prototype Gobert backup/failsafe.
The offense just looks amazing when we play a 5 with skill.
But Embiid or Jokic would have demolished this lineup.

juju14 · Post #100 » by **juju14** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:57 am

FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Great team. We are much more deep than last year. I tell it before but i see RD more as a Mike style player, not going for 20PPG but having a huge ratio assist/TO. We are better than last year for me, Season looks very promising.

Yep the backup spot much needed improvement with RD, Donte, Ingles ball handling duties. NAW should not be handing the ball much. Minnow is improving but idk how he will get minutes. But the glaring thing was ballhandding and shooting. If Randle can get back to all star form it's over for the league