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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#21 » by Worm Guts » Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:05 pm

Note30 wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
Note30 wrote:1. Joe Smith
2. Jimmy Butler
3. Latrell "I got kids to feed" Spreewell
4. Christian Laettner
5. JJ Barrea
6. Starbury
7. Brandon Roy
8. Johnny Flynn
9. Nicolas Batum
10. Robbie Hummel


No Wesley Johnson? :-?


He didn't actually harm or make the franchise worse. One of those guys I listed wasn't even a Wolves player lol.


He was drafted over DeMarcus Cousins. There was a time where that seemed like a much worse mistake.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#22 » by Battletrigger » Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:16 pm

Note30 wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
Note30 wrote:1. Joe Smith
2. Jimmy Butler
3. Latrell "I got kids to feed" Spreewell
4. Christian Laettner
5. JJ Barrea
6. Starbury
7. Brandon Roy
8. Johnny Flynn
9. Nicolas Batum
10. Robbie Hummel


No Wesley Johnson? :-?


He didn't actually harm or make the franchise worse. One of those guys I listed wasn't even a Wolves player lol.


I sure know that Batum was matched but for me, Wes Johnson was one of the most frustrating Wolves I have ever seen.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#23 » by Klomp » Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:17 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
Note30 wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
No Wesley Johnson? :-?


He didn't actually harm or make the franchise worse. One of those guys I listed wasn't even a Wolves player lol.


He was drafted over DeMarcus Cousins. There was a time where that seemed like a much worse mistake.

I was hooked, lined, and suckered into believing the Scottie Pippen 2.0 hype!
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#24 » by Battletrigger » Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:21 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
Note30 wrote:
Battletrigger wrote:
No Wesley Johnson? :-?


He didn't actually harm or make the franchise worse. One of those guys I listed wasn't even a Wolves player lol.


He was drafted over DeMarcus Cousins. There was a time where that seemed like a much worse mistake.


Don't forget Gordon Hayward and Paul George...
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#25 » by BlacJacMac » Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:25 pm

Klomp wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:
Note30 wrote:
He didn't actually harm or make the franchise worse. One of those guys I listed wasn't even a Wolves player lol.


He was drafted over DeMarcus Cousins. There was a time where that seemed like a much worse mistake.

I was hooked, lined, and suckered into believing the Scottie Pippen 2.0 hype!


My favorite moment was after the draft when David Kahn was raving about his jumper. In the background was Wes bricking shot after shot in an empty gym...
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#26 » by KGdaBom » Wed Jun 4, 2025 10:25 pm

frankenwolf wrote:KG
Ant
KAT
Love
Rubio
Brandon
Pek
West
Peeler
Sam I am

Which Sam? Cassell or Mitchell? I'm guessing one has that nickname, but I don't know which. I'm guessing you meant Mitchell.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#27 » by BlacJacMac » Wed Jun 4, 2025 10:56 pm

KGdaBom wrote:
frankenwolf wrote:KG
Ant
KAT
Love
Rubio
Brandon
Pek
West
Peeler
Sam I am

Which Sam? Cassell or Mitchell? I'm guessing one has that nickname, but I don't know which. I'm guessing you meant Mitchell.


It's Cassell's nickname.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#28 » by TheProdigy » Wed Jun 4, 2025 11:07 pm

frankenwolf wrote:KG
Ant
KAT
Love
Rubio
Brandon
Pek
West
Peeler
Sam I am

Peeler??

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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#29 » by KGdaBom » Thu Jun 5, 2025 11:13 am

BlacJacMac wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:
frankenwolf wrote:KG
Ant
KAT
Love
Rubio
Brandon
Pek
West
Peeler
Sam I am

Which Sam? Cassell or Mitchell? I'm guessing one has that nickname, but I don't know which. I'm guessing you meant Mitchell.


It's Cassell's nickname.

I might be the biggest Dr. Seuss fan on the planet, but I did not recall this.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#30 » by frankenwolf » Thu Jun 5, 2025 2:52 pm

TheProdigy wrote:
frankenwolf wrote:KG
Ant
KAT
Love
Rubio
Brandon
Pek
West
Peeler
Sam I am

Peeler??


I know, but I watched Anthony at Mizzou and was glad he played on my favorite NBA Team
WTH just happened??
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#31 » by My Main Man » Sun Jun 8, 2025 4:58 pm

BlacJacMac wrote:
Klomp wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:
He was drafted over DeMarcus Cousins. There was a time where that seemed like a much worse mistake.

I was hooked, lined, and suckered into believing the Scottie Pippen 2.0 hype!


My favorite moment was after the draft when David Kahn was raving about his jumper. In the background was Wes bricking shot after shot in an empty gym...


My worst basketball take ever was thinking that Wesley Johnson would be the second best player from the 2010 draft…..after Xavier Henry. I have no idea why but I was convinced Henry was going places.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#32 » by Wolves21 » Sun Jun 8, 2025 10:46 pm

1.Kevin Garnett
2.Anthony Edwards3
3.Karl-Anthony Towns
4.Jimmy Butler
5.Rudy Gobert
6.Kevin Love
7.Andrew Wiggins
8.Ricky Rubio
8.Stephon Marbury
9.Sam Cassell
10.Wally Szczerbiak

Think this would be a pretty accurate list, with the top five being LOCKS. Yes some would question the one season plus of Jimmy and how everything turned into a nightmare but he was the lead dog and the one that broke the 13 year streak of missing the playoffs and was the one to bring respect back to the franchise. That to me makes him one of the greatest Wolves players every.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#33 » by shrink » Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:19 pm

Jimmy always gets all the credit for MIN getting back to the playoffs, when Towns had a far far better season.

For example, KAT was #2 in the NBA for Win Shares in 2017-18, and Jimmy was #20.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#34 » by KGdaBom » Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:36 pm

Wolves21 wrote:1.Kevin Garnett
2.Anthony Edwards3
3.Karl-Anthony Towns
4.Jimmy Butler
5.Rudy Gobert
6.Kevin Love
7.Andrew Wiggins
8.Ricky Rubio
8.Stephon Marbury
9.Sam Cassell
10.Wally Szczerbiak

Think this would be a pretty accurate list, with the top five being LOCKS. Yes some would question the one season plus of Jimmy and how everything turned into a nightmare but he was the lead dog and the one that broke the 13 year streak of missing the playoffs and was the one to bring respect back to the franchise. That to me makes him one of the greatest Wolves players every.

I was a huge supporter of Butler until he turned into a POS. Keep him far from any best Wolves list IMO.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#35 » by Battletrigger » Mon Jun 9, 2025 6:50 am

shrink wrote:Jimmy always gets all the credit for MIN getting back to the playoffs, when Towns had a far far better season.

For example, KAT was #2 in the NBA for Win Shares in 2017-18, and Jimmy was #20.


I still remember when Butler got injured and we fell from 3rd to 8th, so we had to rush our recovery.
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#36 » by KGdaBom » Mon Jun 9, 2025 11:37 am

Battletrigger wrote:
shrink wrote:Jimmy always gets all the credit for MIN getting back to the playoffs, when Towns had a far far better season.

For example, KAT was #2 in the NBA for Win Shares in 2017-18, and Jimmy was #20.


I still remember when Butler got injured and we fell from 3rd to 8th, so we had to rush our recovery.

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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#37 » by Klomp » Mon Jun 9, 2025 2:08 pm

shrink wrote:Jimmy always gets all the credit for MIN getting back to the playoffs, when Towns had a far far better season.

For example, KAT was #2 in the NBA for Win Shares in 2017-18, and Jimmy was #20.

WS is a big man-slanted statistic usually
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#38 » by Biff Cooper » Mon Jun 9, 2025 3:30 pm

I tend to put the players who were the best players at sometime in their career on this list. That makes the first 7 pretty easy:

Kevin Garnett
Anthony Edwards
Chauncey Billups
Jimmy Butler
Derrick Rose
Kevin Love
Karl Anthony Towns

For the last 3, I am going to go with:

Brandon Roy
Rudy Gobert
AK 47

Honorable Mention: Conley, Cassell, Tayshaun Prince, Rubio, Pek, Laettner, JR Rider, Al Jefferson, Spreewell, Sam Mitchell, Tyrone Corbin, Terrell Brandon, Jaden McDaniels, Michael Williams, Szcerbiak
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Re: All Time Wolves Top Ten 

Post#39 » by shrink » Mon Jun 9, 2025 6:10 pm

Klomp wrote:
shrink wrote:Jimmy always gets all the credit for MIN getting back to the playoffs, when Towns had a far far better season.

For example, KAT was #2 in the NBA for Win Shares in 2017-18, and Jimmy was #20.

WS is a big man-slanted statistic usually

Harden was #1 that year, and won the MVP.

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