game thread: Wolves @ Nuggets

Dewey · Post #161 » by **Dewey** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:06 am

Defense ... starts with players getting down the floor, then we can talk.

A healthy Miller is very possibly a win for the Woffies. McCants is simply killing us no matter how you slice it. He gets the opportunity to shine due to injuries and has flopped badly. I was waiting for him to finally hit a late 3, and then give that rebel scowl like he's a lethal weapon. NOT.

Post #162 » by **el loco** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:40 am

Nuggets fan. You guys are going to be a decent team. You just need to learn how to close out quarters. You had us early, maybe the back-to-back got to you in the second, maybe it was Melo. Either way in the first half you were pounding the ball inside and scoring in the paint at will on us and then in the second half you went completely away from it. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

A healthy Miller probably gets you a win tonight imo. Of course I am glad that didn't happen, but you guys have nothing to hang your heads about.

Post #163 » by **Calinks** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:42 am

It's nice how we have been getting some cool fans to come by and drop encouraging words as of late. Thanks.

shrink · Post #164 » by **shrink** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:04 am

I'm glad I didn't see this. Carmelo is one of my least favorite players.

Quantum of Solace was a six for me. Too bad -- I REALLY liked Casino Royale. I like the Parkour (ooh - that reminds me .. my guilty pleasure "Chase" is on the DVR), but in all, a very forgettable movie. We were the only ones in the theater (Champlin), so it'll probably be out on DVD very quickly.

PaintPatrol · Post #165 » by **PaintPatrol** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:14 am

shrink wrote:I'm glad I didn't see this. Carmelo is one of my least favorite players.

I just finished watching it unfortunetly I recorded then I flip on Sport Center and immediately had to watch that 3rd quater over. Seriously anybody wanna put a body on that guy? maybe?

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #166 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:33 am

Just bench Mccants. he doesn't get it.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #167 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:47 am

at least things are getting to how they were supposed to be when the season began - good on offense, wretched on defense

funkatron101 · Post #168 » by **funkatron101** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:10 pm

Devilzsidewalk wrote:at least things are getting to how they were supposed to be when the season began - good on offense, wretched on defense

Right. Offensively Foye, Love, and Al did what I was hoping from them. McCants and Telfair are shooting like crap.

deeney0 · Post #169 » by **deeney0** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:21 pm

McCant's shouldn't play. Telfair shouldn't shoot.

PeeDee · Post #170 » by **PeeDee** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:55 pm

I can't wait until this team has a legit shooting guard. Harden/Evans plz.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #171 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:39 pm

at first against the Jazz I thought McHale just made a mistake when he had Telfair and Ollie on the court at the same time - like maybe he called for "Carney" and they thought he was calling for "Ollie" or something.

But holy ****, there they were again against the Nugz.

And what does Carney have to do, he drains a couple of nice threes against the Jazz, gets 2 blocks, 2 steals, but only had 13 minutes. And against the Nugz he had a real nice defensive sequence against Melo, but then he hibernates on the bench again.

Those are my biggest gripes so far w/ McHale. Telfair/Ollie backcourt, and too many minutes for Gomes and McCants and not enough for Carney.

kevinbs · Post #172 » by **kevinbs** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:05 pm

I agree!!!!!!! Carney should be getting way more minutes. Carmelo would not have had the nice 3rd quarter if Carney gets more than 3 minutes in that game.

PaintPatrol · Post #173 » by **PaintPatrol** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:26 pm

If my memory serves me correctly wasn't there a stretch where McCants was gaurding Melo when he was blowing up?

prefuse73 · Post #174 » by **prefuse73** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:38 pm

I am holding on to hope that Carney is just in waiting until McCants is gone. I still think with Corey out and when Miller gets back we should run with foye,carney,miller,smith or love, big al as the starters. Carney is one of best wing defenders at this point and can hit some threes and be athletic. However, with Mccants on the roster, we gotta show confidence in him so other teams will take him.

as far as melo is concerned, we have no answer for any big SF. miller and brewer our too slight and gomes is too slow.

shrink · Post #175 » by **shrink** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:38 pm

He may be trying to boost McCants minutes for a trade, but if he keeps shooting like this, he's only reducing his trade value.

Post #176 » by **Basti** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:07 pm

PaintPatrol wrote:If my memory serves me correctly wasn't there a stretch where McCants was gaurding Melo when he was blowing up?

yeah he did but Rashad played as a small forward at that time. :nonono:

LasVegas3 · Post #177 » by **LasVegas3** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:13 pm

For the record, Foye was -14 for the game, and Telfair was +10 in limited minutes.
Vegas

Post #178 » by **Basti** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:38 pm

LasVegas3 wrote:For the record, Foye was -14 for the game, and Telfair was +10 in limited minutes.
Vegas

the +/- stat is flawed here because Bassy played mostly before Melo went bezerk on us while Foye did play then.

theGreatRC · Post #179 » by **theGreatRC** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:47 pm

LasVegas3 wrote:For the record, Foye was -14 for the game, and Telfair was +10 in limited minutes.
Vegas

I hope what you're trying to say is that +/- isn't a good stat to determine one's playing time, or their affect on the court.

LasVegas3 · Post #180 » by **LasVegas3** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:55 pm

I was strictly correcting a incorrect stat that was reflected in an earlier comment.