Game 78: Utah Jazz (43-33) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (44-33) - 7:00 PM ET

CP1981 · Post #241 » by **CP1981** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:06 am

Patton about to get in

Crazy-Canuck · Post #242 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:06 am

Jazz rotate 4 or 5 guys and they dont miss a beat.

We rely on crawford and dieng to lose us games.

Post #243 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:07 am

Welp Patton is in which means he wont be rookie of the year next year.

PharmD · Post #244 » by **PharmD** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:07 am

Patton's had NO problem staying in front of Exum!

Bucketgetter · Post #245 » by **Bucketgetter** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:08 am

Calinks wrote:Welp Patton is in which means he wont be rookie of the year next year.

He still can. I'm pretty sure you have to play a certain amount of games.

Post #246 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:09 am

Domejandro wrote:
Calinks wrote:
Domejandro wrote:Loser-mentality incoming, but wouldn’t we be better off just accepting getting the ninth or tenth seed and rolling into the off-season with #14 and #20?

We are better off getting into the postseason and taking our ass kicking by a team that shows everyone of the staff what a playoff team should look like. We need to taste the fire. Players and coaching staff. Thibs needs to learn he cant roll out a shallow squad like this and expect to be great.

Maybe it is just me, but I don't have faith that it would mean anything. All that would happen is the excuse of "it was a young team's first shot at the big stage!" That is always what the excuse is with this team.... always "youth and inexperience"; I really have no faith that it wouldn't be seen as anything but that.

I disagree, I think its important to have high aspirations and tangible goals that are met. FLopping again by missing the playoffs would be a miserable tone.

AirP. · Post #247 » by **AirP.** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:09 am

Domejandro wrote:
Mattya wrote:
Domejandro wrote:If you think I am praising Ricky’s shooting with that statement, you are completely misreading it. If anything, I’m using his poor shooting to explain to people how bad our offense is.

So our offense has been bad every year Rubio has been in the league?

No, that is not my point. THE OFFENSE IS THE PROBLEM! Minnesota’s offense was phenomenal with Rick Adelman and still good with Flip (despite his shortcomings on adapting to the modern NBA). The issue is that Minnesota runs an iso-heavy offense that devalues efficiency, this idea that Ricky was a reason that our spacing was poor the previous two seasons is objectively ludicrous (every stat proved it), and that the terrible offense and prioritizing of player roles is clearly the problem that leads to such inefficiency.

Cut out Jamal, limit Wiggins, feature Towns, and give Nemanja free-reign. This is basic stuff that literally anybody should realize would make our spacing and efficiency better. It is painfully obvious.

What stat are you going by on offense for the team? Minnesota is at 113.6 for ORTG, under Adelman his best was 106.6. Minnesota's problem is defense and it's been bad for what do you know... 4 years. 2013-2014 the DRTG was 106.2 since then the lowest it's been is 110.1.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/

Post #248 » by **Calinks** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:10 am

Crazy-Canuck wrote:Jazz rotate 4 or 5 guys and they dont miss a beat.

We rely on crawford and dieng to lose us games.

Our lack of depth is a big big problem. Every game is a war of attrition when you only got 7 deep and your 2 bench guys are inconsistent.

Bucketgetter · Post #249 » by **Bucketgetter** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:11 am

I'm still very happy the Thunder lost to the Nuggets. Helps our OKC pick, and our potential positioning in the playoffs. I don't want to stumble into the playoffs, only because the Nuggets out choked us. If we miss the playoffs, it's all on us. No need to root against the Clippers or Nuggets at this point.

PharmD · Post #250 » by **PharmD** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:11 am

Patton looking sexy

CP1981 · Post #251 » by **CP1981** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:12 am

Got to upgrade that bench
Dieng and Crawford have to go

Crazy-Canuck · Post #252 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:12 am

patton has already shown more in these 2 minutes than dieng has had in a month.

Bucketgetter · Post #253 » by **Bucketgetter** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:13 am

It's about damn time we got to see these players

Crazy-Canuck · Post #254 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:14 am

would have liked to see brown and patton see more of the ball, unfortunately brooks went full crawford out there.

LesGrossman · Post #255 » by **LesGrossman** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:15 am

Bucketgetter wrote:Way to attack Wiggs!! Btw I love seeing us force Ricky into those mid range bricks

Bucketgetter · Post #256 » by **Bucketgetter** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:16 am

LesGrossman wrote:
Bucketgetter wrote:Way to attack Wiggs!! Btw I love seeing us force Ricky into those mid range bricks

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D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #257 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:16 am

CP1981 wrote:Got to upgrade that bench
Dieng and Crawford have to go

Nobody is trading for dieng unless its a second round pick and fillers.

Crawford yea. not working out.

MN7725 · Post #258 » by **MN7725** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:17 am

Why do wolves still have open roster spot?

Anyone have an article or quote about the reason?

Merc_Porto · Post #259 » by **Merc_Porto** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:17 am

Our offense is good this year like was good 2/3/4 years ago. Wich means that Rubio was NEVER the problem. Defense and depth was the problem.

But we decided to give away Rubio to replace him with a older point guard with 5M more in his contract.

Those 5M is a huge difference. Is the difference between to have another guy like Jerebko or Thabo Sefolosha into to the rotation or NOT.

Bucketgetter · Post #260 » by **Bucketgetter** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:18 am

MN7725 wrote:Why do wolves still have open roster spot?

Anyone have an article or quote about the reason?

"Because Thibs can't build or coach a roster"