KGdaBom wrote:He's supposed to have all the tools to be an all NBA defender.
But there will never be his primary role.
There's nothing that says you must play a 1, 2 3, 4 and 5 at the same time. There could be two 2s or two 3s.
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KGdaBom wrote:He's supposed to have all the tools to be an all NBA defender.
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
ClarkeW wrote:PG: Rubio / McLaughlin
SG: D’Lo / Beasley
SF: Edwards / Okogie or Culver
PF: ??? / Hernangomez
C: KAT / Reid
If we can use Culver (or Okogie) as a trade chip to fill that question mark at PF I think this team will really be set up for nice season.
mercgold3 wrote:ClarkeW wrote:PG: Rubio / McLaughlin
SG: D’Lo / Beasley
SF: Edwards / Okogie or Culver
PF: ??? / Hernangomez
C: KAT / Reid
If we can use Culver (or Okogie) as a trade chip to fill that question mark at PF I think this team will really be set up for nice season.
Is how i see as well...
Not sure about McLaughlin in the rotation.
More like...
Rubio - (Dlo)
Dlo - Beasley
Edwards - Layman
? - Juancho
Kat - Reid
Culver and Okogie traded???
Baseline81 wrote:With no summer league and a shortened camp/preseason, I'm not sure how anyone can lock Edwards in as a starter.
Klomp wrote:KGdaBom wrote:He's supposed to have all the tools to be an all NBA defender.
But there will never be his primary role.
There's nothing that says you must play a 1, 2 3, 4 and 5 at the same time. There could be two 2s or two 3s.
Domejandro wrote:Dewey wrote:Domejandro wrote:I bet a rotation we see this season is....
Ricky Rubio / D'Angelo Russell / Malik Beasley / Anthony Edwards / Karl-Anthony Towns
Just a feeling I have. Obviously not a starting or main line-up, but I expect to see this tried, at some point.
Beasley will not be here... with a #1 naive rookie coming and gun-toting Beasley won’t be here. Edwards will never play the 4 unless all other F’s and C’s are injured or fouled out.
It is very possible that Malik Beasley plays out his Qualifying Offer with Minnesota.
KGdaBom wrote:Klomp wrote:KGdaBom wrote:Why did you not list Edwards as a candidate for the #3?
I'll bold it for you to see if you can figure out why
He's supposed to have all the tools to be an all NBA defender.
minimus wrote:А few of thoughts.
1) currently everything screams to me that starting PF spot is Vanderbilts, he is the most logical solution, because he is really a plug-n-play option here because of his rebounding, defense and passing skills. Even without 3pt shot, because with Beasley returning we simply have a lot firepower, so we can afford a non shooting player in rotation. One advantage of having supreme offense is opportunity to play limited in offense defensive minded players such as Vando, Okogie
2) it looks like first time in many years we have a decent bench with both PG/SG position filled with quality players
3) we have a lot of faith in Reid as backup big. A lot. We did not draft a single bigman, even if there were many available such as Oturu, Tillman
4) we still can improve roster by trading Evans, Spellman, singing Hernangomez, McLaughlin, Martin or using MLE/BAE. I still hope we can make solid moves with limited resources
KAT/Reid/Spellman
Vanderblit/Layman/McDaniels
Edwards/Culver/Evans
Okogie/Beasley/Nowell
DLo/Rubio + Hagans (2way)
+ Hernangomez, McLaughlin, Martin, MLE/BAE
minimus wrote:1) currently everything screams to me that starting PF spot is Vanderbilts, he is the most logical solution, because he is really a plug-n-play option here because of his rebounding, defense and passing skills. Even without 3pt shot, because with Beasley returning we simply have a lot firepower, so we can afford a non shooting player in rotation. One advantage of having supreme offense is opportunity to play limited in offense defensive minded players such as Vando, Okogie
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:minimus wrote:1) currently everything screams to me that starting PF spot is Vanderbilts, he is the most logical solution, because he is really a plug-n-play option here because of his rebounding, defense and passing skills. Even without 3pt shot, because with Beasley returning we simply have a lot firepower, so we can afford a non shooting player in rotation. One advantage of having supreme offense is opportunity to play limited in offense defensive minded players such as Vando, Okogie
As long as he's re-signed, everything screams Hernangomez to me. Didn't do anything to lose his starting spot.
Nick K wrote:KGdaBom wrote:Klomp wrote:I'll bold it for you to see if you can figure out why
He's supposed to have all the tools to be an all NBA defender.
Edwards can easily swing 2/3.
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
southern wolf wrote:I think Okogie will start at SF to start the season as he seems to be a Saunders favourite because of his d, but hopefully by the all star break Edwards will be banging down the door to start. I can't see how Culver gets any decent minutes unless there's an injury.
Jedzz wrote:Left field thought.
We all see the glut of guards, two starting level PGs. Only Rosas/Ryan really know what their plans are to make this work.
Was watching the Edwards/McDaniels welcome presser and then they sort of slipped Rubio talk into it with a question. Rosas steps in to answer and says he's happy to finally be able to talk about that/him and what his playmaking is going to mean to everyone. Now, he did talk about how having Dlo and Rubio will mean 48 minute coverage of the highest level playmaking for all the guards.
But I've got a left field question. What are the chances they have some kind of crazy trade in mind that would include sending both Towns and Dlo out of town for some heavy hitter? Or even just a plethora of these guards and one PG. I mean it looks like they have enough guards to lose a couple, they could lose one PG and still survive. They would be weak on bigs, but uh, I know one heavy hitter who last played without any bigs and he's asking out right now. The Wolves front office guys have connections to teams like Houston, Brooklyn maybe Denver and now Philly. I don't know if any players from Brooklyn that fit this thought but maybe Philly and Houston sure do. Whether big names coming in or going out or both. Any of this remotely possible yet this period?
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
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