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***(preseason game 4) Timberwolves V. Nets 6:30pm central 10/14/21

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***(preseason game 4) Timberwolves V. Nets 6:30pm central 10/14/21 

Post#1 » by m2002brian » Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:25 pm

So…
Game tonight?

Let do it!

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Post#2 » by wolves_89 » Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:48 pm

As usual the team is getting absolutely destroyed on the glass.
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Post#3 » by jpatrick » Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:51 pm

Yup. Without a real PF, I fear the glass will be what wrecks our season. Neither McDaniels or Prince can play major minutes there.

Edwards has low key been horrible from the outside this preseason.
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Post#4 » by wolves_89 » Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:59 pm

Edwards needs to stop taking long 2s and contested 3s. Hopefully when the regular games start he switches to drive mode rather than settling for jumpers. So far he's scored 2 pts on 5 jump shots and 9 points on drives (4 fga).
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Post#5 » by _AIJ_ » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:08 am

That last minute was a mess
LETS GO WOLVES!!! 8-)
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Post#6 » by _AIJ_ » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:12 am

Nowell is not ready for prime time yet
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Post#7 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:17 am

So far Pre-season guys who have looked good.

Naz
Dlo
KAT
Prince
Vanod

Guys who have looked bad.

Ant
Beasley
Layman

Rebounding is a major concern, going to need to do some work over this next week before the season starts.
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Post#8 » by m2002brian » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:18 am

Cant shoot a 3 , cant stop a 3.
Not a good recipe for success.
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Post#9 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:20 am

Early Balmaro minutes.
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Post#10 » by m2002brian » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:25 am

Not sure what it is with this court. Seeing a lot of slipping and sloppy ball handling.
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Re: ***(preseason game 4) Timberwolves V. Nets 6:30pm central 10/14/21 

Post#11 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:26 am

m2002brian wrote:Not sure what it is with this court. Seeing a lot of slipping and sloppy ball handling.

Probably some Kyrie pre-game ritual where he greases the court or something.
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Post#12 » by wolves_89 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:28 am

So far this game has been all about shooting 3s. The Nets are ridiculously hot and the Wolves are ice cold.
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Post#13 » by Rookie-Mistake » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:38 am

Ants 3 point shooting this pre season has me worried.

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Post#14 » by wolves_89 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:40 am

Looking at the roster I thought this would be a very good 3pt shooting team, unfortunately they've been surprisingly terrible so far this pre-season.
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Post#15 » by winforlose » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:51 am

When KAT is off the floor Ant is not picking up the slack. Reminds me of the old Wiggins days. Ant is better off the attack but keeps pulling up and missing. This is very clearly KAT’s team, then Dlo, then maybe Ant or if he is on fire Beasley.

I find it funny that our comebacks are based on our defense rather than our offense. Takeaways followed by transition buckets. This game is still winnable, but with KAT in foul trouble Ant, MCD, and Beverly need to come to the party and Beasley needs to stay hot.
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Post#16 » by wolves_89 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:53 am

Hopefully 2 out Russell/Beverley/McLaughlin are available every night. At this point neither Nowell or Bolmaro look capable of running a half court offense.
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Post#17 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:57 am

I like Prince quite a bit. Far cry from what we usually saw from Layman, Juancho.
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Post#18 » by Paradise » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:13 am

Calinks wrote:I like Prince quite a bit. Far cry from what we usually saw from Layman, Juancho.

Yeah, he was a casualty to the Harden trade but he was a really perfect fit before the trade.

Crazy how D’Lo and Prince are back on the same team.
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Re: ***(preseason game 4) Timberwolves V. Nets 6:30pm central 10/14/21 

Post#19 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:21 am

Lets see if our depth can save us again.
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Post#20 » by winforlose » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:25 am

Calinks wrote:Lets see if our depth can save us again.


When KAT sits the deficit balloons. There is a political joke in their somewhere but I am too depressed by our perimeter defense to care.

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