Western Conference | Play-In - (7) Minnesota Timberwolves vs (8) Los Angeles Clippers

Ballerhogger · Post #661 » by **Ballerhogger** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:33 am

TroyD92 wrote:KAT should come team up with Giannis

how would he get there?

Tha Cynic · Post #662 » by **Tha Cynic** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:34 am

Feels like the Clippers are getting every 50-50 call.

djsunyc · Post #663 » by **djsunyc** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:34 am

this isn't kat's first playoff type game, right?

Dan33185 · Post #664 » by **Dan33185** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:34 am

GSP wrote:Problem for Kat is hes a 3rd option on an actual contender/title team

hes not even a clear 1st option on this Wolves team he could be 1a,b or c

In the future, I'm hopeful the "rank" of options will be Ant/Towns/D-Lo, I think that's a good formula for the future. Maybe a nice draft pick steps up and takes that #2 spot from KAT, but with the team as it is now, this is how I see it.

TroyD92 · Post #665 » by **TroyD92** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:34 am

Ballerhogger wrote:
TroyD92 wrote:KAT should come team up with Giannis

how would he get there?

thats not my problem

The High Cyde · Post #666 » by **The High Cyde** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:34 am

Damn, Clips need Towns in there

CIN-C-STAR · Post #667 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

My 2 main takeaways from this game:

1) This game is being reffed ridiculously soft for a (quasi) playoff game
AND
2) Even in a soft ass game like this KAT still stands out as the softest
(Sorry Minny fans he seems like a nice guy and I hate to say it but when it gets physical he acts entitled and whines inatead of putting his head down and going harder)

PhilBlackson · Post #668 » by **PhilBlackson** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

og15 wrote:Well at least the Wolves are also missing FT's

You're talking like most things aren't going their way already :lol:

Even if Towns is soft as tissue paper, TWolves are getting killed by the refs.

TravisScott55 · Post #669 » by **TravisScott55** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

Man the officiating is so bad, and KAT is worse

falcolombardi · Post #670 » by **falcolombardi** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

paul george got free throws for doing the same thingh as towns 5th foul lmao, bull

djsunyc · Post #671 » by **djsunyc** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

kat reminds me a lot of raptors bosh. even down to looking a little shook at times in the playoffs.

Post #672 » by **cupcakesnake** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

djsunyc wrote:random unrelated post: pascal > kat

I'm a huge Siakam fan but I bet you Toronto would him for KAT in a second. KAT next to Barnes and OG would be pretty nice and he shores up a lot of Toronto's offensive weaknesses.

TheAlchemist · Post #673 » by **TheAlchemist** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

Never understood the hype about KAT.

If he was that good, Timberwolves would've made the playoffs consistently.

ForeverTFC · Post #674 » by **ForeverTFC** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:35 am

GSP wrote:Problem for Kat is hes a 3rd option on an actual contender/title team

hes not even a clear 1st option on this Wolves team he could be 1a,b or c

You can't build a championship team around a limited defense center as a 3rd option. Vuc is a prime example.

The High Cyde · Post #675 » by **The High Cyde** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:36 am

This Chuck commercial is gold lmao

Wolfgang630 · Post #676 » by **Wolfgang630** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:36 am

KAT lucky he never played with Kobe. Kobe would rip him to shreds

Calamity_Cometh · Post #677 » by **Calamity_Cometh** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:36 am

Ballerhogger wrote:
TroyD92 wrote:KAT should come team up with Giannis

how would he get there?

Probably a bus.

GSP · Post #678 » by **GSP** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:36 am

djsunyc wrote:this isn't kat's first playoff type game, right?

He got rekt by Clint Capela the last time

https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2018-nba-western-conference-first-round-timberwolves-vs-rockets.html

Clint rekt Rudy the next round too. Kat and Rudy are one in the same in that way. After Jokic and Embiid theres a gigantic dropoff in center play

sp6r=underrated · Post #679 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:36 am

BeatDaCavs420 wrote:
turnaroundJ wrote:hmm pretty weak call on kat imo

No way they let the first one go and then he does it again! lol

Exactly. I do think the borderline calls have mostly gone LA's way in this one*. But the ref gave KAT a totally free foul and he went and committed another. If the refs don't call that there LA would be at an enormous disadvantage because the refs are signaling they aren't going to foul him out.

*Not a conspiracy theorist. Calls even out over a large sample but in a single game they don't.

aj174 · Post #680 » by **aj174** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:37 am

Dan33185 wrote:
GSP wrote:Problem for Kat is hes a 3rd option on an actual contender/title team

hes not even a clear 1st option on this Wolves team he could be 1a,b or c

In the future, I'm hopeful the "rank" of options will be Ant/Towns/D-Lo, I think that's a good formula for the future. Maybe a nice draft pick steps up and takes that #2 spot from KAT, but with the team as it is now, this is how I see it.

Yeah it's clear Edwards is the clear #1 option on this team for the foreseeable future. I love his game, super athletic, explosive, and has a good stroke. With some more polish on when to attack and how to use his speed and explosiveness to get to the line and slash at will, he'll be a perennial all star for sure. IMO and this might be a hot take, I'd see what KAT can field on the market to see if you can get a more mobile defensive big, I mean KAT is mobile for his size but defensively I don't like what I see.

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