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theGreatRC wrote:I feel like Wolves social media is promoting this guy more than our 17th pick

theGreatRC wrote:I feel like Wolves social media is promoting this guy more than our 17th pick

KGdaBom wrote:I don't recall seeing this posted, but Rocco did indeed sign a 2 way contract.

Rocco Zikarsky signed a two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves after being drafted 45th overall in the 2025 NBA draft. This means he will split his time between the NBA Timberwolves and their G League affiliate, the Iowa Wolves. The two-way contract allows him to develop his game while playing in both leagues.

Norseman79 wrote:If Rocco can turn into Walker Kessler at minimum, that's a major win for pick 46. Essentially a fringe starter at the center position as Gobert transitions to the golden years. We only need to hit on him or Beringer, both would be insane. Especially if Joan is ever able to play the 4.

younggunsmn wrote:

Norseman79 wrote:If Rocco can turn into Walker Kessler at minimum, that's a major win for pick 46. Essentially a fringe starter at the center position as Gobert transitions to the golden years. We only need to hit on him or Beringer, both would be insane. Especially if Joan is ever able to play the 4.

Walker Kessler is gonna get the Jakob Poetl contract soon and Utah is asking for 2 firsts and a young player in trade talks.
He put up 11/12/2.4 BLK in 30 MPG last year and was maybe the best rebounder in the league.
If Rocco turns into Walker Kessler he will be the steal of this draft and the 2nd or 3rd best draft pick TC has ever made.

That being said, watching some of the full video I can see why Rocco slid in the draft.
Some very shaky defense and poor reaction time and short area quickness making defensive adjustments on players driving to the basket and making offensive counters.

Beringer had a lot of the same mistakes but his reaction time in recovering is much much better and masks a lot of poor technique.

Neither player is good at all on closing out on 3 point shooters yet.

Both have a long ways to go but are also incredibly young with a ton of room for improvement and incredibly high ceilings.
I like where Rocco is at offensively a lot more than Joan at this point, he has some stuff in his bag already that a player his size will need to have, just needs to add more strength to stabilize his jump shot and finishing, his shooting mechanics are already very good reminds me of a much bigger Joe Ingles which is why I like to call him Jingles Prime.

winforlose wrote:

younggunsmn wrote:

Norseman79 wrote:If Rocco can turn into Walker Kessler at minimum, that's a major win for pick 46. Essentially a fringe starter at the center position as Gobert transitions to the golden years. We only need to hit on him or Beringer, both would be insane. Especially if Joan is ever able to play the 4.

Walker Kessler is gonna get the Jakob Poetl contract soon and Utah is asking for 2 firsts and a young player in trade talks.
He put up 11/12/2.4 BLK in 30 MPG last year and was maybe the best rebounder in the league.
If Rocco turns into Walker Kessler he will be the steal of this draft and the 2nd or 3rd best draft pick TC has ever made.

That being said, watching some of the full video I can see why Rocco slid in the draft.
Some very shaky defense and poor reaction time and short area quickness making defensive adjustments on players driving to the basket and making offensive counters.

Beringer had a lot of the same mistakes but his reaction time in recovering is much much better and masks a lot of poor technique.

Neither player is good at all on closing out on 3 point shooters yet.

Both have a long ways to go but are also incredibly young with a ton of room for improvement and incredibly high ceilings.
I like where Rocco is at offensively a lot more than Joan at this point, he has some stuff in his bag already that a player his size will need to have, just needs to add more strength to stabilize his jump shot and finishing, his shooting mechanics are already very good reminds me of a much bigger Joe Ingles which is why I like to call him Jingles Prime.

I like the idea of Rocco playing a ton of minutes in the G, and maybe trying to play some 4 beside JEdwards, to see if he can defend the PF. I still think that JB could play backup 5 for us and not be that bad. I do recognize there will be growing pains, but there are some legit bad backup Cs in this league, and I don’t think JB will start off as the worst. Given time and patience maybe he turns into something resembling the 45th-50th best center out of 60.

KGdaBom wrote:

winforlose wrote:

younggunsmn wrote:
Walker Kessler is gonna get the Jakob Poetl contract soon and Utah is asking for 2 firsts and a young player in trade talks.
He put up 11/12/2.4 BLK in 30 MPG last year and was maybe the best rebounder in the league.
If Rocco turns into Walker Kessler he will be the steal of this draft and the 2nd or 3rd best draft pick TC has ever made.

That being said, watching some of the full video I can see why Rocco slid in the draft.
Some very shaky defense and poor reaction time and short area quickness making defensive adjustments on players driving to the basket and making offensive counters.

Beringer had a lot of the same mistakes but his reaction time in recovering is much much better and masks a lot of poor technique.

Neither player is good at all on closing out on 3 point shooters yet.

Both have a long ways to go but are also incredibly young with a ton of room for improvement and incredibly high ceilings.
I like where Rocco is at offensively a lot more than Joan at this point, he has some stuff in his bag already that a player his size will need to have, just needs to add more strength to stabilize his jump shot and finishing, his shooting mechanics are already very good reminds me of a much bigger Joe Ingles which is why I like to call him Jingles Prime.

I like the idea of Rocco playing a ton of minutes in the G, and maybe trying to play some 4 beside JEdwards, to see if he can defend the PF. I still think that JB could play backup 5 for us and not be that bad. I do recognize there will be growing pains, but there are some legit bad backup Cs in this league, and I don’t think JB will start off as the worst. Given time and patience maybe he turns into something resembling the 45th-50th best center out of 60.

Given time and patience JB could grow into a top 10 center easy. If you mean just this year yeah 45th best is reasonable.

younggunsmn wrote:Both have a long ways to go but are also incredibly young with a ton of room for improvement and incredibly high ceilings.
I like where Rocco is at offensively a lot more than Joan at this point, he has some stuff in his bag already that a player his size will need to have, just needs to add more strength to stabilize his jump shot and finishing, his shooting mechanics are already very good reminds me of a much bigger Joe Ingles which is why I like to call him Jingles Prime.

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Adjust your expectation level, guys. It is two years development project.

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darbstar wrote:How come he only played 4 mins
2pt / 2 rebs

Neeva wrote:Playing him just 4 minutes, while Jesse Edwards played so much, when his parents came all the way from down under to see him play is diabolical.