*** Sunday Night Rematch - Blazers vs Wolves - 7pm CT FSN ***

[winforlose]

What impresses me is that we had a decent squad, all out of this game, and still won.

DLo, Beasley, Culver, McDaniels, Ed Davis

3 starters in that group.

What's that tell you about the players missing? Hmm..

I don’t follow. Beasley is not only a great scorer but also brings an intensity we badly need. MCD is our best defender and a solid 3 point shooter. A lot of upside, the quickness to play the 3 with the size of a 4. MCD is the cure for small ball. As for Dlo, the dude can shoot better than Ricky which would take pressure off of KAT. His defense is about the same a Ricky, and his offense is better. As for the other two, one is out of the rotation and the other has been out since January except two games where he was dripping with rust.

[winforlose]

Happy as I am to see Ant succeed, 6 of 14 from 3 isn’t exactly proof of turning the corner. Again, I am not complaining about it, but I need to see 4 or 5 more games with efficient 3 point shooting before I am willing to change my opinion of Ant.

It used to be if you shot 33% from 3 it was same as 50% from 2, which is pretty good.

Ant is a raw work in progress and is progressing beautifully.

League average is around 35%. Shooting 33% is by definition below average. Edwards came into this game at 30.8%.

[Jedzz]

Boxscore reading... Nice win. 6 players in double digits.

Edwards 14 Threes attempted. 24 shots. There goes that ratio story. He scores 34 and someone else might have to tell me how both Edwards and Rubio end up negative in a win.

How long will Towns accept 13 pt 10 shot games when he's dropped off all lists for his position? I do sort of liken what this game looks like to Towns' game against Clippers with JMac leading last season and others on team scoring more where Towns had lessor points (still 20 maybe?) than others but higher assists and rebound game. This Blazers game he leads team in assists (8) and gets another 8 rebounds. Even with only 10 shots he could have scored more. He just shot poorly (30/20/100). I don't think he's had much typical shooting practice or something. This is first year his shooting numbers are dropping (36% threes this yr). Might be interesting if he takes some off the top to allow others to lead in scoring and focuses more on being a center and all around player. But I see him probably allowing this temporarily for the saleswork going on currently. Unless this is growth as leader? Would have to see a lot more playout that way first.

The ramping up of Nowell's value for his trade or to keep him and trade others seems to be going swimmingly. Still can't believe the time wasted holding him back but oh well.

[Calinks]

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[Jedzz]

Happy as I am to see Ant succeed, 6 of 14 from 3 isn’t exactly proof of turning the corner. Again, I am not complaining about it, but I need to see 4 or 5 more games with efficient 3 point shooting before I am willing to change my opinion of Ant.

It used to be if you shot 33% from 3 it was same as 50% from 2, which is pretty good.

Ant is a raw work in progress and is progressing beautifully.

League average is around 35%. Shooting 33% is by definition below average. Edwards came into this game at 30.8%.

Shooting 43% is nice today. The question is can he do that consistently without needing 26 shots or 14 from three. He got it today, can't take that away. Keep going.

[Calinks]

Boxscore reading... Nice win. 6 players in double digits.

Edwards 14 Threes attempted. 24 shots. There goes that ratio story. He scores 34 and someone else might have to tell me how both Edwards and Rubio end up negative in a win.

How long will Towns accept 13 pt 10 shot games when he's dropped off all lists for his position? I do sort of liken what this game looks like to Towns' game against Clippers with JMac leading last season and others on team scoring more where Towns had lessor points (still 20 maybe?) than others but higher assists and rebound game. This Blazers game he leads team in assists (8) and gets another 8 rebounds. Even with only 10 shots he could have scored more. He just shot poorly (30/20/100). I don't think he's had much typical shooting practice or something. This is first year his shooting numbers are dropping (36% threes this yr). Might be interesting if he takes some off the top to allow others to lead in scoring and focuses more on being a center and all around player. But I see him probably allowing this temporarily for the saleswork going on currently. Unless this is growth as leader? Would have to see a lot more playout that way first.

The ramping up of Nowell's value for his trade or to keep him and trade others seems to be going swimmingly. Still can't believe the time wasted holding him back but oh well.

Finch had a good point. in these mini series they are like playoffs and Towns had a big game last night so they knew the Blazers were going to adjust. Towns was taking what they were giving him and that was a lot of great looks for his teammates. Granted KAT still could have been a little more aggressive but he was trying to make winning plays. Wolves missed a ton of good looks he gave them tonight. Should have had like 12 dimes.

[Baseline81]

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[Rookie-Mistake]

If it's the Johnny Flynn injury I quit following basketball. Prayong for a bruise or something minor.

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[Klomp]

Best we stop with the Saunders references man, he didnt act like an ass or tried to hurt anyone. Good luck to him and good luck to the new guy. I mean i was certainly among the loudest asking for change but its over, and you dont know who reads along here. I woulnt want to kick a guy on the ground

Coach Saunders was not even THAT bad with Minnesota, you literally could not have built a more horrible context for a coach to try to function with than what occurred throughout Ryan's tenure. Minnesota moving on was for the best from my perspective (I am a big fan of Coach Finch and think his style fits better for the roster direction), but the Ryan bashing has always felt incredibly bizarre to me, the dude was a professional throughout his tenure as a coach in Minnesota.

People can have good ideas but not be made for leadership. They crumble under pressure when asked to make a decision. I know this from experience. I’m starting to believe that is what Saunders was as a coach and that’s what was holding back the Timberwolves. Finch isn’t that way.

I really started to notice it later on in his tenure. There was a hesitancy even in answering questions that came off as indecisiveness or a lack of confidence. Others saw it much earlier on. It probably carried over into the locker room and huddle.

Finch is very sure of himself. He may not make every right decision, but he's going to sell it and own it.

[winforlose]

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You could see him favoring his side quite a bit. I do think he will miss some time. It will swell up and without the adrenaline he will be in even more pain. I don’t know if anything is torn or pulled in there, but I expect him to miss a few days of team activity at least probably a few weeks.

[Note30]

Jim Pete should just retire he's just irritating to listen to.

JimPete is the 2nd best thing about this franchise after KG but holy **** he has fallen off a cliff this year. I don't know if it's not being courtside or if it's an "old people under-socialized due to pandemic" thing but he's not the same guy.

Yeah, it might also just be what we feel watching this franchise suck donkey dick year after year after year.

[Jedzz]

Rockets and Pistons now hot on the heels for worst record.

[winforlose]

Rockets and Pistons now hot on the heels for worst record.

If I am correct about Edwards being out imagine us playing the next few games without the following players.

Dlo, Beasley, Ant, MCD, Culver, and JMAC. That is 6 rotation players. I don’t think winning will be much of an issue. Worse still, put KAT at the end of the first four on that list and you have our best starting 5.

[Heimdal]

*Finch is good, no doubt about it. Going from "bend but don't break" defense which requires high IQ and awareness, to aggressive close ups and constant help from teammates to maintain those agressive close ups all over the floor, which basically requires hustle, is perfect for this young team. For instance, I believe Beasley will be a better defender under Finch.

*Towns needs to forget about the refs again. Practice yoga or something, because his complaints had the opposite effect: the refs made it personal.

*I don't see Towns crying because he doesn't get enough shots. To me everything points out to him just wanting to win games. If he takes 7 shots and Beasley, Edwards, and Russell take 20 each, he will be fine with it. I'm not saying it's the smart thing to do. I'm talking about Towns pouting if he doesn't get x number of shots.

*Refereeing is atrocious. It's going to take them to review every single play down the stretch to make the correct calls, because they just benefit the team with the best record on principle.

*Edwards is light years ahead of Wiggins. His issues are easily corrected in my opinion, and for instance his attacks to the basket are way more advanced than anything Wiggins was capable of. Not that Wiggins is the standard, obviously.

[Nick K]

Towns just dropped the F bomb on FSN lmao!!!

The FCC has to get over it. It might be the most used word in the english language. Hell I've even heard 4th graders use it.

You can use the "F" word as a noun, verb. adjective, adverb etc.

I didn't hear it but would have loved to...for the novelty of it, of course.

[Nick K]

Happy as I am to see Ant succeed, 6 of 14 from 3 isn’t exactly proof of turning the corner. Again, I am not complaining about it, but I need to see 4 or 5 more games with efficient 3 point shooting before I am willing to change my opinion of Ant.

It used to be if you shot 33% from 3 it was same as 50% from 2, which is pretty good.

Ant is a raw work in progress and is progressing beautifully.

League average is around 35%. Shooting 33% is by definition below average. Edwards came into this game at 30.8%.

Not a very convincing argument. You missed the whole point. If he makes just 1 more out of 10 he's then shooting 40%. Should he make the all-star team then?

I suppose 34.9% is below average too.

[zDank]

Towns just dropped the F bomb on FSN lmao!!!

The FCC has to get over it. It might be the most used word in the english language. Hell I've even heard 4th graders use it.

You can use the "F" word as a noun, verb. adjective, adverb etc.

I didn't hear it but would have loved to...for the novelty of it, of course.

Watch on YouTube

It’s around the 11 minute mark

[winforlose]

It used to be if you shot 33% from 3 it was same as 50% from 2, which is pretty good.

Ant is a raw work in progress and is progressing beautifully.

League average is around 35%. Shooting 33% is by definition below average. Edwards came into this game at 30.8%.

Not a very convincing argument. You missed the whole point. If he makes just 1 more out of 10 he's then shooting 40%. Should he make the all-star team then?

I suppose 34.9% is below average too.

If he misses one more he is shooting 20% and is worse than Josh Okogie, should he never shoot 3s again? Your argument is just bad. It would be one thing if it was based on a flaw or logical error, but your essentially advocating that inferior shooters should be taking more shots then consistently better shooters. I just cannot get behind that.

[Nick K]

Towns just dropped the F bomb on FSN lmao!!!

The FCC has to get over it. It might be the most used word in the english language. Hell I've even heard 4th graders use it.

You can use the "F" word as a noun, verb. adjective, adverb etc.

I didn't hear it but would have loved to...for the novelty of it, of course.

Watch on YouTube

It’s around the 11 minute mark

Thanks.