Jedzz wrote:They won yesterday without their #1 player. Something we were told repeatedly can't happen as the excuse for all the losses.
Didn't say they can't win. Said it's harder to win.
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Jedzz wrote:They won yesterday without their #1 player. Something we were told repeatedly can't happen as the excuse for all the losses.
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:Jedzz wrote:They won yesterday without their #1 player. Something we were told repeatedly can't happen as the excuse for all the losses.
Didn't say they can't win. Said it's harder to win.
shrink wrote:Ok, I guess this is a good place for a little optimism.
Three players have been better than I expected .. our last three #1 picks. Okogie, Culver, and Edwards all seem to have taken a step forward, and this is the growth from within that good teams need. KAT has actually looked better on defense too, and this may help him be a better team leader.
I know fans get tired of the “wait until next year” mantra we hear about this team every year, but we are hitting a lot of singles now with these three (and Naz, McLaughlin) and maybe Edwards and KAT can become home runs. I don’t want to see us provide value in a trade by including any of them for for an expensive PF to try to be a borderline playoff team this year. I want to see us develop our youth, establish a system, compete, and do all we can to be a consistently strong franchise for the future.
cupcakesnake wrote:I know a lot of people haven't seen him play, but no one is forcing you to make up an opinion and post it.
Jedzz wrote:Klomp wrote:Jedzz wrote:They won yesterday without their #1 player. Something we were told repeatedly can't happen as the excuse for all the losses.
Didn't say they can't win. Said it's harder to win.
Which is all we've been saying all along. Just because one player is down doesn't mean the team gives up, doesn't mean they can't win, doesn't mean the team can't adjust and still compete at a high level. Maybe their win percentage drops off a bit, granted. But it simply does not excuse mutliple repeat blowouts. But everytime someone posted a critical thought we are met with the excuse, "when a team loses their #1 player they will lose!...would happen to any team" Sorry, that just doesn't cut it.
Most amazing to me is that this is the same POBO and Coach that had to deal with Towns out most of last season,and also got a good month look last season on how to keep competing without him, which they did do. But this season when Towns goes out, collapse, blowouts, developing the young high draft picks. Priorities...game plans...roster adjustments, desire to win games? All in question.
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:Jedzz wrote:Klomp wrote:Didn't say they can't win. Said it's harder to win.
Which is all we've been saying all along. Just because one player is down doesn't mean the team gives up, doesn't mean they can't win, doesn't mean the team can't adjust and still compete at a high level. Maybe their win percentage drops off a bit, granted. But it simply does not excuse mutliple repeat blowouts. But everytime someone posted a critical thought we are met with the excuse, "when a team loses their #1 player they will lose!...would happen to any team" Sorry, that just doesn't cut it.
Most amazing to me is that this is the same POBO and Coach that had to deal with Towns out most of last season,and also got a good month look last season on how to keep competing without him, which they did do. But this season when Towns goes out, collapse, blowouts, developing the young high draft picks. Priorities...game plans...roster adjustments, desire to win games? All in question.
No, but they also shouldn't be held to the same standard as a 100% healthy roster.
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