SAS v MIN iii

[thedoper]

Starters really didnt deserve the end run.

[thedoper]

Horseshit call.

[kekgeek]

4-29 from 3. There you go that is why they lost

[kekgeek]

4-3 on to the next one

[thedoper]

Pop is the man. No way should that roster be so tough to beat.

[kekgeek]

Pop is the man. No way should that roster be so tough to beat.

Agreed. Such an elite coach. A pop coached team always competes

[Q-is-here]

4-29 from 3. There you go that is why they lost

It's a facsimile of last season. We had multiple guys cold from outside and sputtered our way to a 4-9 start. We were ranked in the bottom 10 in 3pt % through the month of November last season. From that point forward, we started getting hot and ended the season as an above average 3-pt shooting team.

[Lipoli390]

4-29 from 3. There you go that is why they lost

It's a facsimile of last season. We had multiple guys cold from outside and sputtered our way to a 4-9 start. We were ranked in the bottom 10 in 3pt % through the month of November last season. From that point forward, we started getting hot and ended the season as an above average 3-pt shooting team.

Yes, it's similar to last year's start in that respect. But what's still deeply troubling is that, when you look behind the Wolves terrible 3-point shooting tonight, you see that the Spurs out-rebounded the Wolves by 7. That's a consistent problem with the Wolves thus far this season and it bodes ill for this team that went out of its way to become probably the biggest team in the League.

Eventually, the Wolves shooting should turn around and that will be enough to beat the far less talented teams the Wolves have been playing so far this season. But it won't cut it against the better teams. A number of the League's more talented teams, including the Sixers and Warriors, are underachieving through their first 5-7 games. So the Wolves aren't alone. But the Wolves situation strikes me as more problematic because I still have a hard time seeing how their pieces will all fit together to form a championship contender. It's essentially an unprecedented mix and it also relies heavily on a 21-year old who just be a couple years away from putting it all together. In contrast, we KNOW the Warriors' pieces fit together at that level. The Clippers are a really well-balanced team with a mix of veteran talent that makes intuitive sense in today's NBA. The Pelicans aren't struggling and look like a potential championship contender on the court, not just on paper. Finally, all the other talented teams that are struggling have most or all of their remaining 7 first-round picks, which gives them a safety net for failure and tradable assets to improve their rosters.

In the NBA, the cream tends to rise over the course of a long season. The Wolves seem too talented not to get it together enough to make the playoffs. But a 6th, 7th, or 8th seed and first-round exist will be a really bad outcome for this franchise. They dye is far from cast, but this team has a lot of work to do and while it definitely involves the likely improvement in their 3-point shooting, it's more than that.

[Coolbreeze44]

It's hard not to be outrebounded when you shoot so bad.

[Duke13]

Our defensive rebounding is laughable right now.