lipoli390 wrote:I think we're in store for a lot of great playoff basketball this year.
It will be interesting to see how Giannis and the Bucks do against the depleted Celtics tomorrow.
The Sixers are the best story of the season for me. They could end up in the finals.
Looks like the Warriors will seeep the Spurs. The talent differential is too big for the Spurs to compete - even without Curry on the court. The Wolves might put up s better fight against the Rockets.
I think it may be too early to bury the Spurs.
To me in some way the most interesting thing about the Sixers right now is Fultz playing and looking like a legit player off the bench for them. He is/was basically the forgotten man and has done some good things in games I have watched since he has come back.
I agree with you on Fultz. He's looked really good since he started playing a few weeks ago and he looked terrific in today's game. The Sixers are truly loaded with young talent in Simmons, Embiid, Fultz and Saric. And Covington is still only 27.
You may be right that it's too early to bury the Spurs. But I still don't know how they made the playoffs in the first place with Kawhi Leonard out the entire season. I guess I should no better than to count them out.
The 76ers are amazing. I know it was controversial how they got the talent and I don't wanna open up that argument. They are truly set up for 10-12 years. They are loaded with future assists also.
I love how they stayed with Brown as the coach. Even when they were winning 10 games a year they were able to tell he was the right guy. He's implemented a stystem for today's game. They always ran and spread the floor, largely played positionless basketball, they just didn't have the talent. Compare that atmosphere to the one the wolves young players have been exposed to. Going back to Flips last year coaching. Traditional lineups, half court style, DE-EMPHASIS in 3-pt shooting. I mean seriously, Sam told them not to shoot 3's, same with flip. Learning to play with pace and hunt the 3 ball is a skill which our players haven't been exposed to. My point is, the way in which they acquired their talent might be controversial (I don't agree btw) but they've coached and ran a great organizational, which is why we're seeing the results.
crazy-canuck wrote:Fully expecting a dud from thibs and co.
I just dont think he has a plan going into the draft. My guess is that he's going to draft another big. The one thing that he has shown in his 2 drafts is that hes drafted position that we were deep.
Ricky and tyus? Draft another pg in dunn.
Kat and dieng? Draft another center in patton.
While our wing depth has been nonexistent for a while.
So with teague, tyus, and rose at pg and kat, dieng, and patton at c; itll be a pg or c again.
Well, Thibs certainly hasn't done anything in his two drafts to inspire confidence that he can be counted on to get a really good player at #20. As you know, I didn't like hiring Thibs in the first place and I especially didn't like making him our PBO. It made no sense to put him in charge of our front office when he hasn't even worked in an NBA front office, much less been the head of one. From what I'm told, Layden is Thibs' gopher, and doesn't make personnel decisions. He makes calls to other organizations. But that's probably OK when you consider how horrible Layden was the one time he was put in charge of an NBA front office as the Knicks PBO.
Thibs does seem pretty good at getting players he coached in his own prior stint as an NBA head coach. So credit to Thibs for getting Butler and Taj here. But beyond that, especially in the draft, its hard to be optimistic.
Is it too late to fire Thibs and hire Van Gundy. Do we have to wait till we get blown out in 4 games or not? lol
I really do hope we can at least stay competitive, I hate watching games when the Wolves are blown out.
Duke13 wrote:The 76ers are amazing. I know it was controversial how they got the talent and I don't wanna open up that argument. They are truly set up for 10-12 years. They are loaded with future assists also.
I love how they stayed with Brown as the coach. Even when they were winning 10 games a year they were able to tell he was the right guy. He's implemented a stystem for today's game. They always ran and spread the floor, largely played positionless basketball, they just didn't have the talent. Compare that atmosphere to the one the wolves young players have been exposed to. Going back to Flips last year coaching. Traditional lineups, half court style, DE-EMPHASIS in 3-pt shooting. I mean seriously, Sam told them not to shoot 3's, same with flip. Learning to play with pace and hunt the 3 ball is a skill which our players haven't been exposed to. My point is, the way in which they acquired their talent might be controversial (I don't agree btw) but they've coached and ran a great organizational, which is why we're seeing the results.
Duke13 wrote:The 76ers are amazing. I know it was controversial how they got the talent and I don't wanna open up that argument. They are truly set up for 10-12 years. They are loaded with future assists also.
I love how they stayed with Brown as the coach. Even when they were winning 10 games a year they were able to tell he was the right guy. He's implemented a stystem for today's game. They always ran and spread the floor, largely played positionless basketball, they just didn't have the talent. Compare that atmosphere to the one the wolves young players have been exposed to. Going back to Flips last year coaching. Traditional lineups, half court style, DE-EMPHASIS in 3-pt shooting. I mean seriously, Sam told them not to shoot 3's, same with flip. Learning to play with pace and hunt the 3 ball is a skill which our players haven't been exposed to. My point is, the way in which they acquired their talent might be controversial (I don't agree btw) but they've coached and ran a great organizational, which is why we're seeing the results.
Great post, Duke.
Now I don't disagree we should be shooting no 3s no doubt. But with all that said the Wolves are 4th in the NBA in offense compared to the Sixers being 11th in the NBA in offense. The big difference is defense wolves are 23rd and the sixers are 3rd.
crazy-canuck wrote:Fully expecting a dud from thibs and co.
I just dont think he has a plan going into the draft. My guess is that he's going to draft another big. The one thing that he has shown in his 2 drafts is that hes drafted position that we were deep.
Ricky and tyus? Draft another pg in dunn.
Kat and dieng? Draft another center in patton.
While our wing depth has been nonexistent for a while.
So with teague, tyus, and rose at pg and kat, dieng, and patton at c; itll be a pg or c again.
Well, Thibs certainly hasn't done anything in his two drafts to inspire confidence that he can be counted on to get a really good player at #20. As you know, I didn't like hiring Thibs in the first place and I especially didn't like making him our PBO. It made no sense to put him in charge of our front office when he hasn't even worked in an NBA front office, much less been the head of one. From what I'm told, Layden is Thibs' gopher, and doesn't make personnel decisions. He makes calls to other organizations. But that's probably OK when you consider how horrible Layden was the one time he was put in charge of an NBA front office as the Knicks PBO.
Thibs does seem pretty good at getting players he coached in his own prior stint as an NBA head coach. So credit to Thibs for getting Butler and Taj here. But beyond that, especially in the draft, its hard to be optimistic.
Is it too late to fire Thibs and hire Van Gundy. Do we have to wait till we get blown out in 4 games or not? lol
I really do hope we can at least stay competitive, I hate watching games when the Wolves are blown out.
crazy-canuck wrote:Fully expecting a dud from thibs and co.
I just dont think he has a plan going into the draft. My guess is that he's going to draft another big. The one thing that he has shown in his 2 drafts is that hes drafted position that we were deep.
Ricky and tyus? Draft another pg in dunn.
Kat and dieng? Draft another center in patton.
While our wing depth has been nonexistent for a while.
So with teague, tyus, and rose at pg and kat, dieng, and patton at c; itll be a pg or c again.
Well, Thibs certainly hasn't done anything in his two drafts to inspire confidence that he can be counted on to get a really good player at #20. As you know, I didn't like hiring Thibs in the first place and I especially didn't like making him our PBO. It made no sense to put him in charge of our front office when he hasn't even worked in an NBA front office, much less been the head of one. From what I'm told, Layden is Thibs' gopher, and doesn't make personnel decisions. He makes calls to other organizations. But that's probably OK when you consider how horrible Layden was the one time he was put in charge of an NBA front office as the Knicks PBO.
Thibs does seem pretty good at getting players he coached in his own prior stint as an NBA head coach. So credit to Thibs for getting Butler and Taj here. But beyond that, especially in the draft, its hard to be optimistic.
Is it too late to fire Thibs and hire Van Gundy. Do we have to wait till we get blown out in 4 games or not? lol
I really do hope we can at least stay competitive, I hate watching games when the Wolves are blown out.
crazy-canuck wrote:Fully expecting a dud from thibs and co.
I just dont think he has a plan going into the draft. My guess is that he's going to draft another big. The one thing that he has shown in his 2 drafts is that hes drafted position that we were deep.
Ricky and tyus? Draft another pg in dunn.
Kat and dieng? Draft another center in patton.
While our wing depth has been nonexistent for a while.
So with teague, tyus, and rose at pg and kat, dieng, and patton at c; itll be a pg or c again.
Well, Thibs certainly hasn't done anything in his two drafts to inspire confidence that he can be counted on to get a really good player at #20. As you know, I didn't like hiring Thibs in the first place and I especially didn't like making him our PBO. It made no sense to put him in charge of our front office when he hasn't even worked in an NBA front office, much less been the head of one. From what I'm told, Layden is Thibs' gopher, and doesn't make personnel decisions. He makes calls to other organizations. But that's probably OK when you consider how horrible Layden was the one time he was put in charge of an NBA front office as the Knicks PBO.
Thibs does seem pretty good at getting players he coached in his own prior stint as an NBA head coach. So credit to Thibs for getting Butler and Taj here. But beyond that, especially in the draft, its hard to be optimistic.
Is it too late to fire Thibs and hire Van Gundy. Do we have to wait till we get blown out in 4 games or not? lol
I really do hope we can at least stay competitive, I hate watching games when the Wolves are blown out.
Which Van Gundy? Lol
The commentator, hehe.
TMac said JVG was his best coach ever.
Well...it would be interesting for context to see who were Tmac's other coaches. I don't honestly know if JVG would be much different style wise than Thibs except obviously much more entertaining. Lol
