What Do We Want To See From the Timberwolves Over The Next Few Months?

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BizarroJerry wrote:Do you guys still like Belly? Didn't our demise start when he got hurt? I think if he can start being a consistent outside threat, we could get out of this mess.



I dig Belly more for how he moves the ball than anything else. He's one of the few guys who seems to understand that Action A causes Response A which leads to Actions B and C.
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AbeVigodaLive wrote:
BizarroJerry wrote:Do you guys still like Belly? Didn't our demise start when he got hurt? I think if he can start being a consistent outside threat, we could get out of this mess.



I dig Belly more for how he moves the ball than anything else. He's one of the few guys who seems to understand that Action A causes Response A which leads to Actions B and C.


I still like him. he knows how to play has size and is cheap and he can shoot.
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Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.
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khans2k5 wrote:Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.


PG huh? Interesting. I'm open to anything at this point...
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khans2k5 wrote:Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.

Isn't Belly the guy who gets picked clean every time he attempts to handle the ball? Is this post sarcasm?
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CoolBreeze44 wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.

Isn't Belly the guy who gets picked clean every time he attempts to handle the ball? Is this post sarcasm?


Belly's the only guy who actually moves the ball on that unit. I haven't paid a ton of attention to his handle, but I follow a bunch of Wolves writers on Twitter and have never seen them bringing up him getting picked clean as an often occurring problem. Is your post your usual exaggeration over the top stance on a Wolves player's ability?
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khans2k5 wrote:
CoolBreeze44 wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.

Isn't Belly the guy who gets picked clean every time he attempts to handle the ball? Is this post sarcasm?


Belly's the only guy who actually moves the ball on that unit. I haven't paid a ton of attention to his handle, but I follow a bunch of Wolves writers on Twitter and have never seen them bringing up him getting picked clean as an often occurring problem. Is your post your usual exaggeration over the top stance on a Wolves player's ability?

If the ability you're referring to is Belly's aptitude for playing PG, then yes. But because you've actually been making quite a bit of sense lately, I'm going to ignore the snarkiness in your post. I'll just say that Belly can't play PG or point forward in this league. From what I've seen that's very evident.
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CoolBreeze44 wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:
CoolBreeze44 wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:Belly really should be the PG of the second unit and not Zach, but he seems too passive and not selfish enough to play that role. We should be running a Belly/Dieng PnR with the 3 shooters around them on the 3pt line.

Isn't Belly the guy who gets picked clean every time he attempts to handle the ball? Is this post sarcasm?


Belly's the only guy who actually moves the ball on that unit. I haven't paid a ton of attention to his handle, but I follow a bunch of Wolves writers on Twitter and have never seen them bringing up him getting picked clean as an often occurring problem. Is your post your usual exaggeration over the top stance on a Wolves player's ability?

If the ability you're referring to is Belly's aptitude for playing PG, then yes. But because you've actually been making quite a bit of sense lately, I'm going to ignore the snarkiness in your post. I'll just say that Belly can't play PG or point forward in this league. From what I've seen that's very evident.


I think Belly has the ability to be a playmaker from the PF spot but he isn't ready for that yet. Keep in mind he was getting called for all those travels early on and that had to mess with his head. Some of the time he has given up the ball it was him posting much smaller players and it didn't go well but he will figure that out enough to make that a viable option at times. He doesn't have a wildly good post game to begin with that's not his game. I watched a decent chunk of him play in Europe and even at that level once a game he would be too lose with the ball and look bad but the rest of the game look very comfortable with it. Asking him to play PG would be way too much and the reality to me is I would rather he play like a SG ready to hit jumpers with a quick trigger on 3's. If he was a volume 3 point threat that would open up the floor a lot and it would open up more opportunities for him to do that drive and kick game that he has.
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