I saw the most heartbreaking stat on twitter

[alexftbl8181 [enjin:6648741]]

I've tried to stay away, but stupidly watched the Wolves game last night. Man it's bad. On twitter though I didn't realize how bad.

The Wolves right now are on pace for 14 wins, which would be the WORST in franchise history, and top 10 worst of all time.

That's insane considering how bad this franchise has been. Then you take into consideration that Flip was trying to be competitive and a lot of fans thought they could be a sleeper team. Even when Khan took over he didn't blow that kind of smoke up the fans asses.

The injuries cannot be an excuse for how bad this team is. They give up almost 110 points a game. The Wolves have some players who have defensive reputations like Dieng, Brewer, and Wiggins. They haven't had Pek or Love, which is who fans wanted to blame for defensive problems and now they're worse. Flip said he wanted to run more zone, but it's been such a disaster that they don't try it at all anymore. Youth and injuries can't be an excuse for such bad defense, the 76ers have upper mid pack defense and they don't have the talent the Wolves have.

The offense looks almost as bad. It's all just curls for long jumpers, or one player just goes iso and blows it. Now that teams guard Bennett at 15 feet, he's shown he has literally nothing else to his game. I know Flip's "developing players" but you have to do more then just play them to develop them, all our young guys look lost.

You can now say that every single move Flip has made, outside the Wiggins deal has been a bust. And with the Wiggins deal, it had to have a shit ton of luck go his way in order to make it happen. Right now Bennett and Thad parts of that deal look like complete busts, and Wiggins still is far from a sure thing.

Yea he had a good draft of Shabazz and Dieng but was it really? It might look good for the fact that the Wolves have gone so long without a good draft pick, that anybody who can be in a rotation will look great. I don't see Dieng or Shabazz being starters on a playoff team though. So hey we got a bench finally, but they still need actual starters to do anything.

What exactly are we building? We have a shooting guard in Shabazz who plays in the post. We have a power forward in Bennett who has no post game and plays like a shooting guard. Every year we say that Rubio needs shooters around him. Who are our shooters? Martin and Bud on a good day, two people who clearly aren't going to be around much longer.


There isn't anything the Wolves can say they are good at to build something on the future. They don't hustle, they don't run, they don't play defense, they aren't innovative. The only way this thing gets better is by pure luck, because unless Taylor kicks the bucket, this management that's been pretty much in place for 15 years, is here to stay. God help us all

[SameOldNudityDrew]

Congratulations, you are now officially a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Welcome to the group, son. Now somebody get this kid some opTIMism.

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

Congratulations, you are now officially a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Welcome to the group, son. Now somebody get this kid some opTIMism.

I'll try, drew.

Alex, please develop your argument that injuries cannot be an excuse for the Wolves' terrible defense. As you provide your argument, please explain why the fact that they gave up 98 PPG when Rubio was playing and over 110 since is not an indication that injuries are the main reason for their poor defense.

Funny how Flip suddenly became a much worse defensive coach after the injuries started happening, I'm sure it's just a coincidence though.

[SameOldNudityDrew]

Congratulations, you are now officially a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Welcome to the group, son. Now somebody get this kid some opTIMism.

I'll try, drew.

Alex, please develop your argument that injuries cannot be an excuse for the Wolves' terrible defense. As you provide your argument, please explain why the fact that they gave up 98 PPG when Rubio was playing and over 110 since is not an indication that injuries are the main reason for their poor defense.

Funny how Flip suddenly became a much worse defensive coach after the injuries started happening, I'm sure it's just a coincidence though.

I was thinking something more along the lines of "I feel your pain, but just keep thinking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSsxz2DlTItomorrow."

[Coolbreeze44]

Alex, we haven't heard from you since you told us to "book" the idea that Bud would be our third offensive option.

[mjs34]

Alex, we haven't heard from you since you told us to "book" the idea that Bud would be our third offensive option.

Technically Cool, with as poor as the team has performed, I think Bud could be the third option!

[Papalrep]

Alex-There isn't anything the Wolves can say they are good at to build something on the future. They don't hustle, they don't run, they don't play defense, they aren't innovative

But hey, other than that, things are looking up! Isn't a lack of hustle on the coach? If the Milwaukee or Philly coach had our squad, would our squad be better defensively? In other words, no matter how many injuries, does coaching make a difference?

[AbeVigodaLive]

Alex-There isn't anything the Wolves can say they are good at to build something on the future. They don't hustle, they don't run, they don't play defense, they aren't innovative

But hey, other than that, things are looking up! Isn't a lack of hustle on the coach? If the Milwaukee or Philly coach had our squad, would our squad be better defensively? In other words, no matter how many injuries, does coaching make a difference?

No identity. The Wolves have no identity. Even Charlotte when they were terrible were trying to put something together on defense (granted, that all fell apart this season). Milwaukee has an identity now. Even Philadelphia to some degree is ahead of the Wolves in putting together a certain type of team/style of play.

Unless the Wolves are pining to be a 21 foot jump shooting team, I don't know where it;s going.

[Carlos Danger]

I want to be the guy that comes in with a different take on this one....but I can't - lol. It's true. This team doesn't have much going right to build on right now. I just keep holding out hope that a few guys step forward (like Bazz was doing recently). Also, I'm crossing my fingers that things will get better when Rubio returns. If that doesn't happen, I'll start thinking about Spring Training :-).