The Gauntlet: The Pickup - Wolves at Cavs GDT

[kekgeek]

I did not watch last night. However these games happen in an 82 game season. I mean these type of games happened multiple times in the playoffs last year. I will get more concerned if we play like this for the whole gauntlet stretch

[Q-is-here]

I didn't learn much from this game. I already knew that Cleveland is MUCH better than us when we are missing Mike, Randle and Donte. But are they much better than us if we are healthy? I'm not sure. I've been quite impressed by our squad since the insertion of Clark into the mix, although he was not very effective last night. His addition to the rotation has done wonders for Jaden as both a scorer and a rebounder. It's exhausting to have to always defend the point of attack offensive star on the opponent, and I think it showed in Jaden's game. If you're tired from playing defense, you are going to settle for 3-pointers from the corner rather than driving to the hoop, and you're not going to have the energy to crash the boards. But with Clark (or NAW) now drawing the toughest assignment, Jaden seems to have much more in the tank to do the things we have seen him do recently. His resurgence has really raised the ceiling on this team I think, as has Ant taking his game to a new level, and I'm eager to see what we can do when we get our three key rotation guys back.

All that said, the game was kind of background entertainment for us last night as we scrolled our emails...it was over in the first few minutes.

I don't know FNG....that Cleveland starting lineup and what Kenny A. has done with their offense is something to behold.

Mitchell = Ant*
Garland > Conley or DDV or NAW or Dillingham or any other Wolves starting PG this season
Hunter = McDaniels
Mobley > Randle or Reid
Allen > Rudy

And then there is the bargain of the NBA, Ty Jerome, coming off the bench along with a bunch of other solid role players.



*I do think Ant has more gravity and is ultimately the more "dangerous" scorer than Mitchell. However Mitchell does all he does with less turnovers than Ant, so I'll call this a wash.

[Wolvesfan21]

Cleveland is just that good right now. We'll have to wait till they have to resign/lose some of their underpaid guys for them to drop off.

[60WinTim]

Ben Shockley's comment on the Wolves performance last night...

On a scale of 1 to 10 I'ld give her a 2. And that's only because I've never seen a 1 before.