Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:49 pm
I have to say it again, Ant's lack of character comes out in times like this. And I'm not referring to his off-court character, his on-court character sucks as well. I realize he's young, but he's without.
I'll say this much about Ant: for all of the criticisms KAT got in the postseason (as he should have), he took a lot of bullets meant for Ant because it's not as if Ant rises to the occasion all the time. He got a lot of credit for playing well in a 5 game loss to Denver, but Ant crapped the bed so hard against LA that we had to play Denver.
KAT struggled in the WCF, but so did Ant, especially in late game situations. KAT sometimes wasn't on the court which was a problem in of itself, but Ant was and his decision making showed. Ant skates by in a way we never let KAT skate around here and big reason why is because KAT wasn't respected as a man the way Ant is for whatever reason.
As for Finch, if he's so dead set on going down his way, cool. When Conley is finished, Finch can follow him out the door.
Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 10:17 pm
You know we talk about the KAT trade all the time, but the guy we miss the most is Slomo. His presence on the court during this type of meltdown was invaluable. Instead we end up relying on Captain Immaturity, and Yellow Julius and we pay the price.
Sorry about the rants but I've had it with Minnesota sports. WTF, the whole state sucks and I happen to live in the only state that's worse.
We agree on something. Minnesota sucks, other than the Twins all the sports teams are jokes, and personally I have been the victim of a lot more crime in Minnesota than anywhere else I have lived. I have had a car stolen and another broken into in Minnesota, two bikes stolen in Minnesota and my entire storage unit of belongings including all my sports memorabilia and coin collection stolen there. Plus, I have been defrauded twice by Minnesotans. I've lived in California for a longer period than I have in Minnesota and I have not been the victim of much crime to speak of. Why am I still a Wolves fan? I dunno, I'm huge NBA fan, grew up in Minnesota and they were my first team, and love an underdog, but its been rough.
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Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:49 pm
I have to say it again, Ant's lack of character comes out in times like this. And I'm not referring to his off-court character, his on-court character sucks as well. I realize he's young, but he's without.
I'll say this much about Ant: for all of the criticisms KAT got in the postseason (as he should have), he took a lot of bullets meant for Ant because it's not as if Ant rises to the occasion all the time. He got a lot of credit for playing well in a 5 game loss to Denver, but Ant crapped the bed so hard against LA that we had to play Denver.
KAT struggled in the WCF, but so did Ant, especially in late game situations. KAT sometimes wasn't on the court which was a problem in of itself, but Ant was and his decision making showed. Ant skates by in a way we never let KAT skate around here and big reason why is because KAT wasn't respected as a man the way Ant is for whatever reason.
As for Finch, if he's so dead set on going down his way, cool. When Conley is finished, Finch can follow him out the door.
Speaking of KAT… I watched him have a helluva game tonight vs Boston at MSG. All the while, I was peeking at the Wolves score. I tuned out a bit when the wolves were up 20 and the celts/knicks game went to Ot. Then I checked the wolves score walking out to see they lost by 7. Those are our Timberwolves!
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Crazysauce wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:28 pm
Finch needs to be fired. This is so unacceptable.
Finch is imploring these guys to move the ball and they simply won't comply
To be fair when they passed the ball they turned it over.
Just god awful zone offense. Maybe the worst I’ve ever seen
This has been happening for months now...I honestly don't know why any team would play man against us, when we are so inept against a zone. I want to blame the coaching staff, but I can't...they're running the same offense against the zone they ran last year, and we looked good last year. The only difference is Kyle Anderson is no longer the man in the middle directing the offense, and Naz and Ju have not been effective in the SloMo role. Last night was an extreme example, but frankly we haven't been very good against a zone for most of this season.
Last nights 4th quarter was a catastrophic failure. The fact that Finch and the franchise have swept it under the table without saying "it isn't good enough'' is even worse than the event itself. I understand you have to look ahead to the next game, but its ok to address it firmly and apologies to the fans.
We started to resemble a winning team and culture last season, but have reverted back to the norm unfortunately. I'm hoping the new ownership group has a different approach with these failures.
Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:49 pm
I have to say it again, Ant's lack of character comes out in times like this. And I'm not referring to his off-court character, his on-court character sucks as well. I realize he's young, but he's without.
I'll say this much about Ant: for all of the criticisms KAT got in the postseason (as he should have), he took a lot of bullets meant for Ant because it's not as if Ant rises to the occasion all the time. He got a lot of credit for playing well in a 5 game loss to Denver, but Ant crapped the bed so hard against LA that we had to play Denver.
KAT struggled in the WCF, but so did Ant, especially in late game situations. KAT sometimes wasn't on the court which was a problem in of itself, but Ant was and his decision making showed. Ant skates by in a way we never let KAT skate around here and big reason why is because KAT wasn't respected as a man the way Ant is for whatever reason.
As for Finch, if he's so dead set on going down his way, cool. When Conley is finished, Finch can follow him out the door.
I looked up Ant's numbers for the WFC a few weeks ago and by a quick eye test they were actually good enough (not to his standards but still OK). If KAT plays that series even half ass we win it. I seem to remember Naz and Jaden both rocking that series too. KAT was the one epic fail.
