It's a Triple Header - Kings at Wolves GDT

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And now they are both out there at the same time! Joan playing PF.

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Rocco has a nice feel for the game.

[60WinTim]

Rocco has a nice feel for the game.

Yes he does. Between the nice feel, a bit of shooting, and pure size, he would seem to have a pretty high floor. I think he'll eventually get some time with the big club.

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Rocco has a nice feel for the game.

Yes he does. Between the nice feel, a bit of shooting, and pure size, he would seem to have a pretty high floor. I think he'll eventually get some time with the big club.

He looks more ready than Beringer right now, although I think NBA refs won't let them touch anyone until they get more established. ONe of the great injustices in the NBA is how a guy like Draymond or PJ Tucker can "earn" the ability to play really physical with all sorts of jostling and tugs, but if you're a rookie you are reff'ed completely by the book and to the letter.

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Beringer not getting touches, but he is definitely impacting shots in the paint defensively to start the 2nd half.

[FNG]

ANT is out. Bones is IN. I assume this means Bones will start...

I guess we have to worry about Ant being out too long, but like a few of us said last game, this team is a lot more fun to watch when he's not playing. Much more ball movement and hustling on defense. Opponents score a team worst 8.2 more points per 100 possessions when Ant is on the court. Julius is second worse at 6.9, but at least he makes up for it on the offensive end where we score a team best 16.5 points more per 100. I watched the Thunder/Spurs game last night, and I saw nobody taking plays off on defense for either team like Ant and Ju do. And the frustrating thing is both of them have the ability to be excellent defenders when they want to be. We've all seen how good a motivated Ant can be on defense, and anyone who watched Ju guarding Kawhi knows he can be good too. It's really frustrating when your two most biggest scorers don't care enough on the defensive end.

[60WinTim]

Glad I don't watch much G-league...

[60WinTim]

Joan with a nice active stint here in the 4th...

[rapsuperstar31]

ANT is out. Bones is IN. I assume this means Bones will start...

I guess we have to worry about Ant being out too long, but like a few of us said last game, this team is a lot more fun to watch when he's not playing. Much more ball movement and hustling on defense. Opponents score a team worst 8.2 more points per 100 possessions when Ant is on the court. Julius is second worse at 6.9, but at least he makes up for it on the offensive end where we score a team best 16.5 points more per 100. I watched the Thunder/Spurs game last night, and I saw nobody taking plays off on defense for either team like Ant and Ju do. And the frustrating thing is both of them have the ability to be excellent defenders when they want to be. We've all seen how good a motivated Ant can be on defense, and anyone who watched Ju guarding Kawhi knows he can be good too. It's really frustrating when your two most biggest scorers don't care enough on the defensive end.

Ant tends to conserve energy which is something he started doing after that Dallas series. Julius usually just looks like a lack effort most nights on the defensive end.

[FNG]

ANT is out. Bones is IN. I assume this means Bones will start...

I guess we have to worry about Ant being out too long, but like a few of us said last game, this team is a lot more fun to watch when he's not playing. Much more ball movement and hustling on defense. Opponents score a team worst 8.2 more points per 100 possessions when Ant is on the court. Julius is second worse at 6.9, but at least he makes up for it on the offensive end where we score a team best 16.5 points more per 100. I watched the Thunder/Spurs game last night, and I saw nobody taking plays off on defense for either team like Ant and Ju do. And the frustrating thing is both of them have the ability to be excellent defenders when they want to be. We've all seen how good a motivated Ant can be on defense, and anyone who watched Ju guarding Kawhi knows he can be good too. It's really frustrating when your two most biggest scorers don't care enough on the defensive end.

Ant tends to conserve energy which is something he started doing after that Dallas series. Julius usually just looks like a lack effort most nights on the defensive end.

I think you're right, rap. But I didn't see anyone on either the Spurs or the Thunder conserving energy last night. We talk a lot about needing a PG or handling the non-Rudy minutes here, but I think the biggest thing preventing us from challenging for a championship is that our two most important offensive players just don't care enough on defense. At least tonight we'll only have one of them.