Revenge best served cold- Clips/Wolves GDT

[AbeVigodaLive]

Does Randle have a disorder of some kind?

Very up and down person emotionally. Effects his game. I honestly think this team would be better without him, especially with team chemistry. Kind of like how the Knick played better without him during the 23/24 season when he got injured.

I hope he gets moved this off season. He is a big reason why we are so inconsistent this season.

- Randle has been pretty open about the mental illness stuff he's been fighting for awhile. As a world-renowned psychologist, I can confirm that it sure "looks" like he's battling something.

- The LACK of energy at the start of the game was unnerving. You could almost feel it through the television.

- The Clippers played physical and it really seemed to bother the Wolves. It's not the first time either. And then there's the Ty Lue/Nic Batum vs. KAT matchups in the past. The Clippers looked like guys who wanted more playing time.

- Horton did NOT like the officiating whistle last night. It was a different tone than the one that Grady usually comes with.

- Edwards is coming back to Earth with the clutch efficiency. Like it or hate it... the Wolves are going to live with him taking most shots at the end of games.

- For reals... what happened to Mike Conley? He's an incredible shooter. We've seen it abandon him this season, but that airball last night... that's not a professional shot. It was alarming.

McDaniels and Edwards also had terrible airballs. And Edwards nearly broke the backboard on one of his threes.

- Bad game. But a win. Hopefully, they bounce back with a better game vs. Denver.

[DNatagal]

Does Randle have a disorder of some kind?

Very up and down person emotionally. Effects his game. I honestly think this team would be better without him, especially with team chemistry. Kind of like how the Knick played better without him during the 23/24 season when he got injured.

I hope he gets moved this off season. He is a big reason why we are so inconsistent this season.

- Randle has been pretty open about the mental illness stuff he's been fighting for awhile. As a world-renowned psychologist, I can confirm that it sure "looks" like he's battling something.

- The LACK of energy at the start of the game was unnerving. You could almost feel it through the television.

- The Clippers played physical and it really seemed to bother the Wolves. It's not the first time either. And then there's the Ty Lue/Nic Batum vs. KAT matchups in the past. The Clippers looked like guys who wanted more playing time.

- Horton did NOT like the officiating whistle last night. It was a different tone than the one that Grady usually comes with.

- Edwards is coming back to Earth with the clutch efficiency. Like it or hate it... the Wolves are going to live with him taking most shots at the end of games.

- For reals... what happened to Mike Conley? He's an incredible shooter. We've seen it abandon him this season, but that airball last night... that's not a professional shot. It was alarming.

McDaniels and Edwards also had terrible airballs. And Edwards nearly broke the backboard on one of his threes.

- Bad game. But a win. Hopefully, they bounce back with a better game vs. Denver.

The Intuit dome is a tough place to shoot, I have played some pickup games at Comcast center in Maryland and their wall is really hard to shoot into, so I can only imagine the Dome is worse. The change in depth and backgrounds can mess with your mental calculations. That is why NCAA volleyball has rules to balance the view at the end of a court. I have a few colleges I work with that had to add curtains to their facility to balance the view for fairness. Kind of like the batters eye wall in baseball.

[Lipoli390]

Where does their offense and defense rank over the last month or so? Cause at the beginning of the year they were straddling 5th in both categories, and at one point I think I saw them in the top 3 defensively.

Bottom line in my opinion is that they are heading in the wrong direction as far as "figuring things out." Of course what's so damn frustrating about this team is that I am fully confident that when the playoffs start they're gonna flip a switch and look much much better. I just don't know that I trust that a team can fight their lesser habits for a whole championship run.

Through 10 games in February, the Wolves have the #9 offense and #20 defense. Yeah, not inspiring. And it's against a bunch of compromised teams with injuries, rest days, tanking, etc.

There is still time for things to gel, but they are running out of time to vanquish their bad habits. Ant seems adamant that he's not passing the ball late in games. Randle is depressed or something. Naz, Jaden, and the bench sort of come and go. Rudy and DDV seem like the only two guys that give a professional effort night in and night out and they aren't perfect either.

I think Naz and Ayo give max professional effort every game along with DDV and Rudy.

[FNG]

I'm listening to In the Zone this morning, and TT and Sinykin are talking about what you guys are addressing in this thread...Randle's psychological state of mind currently. They are suggesting that something is going on with him mentally, not physically...maybe still moping about being mentioned in trade rumors a couple weeks ago. Our reaction might be "suck it up, Ju", but he's a mercurial guy and we can't know how he is feeling. Somehow we have still won 5 out of 6 with the guy Finchy has described as "our most important player" playing poorly at both ends, but we know we are going to need a lot more from Ju if we are going to make a playoff run this season. I hope he snaps out of it soon, but in the meantime Finchy has to play psychologist. What does he do...play Ju his normal minutes and hope he bounces back (he continues to play him 30+ minutes most games) or start giving more of his minutes to Naz? It's a delicate situation for sure.

I'll remind people what I posted earlier in this thread. Ju is having a remarkable offensive season, ranking 4th in the Association in offensive on/off behind only Ball, Jokic and Murray and ahead of a lot of elite players. He has been a huge part of our success to date this season, and we absolutely need him to bounce back from whatever is troubling him.

[AussieWolf3]

The deal with Randle highlights how we talk about and treat mental health. For obvious reasons it's hard for us to imagine highly paid professional athletes having "problems" but at the end of the day they're human too and in all reality I don't think we should treat mental health issues all that different from a physical injury- at least for the sake of players missing time or playing through injury.

That said, it's not hard for me to imagine- given my own experiences- that Randle is experiencing burnout or something similar, so I just wonder if he wouldn't be better served sitting some games out or something.

That's the trick with mental illness, it's much trickier to treat than a broken bone, and besides I'm just guessing about what Randle might even be experiencing.

[DNatagal]

The deal with Randle highlights how we talk about and treat mental health. For obvious reasons it's hard for us to imagine highly paid professional athletes having "problems" but at the end of the day they're human too and in all reality I don't think we should treat mental health issues all that different from a physical injury- at least for the sake of players missing time or playing through injury.

That said, it's not hard for me to imagine- given my own experiences- that Randle is experiencing burnout or something similar, so I just wonder if he wouldn't be better served sitting some games out or something.

That's the trick with mental illness, it's much trickier to treat than a broken bone, and besides I'm just guessing about what Randle might even be experiencing.

The Wolves have been one of the healthiest teams for the past few years. I would think that is part of the teams DNA at this point. Nobody wants to take a day off, but maybe that is what Randle needs. Let him take a Rodman "in-season vacation" and reset. Take the family to Disney or a beach and get away from BB for a week. We all need time away and maybe that will help him.