Towns comparison

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

And then there's this...

"already a scary rim protector. Opponents have scored 12 fewer points per 100 possessions against Minnesota with Towns on the floor, and they're shooting a ghastly 40.8 percent on shots near the rim when Towns is around, per NBA.com -- a figure that would have been neck-and-neck with Rudy Gobert's league-best mark last season."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14149298/the-long-hard-road-redemption-plan-minnesota-starting-make-sense

[AbeVigodaLive]

A Zach Lowe sighting!

NICE.

[Porckchop]

Good article, brings up a lot of the same discussions we talk about on here.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

And then there's this...

"already a scary rim protector. Opponents have scored 12 fewer points per 100 possessions against Minnesota with Towns on the floor, and they're shooting a ghastly 40.8 percent on shots near the rim when Towns is around, per NBA.com -- a figure that would have been neck-and-neck with Rudy Gobert's league-best mark last season."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14149298/the-long-hard-road-redemption-plan-minnesota-starting-make-sense

....then look at what happens when Gorgui comes into the game. Not pretty.

Our bench is tilted too much toward guys with offensive strengths/focus. Martin, Shabazz, Dieng, and Miller/Zach (either guy at PG) is just not a good combination. Bjelica seems passable on defense, but at least he isn't hunting shots the same way the other guys are.

I don't think we need to do anything in the short-term, but if this team has aspirations toward playoff success starting next season, they are going to need to address this.

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

The other thing that article mentions is the idea of trading one or both of Dieng/Shabazz. That's certainly been talked about here as I think there are legitimate questions about how they fit into the core of the team going forward. I also agree though that nothing needs to be done in haste. Let's continue to see how things play out this season.

[Monster]

And then there's this...

"already a scary rim protector. Opponents have scored 12 fewer points per 100 possessions against Minnesota with Towns on the floor, and they're shooting a ghastly 40.8 percent on shots near the rim when Towns is around, per NBA.com -- a figure that would have been neck-and-neck with Rudy Gobert's league-best mark last season."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14149298/the-long-hard-road-redemption-plan-minnesota-starting-make-sense

Does anyone know what Lowe was talking about when he said something about an assistant coach stabbed someone in the back?

[AbeVigodaLive]

And then there's this...

"already a scary rim protector. Opponents have scored 12 fewer points per 100 possessions against Minnesota with Towns on the floor, and they're shooting a ghastly 40.8 percent on shots near the rim when Towns is around, per NBA.com -- a figure that would have been neck-and-neck with Rudy Gobert's league-best mark last season."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14149298/the-long-hard-road-redemption-plan-minnesota-starting-make-sense

Does anyone know what Lowe was talking about when he said something about an assistant coach stabbed someone in the back?

Was wondering about that too.

I hated Rambis enough to have considered doing it myself... literally. But I couldn't gain access to the team.

[Monster]

And then there's this...

"already a scary rim protector. Opponents have scored 12 fewer points per 100 possessions against Minnesota with Towns on the floor, and they're shooting a ghastly 40.8 percent on shots near the rim when Towns is around, per NBA.com -- a figure that would have been neck-and-neck with Rudy Gobert's league-best mark last season."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14149298/the-long-hard-road-redemption-plan-minnesota-starting-make-sense

Does anyone know what Lowe was talking about when he said something about an assistant coach stabbed someone in the back?

Was wondering about that too.

I hated Rambis enough to have considered doing it myself... literally. But I couldn't gain access to the team.

I was thinking that was the most likely era because it seemed like those assistants were a weird collection of wanna be HCs and that seemed to be part of the problem.

[Yosimar]

The comparison was made in a joking manner on nbatv "fan night" because Webber was hosting and how similar his numbers with that of Chris's were in his first 10 games as a rookie with Golden State and i actually buy it. Although i see Towns being better defensively.