Lavine has torn ACL

[worldK]

Terrible news for lavine and the team.

[Coolbreeze44]

Zach has zero effect on us staying in the lottery. It only sucks for Zach. The team will be fine. I bet we play better defense and our PO chances go up. We may even see Tyus running point with Dunn moving over to backup SG. Who knows with Thibs though.

Where do you come up with this stuff? That's just flat out wrong.

[TAFKASP]

Will Zach recover completely or be a shell of his former self like Rose became? I know Rose had multiple knee injuries but Zach's speed and athleticism are what makes him potentially special.

How very Minnesota this is.

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

Will Zach recover completely or be a shell of his former self like Rose became? I know Rose had multiple knee injuries but Zach's speed and athleticism are what makes him potentially special.

How very Minnesota this is.

Rose's career was over because he could never shoot so getting rid of his ability to get to the bucket at will killed his production. Zach will be fine because he can shoot the ball.

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

Wow, out for the season...really sad news for one of my favorite Wolves. What a tough kid though, huh? Didn't he play another 5 minutes after he hurt it? I think he went down in the first half and went to the bench, but then started the second half and played a few minutes.

As sad as this is for Zach, I tend to agree with misty, BW and khans...the Wolves might actually play better the rest of the season, and this news does not eliminate us from playoff contention. Zach had a nice game last night, but he has far and away the worst plus/minus on the team this year...hard to see how replacing his minutes with Rush and Bazz is a bad thing.

Bad news for Zach, but not necessarily bad news for the Wolves.

[Coolbreeze44]

Wow, out for the season...really sad news for one of my favorite Wolves. What a tough kid though, huh? Didn't he play another 5 minutes after he hurt it? I think he went down in the first half and went to the bench, but then started the second half and played a few minutes.

As sad as this is for Zach, I tend to agree with misty, BW and khans...the Wolves might actually play better the rest of the season, and this news does not eliminate us from playoff contention. Zach had a nice game last night, but he has far and away the worst plus/minus on the team this year...hard to see how replacing his minutes with Rush and Bazz is a bad thing.

Bad news for Zach, but not necessarily bad news for the Wolves.

So let me get this straight. You lose one of the big 3, and this is a good thing? I feel like you guys are playing a joke on me and I'm the only one not in on it.

[DNatagal]

Lavine was the only starter on the 2nd unit most nites, played a ton of minutes, scored 20ish points, was learning how to play defense, was our most consistent 3 point threat until Bazz sold his soul to the devil for his latest hit streak....it is going to suck not having him on the court. BUT....injuries happen all around the league. The team has to deal with it.

Will Thib's play the big lineup with Wiggins at the 2 and Belly at the 3? That is one of my favorites....or will he just insert Rush and move everyone up a spot in the rotation?

I like the idea of Dunn playing at the SG spot with Tyus running the point. JONES can play and deserves more time.

Sure it sucks, but it happens.

[TAFKASP]

Sucks, but the more I think about it get Bazz into the starting lineup and move Wiggins to guard and lets see what happens. Many of us thought it was a good idea, many others didn't think it was a good idea to piss off Zach by moving him to the bench, there is no more excuses now. Let's see what Bazz does against starters and if Wiggins excels at guard as it's not like Zach is likely to be ready for starters minutes to begin next season either.

[60WinTim]

It has already been said that Rush will start in Zach's place...

[kekgeek]

To the people say this could be a his thing for the wolves then why even have zach on the team. Shouldn't we trade him the first chance we get if he is a losing player.

It amazes me what a bad 10 games does to us. We were having conversations about who is better wiggins or lavine. Nobody wanted to trade Dunn and Lavine for butler during the draft.

Now we are better with career backup Bazz and career role player rush are going to make us better. How is this a win in anyway. If we suck then another year of no playoffs and lost season where it will be hard to attract free agents or we play good and bazz gets overvalued in free agency (look at crabee, Tyler johnson, etc..) and Lavine value plummets. Don't see how this is good in anyway