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Camden wrote:Good luck to Parsons and especially Chandler, who has never won his position matchup against Pekovic. Let's not get over pessimistic.

I don't think it's overly pessimistic to predict the Wolves lose the next three games...it's merely realistic, just like it was realistic to predict they would go 1-2 in their last 3-game set. Cam, it doesn't mean the guys picking 0-3 want the Wolves to lose...we're just saying that playing three good to very good teams either on their floor or a neutral floor without our best player doesn't sound very favorable. We lose so much on offense and defense with Ricky out. Cam, in which game of the next three do you think the Wolves will be favored? My guess is that they will be 10, 4 and 7 point dogs to Houston, NO, and Dallas, respectively, and if so, 0-3 is the most realistic prediction. You're predicting a Wolves' win because the Pelicans might overlook us...I would argue that young teams on the rise like NO are not likely to overlook a team like an elite team might. And the Pelicans just beat the Spurs in SA last night, so there's no denying they are an up and coming team.

I hope the Wolves can steal a win before coming home, but I can't ignore the fact that they are going to struggle without Ricky.

longstrangetrip wrote:

Camden wrote:Good luck to Parsons and especially Chandler, who has never won his position matchup against Pekovic. Let's not get over pessimistic.

I don't think it's overly pessimistic to predict the Wolves lose the next three games...it's merely realistic, just like it was realistic to predict they would go 1-2 in their last 3-game set. Cam, it doesn't mean the guys picking 0-3 want the Wolves to lose...we're just saying that playing three good to very good teams either on their floor or a neutral floor without our best player doesn't sound very favorable. We lose so much on offense and defense with Ricky out. Cam, in which game of the next three do you think the Wolves will be favored? My guess is that they will be 10, 4 and 7 point dogs to Houston, NO, and Dallas, respectively, and if so, 0-3 is the most realistic prediction. You're predicting a Wolves' win because the Pelicans might overlook us...I would argue that young teams on the rise like NO are not likely to overlook a team like an elite team might. And the Pelicans just beat the Spurs in SA last night, so there's no denying they are an up and coming team.

I hope the Wolves can steal a win before coming home, but I can't ignore the fact that they are going to struggle without Ricky.

I think Cam was responding to my post.

The only reason I think Chandler can go beast against us is the lob factor which has proven especially difficult to defend for us. I forget which Dallas game it was but Parsons went off for like 10-12 in a first quarter. But yeah I may have been a bit too pessimistic about that

Volans19 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:

Camden wrote:Good luck to Parsons and especially Chandler, who has never won his position matchup against Pekovic. Let's not get over pessimistic.

I don't think it's overly pessimistic to predict the Wolves lose the next three games...it's merely realistic, just like it was realistic to predict they would go 1-2 in their last 3-game set. Cam, it doesn't mean the guys picking 0-3 want the Wolves to lose...we're just saying that playing three good to very good teams either on their floor or a neutral floor without our best player doesn't sound very favorable. We lose so much on offense and defense with Ricky out. Cam, in which game of the next three do you think the Wolves will be favored? My guess is that they will be 10, 4 and 7 point dogs to Houston, NO, and Dallas, respectively, and if so, 0-3 is the most realistic prediction. You're predicting a Wolves' win because the Pelicans might overlook us...I would argue that young teams on the rise like NO are not likely to overlook a team like an elite team might. And the Pelicans just beat the Spurs in SA last night, so there's no denying they are an up and coming team.

I hope the Wolves can steal a win before coming home, but I can't ignore the fact that they are going to struggle without Ricky.

I think Cam was responding to my post.

The only reason I think Chandler can go beast against us is the lob factor which has proven especially difficult to defend for us. I forget which Dallas game it was but Parsons went off for like 10-12 in a first quarter. But yeah I may have been a bit too pessimistic about that

I think you're right that Cam was speaking to your comments about Dallas, and I agree with him that it's unlikely that Chandler has a big offensive game against us. But they have so many other pieces, I still see that game as a double digit loss.

I don't think they'll win any of the next three. I just hope they keep playing hard like last night so there are not any blowouts.

Yes, I was commenting on Parsons and Chandler going for 20+ against us.

I definitely realize the high possibility of 0-3. I just think we'll be able to steal one.