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Re: Biggest Positives So Far
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:26 pm
by KiwiMatt
Great start to the season and we look great defensively.
I would like to see a few tweaks in Finch's rotation. Offensively we really suffer when both KAT and ANT sit. We should have one of them in the game at all time, besides garbage time. I would have KAT coming out first around the 7 minute mark in the 1st quarter (instead of Gobert) and then check him back in (for Gobert) late in the 1st when ANT needs a rest. Naz gets all the backup mins.
NAW is sort of like our new Okogie. Absolutely stoic on defense, but a complete non threat offensively (at the moment anyway). If he can start to hit his 3's he becomes a vital cog for this team.
Milton looks great attacking the basket. I have no doubt he will get better with more reps and time. Anderson is the 'glue guy' and has become invaluable for this team. Hopefully we can keep him beyond this season.
Looking forward to Celtics game.
Re: Biggest Positives So Far
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:09 pm
by Monster
KiwiMatt wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:26 pm
Great start to the season and we look great defensively.
I would like to see a few tweaks in Finch's rotation. Offensively we really suffer when both KAT and ANT sit. We should have one of them in the game at all time, besides garbage time. I would have KAT coming out first around the 7 minute mark in the 1st quarter (instead of Gobert) and then check him back in (for Gobert) late in the 1st when ANT needs a rest. Naz gets all the backup mins.
NAW is sort of like our new Okogie. Absolutely stoic on defense, but a complete non threat offensively (at the moment anyway). If he can start to hit his 3's he becomes a vital cog for this team.
Milton looks great attacking the basket. I have no doubt he will get better with more reps and time. Anderson is the 'glue guy' and has become invaluable for this team. Hopefully we can keep him beyond this season.
Looking forward to Celtics game.
NAW certainly has looked more like a bench guy than a starter. He does a solid job of being a guy that’s part of the PG group out there when he does that. I feel reasonably confident based on his past that he will hit enough 3’s to have some value there although I also expect him to be streaky.
I also expect Shake to get going a bit. I think he likely has focused on playing PG and that‘s maybe effected his scoring. They need someone else to get buckets off the bench besides Naz and to some extent Anderson.
Re: Biggest Positives So Far
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:03 pm
by kekgeek
I’m so curious about tonight’s defensive performance. So far the wolves have played Poetle, Bam, Capela, Jokic, Kessler as the opposing centers. All similar that they don’t stretch the floor a ton (Jokic can but it’s not his game). Porzingis can stretch the floor and destroyed Rudy last year. Kat and Tatum might guard each other tonight. Should be a super interesting game with a new challenge
Re: Biggest Positives So Far
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:16 pm
by Q-is-here
kekgeek wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:03 pm
I’m so curious about tonight’s defensive performance. So far the wolves have played Poetle, Bam, Capela, Jokic, Kessler as the opposing centers. All similar that they don’t stretch the floor a ton (Jokic can but it’s not his game). Porzingis can stretch the floor and destroyed Rudy last year. Kat and Tatum might guard each other tonight. Should be a super interesting game with a new challenge
We aren't going to see their best lineup and probably most challenging for our defense, which is a starting 5 of Porzingis, Tatum, Brown, White, and Holiday. That would be a massive test for us because it's seemingly designed to render a two-big defense useless. But I believe White is out and Porzy is questionable. May be we will get some sort of facsimile of it, with Horford starting for Porzy and another shooter coming in for White. Still a good test, but not their A-team.