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kekgeek1 wrote:How can you go 16 in game minutes and Kat has 0 FGA attempts. I think I counted it he touched the ball 5 times, only once in a position to score.

Well, KAT had two shot attempts in the entire second half. Two. Tough to win when you can't get your best player the ball in his spots.

Edwards, Beasley, Rubio and Jmac all with more FGA then Kat. Got to love it.

I'm happy the system is building around Kat

Anthony Edwards:

34 MIN
28 PTS (10-20 FG, 5-10 3P, 3-4 FT)
7 REB
5 AST
1 STL
2 BLK

I'm glad the kid showed up for a big-time matchup. He continues his recent stretch of good basketball since being thrust into the starting lineup. Keep it up, A1.

kekgeek1 wrote:Edwards, Beasley, Rubio and Jmac all with more FGA then Kat. Got to love it.

I'm happy the system is building around Kat

If this is how Minnesota's going to use Karl-Anthony Towns, they need to trade him immediately. They're using him like he's Chris Bosh in Miami surrounded by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade... except the Wolves don't have two Hall-of-Famers, but rather Malik Beasley and a 19-year old rookie. Give him the ball. Feature him. Allow him to be a playmaker. He's so much more than a floor spacer.

Wolves more 2-6 without Dlo and Kat is 1-3 in games without Dlo

Camden wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Edwards, Beasley, Rubio and Jmac all with more FGA then Kat. Got to love it.

I'm happy the system is building around Kat

If this is how Minnesota's going to use Karl-Anthony Towns, they need to trade him immediately. They're using him like he's Chris Bosh in Miami surrounded by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade... except the Wolves don't have two Hall-of-Famers, but rather Malik Beasley and a 19-year old rookie. Give him the ball. Feature him. Allow him to be a playmaker. He's so much more than a floor spacer.

Agreed. Adelman's Corner Offense is the best way to use KAT. It also fits dlo,ant and a bunch of players on the team. Just do away with this silly dribble handoffs/dribble drive offense.

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Edwards, Beasley, Rubio and Jmac all with more FGA then Kat. Got to love it.

I'm happy the system is building around Kat

If this is how Minnesota's going to use Karl-Anthony Towns, they need to trade him immediately. They're using him like he's Chris Bosh in Miami surrounded by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade... except the Wolves don't have two Hall-of-Famers, but rather Malik Beasley and a 19-year old rookie. Give him the ball. Feature him. Allow him to be a playmaker. He's so much more than a floor spacer.

To go along with that Jokic and Embiid have 3 total games this year under 10 FGA. Find a way to feature Kat not the other way around

The one bright spot tonight for the Wolves was Ant. He led the team in scoring with 28 points, was second in rebounding with 7, second in assists with 5 and first in blocks with 2 (tied with McDaniels). And is team-leading 28 points were efficient as Ant shot 50% from behind the arc and 50% overall. I thought Vando was pretty good.

Camden wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Edwards, Beasley, Rubio and Jmac all with more FGA then Kat. Got to love it.

I'm happy the system is building around Kat

If this is how Minnesota's going to use Karl-Anthony Towns, they need to trade him immediately. They're using him like he's Chris Bosh in Miami surrounded by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade... except the Wolves don't have two Hall-of-Famers, but rather Malik Beasley and a 19-year old rookie. Give him the ball. Feature him. Allow him to be a playmaker. He's so much more than a floor spacer.

You're absolutely right. I just can't understand what's going through Ryan's head.

KAT was getting clobbered on the inside. Grabbed on drives....he got clotheslined at the beginning of one of his drives in first half.

You do need to run plays for him...but the fact is the Lakers shut him down. They are long and tough inside and Gasol followed KAT well and took his legs out inside.

Of course Bron is going to get to the line, but the question is how do we get KAT to the line? How do we get calls for KAT? I can even forgive not giving Vanderbilt the call when he gets raked or Edwards when he gets the elbow bumps at the rim, but cmon, we need to advocate for KAT from the bench.