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Camden wrote:Anthony Bennett hasn't looked good in some time now. Anyone have some excuses for him? He could use them right now.

Yes, it is Bennett's fault. Young might be our worst PF on the team.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=bennean01&y1=2015&p2=youngth01&y2=2015&p3=hummero01&y3=2015

I hope Lip doesn't jump off a bridge tonight!

60WinTim wrote:Alex - now is not the time to give up because we are at the bottom. It is only up from here. Even though we are about to lose a bunch of games, they will all pale in comparison to tonight's loss. So you might as well stick around for the #EyesOnTheRise.

I've read a variation of this post for a long time.

Tim: It's only up from here.

Wolves: not true, we can always just stay here and get comfy at the bottom

I have never been more happy to have missed a game.

Camden0916 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:Well. time to go watch future Wolf Okafor on ESPN.

Towns* :)

Seconded, I'm hoping for Towns all the way. I don't see nearly the player in Okafor that I see in Towns.

Master Summoner wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:Well. time to go watch future Wolf Okafor on ESPN.

Towns* :)

Seconded, I'm hoping for Towns all the way. I don't see nearly the player in Okafor that I see in Towns.

You'd think the board would be all for Towns over Okafor after watching our defense this year. Okafor's majorly suspect on that end of the floor, and offensively he's limited. He's a low post animal, but limited nonetheless. Towns is going to be a defensive anchor as well as being able to kill in the P&R/P&P, off reb and potentially spot ups (ala K-Love). Still developing as a post presence, imo, but the tools are there (especially touch and intelligence).

Both are great kids and winners, but I'm taking Towns over Okafor 10 times out of 10. Marc Gasol or Al Jefferson?

So no Anthony Davis in this draft?

Camden wrote:

Master Summoner wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:Well. time to go watch future Wolf Okafor on ESPN.

Towns* :)

Seconded, I'm hoping for Towns all the way. I don't see nearly the player in Okafor that I see in Towns.

You'd think the board would be all for Towns over Okafor after watching our defense this year. Okafor's majorly suspect on that end of the floor, and offensively he's limited. He's a low post animal, but limited nonetheless. Towns is going to be a defensive anchor as well as being able to kill in the P&R/P&P, off reb and potentially spot ups (ala K-Love). Still developing as a post presence, imo, but the tools are there (especially touch and intelligence).

Both are great kids and winners, but I'm taking Towns over Okafor 10 times out of 10. Marc Gasol or Al Jefferson?

I agree with you guys that Towns seems to have the higher upside over Okafor. I was merely saying that I was changing the channel to watch Okafor, who was the only one of the top 3 that was on last night.

WildWolf2813 wrote:

60WinTim wrote:Alex - now is not the time to give up because we are at the bottom. It is only up from here. Even though we are about to lose a bunch of games, they will all pale in comparison to tonight's loss. So you might as well stick around for the #EyesOnTheRise.

I've read a variation of this post for a long time.

Tim: It's only up from here.

Wolves: not true, we can always just stay here and get comfy at the bottom

I'm siding with Tim on this one...we are at the bottom right now, and we are there because of a freakish combination of injuries to our most important players. As painful as last night was, it only proved one thing to me: The Wolves' second team isn't good enough to beat any team's starters...even the 76ers. We have won one game since Rubio went down, and that was only because LaVine had a game that he won't have for another 50 games. The Wolves will have a couple more fluke wins before Rubio returns when one of our guys unexpectedly goes off like LaVine did, but we won't be favored to win in any game.

The knee jerk doom and gloom on the board is justifiable...it's devastating to lose to the woeful 76ers. But the reaity is this...the current group of healthy Wolves is probably the second worst team in the league right now (last night not withstanding, we are better than the 76ers, but the Lakers are better than us). But I don't judge OkC by their performance the past month without their 2 stars, and similarly I don't judge the Wolves by their crappy performance while Rubio, Martin, Pek and Turiaf are out. And no, I'm not saying that any of those 4 are superstars like Durant/Westbrook...I'm merely saying that losing all four (plus Young) has the same impact. We were fine when our roster was relatively healthy, and we will be fine when we are again.

longstrangetrip wrote:

Camden wrote:

Master Summoner wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:Well. time to go watch future Wolf Okafor on ESPN.

Towns* :)

Seconded, I'm hoping for Towns all the way. I don't see nearly the player in Okafor that I see in Towns.

You'd think the board would be all for Towns over Okafor after watching our defense this year. Okafor's majorly suspect on that end of the floor, and offensively he's limited. He's a low post animal, but limited nonetheless. Towns is going to be a defensive anchor as well as being able to kill in the P&R/P&P, off reb and potentially spot ups (ala K-Love). Still developing as a post presence, imo, but the tools are there (especially touch and intelligence).

Both are great kids and winners, but I'm taking Towns over Okafor 10 times out of 10. Marc Gasol or Al Jefferson?

I agree with you guys that Towns seems to have the higher upside over Okafor. I was merely saying that I was changing the channel to watch Okafor, who was the only one of the top 3 that was on last night.

I haven't seen Towns yet. But I've been very impressed with Okafor.

This Towns guy must be dominating because it seems like Okafor is toying with the competition as an 18 year old.