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AbeVigodaLive wrote:If Q starts quoting Ulysses... I'm out.

"It is as painful (for a long-suffering Timberwolves fan) to be awakened from a vision of the playoffs, as to be born"

Naz Reid loves playing the Warriors. We needed all those points to pull this one out.

Towns showed more rust in this one. Edwards showed some too but the Warriors were really keying on him.

McLaughlin was a +12 to tie for the lead in plus minus for this game which shows how hilarious it is to take this stat for an individual game. He had a better stint in the 2nd half but wasn't very impactful overall.

NAW played really solid in this game hopefully this is him getting back on track.

The bottom line is the Wolves won this game and had to gut it out. The Warriors also lost this game and showed why so many teams in the middle of the standing around the league are there.

Also fun to see Gary Payton back out there healthy. He is a fun player to watch.

Draymond still bugs the hell out of me.

Jester1534 wrote:No Morale victories here Let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're going streaking in the quad who's with me!!!!

Lol

Q-was-here wrote:

60WinTim wrote:Q!!!

Does this mean the Wolves have rekindled your interest?!?

I haven't watched a game in a month and it's been somewhat freeing. Practicing piano more, going for longer strolls with my wife, spent a nice week with my daughter home for spring break. Hell, I may take up Tai Chi and reading Marcus Aurelius at this rate!

Alas, hard to completely ignore a team I've been following for so many years. I may start watching some of the games that I think they should lose. What killed me was watching them lose to middling/bad teams. Just got fed up with the horrible losses.

Damn Q you are living the life up in Philly!

I made the point earlier in this thread how many times opponents decide not to shoot just because Rudy is lurking. There are even times that I think the player has what looks like an easy layup, and instead they bail. Dane Moore just tweeted the same thing. A guy like Kessler has better block numbers because opponents don't fear him yet and are putting up shots. The 7 or 8 inside shots not taken are almost as important as a blocked shot, and nobody in the league causes more "shots not taken" than Rudy.

https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

monsterpile wrote:Naz Reid loves playing the Warriors. We needed all those points to pull this one out.

Towns showed more rust in this one. Edwards showed some too but the Warriors were really keying on him.

McLaughlin was a +12 to tie for the lead in plus minus for this game which shows how hilarious it is to take this stat for an individual game. He had a better stint in the 2nd half but wasn't very impactful overall.

NAW played really solid in this game hopefully this is him getting back on track.

The bottom line is the Wolves won this game and had to gut it out. The Warriors also lost this game and showed why so many teams in the middle of the standing around the league are there.

Also fun to see Gary Payton back out there healthy. He is a fun player to watch.

Draymond still bugs the hell out of me.

In other news, my sources tell me the sun rose in the east this morning ;) .

But I agree with the rest of your takes. I love NAW's game...not at all what I thought we were getting in the Conley trade. I just reviewed his draft profile, and it talks about his excellent defense. I agree. When Jay-DEE got in foul trouble yesterday, Finchie put him on Curry for several minutes, and I thought he was excellent. I was concerned that he might be a 30% over-eager 3-point shooter, but he seems to be playing within himself on offense more recently...hasn't taken more than 3 3's in any game in the past five. I much prefer him attacking the basket, but he also needs to take the open 3...and last night he was 2 for 3. And how about that play he made that led to SloMo's desperation three-pointer!

GP II is one of may favorites too...great guy and gutty player. They are going to love him in Oakland.

Draymond bugs me too, but I also find him entertaining. I don't know if you watched the broadcast last night that had him miked up, but he was hilarious. My favorite moment was after they called Rudy for a flagrant on him, He cracked up his teammates when he said "Wow, that's the first time I've ever been on this side of a flagrant...I like it!". And his chemistry with Curry is extraordinary,

GS is a very good team even without Wig and one of the toughest home courts in the Association, so that was a very impressive win!

FNG wrote:I made the point earlier in this thread how many times opponents decide not to shoot just because Rudy is lurking. There are even times that I think the player has what looks like an easy layup, and instead they bail. Dane Moore just tweeted the same thing. A guy like Kessler has better block numbers because opponents don't fear him yet and are putting up shots. The 7 or 8 inside shots not taken are almost as important as a blocked shot, and nobody in the league causes more "shots not taken" than Rudy.

https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

monsterpile wrote:Naz Reid loves playing the Warriors. We needed all those points to pull this one out.

Towns showed more rust in this one. Edwards showed some too but the Warriors were really keying on him.

McLaughlin was a +12 to tie for the lead in plus minus for this game which shows how hilarious it is to take this stat for an individual game. He had a better stint in the 2nd half but wasn't very impactful overall.

NAW played really solid in this game hopefully this is him getting back on track.

The bottom line is the Wolves won this game and had to gut it out. The Warriors also lost this game and showed why so many teams in the middle of the standing around the league are there.

Also fun to see Gary Payton back out there healthy. He is a fun player to watch.

Draymond still bugs the hell out of me.

In other news, my sources tell me the sun rose in the east this morning ;) .

But I agree with the rest of your takes. I love NAW's game...not at all what I thought we were getting in the Conley trade. I just reviewed his draft profile, and it talks about his excellent defense. I agree. When Jay-DEE got in foul trouble yesterday, Finchie put him on Curry for several minutes, and I thought he was excellent. I was concerned that he might be a 30% over-eager 3-point shooter, but he seems to be playing within himself on offense more recently...hasn't taken more than 3 3's in any game in the past five. I much prefer him attacking the basket, but he also needs to take the open 3...and last night he was 2 for 3. And how about that play he made that led to SloMo's desperation three-pointer!

GP II is one of may favorites too...great guy and gutty player. They are going to love him in Oakland.

Draymond bugs me too, but I also find him entertaining. I don't know if you watched the broadcast last night that had him miked up, but he was hilarious. My favorite moment was after they called Rudy for a flagrant on him, He cracked up his teammates when he said "Wow, that's the first time I've ever been on this side of a flagrant...I like it!". And his chemistry with Curry is extraordinary,

GS is a very good team even without Wig and one of the toughest home courts in the Association, so that was a very impressive win!

Um...they already like GP in Oakland he helped them win a championship last year! Lol

monsterpile wrote:

FNG wrote:I made the point earlier in this thread how many times opponents decide not to shoot just because Rudy is lurking. There are even times that I think the player has what looks like an easy layup, and instead they bail. Dane Moore just tweeted the same thing. A guy like Kessler has better block numbers because opponents don't fear him yet and are putting up shots. The 7 or 8 inside shots not taken are almost as important as a blocked shot, and nobody in the league causes more "shots not taken" than Rudy.

https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

monsterpile wrote:Naz Reid loves playing the Warriors. We needed all those points to pull this one out.

Towns showed more rust in this one. Edwards showed some too but the Warriors were really keying on him.

McLaughlin was a +12 to tie for the lead in plus minus for this game which shows how hilarious it is to take this stat for an individual game. He had a better stint in the 2nd half but wasn't very impactful overall.

NAW played really solid in this game hopefully this is him getting back on track.

The bottom line is the Wolves won this game and had to gut it out. The Warriors also lost this game and showed why so many teams in the middle of the standing around the league are there.

Also fun to see Gary Payton back out there healthy. He is a fun player to watch.

Draymond still bugs the hell out of me.

In other news, my sources tell me the sun rose in the east this morning ;) .

But I agree with the rest of your takes. I love NAW's game...not at all what I thought we were getting in the Conley trade. I just reviewed his draft profile, and it talks about his excellent defense. I agree. When Jay-DEE got in foul trouble yesterday, Finchie put him on Curry for several minutes, and I thought he was excellent. I was concerned that he might be a 30% over-eager 3-point shooter, but he seems to be playing within himself on offense more recently...hasn't taken more than 3 3's in any game in the past five. I much prefer him attacking the basket, but he also needs to take the open 3...and last night he was 2 for 3. And how about that play he made that led to SloMo's desperation three-pointer!

GP II is one of may favorites too...great guy and gutty player. They are going to love him in Oakland.

Draymond bugs me too, but I also find him entertaining. I don't know if you watched the broadcast last night that had him miked up, but he was hilarious. My favorite moment was after they called Rudy for a flagrant on him, He cracked up his teammates when he said "Wow, that's the first time I've ever been on this side of a flagrant...I like it!". And his chemistry with Curry is extraordinary,

GS is a very good team even without Wig and one of the toughest home courts in the Association, so that was a very impressive win!

Um...they already like GP in Oakland he helped them win a championship last year! Lol

LOL, meant to say they'll love having him back on the court! He's beloved and active in the Bay Area community.