FNG wrote:Is Jaden McDaniels important to the Timberwolves?
You tell me. Before the two games that he missed, the Wolves were 4th in defensive rating. In just 48 hours they dropped to 13th.
While I don't disagree we miss Jaden, I can assure you the Wolves were never 4th in defensive rating. Where are you getting your info from?
Jon krazynski's tweeted it. I don't know his source but he's one of the reliable ones
K. Doesn't make sense to me. I know it's gotten worse over the last couple games, but we weren't top 5 at any point. Either way, I agree with the larger point of missing Jaden. While he still has flaws (rebounding!), he has taken another nice step forward in his 3rd year so far. It's good to see at least one asset the front office valued actually show improvement. Everyone else is underachieving or stagnant.
I think Jon K's numbers are off. The Wolves ranked 6th defensively for the month of October. But it's been downhill ever since, even with McDaniels playing. The Wolves current defensive rating is 15th. Their rating for November is 23rd. So this team has had about the same defensive rating as last season with the exception of a limited number of games in October.
However, I agree with FNG's larger point about the positive defensive impact Jaden has and the numbers bear that out. The Wolves defensive rating the last three games without Jaden has been 27th - near the bottom of the League. So no doubt Jaden is really important to this team defensively.
Yeah, and now that I look at it, it was a retweet by Jon of some Australian guy who follows the Wolves closely. I've asked Jon where he thinks the numbers came from, so let's see what he says.
LST??????? Is that you?????
I just saw that too. I think we've been bamboozled, folks. LST didn't leave, but he re-emerged...
I'm just saying FNG. A guy named LST just asked Jon K where he got his info from.
FNG wrote:Is Jaden McDaniels important to the Timberwolves?
You tell me. Before the two games that he missed, the Wolves were 4th in defensive rating. In just 48 hours they dropped to 13th.
While I don't disagree we miss Jaden, I can assure you the Wolves were never 4th in defensive rating. Where are you getting your info from?
Jon krazynski's tweeted it. I don't know his source but he's one of the reliable ones
K. Doesn't make sense to me. I know it's gotten worse over the last couple games, but we weren't top 5 at any point. Either way, I agree with the larger point of missing Jaden. While he still has flaws (rebounding!), he has taken another nice step forward in his 3rd year so far. It's good to see at least one asset the front office valued actually show improvement. Everyone else is underachieving or stagnant.
I think Jon K's numbers are off. The Wolves ranked 6th defensively for the month of October. But it's been downhill ever since, even with McDaniels playing. The Wolves current defensive rating is 15th. Their rating for November is 23rd. So this team has had about the same defensive rating as last season with the exception of a limited number of games in October.
However, I agree with FNG's larger point about the positive defensive impact Jaden has and the numbers bear that out. The Wolves defensive rating the last three games without Jaden has been 27th - near the bottom of the League. So no doubt Jaden is really important to this team defensively.
Yeah, and now that I look at it, it was a retweet by Jon of some Australian guy who follows the Wolves closely. I've asked Jon where he thinks the numbers came from, so let's see what he says.
LST??????? Is that you?????
I just saw that too. I think we've been bamboozled, folks. LST didn't leave, but he re-emerged...
Oh, my God...I have to admit, I have been accused of being a serial bamboozler on many occasions!
But beyond that, I can neither confirm nor deny...
FNG wrote:Is Jaden McDaniels important to the Timberwolves?
You tell me. Before the two games that he missed, the Wolves were 4th in defensive rating. In just 48 hours they dropped to 13th.
While I don't disagree we miss Jaden, I can assure you the Wolves were never 4th in defensive rating. Where are you getting your info from?
Jon krazynski's tweeted it. I don't know his source but he's one of the reliable ones
K. Doesn't make sense to me. I know it's gotten worse over the last couple games, but we weren't top 5 at any point. Either way, I agree with the larger point of missing Jaden. While he still has flaws (rebounding!), he has taken another nice step forward in his 3rd year so far. It's good to see at least one asset the front office valued actually show improvement. Everyone else is underachieving or stagnant.
I think Jon K's numbers are off. The Wolves ranked 6th defensively for the month of October. But it's been downhill ever since, even with McDaniels playing. The Wolves current defensive rating is 15th. Their rating for November is 23rd. So this team has had about the same defensive rating as last season with the exception of a limited number of games in October.
However, I agree with FNG's larger point about the positive defensive impact Jaden has and the numbers bear that out. The Wolves defensive rating the last three games without Jaden has been 27th - near the bottom of the League. So no doubt Jaden is really important to this team defensively.
Yeah, and now that I look at it, it was a retweet by Jon of some Australian guy who follows the Wolves closely. I've asked Jon where he thinks the numbers came from, so let's see what he says.
LST??????? Is that you?????
I just saw that too. I think we've been bamboozled, folks. LST didn't leave, but he re-emerged...
Oh, my God...I have to admit, I have been accused of being a serial bamboozler on many occasions!
But beyond that, I can neither confirm nor deny...
Welcome back, I think? Have you forgiven Kevin Love for his sins?
FNG wrote:
Oh, my God...I have to admit, I have been accused of being a serial bamboozler on many occasions!
But beyond that, I can neither confirm nor deny...
This appears to be one of those situations where someone "wants to be caught". FNG posts on this message board that he's going to tweet John K. and we can all immediately see LST come up. That can't just be a coincidence. Plus (thinking back) your writing style/mannerisms/season tickets are all similar IMO. You're like one of those serial killers that keeps leaving clues for the cops. Well played and glad you were not chased away as some had presumed.
Much in the way that 60WinTim's name is Doug, FNG could easily be LST. I've wondered about this before, but either way, I'm happy that one of them is a regular.
FNG wrote:
Oh, my God...I have to admit, I have been accused of being a serial bamboozler on many occasions!
But beyond that, I can neither confirm nor deny...
This appears to be one of those situations where someone "wants to be caught". FNG posts on this message board that he's going to tweet John K. and we can all immediately see LST come up. That can't just be a coincidence. Plus (thinking back) your writing style/mannerisms/season tickets are all similar IMO. You're like one of those serial killers that keeps leaving clues for the cops. Well played and glad you were not chased away as some had presumed.
Ha, I can neither confirm nor deny, Anthony! But I will say the detective skills being displayed here are impressive.
thedoper wrote:The test is completely dependent on what FNG stands for.
If LST is short for "Long Strange Trip", then FNG must be short for "Far Newfangled Getaway"
Not sure I ever heard that Dead tune. LST's pic was the Dead as well. FNG doesn't strike me as the old hippie, acid test kind of dude, but you never know.
