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Holy shit is Thad bad during the fastbreak. He always either turns it over or blows the layup.

At least he is starting to look better during these last few games, he should benefit greatly from Rubio, Martin, and Pek

Why did we re-up Pek 2.0 with another 10 day contract? He hasn't done shit and continues to do so!

Adrien we're sorry! Don't go to China!

Bennett has been pretty good on corner 3s. You think Flip would try to set that up more often... (queue Q)

Thad's been our only scorer this game. Nobody's been all that good, but I don't see how you can group him with Bud and Bennett.

Lavine's long two's are annoying as hell. Someone needs to teach him to step behind the line

Camden0916 wrote:Thad's been our only scorer this game. Nobody's been all that good, but I don't see how you can group him with Bud and Bennett.

I will give you bud, and thad is playing better of late, but Bennett has been fine and he is playing pretty good of late

Ugh, as much of a treat it was to watch the Denver game, this one was a slog. Just ugly, ugly, ugly. A few observations:

- It was clear we lacked energy from the beginning. It was an awkward road trip, having to go from Denver to Charlotte with one day of rest for the 4th game of the trip (not sure if they stopped in Mpls in between or not). The starting unit looked to have dead legs, as Wiggins and Williams repeatedly missed the few open looks our offense generated.

- Charlotte is a helluva defensive team. Biyombo and Zeller's combined length and mobility make it really hard to get clean looks inside, and Roberts, Kidd-Gilchrist, and Henderson all play an aggressive style of perimeter D.

- One thing Bennett is doing better at recently is rebounding. Otherwise...just yuck. But hey, it's a start.

- Young was may be the least bad of our starters, but even he made some careless turnovers that ended up being costly.

- I have no idea why Radulijca is on our roster. The gap in desire, skills, and intensity between him and Adrien is massive. It's truly a head-scratcher as to why we signed him. The dude looks half asleep out there and his greatest skill is picking up sloppy fouls.

- Leave it to the Timberwolves to be the salve a struggling shooting team needs. Charlotte is one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the league, but nope, not against us! They went 12-22 with multiple guys hitting swishing in long balls.

Not a lot of good to take out of this one unfortunately. It pisses me off (I'm not sure at who - our trainers, Flip, the basketball gods?) that Martin, Pek, and Rubio are all STILL out. I mean, c'mon, what other team has their top 3 guys get hurt within a week of each other and then ALL three proceed to require multiple months to heal. Argh!

I agree Q that the biggest disappointment is the injuries. Especially knowing that 2 of these players are locked up long term. At least the new CBA is coming so their contracts wont be the end of the world.

Q12543 wrote:

Not a lot of good to take out of this one unfortunately. It pisses me off (I'm not sure at who - our trainers, Flip, the basketball gods?) that Martin, Pek, and Rubio are all STILL out. I mean, c'mon, what other team has their top 3 guys get hurt within a week of each other and then ALL three proceed to require multiple months to heal. Argh!

I think that's by design.

Remember, the season isn't about winning. Should those guys have been out there trying to drum up trade options? Maybe. But none will be rushed back.

And, I'm growing more pessimistic about Rubio by the day and I was already as down on his return as anybody on the board. Eventually, they're going to start asking whether it's worth it for him to come back and ease into shape for just a few weeks of ball and risk it at all?

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Not a lot of good to take out of this one unfortunately. It pisses me off (I'm not sure at who - our trainers, Flip, the basketball gods?) that Martin, Pek, and Rubio are all STILL out. I mean, c'mon, what other team has their top 3 guys get hurt within a week of each other and then ALL three proceed to require multiple months to heal. Argh!

I think that's by design.

Remember, the season isn't about winning. Should those guys have been out there trying to drum up trade options? Maybe. But none will be rushed back.

And, I'm growing more pessimistic about Rubio by the day and I was already as down on his return as anybody on the board. Eventually, they're going to start asking whether it's worth it for him to come back and ease into shape for just a few weeks of ball and risk it at all?

I don't see much of a problem with him coming back. It is supposed to just be an ankle sprain. There would be no medical explanation for holding him out if it really was just a sprain. I am concerned about his long term health prospects along with Pek though. But I do believe that the bump in the cap is going to change the pain of their level of contract.