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Camden0916 wrote:We're one wing away from legitimately contending.

I'm being serious do you think a wing would legit get us to contend with the Warriors. I don't and that is not a shot a the wolves we are damn good

kekgeek1 wrote:

Camden0916 wrote:We're one wing away from legitimately contending.

I'm being serious do you think a wing would legit get us to contend with the Warriors. I don't and that is not a shot a the wolves we are damn good

Based upon how they've been playing this past month I think it'd give them an outside shot, but not make them favorites by any means. Not that you asked me. :)

I feel like had the Vikings lost it woulda depressed the entire building.


Give the game ball to Stefon Diggs.


In all seriousness, I haven't seen this team look this good in my adult life. Seriously.

Great game from the starters. Thibs wont let cole play even in garbage time.

Considering Bazz is in now, I still deep down feel we'll need him whenever we see teams like the Rockets and Warriors. Just a crazy thought but I really believe that.

Another business like win. Am I dreaming.

I think we match up well with Golden State, believe it or not. We have more answers for Curry, Durant, and Thompson than they do for Towns. Green is a tremendous defender, both individually and team-oriented, but he can't handle KAT. Too big, too good. That's not to make it sound like it wouldn't be a hell of a challenge, because it would, but I'm saying we'd have a shot against them.

Keys to beating Golden State are:

- Multiple wing defenders, preferably with size.

(Jimmy Butler - 6'8, 236; Andrew Wiggins - 6'8, 199)

- Scoring PG threat, have to make Curry exert energy on defense.

(Jeff Teague's enough of a threat to keep a team honest, capable of games like tonight.)

- Win the rebounding battle.

(Wolves No. 12 team in rebounding differential. No. 7 in offensive rebounding.)

- Turnover differential. Extra possessions matter more in playoffs.

(Wolves No. 2 in limiting their own turnovers and No. 2 in forcing turnovers. Best differential in basketball. Warriors are 26th in throwing away possessions.)

- Match their bench production.

(Updated on January 13th: Wolves have the 29th-ranked bench. Alternatively, Warriors have the fourth-best bench.)

Any legitimate improvement to our bench is going to come from the backup wing spot. I think if we had a league average bench, we'd be right there and would have a shot. I really do.

The rest of January looks pretty tough. Wolves play top teams followed by trap games. Gonna tell us a lot about this team and how deep we could go.

WildWolf2813 wrote:Considering Bazz is in now, I still deep down feel we'll need him whenever we see teams like the Rockets and Warriors. Just a crazy thought but I really believe that.

Need him for what? He can help load up the team bus and private jet, but that's about it. He's not an NBA-caliber player.

lipoli390 wrote:That's my game day prediction.

I think you made a good call! :thumb: