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thedoper wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

thedoper wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Roovin wrote:Someone really thinks Wiggins is better than Towns? :LOL:

Gotta be Cool or Doper.....

Everyone has a right to their opinion. And KAT really was bad defensively last year.

It wasn't me but Jim Pete did say a couple of times last year that Thibs considers Wiggins the team's best player. He certainly shows a lot of versatility but him and Towns both have a long way to go.

I do think the great aspect of Towns and Wiggins is that their potential is very complimentary. They could each succeed in unique areas that fill a niche role that neither could replace.

I remember when Peterson made claims about Wiggins being the team's MVP last season.

It screamed of a team-directed quote...

I don't know if it was to motivate Wiggins... or Towns... or to sway public opinion about Wiggins or what. But it sure didn't seem rooted in reality.

Well reality might not be just what we see from our couches and seats at the games. The coaches and staff see unique things that we don't. I'm not fully sure what their logic was, but I saw Wiggins last year being asked to do a variety of unique things on the court. Maybe that was part of it.

Brings me back to the much-repeated story line in Wiggins' rookie year...

- Guarded Zach Randolph at the end of one game... then started against Chris Paul at the beginning of the next game. WOW. So much confidence in the rookie. What a learning experience. What a potential defensive versatile monster!

Turns out he was destroyed by both and while it's cool that they thought enough to take on that opportunity... he failed at it. Whatever role(s) they asked of him last year was great, I guess, but it still led to an entirely underwhelming and disappointing 51-loss season.

When you get to Year 3 and Year 4 and beyond... Results matter.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

thedoper wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

thedoper wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Roovin wrote:Someone really thinks Wiggins is better than Towns? :LOL:

Gotta be Cool or Doper.....

Everyone has a right to their opinion. And KAT really was bad defensively last year.

It wasn't me but Jim Pete did say a couple of times last year that Thibs considers Wiggins the team's best player. He certainly shows a lot of versatility but him and Towns both have a long way to go.

I do think the great aspect of Towns and Wiggins is that their potential is very complimentary. They could each succeed in unique areas that fill a niche role that neither could replace.

I remember when Peterson made claims about Wiggins being the team's MVP last season.

It screamed of a team-directed quote...

I don't know if it was to motivate Wiggins... or Towns... or to sway public opinion about Wiggins or what. But it sure didn't seem rooted in reality.

Well reality might not be just what we see from our couches and seats at the games. The coaches and staff see unique things that we don't. I'm not fully sure what their logic was, but I saw Wiggins last year being asked to do a variety of unique things on the court. Maybe that was part of it.

Brings me back to the much-repeated story line in Wiggins' rookie year...

- Guarded Zach Randolph at the end of one game... then started against Chris Paul at the beginning of the next game. WOW. So much confidence in the rookie. What a learning experience. What a potential defensive versatile monster!

Turns out he was destroyed by both and while it's cool that they thought enough to take on that opportunity... he failed at it. Whatever role(s) they asked of him last year was great, I guess, but it still led to an entirely underwhelming and disappointing 51-loss season.

When you get to Year 3 and Year 4 and beyond... Results matter.

I hear you. Being called an MVP on a 31 win team doesn't mean much to me either. The semantics of who was better last year should be put behind us as quickly as possible. We needed a presence like Butler and I am ecstatic we got him and am confident he is going to positively effect Wiggins and Towns.