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But in the end we are 10-7 with 3 winnable home games coming up.So all is not lost, just frustrated after this one.

kekgeek1 wrote:

Duke13 wrote:I'm making a prediction, Wiggins will never make an all star game. I'm not ripping him or blaming him for the reason this team sucks, he's been ok, not great not terrible. Nothing about his game says all star, plain and simple, Wiggy is no all star

You might end up being correct, and he has floated more and took long 2s more these last couple of games.

With that said he can't get to the rack because there are so many people in the paint at all times. There was couple of times where he had to try and make a shot over 2 other wolves.

We kinda knew that going into this season though. One of the hopes was that Wiggins would keep building on some of the improvement we saw last year in his 3-point stroke and that he would be the guy that could hit 3's and take it to the rack. It turns out he's pretty much the same player we've seen since his rookie year, with some improvement along the margins.

kekgeek1 wrote:

Duke13 wrote:I'm making a prediction, Wiggins will never make an all star game. I'm not ripping him or blaming him for the reason this team sucks, he's been ok, not great not terrible. Nothing about his game says all star, plain and simple, Wiggy is no all star

You might end up being correct, and he has floated more and took long 2s more these last couple of games.

With that said he can't get to the rack because there are so many people in the paint at all times. There was couple of times where he had to try and make a shot over 2 other wolves.

Good point, agree with the spacing

Duke13 wrote:I'm making a prediction, Wiggins will never make an all star game. I'm not ripping him or blaming him for the reason this team sucks, he's been ok, not great not terrible. Nothing about his game says all star, plain and simple, Wiggy is no all star

That's not really a bold prediction anymore, sad to say.

kekgeek1 wrote:But in the end we are 10-7 with 3 winnable home games coming up.So all is not lost, just frustrated after this one.

Winnable, but none of those teams can be taken lightly. And Miami has Whiteside back. Just what we need...another monstrous Center in the middle that can take KAT's lunch money.

I love KAT's skills, but he lacks lower body strength and girth, making it really hard for him to anchor the paint. Too often he leaves his feet and then is completely taken out of the play (although Clint Capela doesn't seem to have this problem.....why is that?).

Q12543 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:But in the end we are 10-7 with 3 winnable home games coming up.So all is not lost, just frustrated after this one.

Winnable, but none of those teams can be taken lightly. And Miami has Whiteside back. Just what we need...another monstrous Center in the middle that can take KAT's lunch money.

I love KAT's skills, but he lacks lower body strength and girth, making it really hard for him to anchor the paint. Too often he leaves his feet and then is completely taken out of the play (although Clint Capela doesn't seem to have this problem.....why is that?).

Yea, lets go get get another archaic big guy or vet to supplement the deficiencies of Kitty Kat and Wiggy

2 game back to back on the road is tough. Got killed inside. On to the next one. We're going to get a few back at home.

thedoper wrote:2 game back to back on the road is tough. Got killed inside. On to the next one. We're going to get a few back at home.

Well, last night's game was at home. No excuse for losing both. At the end of the tonight, the Blazers will be tied with us in the standings. The Pelicans are closing in. We now have three in a row at home against Orlando, Miami and Phoenix. No excuse for losing any of these upcoming three games. But from what we've seen lately, I could see the Wolves losing at least two of them.

I was out tonight and missed the game. I recorded it, but I'm don't think I can stomach watching it. So I'm hoping one of you guys can provide a description and some analysis of tonight's game. That way I won't have to watch it. Thanks.

lipoli390 wrote:I was out tonight and missed the game. I recorded it, but I'm don't think I can stomach watching it. So I'm hoping one of you guys can provide a description and some analysis of tonight's game. That way I won't have to watch it. Thanks.

Give a quick breakdown from my perspective.

Teague, played decent, a lot of dribbling but was aggressive, and played decent D on walker.

Butler, was rough, to many long 2s and was not a distributor tonight. Good defense.

Wiggins, old lazy Wig. Did nothing but score. Spacing didn't allow him to get to the hoop.

Taj, one of his worst games, didn't play bad but didn't put his stamp on it.

Towns got punked by Howard. Got owned. Enough said.

Tyus, was decent but can he please hit a open 3. Would be nice.

Crawford, team worse in +/-, carried the second unit offensively and I thought he was doing real good, until he had 4 straight contested bad shots, 3 being long 2s that allowed the Hornets to pull away in the 4th.

shabazz, none factor again, hit a 3.

Belly, once again amazing on offense, Kaminsky worked him and made tough shots but he was visually frustrated he could stop frank.

Gorgui, same old gorgui, solid nothing special.

Thibs, games like these annoy me with him, starters played 40+ minutes last night and no bench guy got more than 17 minutes tonight. Same old rotation and no feel of how the game was going. Why can't we play a towns/dieng/belly lineup. Nobody can kill belly of the Hornets at SF.

bench defense bad. Nothing good to take away in my opinion