Minnesota Sports Forum

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I like this win more than the Pacers win. The Pacer win was all about Mo. This win was Wiggins, Dieng and Hummel. Much better!

And Thad Young. C'mon now. If we're going to unmercifully rip him (even if deserved a lot of the time), we have to give him credit for what (at least on paper) was a very good game:

22 points
9 - 17 fg
6 reb
5 assists
3 steals
0 TOs

Strictly a we-hate-Thad zone. None of that credit stuff is allowed here.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I like this win more than the Pacers win. The Pacer win was all about Mo. This win was Wiggins, Dieng and Hummel. Much better!

And Thad Young. C'mon now. If we're going to unmercifully rip him (even if deserved a lot of the time), we have to give him credit for what (at least on paper) was a very good game:

22 points
9 - 17 fg
6 reb
5 assists
3 steals
0 TOs

Is it actually possible to have other than a good game on the floor while putting up those numbers on paper? I mean, unless Thad just stood on the offensive end while the Nuggets had the ball and waited I would have a hard time seeing any player put up those numbers while playing a bad game.

Camden wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I like this win more than the Pacers win. The Pacer win was all about Mo. This win was Wiggins, Dieng and Hummel. Much better!

And Thad Young. C'mon now. If we're going to unmercifully rip him (even if deserved a lot of the time), we have to give him credit for what (at least on paper) was a very good game:

22 points
9 - 17 fg
6 reb
5 assists
3 steals
0 TOs

Strictly a we-hate-Thad zone. None of that credit stuff is allowed here.

Heh, he definitely deserves some credit in this game. Since I live in Philly and have the NBA broadband package, I was able to watch this game wire to wire (although with the Denver broadcast crew). Thad played a good game in real life, in addition to "on paper". As some of you recall, Faried has killed us in the past. He wasn't much of a factor in this game, so Thad deserves some credit for keeping him in check, along with doing the other boxscore stuff Abe cited.

Has Thad been a major disappointment thus far? Yes. Is he as worthless as some here make him out to be? No.

Hey, my only point was that this win was even more satisfying than the Pacer win because the young guys were the big contributors to the win. Yes, Thad had a good game, except for the 5-point play he gave up in the end... Mo had a good game as well, especially those buckets he got in the end to thwart Denver's comeback.

Tim, Correct, lots of guys made big plays in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter. It was refreshing to watch us first seize the lead and then not relinquish it by making multiple clutch plays by a variety of guys.