Around the NBA:2025-6

[FNG]

Along with Luka missing today's game, I also see KAT is out for the Knicks. When did NBA players forget there is a difference between being hurt and injured? The league is a bit of a mess.

The Luka deal is embarrassing, Cool. Plus I can't believe I and many others fell for his photoshopped photos last summer showing what "great shape" he had gotten himself into...he looked exactly the same to me Friday night.

KAT is a different thing though, and I've never questioned his toughness. He's actually playing tonight despite having a Grade 2 quad strain that would have most guys in street clothes.

[Coolbreeze44]

Along with Luka missing today's game, I also see KAT is out for the Knicks. When did NBA players forget there is a difference between being hurt and injured? The league is a bit of a mess.

The Luka deal is embarrassing, Cool. Plus I can't believe I and many others fell for his photoshopped photos last summer showing what "great shape" he had gotten himself into...he looked exactly the same to me Friday night.

KAT is a different thing though, and I've never questioned his toughness. He's actually playing tonight despite having a Grade 2 quad strain that would have most guys in street clothes.

Oh, is KAT going? I read he was out on FanDuel

[thedoper]

Dylan Harper doesnt look like a rookie PG. Barring injury Spurs are a playoff team and could be top 5.

[Q-is-here]

Welp, OKC just keeps rolling along. Sigh.

[Lipoli390]

The Utah Jazz are 2-1 and have a positive point differential of +8. The Wolves are 2-2 with a negative point differential of 5.8. Only 4 teams in the West have scored fewer points per game than the Wolves so far this season and only 5 teams in the West have given up more points per game than the Wolves.

It’s only four games, but should we worry?

[AbeVigodaLive]

The Utah Jazz are 2-1 and have a positive point differential of +8. The Wolves are 2-2 with a negative point differential of 5.8. Only 4 teams in the West have scored fewer points per game than the Wolves so far this season and only 5 teams in the West have given up more points per game than the Wolves.

It’s only four games, but should we worry?

Still a small sample size.

But considering the Wolves primary advantage was talent + continuity... it's something to keep an eye on definitely.

The rub is that Edwards is out for a spell, so there's no real way to see what this team is for awhile yet. We've been in these situations before, where it's a wait-and-see game. Heck, last year in fact.

[Q-is-here]

Minott and Garza both on the court for the Celtics at crunch time. That's a sentence I never thought I would write.

Minott playing a pretty big role for Boston and looking good. It kind of sucks that the Wolves developed him and now someone else is bearing that fruit, but I understand why we parted ways. Wouldn't be surprised if Leonard Miller lands on his feet somewhere else next season and gets legit minutes.

[kekgeek]

Josh Minott had a double double and apparently he’s been an elite lock down defender

[Lipoli390]

Josh Minott had a double double and apparently he’s been an elite lock down defender

I don’t want to make too much of Josh Minott’s success with such a small sample size so far with the Celtics. But I always like his talent and effort so I’m not surprised. I was a broken record all last season advocating for the Wolves to move on to Wolves 2.0 built around Ant, Jaden, Naz and our young guys including Shannon, Clark, Dilly, Josh and possibly Miller. It’s easy to find faults in players, especially younger guys with limited experience who don’t get significant, consistent minutes. The only way to truly develop young talent is to play them a lot and let their work through their mistakes and weaknesses.

We were fortunate to get to the Western Conference finals the past two seasons and don’t think we would have make it there last season if not for Curry’s injury. We were easily dispatched in the Conference Finals each of those two seasons. The competition is even better this season. I deluded myself into predicting 57 wins this season, but I don’t think we’ll make the Conference Finals.

This was the season to take a step back for a reboot in my view. Instead, I get the sense we’re stuck in no-man’s land between older guys who just don’t fit well and talented younger guys who would fit better with Ant but aren’t getting the playing time they need to develop. I can see Minott, Miller, Dilly, Clark and maybe even Shannon having terrific careers elsewhere while we continue to try to point a square peg into a round hole with a pretty odd combination of vets around Ant.

Hope I’m wrong, but that’s my sense right now until proven otherwise.

[AbeVigodaLive]

Were Minott's postgame comments telling?

"This energy, man. I just love this place so much, man. This place just brings so much happiness. My teammates, coaches, the staff, talking like from top to bottom. I mean, the whole organization, man. It's just the best thing to be here. I can't thank God enough."

Now it could just be a guy finally getting his chance and being able to be on tv and he's super excited and pumped.
At the same time, he's only known one other NBA locale... so his exuberance for all things Boston (compared to his previous spot) is more pointed commentary than that.