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Phenom wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 8:37 am Aaron Gordon has another soft tissue injury. Booker has a bad ankle injury. JDub has been hurt all year.

Wolves need to add a bench guy and keep on truckin.

Denver keeps playing their players through injuries. Playing Gordon in that game 7 may have caused his multiple hamstring injuries this season.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 12:30 pm

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 7:31 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 11:04 pm

The Thunder are in 1st place with the NBA’s best record (37-9) and best point differential (13.3) after winning the NBA championship last season. The Wolves are in 7th place with a 27-18 record and a 4.9 point differential after getting easily eliminated in the Conference Finals last season. So I’d say the answer to your question is no, we can’t call the Thunder an unserious team after a bad loss. At the same time, I think it’s very fair to reach a different conclusion with respect to the Wolves when you consider both the Wolves’ multiple losses to bad or mediocre teams and the broader context surrounding those losses.

I was just being a smartass.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but will add that the Wolves have the 2nd best record against sub .500 teams this year- I don't know where they currently stand- so while the losses have been frustrating they haven't been as frequent as it may seem.

All I was really saying is that bad stretches happen for good teams, even ones as seemingly indomitable as the Thunder.

The Wolves need to figure their shit out. It looked like the Atlanta game was the kick in the rear they needed, but that is very much in doubt right now.

Jake Paynting made a great observation that over the four game skid non Naz bench players have scored 35 total points on 37% shooting. That's a huge problem and in my opinion much more significant than anything going on with the top 6 in the rotation- even if I have concerns or grips with that group as well.

But in the Thunder's defense, they were missing a couple of key guys (Hartenstein and JDub), while the Wolves shit the bed with literally all of their key guys healthy. In fact, we were sort of encouraged by the Houston and San Antonio losses given that we had a couple guys out for those games, but then on the heels of those two losses you just can't lose to Utah and Chicago with a fully healthy starting lineup no matter how lame the bench plays.

If Ant was coming off MVP and Rudy was one of the top 2 in DPOY, but were missing Julius and Jaden, I'm sure this board would eviscerate them for a loss to the team with the fewest wins in the association.

Phenom wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 2:10 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 12:30 pm

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 7:31 am
I was just being a smartass.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but will add that the Wolves have the 2nd best record against sub .500 teams this year- I don't know where they currently stand- so while the losses have been frustrating they haven't been as frequent as it may seem.

All I was really saying is that bad stretches happen for good teams, even ones as seemingly indomitable as the Thunder.

The Wolves need to figure their shit out. It looked like the Atlanta game was the kick in the rear they needed, but that is very much in doubt right now.

Jake Paynting made a great observation that over the four game skid non Naz bench players have scored 35 total points on 37% shooting. That's a huge problem and in my opinion much more significant than anything going on with the top 6 in the rotation- even if I have concerns or grips with that group as well.

But in the Thunder's defense, they were missing a couple of key guys (Hartenstein and JDub), while the Wolves shit the bed with literally all of their key guys healthy. In fact, we were sort of encouraged by the Houston and San Antonio losses given that we had a couple guys out for those games, but then on the heels of those two losses you just can't lose to Utah and Chicago with a fully healthy starting lineup no matter how lame the bench plays.

If Ant was coming off MVP and Rudy was one of the top 2 in DPOY, but were missing Julius and Jaden, I'm sure this board would eviscerate them for a loss to the team with the fewest wins in the association.

Yeah we probably would. I'm just making the point that our two losses are more egregious than the Thunder's. I mean, they can actually afford to let their foot off the pedal now and then. We lost two in a row to two great teams - and understandably so. But then to lose two more due to subpar defensive effort by our stars is inexcusable in my opinion.

I didn't watch the game, but I see KAT had 6 fouls in 16 minutes... It seems he rarely fares will against Embiid!

Uh oh. Now Steph Curry is questionable for tomorrow's game. Now I would think the Warrirors should be favored

Phenom wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 6:13 pm Uh oh. Now Steph Curry is questionable for tomorrow's game. Now I would think the Warrirors should be favored

LOL! I wonder if the fact we now have a back-to-back fed into the decision to sit Steph for one of the games?

Ugh! It looked like the Mavs might knock off the Lakers tonight. But they let go of the rope. Offensively, it really is amazing what LeBron is still able to do!

Steven Adams out for the season. Keep on truckin' Wolves.

60WinTim wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:54 pm I didn't watch the game, but I see KAT had 6 fouls in 16 minutes... It seems he rarely fares will against Embiid!

Just saw this post. It got me thinking about Felton Spencer, who unlike Dillingham, is a legitimate contender along with Darko and a few others for worst player to ever play in a Timberwolves uniform. A friend of mine coined a basketball stat called a Felton. It’s 6 fouls and 0 points.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:27 am

60WinTim wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:54 pm I didn't watch the game, but I see KAT had 6 fouls in 16 minutes... It seems he rarely fares will against Embiid!

Just saw this post. It got me thinking about Felton Spencer, who unlike Dillingham, is a legitimate contender along with Darko and a few others for worst player to ever play in a Timberwolves uniform. A friend of mine coined a basketball stat called a Felton. It’s 6 fouls and 0 points.

Hahaha! I will say this though...Felton was a really good guy. In the Wolves' second season when they moved from the Dome to the new arena, they hadn't built out their private workout area yet. So the team worked out in the weight room that the Northwest Club members worked out in. I was working downtown then and would often hit the weights over the lunch hour, which was when the team usually would be there. One day Felton was working the leg press and I asked if I could work in. Then I gave him a little wink when I moved the pin 30 pounds heavier! He laughed and after that always gave me some crap when he would see me there. Richard Coffey was the second nicest guy on that team...at least of the guys who would use the weight room. Sam Mitchell was clearly the guy that everyone on the team looked up to...he was clearly in charge. That was a fun year until they moved into their private gym!