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Camden wrote:Couple of good, short breakdowns of Mbah A Moute's defense on big time scorers in the NBA. His calling card is defesne and boy he does it well. I think a lot of us was surprised when he was traded for two second rounders this off-season. Glad we eventually got him.

Luc Vs Melo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-V46LahrRw

Luc Vs KD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8dn2ImBkw0

Luc Vs Kobe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-myN0OrtIkw

Luc Vs Granger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mqF8OKP3f4

Great find, Cam. What a luxury to have a guy who can defend like that. It's interesting to me that his position is PF, but these videos only show him against SFs and SGs. What do we know about his ability to defend taller PFs? It would be nice to have someone spell Love defensively when we had a comfortable lead.
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worldK wrote:At this point, I just hope we can get this over and done with. Williams has been a disappointment in his short nba career. Luc does have 1 elite nba level skill and could be a rotational player.

Im disappointed that it has to come to this. Highest draft pick in franchise history wasted.


I think Flip actually did a great job if this trade goes through. I didn't even have Luc on my radar because I didn't think D-Will's value was high enough for a starting quality player. How sad is that? High draft pick that didn't work out for us. It happens to every franchise at least once. Just add it to the Laettner pick and move on.

Welcome to the Wolves Luc!
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longstrangetrip wrote:
Camden wrote:Couple of good, short breakdowns of Mbah A Moute's defense on big time scorers in the NBA. His calling card is defesne and boy he does it well. I think a lot of us was surprised when he was traded for two second rounders this off-season. Glad we eventually got him.

Luc Vs Melo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-V46LahrRw

Luc Vs KD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8dn2ImBkw0

Luc Vs Kobe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-myN0OrtIkw

Luc Vs Granger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mqF8OKP3f4

Great find, Cam. What a luxury to have a guy who can defend like that. It's interesting to me that his position is PF, but these videos only show him against SFs and SGs. What do we know about his ability to defend taller PFs? It would be nice to have someone spell Love defensively when we had a comfortable lead.


The guy who made those videos was doing a segment on Luc guarding top notch wing scorers so there wouldn't be many PFs to show there. To be honest with you, I never really see him guarding PFs. I think he's a SF all the way unless we're playing small and the opposing PF is Melo/Durant/LeBron/Tobias Harris. He couldn't guard a Luis Scola or a traditional PF, though. Not big enough. I love that he can guard guys on the wing though. His ability to play tight, but not give up much on penetration is a huge positive. Luc can't shoot for shit, though. He knows it too. Averages less than 6 shot attempts per game for his career. He won't kill us on offense. Solid rebounder from the SF position.
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I'm hearing its>>> DWill and shved for John Salmons and draft picks.
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Squishypoo wrote:I'm hearing its>>> DWill and shved for John Salmons and draft picks.


I trust Marc Stein from ESPN.
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Camden wrote:
Squishypoo wrote:I'm hearing its>>> DWill and shved for John Salmons and draft picks.


I trust Marc Stein from ESPN.


LOL
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I like the trade, But we need scoring on the 2nd team, But DWil was giving noting to this team anyway,At least Luc can do one thing really good.. Hurry up and get back BUD we need ya..
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Just think of all the money the Wolves will save on kitty litter now! Goodbye kid, and good luck, but I can't say I'm gonna miss you.
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I like the trade all things considered. I wanted Mbah a Moute over Brewer.

The only thing I don't like is that I wish we coulda dealt Shved for Jimmer. We could use the scoring right about now.
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Players remaining from the Kahn era:

Ricky Rubio
Dante Cunningham
Alexey Shved
JJ Barea
Robbie Hummel
Chase Budinger (if you wanna include him. I think Rick had more to do with this, but either way)

Kahn got fired earlier this year and this is all that's left.
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