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Punch list to win game -

Don't pass Pek the ball until he acts like a man and gets position within 4 feet. Tired of the blind shots at the backboard.
Cut chase Buddinger at halftime (if not sooner).
Tell Hummell to spot up inside the arc for shots.
Tell Gorgi to stand still on offense when not in the paint.
Someone please send a message by committing a hard foul so the refs know what to look for.
Put shabazz on the floor when nobody else can score the ball.

And we thought Lavine was going to be the problem.

60WinTim wrote:

KiwiMatt wrote:This is brutal to watch.

I don't know... Just look for some of the positives.

I think Zach has done some good shit. He made a poor choice with that LONG 3-pointer early in the shot clock. He's gotten lost on the defensive end a couple times, although it didn't result directly in buckets. He's made a number of nice defensive players and hasn't mucked up the offense. He looks better than many of our other players on the floor...

We need Wiggins to realize he needs to impose his will on the game!

Agree about LeVine, he looks solid and yes I need to be more opTIMistic!

Great close to the quarter. LeVine has looked comfortable. In games like this Flip just needs to give him and Wiggins as much burn as possible. These two are our future.

Terrible start. But we won the 2nd quarter by 4 - so that's a positive. I'm not seeing a win tonight though. I'm just hoping the young guys can start getting some confidence.

KiwiMatt wrote:Great close to the quarter. LeVine has looked comfortable. In games like this Flip just needs to give him and Wiggins as much burn as possible. These two are our future.

Does LaVine have the killer instinct that Wiggins appears to be missing?

Solid effort from Lavine. If I'm Flip at halftime I'm telling him and Wiggins to get out and start fast breaking every chance they get. That's the one advantage those two guys have, they run like deers.

Also, what happened to Bud? I thought he looked pretty good pre-season. Now he can't make a 3 foot shot. While Zach and Wiggins run like deers, Bud looks like a deer in the headlights.

Who would have thought at the beginning of the year that missing Bennett and not playing Bazz would kill the second unit offensive production so much?

Mstermisty wrote:Solid effort from Lavine. If I'm Flip at halftime I'm telling him and Wiggins to get out and start fast breaking every chance they get. That's the one advantage those two guys have, they run like deers.

Also, what happened to Bud? I thought he looked pretty good pre-season. Now he can't make a 3 foot shot. While Zach and Wiggins run like deers, Bud looks like a deer in the headlights.

The plural of deer is... deer. :thumb:

As bad as Bud was that half, he didn't piss me off as much as Martin. He looked like the Martin of late last season, lackadaisical on offense and effortless on defense. Bud was awful, but at least it looked like he cared. If I were Flip, I would sit him the second half.

Gorgui continues to refine his offensive game. I had no idea he could ever be this versatile an offensive player. Does he perhaps have a higher ceiling than we thought?

Nice half for Thad...he got some big buckets when the game was getting out of hand.

Our perimeter defense is pathetic tonight. So many times there wasn't a T-Wolf within five feet of a Miami shooter. Really disappointed in our defense, and it's not just Kevin Martin.

TheSP wrote:

Mstermisty wrote:Solid effort from Lavine. If I'm Flip at halftime I'm telling him and Wiggins to get out and start fast breaking every chance they get. That's the one advantage those two guys have, they run like deers.

Also, what happened to Bud? I thought he looked pretty good pre-season. Now he can't make a 3 foot shot. While Zach and Wiggins run like deers, Bud looks like a deer in the headlights.

The plural of deer is... deer. :thumb:

Lol...and I haven't even had any beer(s)!