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kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:14 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:48 pm Minott, are you kidding me? Looks like a completely different player. Hard work paying off and it's great to see.

You have got some Cam in you. Your obsession of Minott is out of control. I’m kidding. Just had to give you shit

Hahahahahahaha, I deserve it Kek

Does Giddey use a can of hairspray to keep that hair from falling into his face?

Minott falls just short on the rebound putback to tie it up. Hell of a game from him though.

- I thought Randle was solid given how long its been since he's played competitive ball. It ain't pretty though. He gets guys open by basically pounding the ball (and himself) into the paint with the hope of sucking the defense in and then kicking it out.

- Ant with a terrible shooting night, but he really has no driving lanes with Rudy and Randle in there with him. He ended up doing a lot of chucking instead.

- Hot take: Given the emerging revelation known as Josh Minott, I wonder if ultimately this team's solution at the 4 is Reid and Josh. Randle may be a short-term rental (i.e. this season only). Just feels like a much better fit with Ant.

- NAW finally broke through a tiny bit with a couple of made 3's in the 2nd half in helping make that run to get the Wolves back in the game. Still, made a couple of amateurish plays when out there on offense.

- I worry that Conley's age is finally catching up to him. It definitely has for Ingles, at least defensively. Guys either blow by him or he has to foul them.

- Dillingham is really struggling to finish and make shots. But he definitely has the ability to get to his spots and find guys. 4 assists and 1 turnover, once again showing that he is already pretty advanced as a play maker.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:35 pm Minott falls just short on the rebound putback to tie it up. Hell of a game from him though.

- I thought Randle was solid given how long its been since he's played competitive ball. It ain't pretty though. He gets guys open by basically pounding the ball (and himself) into the paint with the hope of sucking the defense in and then kicking it out.

- Ant with a terrible shooting night, but he really has no driving lanes with Rudy and Randle in there with him. He ended up doing a lot of chucking instead.

- Hot take: Given the emerging revelation known as Josh Minott, I wonder if ultimately this team's solution at the 4 is Reid and Josh. Randle may be a short-term rental (i.e. this season only). Just feels like a much better fit with Ant.

- NAW finally broke through a tiny bit with a couple of made 3's in the 2nd half in helping make that run to get the Wolves back in the game. Still, made a couple of amateurish plays when out there on offense.

- I worry that Conley's age is finally catching up to him. It definitely has for Ingles, at least defensively. Guys either blow by him or he has to foul them.

- Dillingham is really struggling to finish and make shots. But he definitely has the ability to get to his spots and find guys. 4 assists and 1 turnover, once again showing that he is already pretty advanced as a play maker.

I agree with your hot take. Randle is going to struggle to fit in with this group. I'm not going to absolve Ant of playing like a descendent of Kamala Harris, but I can see where Rudy and Julius clogging the paint is going to be a problem. I'm starting to think Minott can give us 15 minutes a night and be a positive during that time. Time will tell. I'm not a Randle fan and never have been, but we need him to be decent until such time we can move him for an asset.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:10 pm [quote=Q-is-here post_id=638720 time=<a href="tel:1729132523">1729132523</a> user_id=655]
Minott falls just short on the rebound putback to tie it up. Hell of a game from him though.

- I thought Randle was solid given how long its been since he's played competitive ball. It ain't pretty though. He gets guys open by basically pounding the ball (and himself) into the paint with the hope of sucking the defense in and then kicking it out.

- Ant with a terrible shooting night, but he really has no driving lanes with Rudy and Randle in there with him. He ended up doing a lot of chucking instead.

- Hot take: Given the emerging revelation known as Josh Minott, I wonder if ultimately this team's solution at the 4 is Reid and Josh. Randle may be a short-term rental (i.e. this season only). Just feels like a much better fit with Ant.

- NAW finally broke through a tiny bit with a couple of made 3's in the 2nd half in helping make that run to get the Wolves back in the game. Still, made a couple of amateurish plays when out there on offense.

- I worry that Conley's age is finally catching up to him. It definitely has for Ingles, at least defensively. Guys either blow by him or he has to foul them.

- Dillingham is really struggling to finish and make shots. But he definitely has the ability to get to his spots and find guys. 4 assists and 1 turnover, once again showing that he is already pretty advanced as a play maker.

I agree with your hot take. Randle is going to struggle to fit in with this group. I'm not going to absolve Ant of playing like a descendent of Kamala Harris, but I can see where Rudy and Julius clogging the paint is going to be a problem. I'm starting to think Minott can give us 15 minutes a night and be a positive during that time. Time will tell. I'm not a Randle fan and never have been, but we need him to be decent until such time we can move him for an asset.
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Randle taking dribbles in the hopes of drawing defenders so he can kick it back out is in stark contrast to Towns who once he committed to putting the ball on the floor and barreled towards the rim had no intention of kicking it back out. That alone is an improvement, but even had Towns looked to kick it out he didn’t have DDV waiting to catch and shoot his passes from. This whole scenario is a vast improvement. Not to mention Randle and DDV already have a partial season of playing time together to build off of.

It may be time to unleash Goberts 3 he's been working on to spread the floor.

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:05 am It may be time to unleash Goberts 3 he's been working on to spread the floor.

First REAL insight I've seen on this board in years

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:05 am It may be time to unleash Goberts 3 he's been working on to spread the floor.

Could you imagine if he somehow reinvented himself and became Brooke Lopez.
There’s a better chance of Shaq showing him some respect than that happening.

Just finished the replay, and a few comments:

1) How many games do we expect to win if Ant and combine to go 6 for 29 beyond the arc? Not many. And it's also not going to happen often.

2) Only one game with the Wolves, but Randle did not look much like a ball stopper tonight. I like the way he drives and kicks, and I can see him getting 7-8 assists if we make our open shots.

3) I'll join the chorus on Minott...never would have expected to see him playing like this.

4) NAW has struggled for months, but I saw some of the old NAW tonight. Great hustle and defense. Yes, his role will be diminished with the arrival of DiVo (and perhaps the emergence of Rob) but he can still be an effective player on this team.

5) Ant showed again a lot of what used to bug us about KAT (before he matured the past two seasons)...whining for a foul on almost every drive, not getting back on defense because he's complaining to the ref ending up with a 5 on 4 bucket on the other side. He needs to grow up.

6) Ingles does look slow and may not get minutes with the emergence of Minott, but he will be a reliable player when he's out there. Love the hockey assists. And he "does shit"... 3/3/3 and a steal and a +7 in only 12 minutes.

7) I thought Jaden was excellent at both ends of the court tonight. His 5 assists reflects his increased comfort with playmaking.

The last two road losses in NY and Chicago have done nothing to dampen my enthusiasm about this roster.

Watched highlights of the game, If Minott does start hitting 3's at a decent clip, he will be favored to play over Ingles. His energy and rebounding as well as potentially good defense are very valuable also. I know Finch was talking him up, so we'll see. Based on history (Minott couldn't shoot and Ingles can very well) I was favoring Ingles. I couldn't see playing Minott if he couldn't space the floor, but if he can he will be a nice piece to have out there.

I'm pretty excited to see more of Minott and then I saw Jaden make some nice passes/assists. If Jaden can play make decently that is another weapon to fire. I was impressed.