8 Games Left In The Wilderness - Nuggets at Wolves GDT

[FNG]

Some individual player stats I particularly liked today:

1. Jaden’s 8 rebounds. Jaden continued to rebound the ball, making it appear that he’s finally turned the corner and become the rebounder he should be with his length and skills and the rebounder we need at his position. I also liked his overall game. What we saw from Jaden today is what I was alluding to in another post. He only took one three pointer (and made it). But he played excellent defense, rebounded the ball, got some assists and steals, and scored 13 highly efficient points on 6-8 shooting. Again, he might not be a 3-and-D guy as so many have cast him. Yet, he can still be an effective offensive player, scoring around 12-17 points per game mainly on two point shots, while rebounding and continuing to play elite defense. That’s a player who is well worth the $23 million he’s getting paid this season. If he starts to take more threes and hits them consistently that’s a bonus in my view. I want him scoring in and around the paint, rebounding, getting some assists and defending. That’s what he did today.

2. Ant’s 9 assists and 3 turnovers. Ant moved the ball today and made his teammates better. Further, he wasn’t careless with the ball. Those are two keys for Ant’s development.

3. Dilly’s 5 rebounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s rebounded well in his limited minutes and he was a good rebounding statistically in college as well. Rebounding is that one stat that some players simply have a knack for and it typically stays with them at every level from high school to college to the NBA. Dilly has that knack and although he’s a vertically challenged PG he‘ll be one of the better rebounders in the League at his position. Unfortunately, Dilly’s turnover propensity was apparent again today, but he can fix that with experience. Otherwise, he shot and passed the ball well today and worked hard defensively.

4. Rudy’s 14 rebounds. It was good to see Rudy assert himself again on the boards. He’s not the shot-blocker he once was but he needs to be a double-digit rebounder every game if this team is going to make a run this season.

Good observations, Lip.

Jaden told the media he was going all out to make sure Cool won his bet! But yeah, he has been so much more active on the boards the past month or so.

Ant's decision making since the "there's nothing I can do if they double me" has been consistently stellar. We were tearing our respective hair out in my household the first 30 games of the season at some of the bonehead decisions Ant was making. But the last couple weeks our comments have been more like "Wow, nice pass" and "good decision, Ant". Loved the 9 assists tonight. And of course his shooting continues to be world class.

Rob and Donte are "pound for pound" the best rebounders on the roster. They both have a nose for the ball and impressive hops. 2 or 3 times tonight we marveled at how high Rob got on his boards. He's a great athlete.

And finally Rudy. His rebounding has been even more disappointing to me than his poor hands the past week, and I liked his pre-game vow to be more of a factor on the boards. He lived up to it. 14 boards, and I don't know, maybe another 4 or 5 times he tipped the ball to a teammate. Yeah, the blocked shots are down, but a lot of that has to do with "never minds". Jokic wen right at him early, but nobody else seemed to even try scoring in the paint other than Murray with his fadeaways. Rudy really set the tone tonight with his rebounding and defense.

[Coolbreeze44]

Some individual player stats I particularly liked today:

1. Jaden’s 8 rebounds. Jaden continued to rebound the ball, making it appear that he’s finally turned the corner and become the rebounder he should be with his length and skills and the rebounder we need at his position. I also liked his overall game. What we saw from Jaden today is what I was alluding to in another post. He only took one three pointer (and made it). But he played excellent defense, rebounded the ball, got some assists and steals, and scored 13 highly efficient points on 6-8 shooting. Again, he might not be a 3-and-D guy as so many have cast him. Yet, he can still be an effective offensive player, scoring around 12-17 points per game mainly on two point shots, while rebounding and continuing to play elite defense. That’s a player who is well worth the $23 million he’s getting paid this season. If he starts to take more threes and hits them consistently that’s a bonus in my view. I want him scoring in and around the paint, rebounding, getting some assists and defending. That’s what he did today.

2. Ant’s 9 assists and 3 turnovers. Ant moved the ball today and made his teammates better. Further, he wasn’t careless with the ball. Those are two keys for Ant’s development.

3. Dilly’s 5 rebounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s rebounded well in his limited minutes and he was a good rebounding statistically in college as well. Rebounding is that one stat that some players simply have a knack for and it typically stays with them at every level from high school to college to the NBA. Dilly has that knack and although he’s a vertically challenged PG he‘ll be one of the better rebounders in the League at his position. Unfortunately, Dilly’s turnover propensity was apparent again today, but he can fix that with experience. Otherwise, he shot and passed the ball well today and worked hard defensively.

4. Rudy’s 14 rebounds. It was good to see Rudy assert himself again on the boards. He’s not the shot-blocker he once was but he needs to be a double-digit rebounder every game if this team is going to make a run this season.

Good observations, Lip.

Jaden told the media he was going all out to make sure Cool won his bet! But yeah, he has been so much more active on the boards the past month or so.

Ant's decision making since the "there's nothing I can do if they double me" has been consistently stellar. We were tearing our respective hair out in my household the first 30 games of the season at some of the bonehead decisions Ant was making. But the last couple weeks our comments have been more like "Wow, nice pass" and "good decision, Ant". Loved the 9 assists tonight. And of course his shooting continues to be world class.

Rob and Donte are "pound for pound" the best rebounders on the roster. They both have a nose for the ball and impressive hops. 2 or 3 times tonight we marveled at how high Rob got on his boards. He's a great athlete.

And finally Rudy. His rebounding has been even more disappointing to me than his poor hands the past week, and I liked his pre-game vow to be more of a factor on the boards. He lived up to it. 14 boards, and I don't know, maybe another 4 or 5 times he tipped the ball to a teammate. Yeah, the blocked shots are down, but a lot of that has to do with "never minds". Jokic wen right at him early, but nobody else seemed to even try scoring in the paint other than Murray with his fadeaways. Rudy really set the tone tonight with his rebounding and defense.

LST, I've been riding Jaden's rebounds for a couple weeks now because the books haven't quite caught up with it yet. So It's been a nice run.

[Q-is-here]

Some individual player stats I particularly liked today:

1. Jaden’s 8 rebounds. Jaden continued to rebound the ball, making it appear that he’s finally turned the corner and become the rebounder he should be with his length and skills and the rebounder we need at his position. I also liked his overall game. What we saw from Jaden today is what I was alluding to in another post. He only took one three pointer (and made it). But he played excellent defense, rebounded the ball, got some assists and steals, and scored 13 highly efficient points on 6-8 shooting. Again, he might not be a 3-and-D guy as so many have cast him. Yet, he can still be an effective offensive player, scoring around 12-17 points per game mainly on two point shots, while rebounding and continuing to play elite defense. That’s a player who is well worth the $23 million he’s getting paid this season. If he starts to take more threes and hits them consistently that’s a bonus in my view. I want him scoring in and around the paint, rebounding, getting some assists and defending. That’s what he did today.

2. Ant’s 9 assists and 3 turnovers. Ant moved the ball today and made his teammates better. Further, he wasn’t careless with the ball. Those are two keys for Ant’s development.

3. Dilly’s 5 rebounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s rebounded well in his limited minutes and he was a good rebounding statistically in college as well. Rebounding is that one stat that some players simply have a knack for and it typically stays with them at every level from high school to college to the NBA. Dilly has that knack and although he’s a vertically challenged PG he‘ll be one of the better rebounders in the League at his position. Unfortunately, Dilly’s turnover propensity was apparent again today, but he can fix that with experience. Otherwise, he shot and passed the ball well today and worked hard defensively.

4. Rudy’s 14 rebounds. It was good to see Rudy assert himself again on the boards. He’s not the shot-blocker he once was but he needs to be a double-digit rebounder every game if this team is going to make a run this season.

Yeah, what I'm liking is that Dilly is trying to make himself useful defensively. One of the struggles we've had all year are long rebounds and chasing down loose balls. He seems pretty damn good at pursuing the ball - much better than any of our vet guards. He's also trying to get some steals and poke-aways, although he often gets called for a foul....

He's getting help by their scheme too in that whenever the opponent tries to bait him to switch, he hedges and then scrambles back to his guy (Strawther in this case) so he's not stuck trying to guard guys like Murray or Westbrook in isolation.

It's fun watching him out there. He is not starting level material yet because of the turnovers (he'd fit right in with Randle and Ant though!) and defensive limitations, but he is really growing into that sparkplug bench role.

[Lipoli390]

Some individual player stats I particularly liked today:

1. Jaden’s 8 rebounds. Jaden continued to rebound the ball, making it appear that he’s finally turned the corner and become the rebounder he should be with his length and skills and the rebounder we need at his position. I also liked his overall game. What we saw from Jaden today is what I was alluding to in another post. He only took one three pointer (and made it). But he played excellent defense, rebounded the ball, got some assists and steals, and scored 13 highly efficient points on 6-8 shooting. Again, he might not be a 3-and-D guy as so many have cast him. Yet, he can still be an effective offensive player, scoring around 12-17 points per game mainly on two point shots, while rebounding and continuing to play elite defense. That’s a player who is well worth the $23 million he’s getting paid this season. If he starts to take more threes and hits them consistently that’s a bonus in my view. I want him scoring in and around the paint, rebounding, getting some assists and defending. That’s what he did today.

2. Ant’s 9 assists and 3 turnovers. Ant moved the ball today and made his teammates better. Further, he wasn’t careless with the ball. Those are two keys for Ant’s development.

3. Dilly’s 5 rebounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s rebounded well in his limited minutes and he was a good rebounding statistically in college as well. Rebounding is that one stat that some players simply have a knack for and it typically stays with them at every level from high school to college to the NBA. Dilly has that knack and although he’s a vertically challenged PG he‘ll be one of the better rebounders in the League at his position. Unfortunately, Dilly’s turnover propensity was apparent again today, but he can fix that with experience. Otherwise, he shot and passed the ball well today and worked hard defensively.

4. Rudy’s 14 rebounds. It was good to see Rudy assert himself again on the boards. He’s not the shot-blocker he once was but he needs to be a double-digit rebounder every game if this team is going to make a run this season.

Yeah, what I'm liking is that Dilly is trying to make himself useful defensively. One of the struggles we've had all year are long rebounds and chasing down loose balls. He seems pretty damn good at pursuing the ball - much better than any of our vet guards. He's also trying to get some steals and poke-aways, although he often gets called for a foul....

He's getting help by their scheme too in that whenever the opponent tries to bait him to switch, he hedges and then scrambles back to his guy (Strawther in this case) so he's not stuck trying to guard guys like Murray or Westbrook in isolation.

It's fun watching him out there. He is not starting level material yet because of the turnovers (he'd fit right in with Randle and Ant though!) and defensive limitations, but he is really growing into that sparkplug bench role.

I’m not quite sure we can conclude categorically that Dilly isn’t starting material. His minutes are so limited it’s hard to know. If you extrapolate his stats and compare them to Morant’s rookie stats on a 31 minute basis (MPG Morant had his rookie season) their turnover numbers are very similar (Dilly 3.5, Morant 3.3). Dilly’s extrapolated scoring, assist and rebounding numbers are all pretty close to Morant’s rookie stats. Ja certainly wasn’t any better than Dilly defensively. It’s worth noting that Morant wasn’t just an NBA starter as a rookie; he also was rookie of the year. So while I probably agree with you, I’m not so certain that Dilly couldn’t be an effective starting PG right now even if not at a ROY level. I’ll note that Morant had two years of college before coming to the NBA so he was undoubtedly better prepared for the NBA. Their freshman college numbers were also pretty comparable.

It’s good to see Dilly getting more minutes in a backup role this season. That experience will be invaluable in his development He’ll then have a summer to hit the weight room and work on his body at the same time he continues to work on his game. I expect him to be our starting PG next season. If we’re serious about developing our young talent, they have to get on the court and play significant minutes. The organization has to be willing to live with the growing pains that come along with young players. Memphis is a great example of a sustainably successful franchise that plays the young guys they draft. OKC is another example. I’m looking for Dilly’s minutes to continue ramping up the rest of this season and I’m want to see TSJ getting meaningful minutes once he’s back from his injury.

[rapsuperstar31]

Some individual player stats I particularly liked today:

1. Jaden’s 8 rebounds. Jaden continued to rebound the ball, making it appear that he’s finally turned the corner and become the rebounder he should be with his length and skills and the rebounder we need at his position. I also liked his overall game. What we saw from Jaden today is what I was alluding to in another post. He only took one three pointer (and made it). But he played excellent defense, rebounded the ball, got some assists and steals, and scored 13 highly efficient points on 6-8 shooting. Again, he might not be a 3-and-D guy as so many have cast him. Yet, he can still be an effective offensive player, scoring around 12-17 points per game mainly on two point shots, while rebounding and continuing to play elite defense. That’s a player who is well worth the $23 million he’s getting paid this season. If he starts to take more threes and hits them consistently that’s a bonus in my view. I want him scoring in and around the paint, rebounding, getting some assists and defending. That’s what he did today.

2. Ant’s 9 assists and 3 turnovers. Ant moved the ball today and made his teammates better. Further, he wasn’t careless with the ball. Those are two keys for Ant’s development.

3. Dilly’s 5 rebounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s rebounded well in his limited minutes and he was a good rebounding statistically in college as well. Rebounding is that one stat that some players simply have a knack for and it typically stays with them at every level from high school to college to the NBA. Dilly has that knack and although he’s a vertically challenged PG he‘ll be one of the better rebounders in the League at his position. Unfortunately, Dilly’s turnover propensity was apparent again today, but he can fix that with experience. Otherwise, he shot and passed the ball well today and worked hard defensively.

4. Rudy’s 14 rebounds. It was good to see Rudy assert himself again on the boards. He’s not the shot-blocker he once was but he needs to be a double-digit rebounder every game if this team is going to make a run this season.

Yeah, what I'm liking is that Dilly is trying to make himself useful defensively. One of the struggles we've had all year are long rebounds and chasing down loose balls. He seems pretty damn good at pursuing the ball - much better than any of our vet guards. He's also trying to get some steals and poke-aways, although he often gets called for a foul....

He's getting help by their scheme too in that whenever the opponent tries to bait him to switch, he hedges and then scrambles back to his guy (Strawther in this case) so he's not stuck trying to guard guys like Murray or Westbrook in isolation.

It's fun watching him out there. He is not starting level material yet because of the turnovers (he'd fit right in with Randle and Ant though!) and defensive limitations, but he is really growing into that sparkplug bench role.

I’m not quite sure we can conclude categorically that Dilly isn’t starting material. His minutes are so limited it’s hard to know. If you extrapolate his stats and compare them to Morant’s rookie stats on a 31 minute basis (MPG Morant had his rookie season) their turnover numbers are very similar (Dilly 3.5, Morant 3.3). Dilly’s extrapolated scoring, assist and rebounding numbers are all pretty close to Morant’s rookie stats. Ja certainly wasn’t any better than Dilly defensively. It’s worth noting that Morant wasn’t just an NBA starter as a rookie; he also was rookie of the year. So while I probably agree with you, I’m not so certain that Dilly couldn’t be an effective starting PG right now even if not at a ROY level. I’ll note that Morant had two years of college before coming to the NBA so he was undoubtedly better prepared for the NBA. Their freshman college numbers were also pretty comparable.

It’s good to see Dilly getting more minutes in a backup role this season. That experience will be invaluable in his development He’ll then have a summer to hit the weight room and work on his body at the same time he continues to work on his game. I expect him to be our starting PG next season. If we’re serious about developing our young talent, they have to get on the court and play significant minutes. The organization has to be willing to live with the growing pains that come along with young players. Memphis is a great example of a sustainably successful franchise that plays the young guys they draft. OKC is another example. I’m looking for Dilly’s minutes to continue ramping up the rest of this season and I’m want to see TSJ getting meaningful minutes once he’s back from his injury.

I feel like Rob's turnovers are correctable...than again Ant and Jullus are as well if Ant stops trying to split two great defenders and Julius is more careful when he has his back turned to the basket. One of Rob's turnovers yesterday was him having a foot out of bounds when he caught it on the sidelines in garbage time. This is something he did twice in Summer league as well, that's just knowing how much space you have and not doing it. Kyrie the other day they showed in a replay knew the court when he caught the ball towards the end of the game and Kyrie had his heel slightly raised so it wasn't touching out of bounds. Something Rob will need to learn. He had another one in the sloppy garbage time minutes. One of his turnovers was a pass to Naz that might have been a bit fast and high but Naz should have caught it but wasn't ready for it. So just throwing it a bit slower, maybe a bit lower on that one. Another turnover was when he stole the ball from Denver took one step and had it quickly stolen back. So being out of control after stealing it, Julius, Naz, and Jaden have done this more than a few times this year. Another turnover was a jump stop, that rarely gets called a travel.

[AbeVigodaLive]

Abe's I'm gonna PASS on a DVR Review Until the Next Day...DVR Review:

- Rudy Gobert had 4 assists in the 1st quarter. FOUR. The team made 18! buckets... and had 14 assists. For a team struggling to get over 20 assists in a game at points this season... not bad. Not bad at all.

- Speaking of passing, there's an art to making the right pass. And making that pass... right. I've noticed with several Wolves, but definitely with Dillingham. His expectations are higher as a PG. And, he's still a definite work in progress. He'll make the pass to the open guy, but it's slightly off, maybe a bit too high, or to the side. And the in-rhythm shot is gone, so that player usually has to make one more pass.

- BUT... Dillingham is showing legit scoring chops. He's now 17 - 35 on threes this season. If he's a legit 40%ish three point shooter, his scoring game will translate with more minutes. I chuckled at the announcers though. They obviously don't know much about Dillingham yet, so they repeated "he's super confident" FIVE times in the first half. C'mon. We need more than that guys. LOL.

- Edwards committed a foul in the backcourt with 3 seconds left in the 1st half. It put an 87% foul shooter on the line. Obviously, it wasn't a big deal yesterday, but that kind of stuff kills in close games... and this team has had too many of those.

- 21 1st half assists. Again, that's more than they've had in several games this season.

- NBA players are better than us... at everything. Naz Reid is limited in some ways as a player. But he's a bucket getter. He's definitely not known as a passer... with 1.7 per game this season being his career high. But damn! In about an 8-minute stretch in the second half, he made FIVE legit next-level passes.

It was fun to be reminded just how good these guys are and maybe that Reid is developing that part of his game more.

- Edwards let the game come to him. He got off the ball early and his teammates hit the shots. He had 6 early assists. Then, when he was ready, and the Nuggets were, ummm... less than thrilled to be playing... Edwards put the nail in with his shooting.

- I'm pretty certain Nuggets fans are discussing their team's "worst effort" of the season. The Nuggets played awful. They played soft. But who cares... the Wolves played very well. It's the best I've seen them on offense this season. Good win.

It was actually sorta fun. !!!

[Lipoli390]

Abe's I'm gonna PASS on a DVR Review Until the Next Day...DVR Review:

- Rudy Gobert had 4 assists in the 1st quarter. FOUR. The team made 18! buckets... and had 14 assists. For a team struggling to get over 20 assists in a game at points this season... not bad. Not bad at all.

- Speaking of passing, there's an art to making the right pass. And making that pass... right. I've noticed with several Wolves, but definitely with Dillingham. His expectations are higher as a PG. And, he's still a definite work in progress. He'll make the pass to the open guy, but it's slightly off, maybe a bit too high, or to the side. And the in-rhythm shot is gone, so that player usually has to make one more pass.

- BUT... Dillingham is showing legit scoring chops. He's now 17 - 35 on threes this season. If he's a legit 40%ish three point shooter, his scoring game will translate with more minutes. I chuckled at the announcers though. They obviously don't know much about Dillingham yet, so they repeated "he's super confident" FIVE times in the first half. C'mon. We need more than that guys. LOL.

- Edwards committed a foul in the backcourt with 3 seconds left in the 1st half. It put an 87% foul shooter on the line. Obviously, it wasn't a big deal yesterday, but that kind of stuff kills in close games... and this team has had too many of those.

- 21 1st half assists. Again, that's more than they've had in several games this season.

- NBA players are better than us... at everything. Naz Reid is limited in some ways as a player. But he's a bucket getter. He's definitely not known as a passer... with 1.7 per game this season being his career high. But damn! In about an 8-minute stretch in the second half, he made FIVE legit next-level passes.

It was fun to be reminded just how good these guys are and maybe that Reid is developing that part of his game more.

- Edwards let the game come to him. He got off the ball early and his teammates hit the shots. He had 6 early assists. Then, when he was ready, and the Nuggets were, ummm... less than thrilled to be playing... Edwards put the nail in with his shooting.

- I'm pretty certain Nuggets fans are discussing their team's "worst effort" of the season. The Nuggets played awful. They played soft. But who cares... the Wolves played very well. It's the best I've seen them on offense this season. Good win.

It was actually sorta fun. !!!

Abe - We both go way back as regular posters on this Board and its predecessors and I’ve never before seen you so positive. By Abe standards your post is downright giddy. .

[Q-is-here]

Abe's I'm gonna PASS on a DVR Review Until the Next Day...DVR Review:

- Rudy Gobert had 4 assists in the 1st quarter. FOUR. The team made 18! buckets... and had 14 assists. For a team struggling to get over 20 assists in a game at points this season... not bad. Not bad at all.

- Speaking of passing, there's an art to making the right pass. And making that pass... right. I've noticed with several Wolves, but definitely with Dillingham. His expectations are higher as a PG. And, he's still a definite work in progress. He'll make the pass to the open guy, but it's slightly off, maybe a bit too high, or to the side. And the in-rhythm shot is gone, so that player usually has to make one more pass.

- BUT... Dillingham is showing legit scoring chops. He's now 17 - 35 on threes this season. If he's a legit 40%ish three point shooter, his scoring game will translate with more minutes. I chuckled at the announcers though. They obviously don't know much about Dillingham yet, so they repeated "he's super confident" FIVE times in the first half. C'mon. We need more than that guys. LOL.

- Edwards committed a foul in the backcourt with 3 seconds left in the 1st half. It put an 87% foul shooter on the line. Obviously, it wasn't a big deal yesterday, but that kind of stuff kills in close games... and this team has had too many of those.

- 21 1st half assists. Again, that's more than they've had in several games this season.

- NBA players are better than us... at everything. Naz Reid is limited in some ways as a player. But he's a bucket getter. He's definitely not known as a passer... with 1.7 per game this season being his career high. But damn! In about an 8-minute stretch in the second half, he made FIVE legit next-level passes.

It was fun to be reminded just how good these guys are and maybe that Reid is developing that part of his game more.

- Edwards let the game come to him. He got off the ball early and his teammates hit the shots. He had 6 early assists. Then, when he was ready, and the Nuggets were, ummm... less than thrilled to be playing... Edwards put the nail in with his shooting.

- I'm pretty certain Nuggets fans are discussing their team's "worst effort" of the season. The Nuggets played awful. They played soft. But who cares... the Wolves played very well. It's the best I've seen them on offense this season. Good win.

It was actually sorta fun. !!!

Abe - We both go way back as regular posters on this Board and its predecessors and I’ve never before seen you so positive. By Abe standards your post is downright giddy. .

So we have Tim wandering in the wilderness and Abe giggling like a schoolgirl over the Wolves win against Denver. What on earth is happening here!?

[Monster]

Abe's I'm gonna PASS on a DVR Review Until the Next Day...DVR Review:

- Rudy Gobert had 4 assists in the 1st quarter. FOUR. The team made 18! buckets... and had 14 assists. For a team struggling to get over 20 assists in a game at points this season... not bad. Not bad at all.

- Speaking of passing, there's an art to making the right pass. And making that pass... right. I've noticed with several Wolves, but definitely with Dillingham. His expectations are higher as a PG. And, he's still a definite work in progress. He'll make the pass to the open guy, but it's slightly off, maybe a bit too high, or to the side. And the in-rhythm shot is gone, so that player usually has to make one more pass.

- BUT... Dillingham is showing legit scoring chops. He's now 17 - 35 on threes this season. If he's a legit 40%ish three point shooter, his scoring game will translate with more minutes. I chuckled at the announcers though. They obviously don't know much about Dillingham yet, so they repeated "he's super confident" FIVE times in the first half. C'mon. We need more than that guys. LOL.

- Edwards committed a foul in the backcourt with 3 seconds left in the 1st half. It put an 87% foul shooter on the line. Obviously, it wasn't a big deal yesterday, but that kind of stuff kills in close games... and this team has had too many of those.

- 21 1st half assists. Again, that's more than they've had in several games this season.

- NBA players are better than us... at everything. Naz Reid is limited in some ways as a player. But he's a bucket getter. He's definitely not known as a passer... with 1.7 per game this season being his career high. But damn! In about an 8-minute stretch in the second half, he made FIVE legit next-level passes.

It was fun to be reminded just how good these guys are and maybe that Reid is developing that part of his game more.

- Edwards let the game come to him. He got off the ball early and his teammates hit the shots. He had 6 early assists. Then, when he was ready, and the Nuggets were, ummm... less than thrilled to be playing... Edwards put the nail in with his shooting.

- I'm pretty certain Nuggets fans are discussing their team's "worst effort" of the season. The Nuggets played awful. They played soft. But who cares... the Wolves played very well. It's the best I've seen them on offense this season. Good win.

It was actually sorta fun. !!!

Abe - We both go way back as regular posters on this Board and its predecessors and I’ve never before seen you so positive. By Abe standards your post is downright giddy. .

So we have Tim wandering in the wilderness and Abe giggling like a schoolgirl over the Wolves win against Denver. What on earth is happening here!?

I'm looking outside for signs of meteors.

This is the 2nd game I've seen since like game 10 and there was a bunch of interior passing including Gobert and Randle. There was some the precious game but that first half Rudy was really playing well in that regard. Might have helped it was such a small Nuggets lineup out there. Randle was enjoying that for sure.

Another observation. In these 2 games I've watched Conley looks like the same guy as last year to me. That was not the case earlier in the season. I'll be interested to see how that plays out as I watch games.

[60WinTim]

Abe - We both go way back as regular posters on this Board and its predecessors and I’ve never before seen you so positive. By Abe standards your post is downright giddy. .

So we have Tim wandering in the wilderness and Abe giggling like a schoolgirl over the Wolves win against Denver. What on earth is happening here!?

I'm looking outside for signs of meteors.

This is the 2nd game I've seen since like game 10 and there was a bunch of interior passing including Gobert and Randle. There was some the precious game but that first half Rudy was really playing well in that regard. Might have helped it was such a small Nuggets lineup out there. Randle was enjoying that for sure.

Another observation. In these 2 games I've watched Conley looks like the same guy as last year to me. That was not the case earlier in the season. I'll be interested to see how that plays out as I watch games.

Okay, so back to being opTIMistic... Looking at the monthly splits for Conley, Jaden and NAZ, all three of them have been scoring very efficiently for the month of January, after having very subpar numbers the previous 3 months. That's encouraging!

NAW on the other hand has fallen off a cliff after being pretty effective in previous months. Oh well. And Randle's numbers just don't stand out particularly well. I still look forward to moving on from Randle, but if he's still here after the 6th, I'll be rooting for all of them the rest of the season.