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Don't under estimate L. Dieng's impact on Wiggins tonight. He is a high quality wing defender.

longstrangetrip wrote:Not to be diminished last night was Flip's brilliant management of Ricky's 20, or slightly over 20, minutes. He started him to increase our chances of a quick start, then rested him for significant portions of the game to ensure he would have him for the final half of the 4th quarter. Mo was great when we needed him, but we don't want him finishing games. Good job, Flip.

I was going to argue that we need the ping pong balls and therefore it wasn't brilliant at all. However this team needs to see and feel a few wins so they can learn to close out games better. It will also boost player morale and foster that hard work = wins work ethic. On top of that should we put together a few more wins maybe the fan base gets excited and the team sells more tickets.

slimcalhoun27 wrote:I was a big fan of Whiteside coming out of College, knowing he would have been a project....which he still is. But size and athleticism and quickness off the ground via blocks and discrupting plays is natural for him. Would like to see if Miami would be willing to trade him.

They would give him a max contract before they ever trade him! Have you heard Wade or Spolstra talk about him? They both say he changes the game dramatically and that they are a different team with him on the floor. I track the whole NBA pretty close and Whiteside is everything you want in your center, go look at his box scores. Don't forget to look at minutes played as that is what is most impressive, he has been doing the majority of his work this season with limited minutes #MEAST

Tactical unit wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:Not to be diminished last night was Flip's brilliant management of Ricky's 20, or slightly over 20, minutes. He started him to increase our chances of a quick start, then rested him for significant portions of the game to ensure he would have him for the final half of the 4th quarter. Mo was great when we needed him, but we don't want him finishing games. Good job, Flip.

I was going to argue that we need the ping pong balls and therefore it wasn't brilliant at all. However this team needs to see and feel a few wins so they can learn to close out games better. It will also boost player morale and foster that hard work = wins work ethic. On top of that should we put together a few more wins maybe the fan base gets excited and the team sells more tickets.

If you are going to advocate tanking for ping pong balls, you are going to get a fair amount of resistance on this site. That is not a popular notion here.

Rubio made some key plays down the stretch, getting to the FT line and making all but one of them I believe. He also should have come up with two huge steals under two minutes or so. He's so good at acting like he's chasing the cutting guard while the ball's in the post, and as soon as the big with the ball puts his head down to make a move, Ricky's picked his pocket! It's a gamble, sure, but his timing is so tremendous it makes it okay.

Tactical unit wrote:

BizarroJerry wrote:Anybody feel like stopping Whiteside?

Every player in the NBA just said "Yes we'd like to, but that kids a beast"

Just wondering but how high would you guys ranks Whiteside out of all NBA players? Top 20 talent? Something even bolder?

He's a top 10 or 15 player IF he can keep this up. Seriously, this is the type of big man everybody dreams of - rebounds, blocks shots, efficient offense, etc. He changes the game. He's a bigger and better version of Rudy Gobert, who also really came on this season out of nowhere.

Q12543 wrote:

Tactical unit wrote:

BizarroJerry wrote:Anybody feel like stopping Whiteside?

Every player in the NBA just said "Yes we'd like to, but that kids a beast"

Just wondering but how high would you guys ranks Whiteside out of all NBA players? Top 20 talent? Something even bolder?

He's a top 10 or 15 player IF he can keep this up. Seriously, this is the type of big man everybody dreams of - rebounds, blocks shots, efficient offense, etc. He changes the game. He's a bigger and better version of Rudy Gobert, who also really came on this season out of nowhere.

Name them?

Camden wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Tactical unit wrote:

BizarroJerry wrote:Anybody feel like stopping Whiteside?

Every player in the NBA just said "Yes we'd like to, but that kids a beast"

Just wondering but how high would you guys ranks Whiteside out of all NBA players? Top 20 talent? Something even bolder?

He's a top 10 or 15 player IF he can keep this up. Seriously, this is the type of big man everybody dreams of - rebounds, blocks shots, efficient offense, etc. He changes the game. He's a bigger and better version of Rudy Gobert, who also really came on this season out of nowhere.

Name them?

Name who? The top 10 or 15 players? I don't exactly keep a running list in my back pocket, but I think we can agree on a number of them - LeBron, Curry, Durant.....

Q12543 wrote:

Camden wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Tactical unit wrote:

BizarroJerry wrote:Anybody feel like stopping Whiteside?

Every player in the NBA just said "Yes we'd like to, but that kids a beast"

Just wondering but how high would you guys ranks Whiteside out of all NBA players? Top 20 talent? Something even bolder?

He's a top 10 or 15 player IF he can keep this up. Seriously, this is the type of big man everybody dreams of - rebounds, blocks shots, efficient offense, etc. He changes the game. He's a bigger and better version of Rudy Gobert, who also really came on this season out of nowhere.

Name them?

Name who? The top 10 or 15 players? I don't exactly keep a running list in my back pocket, but I think we can agree on a number of them - LeBron, Curry, Durant.....

I wondered what your top-10 or 15 were because I can't see Hassan sneaking in there. I wondered who you were going to leave off the list in order for him to make it.

Camden wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Camden wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Tactical unit wrote:

BizarroJerry wrote:Anybody feel like stopping Whiteside?

Every player in the NBA just said "Yes we'd like to, but that kids a beast"

Just wondering but how high would you guys ranks Whiteside out of all NBA players? Top 20 talent? Something even bolder?

He's a top 10 or 15 player IF he can keep this up. Seriously, this is the type of big man everybody dreams of - rebounds, blocks shots, efficient offense, etc. He changes the game. He's a bigger and better version of Rudy Gobert, who also really came on this season out of nowhere.

Name them?

Name who? The top 10 or 15 players? I don't exactly keep a running list in my back pocket, but I think we can agree on a number of them - LeBron, Curry, Durant.....

I wondered what your top-10 or 15 were because I can't see Hassan sneaking in there. I wondered who you were going to leave off the list in order for him to make it.

Kevin Love :) (That's for LST)