Minnesota Sports Forum

AbeVigodaLive wrote:My usual very late takes...

- Rubio. There are some parts of basketball that can't be measured by stats. His effort, intensity, enthusiasm last night was obvious. Maybe Paul was sick, tired, bored, looking forward to the matchup vs. Memphis tonight... whatever it was... Rubio took it to Paul last night. He set the tone and the team followed.

- 29 / 14 / 67%... and it seemed... routine? I know there was some angst about Towns earlier this season. But give the big guy credit for figuring out who/what he is and improving.

- Lance Stephenson is goofy. You just don't quite know what he's going to do. That unorthodox style can work... and look terrible. You just hope for more good than bad when all is said and done.

- The three point shooting remains a problem. Meh. Nothing new there. (Stop pump-faking, Towns!)

- The Clippers really are unlikable. I STILL think that they have a chance if healthy to make one postseason run... there's so much talent there. But how much does their constant agitating/whining actually distract them from the task at hand? Is that part of the team's perpetual problem (other than injuries?)

- The Wolves have now scored the exact same amount as the opposition. But they're 11 games under .500. Conversely, OKC has been outscored but the team is 35 - 29. Same with Atlanta. It's a yearly time-honored tradition in Minnesota. Hopefully, that changes soon... next season?

Q12543 wrote:

thedoper wrote:Bazz making the most of his start. Finally it happens after 2.5 years. Wiggins starts at the 2, Bazz at the 3. It took an injury for Thibs to finally hear me.

The problem is floor spacing. Bazz loves to work near the hoop, even when his 3-ball is falling. That's the exact same space Wiggins and KAT are at their best. Rush helps provide our offense floor balance since he almost exclusively stays outside and provides a gravitational pull on the defense.

thedoper wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

thedoper wrote:Bazz making the most of his start. Finally it happens after 2.5 years. Wiggins starts at the 2, Bazz at the 3. It took an injury for Thibs to finally hear me.

The problem is floor spacing. Bazz loves to work near the hoop, even when his 3-ball is falling. That's the exact same space Wiggins and KAT are at their best. Rush helps provide our offense floor balance since he almost exclusively stays outside and provides a gravitational pull on the defense.

All of those are legit issues. But the individual matchups play into our favor. Most teams have a guy that can guard one of them, but there are very few teams with the personnel to shut them both down. Last night is case and point.

worldK wrote:Love dieng being fiesty with blake.

Q12543 wrote:

thedoper wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

thedoper wrote:Bazz making the most of his start. Finally it happens after 2.5 years. Wiggins starts at the 2, Bazz at the 3. It took an injury for Thibs to finally hear me.

The problem is floor spacing. Bazz loves to work near the hoop, even when his 3-ball is falling. That's the exact same space Wiggins and KAT are at their best. Rush helps provide our offense floor balance since he almost exclusively stays outside and provides a gravitational pull on the defense.

All of those are legit issues. But the individual matchups play into our favor. Most teams have a guy that can guard one of them, but there are very few teams with the personnel to shut them both down. Last night is case and point.

Understood, but you can still accomplish the same thing by bringing Bazz off the bench early for Rush, which Thibs does fairly often. Wiggins almost always plays the full 1st and 3rd quarter, so there is a decent amount of time these two end up playing together.

Unfortunately, Bazz hasn't helped his cause much lately. His 3-ball has gone down the toilet over the past 10 or so games. I've never seen a guy go from white-hot to stone-cold like that.