WildWolf2813 wrote:Normally we'd be furious if the Wolves did nothing. Don't mess with success.
That said, I hope Ant sits out the Rising Stars game. We're playing with fire with those knees of his. He needs a rest.
Kind of wish Finch didn't play him the 4th. Beasley was hot. Nowell had fresh legs from not playing the first half. There was really no need for him to play.
Many of us have been saying for quite a while that our core is solid, but we need to make moves to strengthen our bench. Well, what we've been seeing the past couple weeks suggests that we shouldn't make any major moves related to the bench either. Beasley is rapidly progressing back to his mean as a three-point shooter as I suspected he would. Meanwhile, he's also providing extra value with his speed, athleticism and rebounding. JMac is coming around and looking like the player who helped us get two big wins in the latter part of the 2019-20 season. Nowell has established himself as a solid rotation player this season. McDaniels is looking like the player who showed so much promise last season. Even Prince has clearly come around and is playing terrific basketball.
If we can swap Beasley or Prince for Barnes as Cam suggested, I'd be tempted. But otherwise, let's just move forward with the team we have and deal Layman for Len.
Getting the W and no one had to play 30 mins is pretty valuable. Having that little extra oomph in the legs for the next game can be all the difference between a W and L.
lipoli390 wrote:Many of us have been saying for quite a while that our core is solid, but we need to make moves to strengthen our bench. Well, what we've been seeing the past couple weeks suggests that we shouldn't make any major moves related to the bench either. Beasley is rapidly progressing back to his mean as a three-point shooter as I suspected he would. Meanwhile, he's also providing extra value with his speed, athleticism and rebounding. JMac is coming around and looking like the player who helped us get two big wins in the latter part of the 2019-20 season. Nowell has established himself as a solid rotation player this season. McDaniels is looking like the player who showed so much promise last season. Even Prince has clearly come around and is playing terrific basketball.
If we can swap Beasley or Prince for Barnes as Cam suggested, I'd be tempted. But otherwise, let's just move forward with the team we have and deal Layman for Len.
I kept saying the deadline players we want to improve the team might actually be on the roster. If Naz can start playing better more consistently that would help things a lot. He doesn't have to become a tough guy etc just do the things he is actually good at. I'm glad Prince is healthy and was playing tonight. I might have to watch this one back to see McLaughlin's double double.
PorkChop wrote:Getting the W and no one had to play 30 mins is pretty valuable. Having that little extra oomph in the legs for the next game can be all the difference between a W and L.
The box score for this game that come up on Google had Beverly playing 43 minutes? I was like why? then I saw it has McDaniels having played 53 minutes and then I knew there was some sort of mistake. Lol
