Wolves vs. The Butlers

[ItsJustSoSab]

Butler with a great game but Philly goes down. Without shooters that team is severely limited as they're big 3 have to all produce. Wolves of course with another 2nd half come back. I like our victories more

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

[kekgeek]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

[60WinTim]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

The irony of that statement is the next team we play, Portland, is over .500. And we beat them in our 3rd game after the trade...

[kekgeek]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

The irony of that statement is the next team we play, Portland, is over .500. And we beat them in our 3rd game after the trade...

I'm saying since when the trade happened. Portland is not over .500. We have beaten 9 teams that are struggling and haven't played .500 ball since the trade

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

The irony of that statement is the next team we play, Portland, is over .500. And we beat them in our 3rd game after the trade...

Yeah, both teams have had the good fortune of rather easy schedules in which to get used to their new rosters...I think each team has only one win over a team over .500 (Wolves-Portland, 76ers-Grizzlies). Both teams have tough tests on the road against winning teams in their next games, so that should be a good indicator of the direction the two teams are heading in.

[Monster]

It's gonna be interesting to see how Embiid's offeneive numbers the rest of the season end up while playing next to Butler.

[mjs34]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

I think it is a little disingenuous to compare the schedules when one team plays in the eastern conference. A .500 team in the west is likely a top four team in the east. I could argue that 14 of the western conference teams would likely make the PO's in the east. The sixers may be a conference contender, but they have zero chance of winning a title.

[kekgeek]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

I think it is a little disingenuous to compare the schedules when one team plays in the eastern conference. A .500 team in the west is likely a top four team in the east. I could argue that 14 of the western conference teams would likely make the PO's in the east. The sixers may be a conference contender, but they have zero chance of winning a title.

I think you are misunderstanding me. The first game after Jimmy was traded was Nov. 12th. Here are the teams we beat record since that date.

Nets (2-11)
Pelicans (7-7)
Blazers (4-8 )
Nets (2-11)
Bulls (1-11)
Cavs (4-8 )
Spurs (4-10)
Rockets (6-6)
Hornets (4-7)

Total: 34-79 (.301)

So we have played bad teams or teams that are struggling, most of our games have been at home. Once again I am super pumped on how we are playing and how the trade has worked out. But lets not get worked up on what we are seeing. I hope it continues but we will see. I just was commenting on LST saying that the sixers have had an easier schedule and our schedule is more impressive. Im just breaking it down.

Once again I will say it is huge that we are winning these games. We are winning the games at home against teams that are not good or struggling. Confidence is a big thing and now we have it.

[mjs34]

We're 9-3 and they're 8-3 since the trade, so continuing evidence that it was good for both teams. I agree though that our victories have been more impressive...several double digit wins while the 76ers could be 6-5 if Butler hadn't drained two desperate buzzer beaters.
In addition, the incredible improvement in the Wolves' defense supports an argument that the Wolves won this trade.

January 15 in Philly should be a lot of fun...of course, there's a good chance Jimmy will be on "vacation" then...he hasn't had to "rest" since the trade.

Eh. I am super happy how we played and how the trade is going but we haven't beat a team that has been over .500 since the trade

Also the sixers are a title contender we are not

I think it is a little disingenuous to compare the schedules when one team plays in the eastern conference. A .500 team in the west is likely a top four team in the east. I could argue that 14 of the western conference teams would likely make the PO's in the east. The sixers may be a conference contender, but they have zero chance of winning a title.

I think you are misunderstanding me. The first game after Jimmy was traded was Nov. 12th. Here are the teams we beat record since that date.

Nets (2-11)
Pelicans (7-7)
Blazers (4-8 )
Nets (2-11)
Bulls (1-11)
Cavs (4-8 )
Spurs (4-10)
Rockets (6-6)
Hornets (4-7)

Total: 34-79 (.301)

So we have played bad teams or teams that are struggling, most of our games have been at home. Once again I am super pumped on how we are playing and how the trade has worked out. But lets not get worked up on what we are seeing. I hope it continues but we will see. I just was commenting on LST saying that the sixers have had an easier schedule and our schedule is more impressive. Im just breaking it down.

Once again I will say it is huge that we are winning these games. We are winning the games at home against teams that are not good or struggling. Confidence is a big thing and now we have it.

Just seems like your whole body of evidence is skewed to mislead how the wolves have performed over the 12 games. What significance does an opponents record since the trade have? The more compelling argument would be what their records were at the time we played them. Maybe also taking into account how many points the wolves won and loss by. The home/away thing certainly has merit.

So Philly played 7 Home and 4 Away while the wolves played 10 Home and 2 Away.

Records of teams at date of game yields a combined

Philly opp. win % of .435 +51 on net point total
Minny opp win % of .486 +106 on net point total

Seems like LST has a pretty good point.