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D'Natagal wrote:Ahem....MAKE YOUR FUCKING FREE THROWS. If they would have done this, the game wouldn't have been close.

kekgeek1 wrote:

FNG wrote:Well, that was...interesting. I praised Dlo to the skies and gave him the game ball for the Utah game, but he was a different player last night. We all give hot players a pass on "heat check" shots, but that doesn't carry over to the next night! When Dlo came into the game and immediately put up a 3-pointer from Sugar Land, I knew it wasn't going to be his night. And Cool nailed it...the old matador Dlo was back on defense. I'll grant that Dlo continues to impress me with his distributing skills...another 7 assists last night...but we need him engaged defensively and taking smarter shots if we're going to pay him his $30 mill. Very disappointing performance. I'm going to the Warriors game tomorrow...we had better see a different Dlo then.

Many of us are concerned about the Wolves oddly thinking they are good enough just to show up to get a win after they play an impressive game. We'd all be saying "Well, at least we're going to retain our pick" this morning if it weren't for KAT's scoring and our bench. J-Mac was our best PG last night (Finch hasn't given him many minutes recently), Juancho was terrific from beyond the arc, around the basket and on the boards (but that defense though :? ), and Vando earned his 22 minutes by showing his teammates we were not going to lose to Houston.

I'm on a mission. I'm not giving up until I get Lip to concede that giving 5% of our cap money to a certain Spanish guy who consistently puts up 16/9 per 36 was a smart move by Rosas. I'm seeing a little thawing coming from Lip, but no concession yet. Come on Lip, there's still plenty of room on the Juancho entranar (if my high school Spanish is correct)! In two years you're going to be saying "Wow, Rosas was a genius keeping that third year option on Juancho at only $7 million per year...he's a bargain!"

I guess the most we can say about this game is that we won a game against a very bad team. We need to be much better to extend the unlikely winning streak to 4 games against the Warriors.

Why are you ripping Dlo. He was a positive contributor he was a +1. Kat was a -3 and was the big issue last night. Where is the paragraph ripping Kat for his -3 performance!!!!!!!

Q12543 wrote:

WolvesFan21 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:How about Ant. This was his third game in a row with 9 rebounds. He also had 3 steals and 2 blocks. Last night he had 4 assists and 1 steal to go with his 9 boards. The night before, he had 5 steals and 4 assists along with his 9 rebounds. Obviously, Ant needs to improve his three-point shooting and overall shooting efficiency. He really needs to take fewer threes off the bounce, so shot selection remains an issue for him and perhaps the biggest reason for his less than optimal scoring efficiency. But he still puts up points and gets touch buckets inside. And he fills the do-shit stat sheet. He definitely has the makings of a special player.

I love the rebounds, however in todays game defensively at least it's just one player taking it over another. Like three Wolves going for the same ball. Teams usually don't offensive rebound much.

I still love the aggressiveness to go get it and not just "let" KAT get the board. Because certain times the other team will leave a guy or two in to offensive rebound as well. Go get the ball!!!

I'm sure the analytics say to get back on defense rather then try for the board and leave the other team in transition for easy buckets.

This is absolutely correct. But still, I'd rather see a player pursue a ball versus being passive, so it shows some level of positive activity for him to go grab those boards even if a lot of them aren't contested by the opponent.

Edwards' pull-up jumper looks awful off the bounce. That is what he needs to work on more than anything as his release and arc seem to be different versus catch-and-shoot.

Q12543 wrote:

WolvesFan21 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:How about Ant. This was his third game in a row with 9 rebounds. He also had 3 steals and 2 blocks. Last night he had 4 assists and 1 steal to go with his 9 boards. The night before, he had 5 steals and 4 assists along with his 9 rebounds. Obviously, Ant needs to improve his three-point shooting and overall shooting efficiency. He really needs to take fewer threes off the bounce, so shot selection remains an issue for him and perhaps the biggest reason for his less than optimal scoring efficiency. But he still puts up points and gets touch buckets inside. And he fills the do-shit stat sheet. He definitely has the makings of a special player.

I love the rebounds, however in todays game defensively at least it's just one player taking it over another. Like three Wolves going for the same ball. Teams usually don't offensive rebound much.

I still love the aggressiveness to go get it and not just "let" KAT get the board. Because certain times the other team will leave a guy or two in to offensive rebound as well. Go get the ball!!!

I'm sure the analytics say to get back on defense rather then try for the board and leave the other team in transition for easy buckets.

This is absolutely correct. But still, I'd rather see a player pursue a ball versus being passive, so it shows some level of positive activity for him to go grab those boards even if a lot of them aren't contested by the opponent.

Edwards' pull-up jumper looks awful off the bounce. That is what he needs to work on more than anything as his release and arc seem to be different versus catch-and-shoot.