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Q-was-here wrote:

KG4Ever wrote:Over $100 million in salaries sitting in Gobert, KAT and DLO and Wolves finally overachieve. Time to trade these overpaid schlumps and build around Ant, McDaniels and Reid.

OKC had lost 4 straight and this game ended up being a toss-up in the end. It's not like we dominated the proceedings. It was a good win for the Wolves but I don't view it as a referendum on the guys not playing.

Over 100 million not playing and a win. 100 million.

TheFuture wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

KG4Ever wrote:Over $100 million in salaries sitting in Gobert, KAT and DLO and Wolves finally overachieve. Time to trade these overpaid schlumps and build around Ant, McDaniels and Reid.

OKC had lost 4 straight and this game ended up being a toss-up in the end. It's not like we dominated the proceedings. It was a good win for the Wolves but I don't view it as a referendum on the guys not playing.

Over 100 million not playing and a win. 100 million.

Clippers we the regular season 8 seed and has 31 games out of 85 million. They should blow it up right???

Good scrappy win tonight. Tonight will not be sustainable long term. Needed the win and got the win. Hopefully Rudy and Dlo are back next game

I watched all of it without falling asleep.

It wasn't necessarily easy. The Wolves were depleted and the Thunder were... mostly bad.

But a nice win. Once again, Austin Rivers is ingratiating himself on yet another team. Year after year, team after team... the fanbase is treated to more and more Austin Rivers than they'd have ever expected.

TheFuture wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

KG4Ever wrote:Over $100 million in salaries sitting in Gobert, KAT and DLO and Wolves finally overachieve. Time to trade these overpaid schlumps and build around Ant, McDaniels and Reid.

OKC had lost 4 straight and this game ended up being a toss-up in the end. It's not like we dominated the proceedings. It was a good win for the Wolves but I don't view it as a referendum on the guys not playing.

Over 100 million not playing and a win. 100 million.

Amazing how you can turn a win into a complaint. Congrats!

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I watched all of it without falling asleep.

It wasn't necessarily easy. The Wolves were depleted and the Thunder were... mostly bad.

But a nice win. Once again, Austin Rivers is ingratiating himself on yet another team. Year after year, team after team... the fanbase is treated to more and more Austin Rivers than they'd have ever expected.

He does play hard on defense and finally made some shots. I thought it was so Wolves-ian that he got called for all those travels. You absolutely know he would never be called for that if he played for the LA Clippers or Celtics. I'm not saying they weren't by-the-book travels, but c'mon, for that to be called so tight was such a joke.

kekgeek1 wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

KG4Ever wrote:Over $100 million in salaries sitting in Gobert, KAT and DLO and Wolves finally overachieve. Time to trade these overpaid schlumps and build around Ant, McDaniels and Reid.

OKC had lost 4 straight and this game ended up being a toss-up in the end. It's not like we dominated the proceedings. It was a good win for the Wolves but I don't view it as a referendum on the guys not playing.

Over 100 million not playing and a win. 100 million.

Clippers we the regular season 8 seed and has 31 games out of 85 million. They should blow it up right???

Good scrappy win tonight. Tonight will not be sustainable long term. Needed the win and got the win. Hopefully Rudy and Dlo are back next game

Didn't see the game, but was surprised (and happy) to see a win. Yeah, I hope Rudy is back next game too,

Q-was-here wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I watched all of it without falling asleep.

It wasn't necessarily easy. The Wolves were depleted and the Thunder were... mostly bad.

But a nice win. Once again, Austin Rivers is ingratiating himself on yet another team. Year after year, team after team... the fanbase is treated to more and more Austin Rivers than they'd have ever expected.

He does play hard on defense and finally made some shots. I thought it was so Wolves-ian that he got called for all those travels. You absolutely know he would never be called for that if he played for the LA Clippers or Celtics. I'm not saying they weren't by-the-book travels, but c'mon, for that to be called so tight was such a joke.

Q - You are so right about the Wolvesian nature of those travel calls! And yes, Rivers plays really hard. If he makes shots, he's a net positive with his effort and toughness.

Q-was-here wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

KG4Ever wrote:Over $100 million in salaries sitting in Gobert, KAT and DLO and Wolves finally overachieve. Time to trade these overpaid schlumps and build around Ant, McDaniels and Reid.

OKC had lost 4 straight and this game ended up being a toss-up in the end. It's not like we dominated the proceedings. It was a good win for the Wolves but I don't view it as a referendum on the guys not playing.

Over 100 million not playing and a win. 100 million.

Amazing how you can turn a win into a complaint. Congrats!

Or a fact.

lipoli390 wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I watched all of it without falling asleep.

It wasn't necessarily easy. The Wolves were depleted and the Thunder were... mostly bad.

But a nice win. Once again, Austin Rivers is ingratiating himself on yet another team. Year after year, team after team... the fanbase is treated to more and more Austin Rivers than they'd have ever expected.

He does play hard on defense and finally made some shots. I thought it was so Wolves-ian that he got called for all those travels. You absolutely know he would never be called for that if he played for the LA Clippers or Celtics. I'm not saying they weren't by-the-book travels, but c'mon, for that to be called so tight was such a joke.

Q - You are so right about the Wolvesian nature of those travel calls! And yes, Rivers plays really hard. If he makes shots, he's a net positive with his effort and toughness.

But kind of to Abe's point, you really don't want to HAVE to play Rivers 20+ minutes every night. He seems ideally suited to be a spot guy you put out there for very specific defensive matchups. Hopefully McLaughlin, DLO, and Prince get healthy soon so that he can go back to that role.

Q-was-here wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

Q-was-here wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:I watched all of it without falling asleep.

It wasn't necessarily easy. The Wolves were depleted and the Thunder were... mostly bad.

But a nice win. Once again, Austin Rivers is ingratiating himself on yet another team. Year after year, team after team... the fanbase is treated to more and more Austin Rivers than they'd have ever expected.

He does play hard on defense and finally made some shots. I thought it was so Wolves-ian that he got called for all those travels. You absolutely know he would never be called for that if he played for the LA Clippers or Celtics. I'm not saying they weren't by-the-book travels, but c'mon, for that to be called so tight was such a joke.

Q - You are so right about the Wolvesian nature of those travel calls! And yes, Rivers plays really hard. If he makes shots, he's a net positive with his effort and toughness.

But kind of to Abe's point, you really don't want to HAVE to play Rivers 20+ minutes every night. He seems ideally suited to be a spot guy you put out there for very specific defensive matchups. Hopefully McLaughlin, DLO, and Prince get healthy soon so that he can go back to that role.

Rivers should be given Nowell's minutes. Either you're developing talent or you're trying to win. I thought they picked a course.