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worldK wrote:Breakou

Camden wrote:Last night in Memphis...

In 32:40 w/ Dario Saric ON -- MIN outscored MEM 91-62 (+29)
In 15:20 w/ Dario Saric OFF -- MIN was outscored 46-15 (-31)

It's almost like Saric is good, or something...

Saric is good. Wanted him to start since we got him. But he was in a shooting slump for a long time there and it was nice to see him have a breakout game on offense. That said, saric should start over taj. He is only 24 and I have him as part our core going forward. Play him and towns and wig as much as you can. I also wont mind deng starting in place of okogie. Deng/saric/towns/wig/healthy pg has been ou go to lineup the last couple of games. might as well start them.

Let's find out just how good he is... because he's been terrible for weeks.

TERRIBLE.

It's time to find out if he's worthy of being part of the core moving forward or part of a possible trade. Give him 30 mpg for an extended run next to KAT. It's actually sort of ridiculous that he's playing the fewest minutes of his career since joining the Wolves.

For what it's worth... Saric is 6'10" but a career 42.9% shooter who has been below average beyond the arc. For now, I'm going withe "capable" instead of "good"... but I'm eager to learn more about him.

Taj Gibson is one of my favorite Twolves...he has had the two best years of his career with us, and amazingly leads all Wolves players all-time in FG%. The guy is just money when he gets the ball in the right spot in the paint. That said, I'll join the choir in suggesting Ryan move Dario into the starting lineup at PF. Dario's minutes under Thibs decreased from his time in Philly, and they have gone down even more under Ryan. Meanwhile even though he is often maligned here (yours truly included), he's quietly returning back to the form he showed last year in Philly (after a terrible start to the season there). My eye test tells me that he misses way too many open threes, but he's hitting almost 37% of his threes and 47.4% in his last 5 games. And more than almost any other player on our roster, he seems to understand spacing and what it takes to get himself in position for an open three. At 24, we need to know what we have going forward, and my guess (hope?) is that the real Dario is the 2017-8 one, not the one who started the season poorly in Philly. I hope this isn't just a knee jerk to Dario's nice game in Memphis, but I think it's time for him to become our starting PF.

Yes, move Dario into the starting lineup if only to fully evaluate him and how he meshes with KAT in the front court. It's beyond ridiculous that he's gotten fewer minutes here than he got in Philly - under both Thibodeau and Saunders. It's just plain dumb - sort of like continuing to give the ball to Wiggins to run the half-court offense and close our quarters.