Minnesota Sports Forum

kekgeek wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:33 pm

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:25 pm This loss is literally inexcusable. I don't know what Finch has to do to lose his job but apparently he's untouchable in Minnesota.

Obviously a bad loss but I believe the wolves have the second best win % against teams under 500 this year. Number 5 in clutch win % and number 1 in ATO scoring.

WildWolf2813 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:37 pm We've reached a point where it shouldn't happen, but Tim also has to remove Conley from Finch. It's done. There's no reason for him to log minutes anymore.

This bench is awful and Finch and Tim have to do one of three things

1. grit their teeth and deal with Rob

2. get help via trade

3. make another NAW and put that brain to work and find someone they can build up. Conley can no longer be an option. I'd rather watch Leonard Miller play and he has the kind of game that is aesthetically disgusting to watch.

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:50 pm Acting like shooting was the reason we lost this game is crazy. Did we watch the same game? The effort was appalling. The Jazz shot at 55 percent from the floor. We played like we just had to show up and we would win. It's just totally unacceptable. We have too many losers on this team. No true competitior would be laughing it up after this loss. That's nuts.

Crazysauce wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:50 pm Acting like shooting was the reason we lost this game is crazy. Did we watch the same game? The effort was appalling. The Jazz shot at 55 percent from the floor. We played like we just had to show up and we would win. It's just totally unacceptable. We have too many losers on this team. No true competitior would be laughing it up after this loss. That's nuts.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:53 pm

WildWolf2813 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:37 pm We've reached a point where it shouldn't happen, but Tim also has to remove Conley from Finch. It's done. There's no reason for him to log minutes anymore.

This bench is awful and Finch and Tim have to do one of three things

1. grit their teeth and deal with Rob

2. get help via trade

3. make another NAW and put that brain to work and find someone they can build up. Conley can no longer be an option. I'd rather watch Leonard Miller play and he has the kind of game that is aesthetically disgusting to watch.

Conley can only be removed from Finch by either trading him or finding someone that clearly deserves all his minutes (e.g. Tre Jones). And the Bones experiment is starting to fizzle as well, making it all the more imperative.

That being said, while we could point to the bench for tonight's loss, the starters should have more than taken care of business. Jaden had five or six turnovers, Ant took a gazillion shots and was getting beat on cuts, Randle was pretty bad on both ends most of the game, and Rudy goes 1-5 on his FTs. DDV wasn't great either, but I have lower expectations for him since he's really the 5th man on the totem pole amongst the starters in terms of salaries.

Terrible loss, but it's an 82-game season with plenty of opportunities to make up for it.

On a positive note, Beringer once again was active and productive in his one first half stint. If he keeps this up, Tim Connelly may have more options at the trade deadline than he thought a couple weeks ago....