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Q12543 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

Q12543 wrote:So far we've lost to three borderline playoff teams and beat a D-league squad.

Not good.

Nope. But on the bright side this is a young team still learning to play in the NBA while also learning a new coach's system. I have to believe there is a lot of thinking going on rather than reacting, it'll come.

....yet Denver had two rookies in their rotation, two second year guys, and a third year guy. The "we're young" thing isn't a very good excuse against Denver.

Good point, and thanks for ruining my moment of optimism.

Too often the offense gets stagnate ,LaVine and Wiggins get impatient sometimes and drive when there's nothing there settling for difficult shots

TheSP wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

Q12543 wrote:So far we've lost to three borderline playoff teams and beat a D-league squad.

Not good.

Nope. But on the bright side this is a young team still learning to play in the NBA while also learning a new coach's system. I have to believe there is a lot of thinking going on rather than reacting, it'll come.

....yet Denver had two rookies in their rotation, two second year guys, and a third year guy. The "we're young" thing isn't a very good excuse against Denver.

Good point, and thanks for ruining my moment of optimism.

Heh, sorry.

There is literally no optimistic take from this game. We want to make the playoffs. That means winning is good, losing is bad. The moral victories are meaningless. We have GOT to beat Denver at home. This is a division rival that we just can't lose at home to. These are the losses that will cost us a playoff spot.

TheSP wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Bjelica? How many bad plays does he have to make down the stretch? I wouldn't have had him on the floor.

His positives this half far outweigh the negatives.

Yep, there wouldn't have been a last second shot to tie attempt without Belly.

Highly debatable. Missing critical shots, fumbling a key rebound off his leg, committing an equally costly loose ball foul when we got the rebound, and passing up a wide open 3 at another critical moment. All this happened late in the game. He may have had a decent stretch in there somewhere, but I found myself cursing him out multiple times.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Bjelica? How many bad plays does he have to make down the stretch? I wouldn't have had him on the floor.

His positives this half far outweigh the negatives.

Yep, there wouldn't have been a last second shot to tie attempt without Belly.

Highly debatable. Missing critical shots, fumbling a key rebound off his leg, committing an equally costly loose ball foul when we got the rebound, and passing up a wide open 3 at another critical moment. All this happened late in the game. He may have had a decent stretch in there somewhere, but I found myself cursing him out multiple times.

I've made a note to stay off Cool's lawn!

TheSP wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Bjelica? How many bad plays does he have to make down the stretch? I wouldn't have had him on the floor.

His positives this half far outweigh the negatives.

Yep, there wouldn't have been a last second shot to tie attempt without Belly.

Highly debatable. Missing critical shots, fumbling a key rebound off his leg, committing an equally costly loose ball foul when we got the rebound, and passing up a wide open 3 at another critical moment. All this happened late in the game. He may have had a decent stretch in there somewhere, but I found myself cursing him out multiple times.

I've made a note to stay off Cool's lawn!

I get where you are coming from Cool. Was there a better option? Dieng was giving his all and wasn't exactly tearing it up. Belly had 14/8 and 4 turnovers in 22 mins. Yes there were ups and downs. He also got the Wolves some buckets earlier in that 4th quarter when the Wolves couldn't get one to fall. I watched enough of Belly in international play to expect he will do something frustrating from time to time. On the other hand he is a legit 6'10" dude that can hit a 3 in someone's face and take someone off the dribble score or creat for others while not being a total liability on defense and grabs some boards. I'll take it especially for a bench guy.

Q12543 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

Q12543 wrote:So far we've lost to three borderline playoff teams and beat a D-league squad.

Not good.

Nope. But on the bright side this is a young team still learning to play in the NBA while also learning a new coach's system. I have to believe there is a lot of thinking going on rather than reacting, it'll come.

....yet Denver had two rookies in their rotation, two second year guys, and a third year guy. The "we're young" thing isn't a very good excuse against Denver.

It is not about the amount of rookies and young players but more about the role they are playing. Denver was better today mainly because of Gallo, Nurkic, Chandler and Nelson. Only Nurkic is young player. So it was Denver's veterans that beat our youngsters. Unfortunately Wolves don't have luxury to have veteran scorers in their team. So they have to relay for their youngster always even in tight games. I still believe that after 20 games when our Wolves will start to win these games they are supposed to win.

Mikkeman wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

Q12543 wrote:So far we've lost to three borderline playoff teams and beat a D-league squad.

Not good.

Nope. But on the bright side this is a young team still learning to play in the NBA while also learning a new coach's system. I have to believe there is a lot of thinking going on rather than reacting, it'll come.

....yet Denver had two rookies in their rotation, two second year guys, and a third year guy. The "we're young" thing isn't a very good excuse against Denver.

It is not about the amount of rookies and young players but more about the role they are playing. Denver was better today mainly because of Gallo, Nurkic, Chandler and Nelson. Only Nurkic is young player. So it was Denver's veterans that beat our youngsters. Unfortunately Wolves don't have luxury to have veteran scorers in their team. So they have to relay for their youngster always even in tight games. I still believe that after 20 games when our Wolves will start to win these games they are supposed to win.

Well, I like your patience for this team Mik. It's funny how other teams always seem to have some wily veteran that gets the job done (Zach Randolph, Wilson Chandler, etc.) yet that never seems to be the case for us. At the end of the day, it's our young guys that need to step up and execute better.