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https://youtu.be/vN2R1_xT78U

Definitely worth watching. All these players are the types of guys we want and need to help change the culture. Patrick, Vando and Bolmaro and known for their competitive fire and non-stop effort on both ends of the floor. J-Mac also fits that mold. I think Beasley is that same type of personality.

I watched it earlier this evening.

Beverly is awesome.

The end they have a picture of everyone and it was interesting way to gauge how tall Bolmaro is.

Finch isn't particularly good at smiling and looking comfortable for pictures. He can use some mentoring from Rosas in that regard. Lol

You gotta love Pat Beverley! If he's reasonably healthy this season, he's one of the main reasons I'm making this bold prediction: no NBA team will increase their win total this season by more than the 50% increase the Wolves will achieve.

(Unfortunately, that will still only bring them to 34 or 35 wins)

FNG wrote:You gotta love Pat Beverley! If he's reasonably healthy this season, he's one of the main reasons I'm making this bold prediction: no NBA team will increase their win total this season by more than the 50% increase the Wolves will achieve.

(Unfortunately, that will still only bring them to 34 or 35 wins)

Ha! But at least you are aligned to Vegas now. Movin' on up....

Q12543 wrote:

FNG wrote:You gotta love Pat Beverley! If he's reasonably healthy this season, he's one of the main reasons I'm making this bold prediction: no NBA team will increase their win total this season by more than the 50% increase the Wolves will achieve.

(Unfortunately, that will still only bring them to 34 or 35 wins)

Ha! But at least you are aligned to Vegas now. Movin' on up....

You've got good eyesight, Q! Hey, nothing wrong with a 50% increase!

(unless your starting point is 23 wins)

I know many of you are trying to be conservative. But with the changes made and the FO gushing about culture, etc., it will be pretty disappointing, if not an abject failure, if the Wolves do not make the playoffs this year...

60WinTim wrote:I know many of you are trying to be conservative. But with the changes made and the FO gushing about culture, etc., it will be pretty disappointing, if not an abject failure, if the Wolves do not make the playoffs this year...

Now we're talking. Let's play!

Phenom's_Revenge wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I know many of you are trying to be conservative. But with the changes made and the FO gushing about culture, etc., it will be pretty disappointing, if not an abject failure, if the Wolves do not make the playoffs this year...

Now we're talking. Let's play!

I see the opTIMists are coming out of the woodwork! Good to see you guys are waking up from your slumber.

I'm somewhere between FNG's defeatist attitude heading into this season and the bubbly optimism we're starting to see percolate here. The reality is, this team was barely a .500-ish squad with most of its existing roster healthy and playing in the final third of last season. And a lot of those games were against beaten down/tanking teams. And for all of Finch's accomplishments in unlocking a pretty potent offense, he did absolutely nothing to influence our defensive woes.

Q12543 wrote:

Phenom's_Revenge wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I know many of you are trying to be conservative. But with the changes made and the FO gushing about culture, etc., it will be pretty disappointing, if not an abject failure, if the Wolves do not make the playoffs this year...

Now we're talking. Let's play!

I see the opTIMists are coming out of the woodwork! Good to see you guys are waking up from your slumber.

I'm somewhere between FNG's defeatist attitude heading into this season and the bubbly optimism we're starting to see percolate here. The reality is, this team was barely a .500-ish squad with most of its existing roster healthy and playing in the final third of last season. And a lot of those games were against beaten down/tanking teams. And for all of Finch's accomplishments in unlocking a pretty potent offense, he did absolutely nothing to influence our defensive woes.

And I'll add, Q, that describing my forecast of a 50% increase in wins (largest in the league) as a "defeatist attitude" may be the most T-Wolfian comment ever! When you're a Wolves fan (which we all are here) we can find any tree limb of hope to cling to in the torrential flood of losses!

FNG wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Phenom's_Revenge wrote:

60WinTim wrote:I know many of you are trying to be conservative. But with the changes made and the FO gushing about culture, etc., it will be pretty disappointing, if not an abject failure, if the Wolves do not make the playoffs this year...

Now we're talking. Let's play!

I see the opTIMists are coming out of the woodwork! Good to see you guys are waking up from your slumber.

I'm somewhere between FNG's defeatist attitude heading into this season and the bubbly optimism we're starting to see percolate here. The reality is, this team was barely a .500-ish squad with most of its existing roster healthy and playing in the final third of last season. And a lot of those games were against beaten down/tanking teams. And for all of Finch's accomplishments in unlocking a pretty potent offense, he did absolutely nothing to influence our defensive woes.

And I'll add, Q, that describing my forecast of a 50% increase in wins (largest in the league) as a "defeatist attitude" may be the most T-Wolfian comment ever! When you're a Wolves fan (which we all are here) we can find any tree limb of hope to cling to in the torrential flood of losses!

Let's keep in mind that the Wolves will play 10 more games next season. So I think the 50% increase in wins needs to be extrapolated to a full 82-game schedule. By my calculation, that would mean 39 wins (39-43). My prediction is 43-39, which should be enough to make the playoffs. So the Wolves only need to scratch out 4 more wins than FNG is predicting. How's that for positive spin? :)