Wolves make big splash

[Crazysauce]

Signing Marcus Georges Hunt guard from the vertical. Who is this guy?

[Monster]

Since you made a special thread for MGH I decided to copy and paste my thoughts from the final additions thread.

https://twitter.com/apkrawczynski/status/894934248691568640

"Georges-Hunt another camp deal for Wolves, who have their eyes on established vets for final three roster spots"

MGH is a somewhat interesting player. I dug a bit on him when the Magic waived him and then then watched a bit more highlights when I saw this tweet today. He had a pretty nice season in the D-league. He may be a late bloomer as a shooter. His last year of college he shot .342 from 3 but jumped way up in FT percentage and that has continued up in 40+ games in the d-league. He shot 39% from 3 in the D-league and shot 88% from the FT line and then hit 9/10 in his limited time with the Magic. His first 2 years in college he shot under 70% from the line so that's pretty impressive.

His last year of college he played some PG so he has some decent ball handling and passing skills. Watching him I doubt he will be doing a whole lot of that but he can at least dribble the ball enough to not be limited to just standing around shooting. He is not particularly quick or explosive but is smooth and strong. He has plenty of length to guard perimeter players and looks physically like a grown man. He probably will be another guy that heads to the D-league as an affiliate player but he is a guy that's experienced the pro game and done well. I wouldn't be shocked to see a guy like him stick if he shows out. He may also never play in the NBA again but I like taking some shots at finding a player of guys like him and Anthony Brown and both have showed some signs of being 3 point shooters.

Edit:

MGH was also was pretty good for Orlando in the Summer league this year.

[Monster]

According to Bobby Marks a few teams wanted to claim MGH when he was waived by the Magic but that they had to have cap room to claim home since he was signed for more than the minimum. So...he may not just be a camp body.

https://www.google.com/amp/nba.eeesports.com/2017/08/08/report-timberwolves-signing-marcus-georges-hunt/amp/

[Monster]

I listened to Wolfson's latest podcast and he had MGH on. My biggest takeaway was that MGH seemed to perk up the most and talked about being here was because he liked Thibs passion, that he was a defensive coach and he helped develop Jimmy. He sounded pretty excited about working with Jimmy and sounded really dialed into the process of developing and seemed fairly invested in the situation here. I figured his main idea of coming here was the open roster spots and possible playing time but he seemed like he really liked this spot for specific reasons to develop. He could have been saying all the right stuff but he did sound like a guy that fits what Thibs would be looking for and the fit is mutual.

[Crazysauce]

I like that. Sounds like the guy has been working very hard on his game and who better to show him the way then jimmy b and thibs. I really hope the personality of butler and gibson can rub off on our guys. Specifically wiggins and towns. Could be something special.