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Conley: F
Ant: B-
Mcdaniels: C
Randle: D
Rudy: A-
DDV: C-
Naz: D+
Naw: A
Ingles: C

I dont know what Ingles got a C for. That airball on a wide open three kind of set him at F. Otherwise I agree.

Is F- a thing?!? Conley, -22 in 20 minutes. He was bad, and it really bore out in the numbers.

Ant's grade should always be incomplete until it's determined what local chick he bagged after the game. It's becoming harder to be a fan of the player while not respecting the person.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:50 pm Ant's grade should always be incomplete until it's determined what local chick he bagged after the game. It's becoming harder to be a fan of the player while not respecting the person.

Jeeze Cool its only 4 this year.

60WinTim wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:49 pm Is F- a thing?!? Conley, -22 in 20 minutes. He was bad, and it really bore out in the numbers.

I have never seen Mike play like that.

thedoper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:51 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:50 pm Ant's grade should always be incomplete until it's determined what local chick he bagged after the game. It's becoming harder to be a fan of the player while not respecting the person.

Jeeze Cool its only 4 this year.

Is it 4 now? I thought it was 3 within the calendar year with 3 different girls. He's got Shawn Kemp in his sights. I'm joking about this because it totally worries me as a Wolves fan.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:54 pm

thedoper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:51 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:50 pm Ant's grade should always be incomplete until it's determined what local chick he bagged after the game. It's becoming harder to be a fan of the player while not respecting the person.

Jeeze Cool its only 4 this year.

Is it 4 now? I thought it was 3 within the calendar year with 3 different girls. He's got Shawn Kemp in his sights. I'm joking about this because it totally worries me as a Wolves fan.

Yeah it was easy to appreciate his bravado but its teetering on the edge of delusion lacking character. He clearly had a rough history and is resilient but Im not sure how he will handle superstardom. Im a bit concerned too.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:50 pm Ant's grade should always be incomplete until it's determined what local chick he bagged after the game. It's becoming harder to be a fan of the player while not respecting the person.

Gotta do a better job using protection. If Wilt hooked up with 20,000 women and had no kids Ant shouldn't have 4 in one year.

thedoper wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 12:05 am

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:54 pm

thedoper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:51 pm

Jeeze Cool its only 4 this year.

Is it 4 now? I thought it was 3 within the calendar year with 3 different girls. He's got Shawn Kemp in his sights. I'm joking about this because it totally worries me as a Wolves fan.

Yeah it was easy to appreciate his bravado but its teetering on the edge of delusion lacking character. He clearly had a rough history and is resilient but Im not sure how he will handle superstardom. Im a bit concerned too.

I thought I might be alone on this island, so I'm happy to have some company on the "concerned about Ant" train. Well, not entirely happy. Is Ant a remarkably talented basketball player? Of course...he deserves most of the national accolades he is getting. But it's his character that concerns me. I listened to Brit Robson raving about Ant's character on Dane Moore's recent pod, and I said out loud "What???". Not only the continuing dalliances with various women, there are also the occasional unfortunate tweets that he has to walk back. But his endearing childlike personality seems to save him over and over again. Not with me...I have real concerns that someone like Ant has the type of character to lead a team to a championship.

The word I used last year when I expressed my concerns was "gravitas". The great ones have it, and Ant doesn't. At least not yet. I found myself contrasting Ant's on-court behavior last night with two HOFers on the court with him...Davis and LeBron. They are all business out there and focused on one thing...winning. (Well, other than LeBron's need to get his son on the court with him for a couple minutes, but I'm not going to rip a dedicated dad). In contrast, Ant seems more concerned with his fame and rubbing shoulders with great ones than playing winning basketball. Did you see him taking every opportunity to chat during the game with his Olympic teammates? My favorite moment was when Davis got in his face. It was almost like Brow was saying "Hey, we were teammates and buddies last summer, but we are mortal enemies right now". That's the attitude I want from Ant. But my fear is he is much more into the NBA lifestyle...banging chicks and hobnobbing with true superstars...than reaching his enormous potential.

And how does Ant seem to think he is going to get to same level as a James and a Davis? Seemingly by playing lax defense and being a complete ball hog on offense. and whining to the refs every time he didn't get a foul call. Where was the beautiful ball movement and sharing we saw in preseason? Instead we saw Ant using up 3/4 of the shot clock dribbling while his teammates stood around. There was a bright spot late in the 4th quarter when Ant started out 3 consecutive possessions by ball stopping with me yelling at the screen, but then drawing the double team and finding an open man. But Reddick (who I think may end up being a very good coach) reacted by telling his guys not to double team.

Every year this board has a whipping boy. Barrea, Nowell, DLo...just three of the suspects. But it's a lot more serious when the whipping boy is the guy who should be by far our most valuable player. Fortunately this team has several veterans with gravitas...Conley, Randle, Gobert, even Ingles. Whether they get in Ant's face and teach him how to be a winner, and whether he chooses to listen to them, might be the key to this team's ceiling this year.

What's it gonna be, Ant?