Mulligan! - Clippers at Wolves GDT

[60WinTim]

And it's an NBA Cup Game.

From Jonny K:

The Timberwolves are exercising the contract options for next season on TJ Shannon and Joan Beringer, a source tells @TheAthletic. No surprise there. Both have played very well early in this season and are big parts of the Wolves future.

Tomorrow was the deadline for these decisions. While those two were obviously going to be picked up, it's noteworthy that Cody Williams was not mentioned. I had always assumed his option would not be picked up.

[Q-is-here]

Thanks for starting the game thread Tim. A few random musings:

- The Cody Williams honeymoon appears to be over. First Finch has prioritized Clark at the end of the rotation over him and second the front office decided not to pick up his option.

- Last year when Ant was out the Wolves still had Randle to run things through in the halfcourt offense. Dane and Britt pointed this out on Dane's podcast. He was a guy with experience being a #1 option for multiple years on the Knicks and he was the clear #2 option for the Wolves, so it wasn't a hard adjustment for the Wolves since they could keep leaning on Randle and he was used to drawing a lot of defensive attention. Who is that guy this time around? Ball would be the most obvious candidate, as guys like Jaden, Ayo, and Kuminga have never had extensive experience as #1 options with sustained high usage.

- It will be interesting to see how Rudy bounces back from two very rough outings offensively. Will they try to get him touches early to build his confidence (and stroke what's probably a hurt ego)? Or does he cough up the ball again and start losing the confidence of LaMelo, who in turns starts freezing him out. DLO, Ant, and Randle all froze out Rudy to varying degrees over the years. Mike Conley and SloMo have really been the only two guys that were able AND willing to get Rudy the ball. Jaden might be a close 3rd.

[Phenom]

Black jersey debut. I say it's a must win.

[60WinTim]

It sure would be nice to have a dominant, double-digit win tonight, sort of like we saw in the first 3 games.

[DNatagal]

What is going on with Rudy?

[Phenom]

Yikes Rudy

[60WinTim]

Jaden hasn’t been very good lately, either.

[Phenom]

Jaden hasn’t been very good lately, either.

Call out Rudy next

[60WinTim]

Jaden hasn’t been very good lately, either.

Call out Rudy next

And I wish I called out Ball in my original post! Lol

[DNatagal]

Rudy should never,ever think about shooting the ball unless it is a lob or tip. He does not understand angles or have any feel around the rim. Just looks clueless as to how to score the ball.