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I'm here to remind that Karl's 19 points on 9 shots were a big reason for the medium sized lead before Ant did all of the Ant stuff.
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I think A-Rod just said he wants to protect Wolves fans from Glen Taylor. And honestly that’s all we’ve ever wanted.
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This chant made its way onto 1st Ave postgame too. Most alive I’ve felt in 2 years.
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As the all time leader in Timberwolves Injury Report Conspiracy Theories, I can’t help but wonder if this is just Finch refusing to put the Conley Training Wheels back on until the others show they’re ready to behave like big kids.
Mike Conley, now questionable with an illness, was not at shootaround today in Washington.
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Conley intentionally missing the go-up-4 free throw to challenge Ant and Jaden to stop Kyrie & Luka was some next-level veteran leadership.
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idea: trade jimmy to the warriors to see if he can’t just ruin that locker room for the good of the league
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Ben Simmons in a Timberwolves uni, passing up a dunk in the 2nd Round of the playoffs, would automatically mean (at worst) it’s the franchise’s 2nd best season in 33 years of existence.
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Be grateful for Jaden. His shot left him at times this year and his value doesn't always pop in the 82-game slog, but man do we want what he brings in a dogfight like this.
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win another championship
What will the Warriors do if Patrick McCaw doesn't show up to camp?
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Finch has done a lot of good things as Wolves coach. I think the best has been his coaching of NAW. That’s a player who had some talent but it wasn’t working out in the league, and Finch pretty quickly injected supreme confidence in him - NAW’s become an essential rotation player
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it’s a 5-million-way tie between the entire population of Minnesota
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This has gotta be on everybody’s short list for favorite regular season Wolves wins.
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Karl-Anthony Towns is on pace to become the first NBA player in history to average 36.5 points and win all 82 games.
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Okay I’m sold on Greg Monroe as being someone who should play in our every night rotation is there a petition or go fund me or what do I do now
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Once we move on from the Rose story, we can talk about what KAT looked like as a high ball screener, facing the best defensive big man in the league. 28 points (9 three attempts!), 16 boards, 4 assists, +10. That’s a sustainable type of MVP performance.
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Okay Wolves fans, you're going to cheer for Thibs tonight, and you're going to like it.
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“We have the ability to beat anybody and lose to anybody, and that’s pretty scary as a coach.” —Finch
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For anyone new to the Trade Towns and/or Fire Finch Party,
Welcome.
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Finally ready to say this publicly:
I think Andrew Wiggins has become a legit good NBA defender.
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Whatever happens, remember Ricky as a standup guy who was the only ray of hope for a while for our team. Selfless, & a winner & entertainer.
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Karl’s now the best shooting big ever.
Who’s the best post-up guard ever?
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Like, if you watched this game somewhat closely you know there's not A CHANCE the Cavs win it without Foster's crew.
It's just wild to see this happen. I know not that many people watch a random Wolves-Cavs game, and the media can't really poke into it meaningfully.
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Trade D’Lo to take this team from 35 wins to 45. Trade KAT to go from 45 to 55.
#HoopIdeas
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Last year D’Angelo Russell’s defensive rating was 116.8; unconscionably bad and the worst on a really bad defensive team.
This year?
96.8, unbelievably good and a hair behind Okogie for best on the league’s 7th-best defensive team.
I’d say “Make it make sense” but you can’t.
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Kyle Gibson, Kirk Cousins, and Jeff Teague walk into a bar.
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Initial string of thoughts:
1) Thibs put all his chips in on Jimmy;
2) Jimmy has to go;
3) Thibs effectively now has to go;
4) Thibs is in charge of trading Jimmy.
Is that Glen Taylor’s music I hear?
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your daily Bill Simmons Wolves hype (on Jaden, specifically):
“I’ve never seen anybody guard Tatum like that.”
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Don’t temper your Garza enthusiasm.
This one’s real - a Draymond/Brunson situation where elite NCAA performance was held against him for multiple seasons & athletic upside reasons, and it turns out it just works in the NBA too.
He’s really good and will stay really good.
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Jeff Teague to the Spurs for cap fillers, a 2nd round pick, and 2 weeks of RC Buford to negotiate the Butler trade in the long-term interests of the Wolves franchise.
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That missed dunk makes passing on Curry the right draft decision.
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“Minnesota is really good. I’m signing that in pen.”
Simmons ranks the Wolves 5th in his latest power poll.
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Show us a Sports Illustrated cover that you will remember forever.
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Sorry if this offends but the KAT Extension news puts the Wolves in better position than most other NBA franchises. Fucking that up was always the main concern amid Jimmy & Thibs side issues. Go enjoy yourselves tonight, Wolves fans.
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“That team has taken on Edwards’s personality.
Edwards is serious.
Edwards is dead serious.”
—Doc on the Wolves
New BS Podcast!
—Good stuff from Doc Rivers on NBA early season surprises (Houston, Minny, Philly, a desperate Clips team and more) plus why coaches like the In-Season Tournament.
—
@MattBelloni
on Netflix’s monster 2023. Are the streaming wars over?
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the Walker Art Center should do an Ant Dunks exhibit
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Can Elon Musk please delete anything nice I ever said on here about PatBev
“He will get out of Minnesota… with that personality he can change the world with basketball”
Pat Bev on Anthony Edwards future with the TWolves.
(via
@GilsArenaShow
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Anthony Edwards looked like a number one pick tonight. Some obvious defensive blunders, but that’s being a rookie. His potential is huge.
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Seriously though, Glen needs to trade Jimmy for best deal that’s been offered that won’t harm their cap, fire Thibs this afternoon, and get a coach that is 💯percent on the side of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. If Jeff Teague is Jimmy’s BFF all of a sudden he can go too.
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I.
Uh.
I, uh.
I just looked at the Wolves schedule after the break for the first time.
Uh.
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NBA reffing SUUUUUUUUUCKS.
Aggressive plays are not rewarded. Falling over is.
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Wolves have gotta find a point guard. Nothing special, just a point guard.
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After 9 minutes of prison rules, Jaden called for ... phantom call.
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Respectfully request during this difficult time that only those who had his back in MN wish Wiggins well in GSW.
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yeah but the Gobert trade ruined everything. If you remember Wade's career, his franchise was patient and did not make any sort of aggressive moves before "it was time," and in particular they didn't seek out any huge centers whose age might put them on a different timeline
Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra was asked which USA player reminds him of Dwayne Wade. “Chuckles, we know who that is, Anthony Edwards.”
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So, Rudy’s gonna win Defensive Player of the Year in a landslide and not be an All-Star.
(Apologies if this is old news - just sinking in for me.)
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This Wolves team just doesn’t play offense. Sometimes Ant gets hot on his own. Sometimes D’Lo gets hot on his own. Sometimes KAT gets hot on his own. Sometimes Okogie gets hot on his own - just kidding.
There isn’t any team offense.
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Ant substantially contributed to the humiliating All-Star Weekend which prompted Adam Silver to turn off easy scoring. Which made the Wolves the ‘85 Bears of basketball.
Ergo, I think Ant might be MVP for real?
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One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen was when Vando was stalking Jimmy during dead ball situations, in his personal space.
Did we actually get Dennis Rodman 2.0?
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Rudy’s been in his bag on offense tonight.
His bag is full of shit, but he’s been in it.
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You’re enjoying this now.
Now think back to the stupid interview with Rachel Nichols.
Enjoy it even more.
Take what you can get.
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Defensive ratings before and after The Trade:
Wolves with Jimmy, through 11/9 final gm: 114.3, 28th in NBA
76ers with RoCo, through 11/9 final gm: 106.3, 10th in NBA
Wolves with RoCo, 11/14 to present: 100.2, 4th in NBA
76ers with Jimmy, 11/14 to present: 111.3, 22nd in NBA
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The joke is on the Clippers because fouling Rudy means the Wolves cannot turn the ball over.
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Suggs would only make sense for the Timberwolves if you think their long-term core could use some offensive floor leadership and a big boost in defensive ability and intensity.
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If D’Lo keeps shooting like this you’re gonna see the scariest 9-figure contact since Wig looked Glen in the eye.
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I’m gonna say this in lower caps because this has been a fun game.
Jaylen Nowell should not be playing.
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This is like if the Wolves were breaking three-point shooting records.
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It’s just CRAZY how differently these playoff games are officiated. They just don’t call the gimmick stuff. So why do they call it all year before the playoffs?
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If we assume the KAT injury happens the same way, the Wolves would not be a playoff/play-in team but for the Rudy trade.
So one year in, it’s paying off tangibly.
Update your takes.
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Finally got done with game on tape delay.
Fun first half for Karl, hopefully he enjoyed it.
The absolute stat chasing in the 2nd Half cost his team the game - the ball hogging even got contagious after a while.
Not a winning player.
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Obligated by law to remind that the Wolves passed on Paul George and Kawhi Leonard in consecutive drafts when wing was their position of need.
Okay, now go and enjoy your Saturday.
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I saw Wally Szczerbiak listed as a de facto Top 4 player of my favorite team’s history and spent the $15 on cheap booze instead.
You’ve got $15 to work with. Create your dream all-time
@Timberwolves
team!
Who’s your starting five?
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On a scale of 1 to a billion how tired of watching Jimmy dribble the air out of the ball are you
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Sam Cassell’s big balls dance hip injury vs K-Love’s knuckle push ups vs Jaden’s foul trouble punch.
This must be like Yankees fans arguing Ruth vs Mantle vs DiMaggio.
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cool: Wolves fans poking fun at the Wolves.
uncool: other people doing it.
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Wiggins will never stop smiling and you have to love that about him.
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i wonder if Cade will fall to the Timberwolves at 61.
Detroit’s internal meetings are still revolving around three players for the No. 1 pick on Thursday night — Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green and Evan Mobley, sources tell ESPN. Detroit isn’t fully there yet on committing to Cunningham with their first overall choice.
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Josh Okogie has the best offensive rating on the team.
D’Angelo Russell has the second-best defensive rating on the team.
The Wolves rating stats are very confused right now.
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Look, if the Wolves think they can distract everyone from the last few days of chaos with some cute videos of Ant and his puppy Ant Junior, well….
…okay, that actually might work.
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I hope Finch survives whatever this is? I think we all like him right now?
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He’s all growns up
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Gorgui is the Timberwolves all-time leader in pride, in the best sense of the word. Hope he comes back to visit once in a while.
Gorgui Dieng has officially retired
(Via San Antonio Express-News)
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If you watch Rudy play, you assume he costs like 10 to 15 first rounders to acquire in a trade.
And yet Connelly only had to pay 5 of them.
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Did the refs give this game to the Lakers?
No. The Wolves could’ve won after the extended sequence that corruptly put Towns on the bench and the Lakers in the early bonus.
The refs gave the Lakers a chance when it seemed they might not have one.
If you don’t see this, ur dumb
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We all sort of knew in our hearts and minds that if the Wolves won the in-season tournament, they wouldn’t then go on to win the real title. And people would make jokes about the in-season tournament banner, etc.
This is working out better, believe me.
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Ryan’s gotta enable Jarrett Culver immediately.
Way more upside relative to Okogie and he’s showing real promise.
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One of my favorite parts of the game was when KAT sat in the 3rd and the Kyle/Rudy frontcourt dragged the Wolves back into a game they were gonna otherwise lose by 20.
Different perspectives.
This Nets-Wolves game is a prime example of how horrible this Gobert trade has been. Nets going small, Gobert can't make them pay all while allowing the Nets to get open 3s on the other end.
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Those were not voices, Jamal. They were whistles.
"Once they started talking, it woke us up." - Jamal Murray
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The refs technically swung the game because it never hits OT without those two completely nonsensical homer calls that got the Celtics late rally started.
But that's old Wolves-fan loser talk.
Fun game.
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Is there a Pat Bev podcast where he discusses his utter inability to impact a game and also the Wolves being good
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Lowe says the worst thing the Wolves can do is trade KAT for players on the Gobert age timeline.
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Rudy all but calling the NBA corrupt.
Here's Rudy Gobert commenting on the officiating not just tonight but overall as it pertains to the Timberwolves. Referred to it as "disrespectful," among other things. Full quote for context:
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Statement loss, tonight.
Panic buttons should be pressed.
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Troy Brown might be better than Taurean Prince. And I thought Prince was a good rotation player. Need a bigger sample, but that’s the thought right now.
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It’s nice to have Mike Conley’s relatively stable “constant” performance, versus the enormous variability we got from D’Lo. This team doesn’t need big ups and downs out of that position. Just try to help a little and don’t hurt too much. Let games be won or lost by the best guys.
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Ant broke the code by playing every game. No way he was gonna get rewarded for that.
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BOOM WIGGINS CLINCHES THE PLAYOFFS THAT’S FOR THE HATERS OUT THERE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
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The Wolves are 20-15 since they traded Jimmy away. Over a full season that's a 47-win pace, the same as last year's, with Jimmy.
(need to get this tweet in quickly before the two Utah games...)
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Stand by this one - if Karl had really engaged in the choking stuff, today would be a social media DISASTER. We can handle Pat Bev's podcast.
Taking this commercial break to say that I’m glad KAT wasn’t involved in the fight shenanigans. We don’t need that sort of distraction with him.
With Jaden, I mean the memes sort of speak for themselves. Not going to be an issue, or even a conversation piece.
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