2026 First Round Playoffs Thread: Minnesota vs Denver

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Braun needs to come back to earth.

Someone make Murray pay please. Nothing dirty. Just a hard foul. Maybe a little more than a hard foul actually.
 

tikited said:
Braun needs to come back to earth.

Someone make Murray pay please. Nothing dirty. Just a hard foul. Maybe a little more than a hard foul actually.
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Joy of the nba now is even a hard foul is an auto flagrant and they can have a 4-5 point swing
 


tikited said:
Braun needs to come back to earth.

Someone make Murray pay please. Nothing dirty. Just a hard foul. Maybe a little more than a hard foul actually.
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Just be glad Murray was on one leg two years ago or this would be Denver taking us to the woodshed three straight times.
 
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From the Parkinglot said:
I also think the wolves are very weak mentally. It’s a tough product to watch cause you basically reward falling down.
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They are dumb as schit. Ant was bombing shots that were forced. McDaniels shoves Jokic in the back for a technical. Down 6, Randle wants to push and go after Gordon. They do so many dumb things. That behind the back pass by Rudy when we are making a push.

We are indeed mentally weak.
 

The fact that they completely crumbled after a fantastic first quarter is disappointing, but very much in character.
 







Timberwolves 14-19 from the line
Murray 16-16
Nuggets 30-33 only 2FTs trying to extend the game

Outscored from the line by 16 in an 11 point loss
 


Julius has to go. You can't have two guys who hold the ball and expect to win.

I don't think Ant is going to make it through the series. He's obviously still injured. I said before the season that Ant would miss games this year due to the cumulative effect of overuse. The wolves did the same thing to Ant that they did to KAT the first five or so years of his career. KAT played virtually every game. In year five (or six-don't remember) he started to break down.

They played dumb yesterday.
 


jamiche said:
Julius has to go. You can't have two guys who hold the ball and expect to win.

I don't think Ant is going to make it through the series. He's obviously still injured. I said before the season that Ant would miss games this year due to the cumulative effect of overuse. The wolves did the same thing to Ant that they did to KAT the first five or so years of his career. KAT played virtually every game. In year five (or six-don't remember) he started to break down.

They played dumb yesterday.
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GWG will disagree but one of the reasons most of us were desperate for this team to add a true PG, primary ball handler and distributor was to close up two (2) black holes on offense in Ant and Randle.

We've also witnessed Ant's health get affected through over usage and his defense suffered immensely this season. HOU would be a completely different team this year with a healthy FVV.

As for Randle, his perceived trade value is plummeting but he's got to go.
 

Asking? Is Ant a good defender? You see it in spurts… I see him get beat on back cuts and not rebound… I see him lock people up for stretches when he gets pissed or is hyper focused.. I have also seen him get abused by Kyrie and he had no chance trying to guard Luka… I go back and forth.. today I think he is overrated defensively but tomorrow that could change 😂😂😂
 

Roland Brooks said:
Asking? Is Ant a good defender? You see it in spurts… I see him get beat on back cuts and not rebound… I see him lock people up for stretches when he gets pissed or is hyper focused.. I have also seen him get abused by Kyrie and he had no chance trying to guard Luka… I go back and forth.. today I think he is overrated defensively but tomorrow that could change 😂😂😂
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Ant suffers time to time from what Randle suffers from 99% of the time. Absentee Defense Syndrome. There is a cure, but the player has to want to get better.
 

Roland Brooks said:
Asking? Is Ant a good defender? You see it in spurts… I see him get beat on back cuts and not rebound… I see him lock people up for stretches when he gets pissed or is hyper focused.. I have also seen him get abused by Kyrie and he had no chance trying to guard Luka… I go back and forth.. today I think he is overrated defensively but tomorrow that could change 😂😂😂
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His off ball defense and help off screens is absolutely pathetic! With his athleticism, it's pure laziness.

The new coach is going to need to hold him accountable for this.
 

kg21 said:
They are dumb as schit. Ant was bombing shots that were forced. McDaniels shoves Jokic in the back for a technical. Down 6, Randle wants to push and go after Gordon. They do so many dumb things. That behind the back pass by Rudy when we are making a push.

We are indeed mentally weak.
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November habits show up in April. The offensive rebound they gave up with 2 minutes to play down 5 was just lazy basketball. That’s movement habits. I seriously think they need to blow it up. I’m talking Reed, Randel, Gobert. Just seems like the old Wild teams where everyone is too comfortable.
 

Roland Brooks said:
Asking? Is Ant a good defender? You see it in spurts… I see him get beat on back cuts and not rebound… I see him lock people up for stretches when he gets pissed or is hyper focused.. I have also seen him get abused by Kyrie and he had no chance trying to guard Luka… I go back and forth.. today I think he is overrated defensively but tomorrow that could change 😂😂😂
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Kyrie really baffled him but Kyrie does that people. Defending him is like hitting a knuckleball - he isn't that athletic but he is just awkward and his ball handling make him such a unique offensive basketball player.

As for Edwards - I think he is decent and can be good in stretches. He is one of the better perimeter defenders who is also a #1 scoring options.
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
Kyrie really baffled him but Kyrie does that people. Defending him is like hitting a knuckleball - he isn't that athletic but he is just awkward and his ball handling make him such a unique offensive basketball player.

As for Edwards - I think he is decent and can be good in stretches. He is one of the better perimeter defenders who is also a #1 scoring options.
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In the regular season, not the playoffs. I'd love to see Ant go 100% guarding the other teams best player and see how much offense he can produce.
 

JimmyJamesMD said:
In the regular season, not the playoffs. I'd love to see Ant go 100% guarding the other teams best player and see how much offense he can produce.
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Jordan - All defensive team 9 times - all first team

Pippen - All defensive team 10 times - 8 first team , 2 second team.

To mention his name with either of those two in same sentence is blasphemy. Ant’s another TMAC -ain’t no rings in his future either.
 



Ummmmmmmm

By the way, if you have to foul them on every 3 point shot, hit them hard enough so they aren't making them, too.
 

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