I choose to put faith in him until I'm proven otherwise. I think part of CBJ's issue was he didn’t have an offensive system, so he couldn’t really go after players that fit it, and players didnt want to play here because they couldnt really predict wtf they were gonna be asked to do. Medved has a system and a player type he likes.
8 spot for us. Probably about 10-15 minutes per game for us. His minutes jumped up towards the end of the season. We need a couple big bodies eventually and I think he will be one.
Who's a better player?
At the end of the day it doesn't matter. Payne is following Buzz so why should we care. I get the arguments both ways. Payne is a better player, he is physical, can get some tough buckets and is a good defender (if he doesn't get into foul trouble).
This is where I am at as well, but I know that is tough for some people.
I agree with you and I don't necessarily think Payne fits Niko's past teams.
I am a lot less worried about that this year. Revenue sharing helps bridge the gap a lot for us. Medved will also help raise the NIL floor that we have had the last couple years. Lets find players that fit the system and get more depth.
Exactly!
In your eyes, Payne would be the better player. In the eyes of others Payne would not be the better player. In the end though who really cares, one is coming to the Gopher while one is not.
sounds like a ball hog, I don't know
The quibble I have with this is that even though MN may be less flush with resources than others in the league, I don't think that means you can't compete on the court (and the reverse is true, too - Indiana this year is a great example). Does it make it harder? Yep. But that's why you hire a guy who has proven he can mold a team into more than the sum of its parts. These kinds of teams have a lower ceiling than the big spenders, but those teams don't always come close to their ceiling either.
I almost forgot Tonje developed under Medved. For schnitz and giggle I looked up his transfer ranking from on3 last year and here’s what I got.
Ryan James is the single reason to join GI.
You would think by now people would have figured the part in bold out but there are still way too many people out there that look at these rankings and treat them like they are always correct.
Low defensive potential. I don't know if that will fly with the fans of Minnesota.
Heide seems like a solid pickup if we can get him and not just because of the one of us angle.
Just like when we got Hawkins.
These sites have really have figured out the key to success. Have absolutely no requirement to be right about anything they post.... and still make money for it. It's wild.
Wisconsin let him be the guy, worked for them
