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They seem to be coming up with just enough support for Ant to win these games against mediocre opponents, though it's rarely Randle anymore. Credit to the Clips for playing "playoff" defense. Credit to the wolves for grinding out another road win at the right time of the year. Ant's hero ball...

I don’t entirely agree. Portland has always been a tough road win. I’m happy to take the W and get out of there. This team is so damn confounding. They almost revel in FAFO losses against inferior or depleted teams at home and then grind out mentally tough wins on the road.

I’m getting really tired of seeing Randle not get back on defense.

Luka could always shoot and he always hustled. The reason he was (and is) borderline unplayable unless someone is hurt is that he is molasses. He gets killed on defense. In terms of Finch not developing young players, who has left during his tenure and made him look bad? (NAW doesn't count...

My bad for not recognizing your typo. That's why nobody should pay me to be anywhere near their lawn. :)

Yup. I don't trust those guys. You do. You think Finch is a lousy coach. I disagree. Neither one of us is going to change those situations. You didn't attach a timeline to the claim that there are no bankruptcies in prof sports. The three I cited were in the last 17 years. There's liquid...

I don't know the details of Trump and the Bills but what you are saying doesn't surprise me. I consulted GoogleAI and the recent sports bankruptcies include Tom Hicks (Texas Rangers), Frank McCourt (Dodgers) and the guy who owned the Phoenix Coyotes. Professional franchises are so expensive to...

My mistake on Johnny K. It was Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think these guys are going to pay Finch for about two and a third seasons not to coach. They laid off 10% of the employees on the business side last summer and they raised season ticket prices with...

It appears that Finch has lost the locker room. However, I don't think he's going to get fired at this point because I think he has a lot of term left on his extension and these new owners are very cost conscious. (Connelly had to do a lot of cap maneuvering to get the ok to bring in Ayo...

Yes, Jokic was a brilliant (damn lucky!) draft move. As a wolves draft magician, Connelly would get booed off the stage. None of his draftees have secured a steady spot in the rotation. Kwesi got fired for his drafts but he runs rings around Connelly. Our POBO has given away more draft picks...

The trade is a smart move. It shores up the team this year. It puts the wolves in a position to sign Ayo if they like him and it enables roster flexibility for bigger trades this summer.

In addition to the budgetary constraints, I think they thought they were going to get more out of Conley and I've read there was tension between NAW and DDV over playing time.

Which of the following options would you choose: 1. Give up 2-3 rotation players plus Berenger plus draft capital for Giannis; 2. Randle, Dilly and salary filler for Ja; or 3. Do nothing except for the elimination of the 12 minutes a night going to Conley.

Hate to say it but not having Conley available for his usual twelve or so minutes was the difference between defeat and victory.

You can "sit them down" with college players, though you can't really do that anymore in the age of player free agency. The NBA is a players' league. Coaches lead by persuasion, respect and relationships. Most of the enforcement is done by veteran players. Hard asses get fired or, in the case...

Let's not forget that that these guys are under capitalized. (No actual evidence that Bloomberg and/or the Google guy are involved.)

I'd love to get Garland.

As I've said, I really hope the wolves don't trade for Giannis if they have to give up Jaden. The two best upgrades the wolves can make at the deadline would be to pull Conley from the rotation and give those minute back to DDV. His 3 pt shot was the last thing to go and it's gone. Secondly...

Giannis is old, expensive and half broken down. Plus he comes with his value less bro. Obviously, they aren't giving up Ant. I really hope they also don't give up Jaden or Berenger.