All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves In-Season Thread

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Breakin' The Plane said:
Dillingham looked great, giving the team a spark it badly needed, leading them back from 18 down.
And the Finch sits him for the first 4 minutes of OT as the Wolves drop another one.
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Finch fu-----g sucks balls.

On the other hand, in the last 10 minutes of the game and overtime.......0 for 10 from three, horrific shooting.

And I just can't take McDaniels anymore.

To top it off, you have Brooks running his mouth, and Sengiun making the too short symbol with Rudy.

Oops, sorry, I'm being negative.
 


Finch is terrified of benching Randle and trading him won't return a bag of peanuts.

The KAT trade will haunt this team all season and beyond. We acquired neither positional flexibility nor cap space in the deal, but we did manage to obtain dysfunctional team chemistry and rotations.

Very excited to see Dilly continue to grow his game but this team looks like they'll be sending a Lottery pick to UTA.
 

This is a dumb team. Watch from when we took a five point lead. Nothing but dumb from that moment on. Just unbelievable decision making.

I actually can't stand watching Donte play. He does nothing well. Can't shoot and is careless.

McDaniels should never shoot with less than five mintutes left of any game.
 


There is also a body language issue with this team, you never see them acknowledging a good play from a teammate, in all kinds of ways.
 

Dilly was +26 last night (closest on the team was Naz at +6) and led the Wolves' comeback.

We apparently didn't need him in OT.
 

Slim Tubby said:
Dilly was +26 last night (closest on the team was Naz at +6) and led the Wolves' comeback.

We apparently didn't need him in OT.
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I completely understood pulling him for NAW before the last Rockets possession in regulation. Not going back to him at all until the OT had fallen apart completely was inexcusable.
 

this ain't pretty. if the Wolves don't figure things out, I could see this team missing the playoffs - or winding up in the play-in tournament.

and all of the good mojo from last year's playoff run is right out the window.

apparently the Wolves are trying to emulate the Twins' approach to public relations.
 






From the Parkinglot said:
Motivation.
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Never mind. Hahahaha what an absolute shit show. 31 / 38 / 12 / 34 points given up in quarters tonight. I hope Ant talks about needing to get their “edge” back. Have not heard that for like the last 4 years when blowing games. No team has ever felt more entitled to things by having down less than the Timberwolves franchise.
 



Well, last year was fun for the first time in 20 years.
Maybe we'll get another one of those in 2044, if I live that long.
 

From the Parkinglot said:
Never mind. Hahahaha what an absolute shit show. 31 / 38 / 12 / 34 points given up in quarters tonight. I hope Ant talks about needing to get their “edge” back. Have not heard that for like the last 4 years when blowing games. No team has ever felt more entitled to things by having down less than the Timberwolves franchise.
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So he’s not the next Jordan🤯?
 

From the Parkinglot said:
Never mind. Hahahaha what an absolute shit show. 31 / 38 / 12 / 34 points given up in quarters tonight. I hope Ant talks about needing to get their “edge” back. Have not heard that for like the last 4 years when blowing games. No team has ever felt more entitled to things by having down less than the Timberwolves franchise.
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Ant's a huge part of the problem.

His defense has been ass this year.

Every single time the wolves get on a roll and are scoring, he holds the ball and throws up some schit shots.

Last night against Houston, the wolves are taking over, the crowd is going crazy, and he does some wild shots after holding the ball. It was the same damn thing tonight.

Ant has regressed this year. McDaniels has massively regressed. Conley has regressed. Rudy has regressed.

Randle can be ripped until the cows come home, but our guys have all regressed.

Great times!
 

kg21 said:
Ant's a huge part of the problem.

His defense has been ass this year.

Every single time the wolves get on a roll and are scoring, he holds the ball and throws up some schit shots.

Last night against Houston, the wolves are taking over, the crowd is going crazy, and he does some wild shots after holding the ball. It was the same damn thing tonight.

Ant has regressed this year. McDaniels has massively regressed. Conley has regressed. Rudy has regressed.

Randle can be ripped until the cows come home, but our guys have all regressed.

Great times!
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Yup. The outside reaction is the KAT trade was a massive mistake. Record is pretty much the same whether he's dealt or not.
 

So many dumb players. McDaniels can't buy a basket, so what does he do as the team blowing the game...he misses another three and a layup. He won't ever learn.

Conley looks like a 3rd stringer.

Randle and Naz can't rebound or play defense.

Donte's number perfectly represents his game. Zero. He offers zero positives.

Fox is the superior player in the 4th compared to Ant. Ant's not ready to take over games.
 

One positive is that I won ten dollars. As soon as we went up by 12 in the 4th, I made the bet that we'd lose.
 

This team is beyond broken. There's so much wrong with it. Don't think I need to even mention which guys specifically suck, its a no brainer. Randle isnt a fit.

Finch had negligent coaching last night sitting Dillingham.

The biggest issue tho, as much as I love him and as good as he is. Ant is a alpha in personality but he isn't an Alpha killer as a player. He just isn't.

I legit don't know if he's capable of even making 2 big shots in the final 4 minutes of a close game, ever.

He even had some quote in starting 5 after the Mavs where he was saying he ain't worried about the loss cause he's still young. He's not wrong. But thats exactly why he's not a leader yet. Not mature enough, has been through enough and hasn't developed that Killer mentality.
 



I don’t get Shannon Jr just not playing ever. The guys 24 years old and is actually a NBA body unlike Dillingham. If you are not gonna play Shannon just send him back to Iowa.
 

The Wolves problem is they haven't worn the throwback white unis that we saw repeatedly last year.

White jerseys = edge back.
 


GopherWeatherGuy said:
The Wolves problem is they haven't worn the throwback white unis that we saw repeatedly last year.

White jerseys = edge back.
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They're apparently not using those any longer. The Wolves schedule on NBA.com shows what jersey they're wearing for each game. They got rid of the throwback.
 



Fun first half😃

Good D, hustle/effort - one more half like this pleases. DD with a nice stroke as well 😎
 


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