All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves In-Season Thread

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GopherWeatherGuy said:
Here's Dillingham next to a 6'4" 225 lb Ant with Conley behind him last night. Yeah I'd say he's at least 6'3"175.




That's a lot of teams in the NBA and Ant has done it more this year than ever. He's shooting 3 more 3's this year and 1.3 fewer FT's than last year. And I never remember players being on the floor in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. Totally a new phenomenon.



So your odds of injury increase when you get older, what a surprise. You still build when your players are at their peak in their mid to upper 20s.

According to you this team is Ant in his prime and a bunch of players past their prime. And you think they should have kept another player past his prime to win now. By next year this whole team will be past their primes including Ant. And you think that makes sense. Laughable.
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So you are comparing size from about row 25 in the corner. Too funny. Rudy might be smaller than Ant and Rob from that vantage. (Before you shitpost, I'm joking about Rudy being smaller than Ant and Rob.) Keep working on it. From better seats Rob is tiny compared to the other players on the floor. Once he gains some muscle and learns defense, he'll consistently contribute.

Ant is second in the league in minutes in the last 2.5 seasons. That doesn't bode well for his future availability. He might still be a very good player for the next few years but the data indicates that we won't see him as much. As to how a championship team gets built around Ant, it's going to be tougher without the draft picks, Rudy on the downside and no compatible second star. (Maybe it's Naz, but at this point he's still complimentary.)

Ant's FT shooting might be due to increased three's and it might be due to increased whining. He does everything possible, in terms of his behavior, not to get calls. He's ahead of last year's pace in T's. He goes to the line a lot, but not nearly as much as the contact he generates.
 
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Holy crap. Turnover city these last 2 minutes of the half.
Think Minott lasted one play and Finch seen enough.
Clark looks very willing defensively.
Dillingham looked good offensively.
Edwards with 5 turnovers.
Julius using those elbows and shoulders to bully his way in the lane.
Booker looks really good offensively as he always seems to against Minnesota.
 
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Good win against a hot team on the road. Finch gets ejected, Wolves ramp up the defense. Suns with no answer for Julius as he worked over O'Neale.
Bad blood between Jaden and Booker.
 


Great to see Clark play and play well.
I wish Ant and McDaniels could just close out a game without the antics.
 


The bench
With Reid out Alexander-Walker really stepped up with 23 points off the bench. Been about a year since he's scored this many points in a game.
Dillingham with 8 points in 15 minutes. Hit a couple of free throws also. One bad turnover on a pass that never should have been attempted.
Garza with 4 minutes and 3 points. Not the most athletic, but does put forth the effort.
Clark got 10 minutes and 2 points. Displayed some nice defense. Had to check Booker at times, which has to be a difficult task. Maybe earned himself a few minutes here and there.
Minott lasted, literally, 12 seconds before he got yanked. Started the 2nd quarter and ended up trying to check Beal. He must have assumed Beal is going to head around the perimeter and get the ball from Booker. Takes his eyes off Beal and it ends up a dunk for his man. Conley replaces Minott.
(Nothing to do with the bench, but glad I'm not the only one that thinks Randle looks like Idris Elba.)
 

Last night might have been the second most complete game they played (after pummeling Denver). I'm not usually a complain about the officials guy, but good gravy was that an awful display by the fellas in the Emirates blouses.
They play the worst team in the West tonight and the worst team in the East on Saturday. Maybe don't play down to their levels.
 





ahhhhh, before Jaden poked at Booker with his finger, Booker had used his hand like a gun and pretended to shoot at Jaden. That is what happened.
Edit: Actually, it seems Jaden did it first.
Oh well, I tried Jaden.
 

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Jaden gets a lot of minutes on the big scorers.
 

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fan of Ray Williams said:
The bench
With Reid out Alexander-Walker really stepped up with 23 points off the bench. Been about a year since he's scored this many points in a game.
Dillingham with 8 points in 15 minutes. Hit a couple of free throws also. One bad turnover on a pass that never should have been attempted.
Garza with 4 minutes and 3 points. Not the most athletic, but does put forth the effort.
Clark got 10 minutes and 2 points. Displayed some nice defense. Had to check Booker at times, which has to be a difficult task. Maybe earned himself a few minutes here and there.
Minott lasted, literally, 12 seconds before he got yanked. Started the 2nd quarter and ended up trying to check Beal. He must have assumed Beal is going to head around the perimeter and get the ball from Booker. Takes his eyes off Beal and it ends up a dunk for his man. Conley replaces Minott.
(Nothing to do with the bench, but glad I'm not the only one that thinks Randle looks like Idris Elba.)
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So Spacing and Paragraphs were also unavailable?
 

jamiche said:
So you are comparing size from about row 25 in the corner. Too funny. Rudy might be smaller than Ant and Rob from that vantage. (Before you shitpost,
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So he’ll never post again?

jamiche said:
Ant is second in the league in minutes in the last 2.5 seasons. That doesn't bode well for his future availability. He might still be a very good player for the next few years but the data indicates that we won't see him as much. As to how a championship team gets built around Ant, it's going to be tougher without the draft picks, Rudy on the downside and no compatible second star. (Maybe it's Naz, but at this point he's still complimentary.)

Ant's FT shooting might be due to increased three's and it might be due to increased whining. He does everything possible, in terms of his behavior, not to get calls. He's ahead of last year's pace in T's. He goes to the line a lot, but not nearly as much as the contact he generates.
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Interesting turn here for Jaylen Clark the last couple days. Wolves are running out the clock on a blowout and Clark is on the bench with Ant, Naz, Rudy, etc. Interesting to see if he's going to stay in the rotation.
 



Utah sure looks great after getting Walker Kessler and all of those players and picks from us for Gobert. What a horrible trade!
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Word! Could have swore I did it properly. When I posted and looked at it, was a big mess. (Watch your own bobber.)
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All kidding aside, I enjoy your in-depth posts and analysis 😃, especially as I only see the nationally broadcast games that aren’t in the West Coast- too late for me 🤷‍♂️
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Mike Conley questionable tonight. (How’s that for spacing?)
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GopherWeatherGuy said:
Utah sure looks great after getting Walker Kessler and all of those players and picks from us for Gobert. What a horrible trade!
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I also remember how in the trade for Towns, many wanted Markannen. He looked brutal last night. He's probably good in other games, but he did nothing last night.

Same thing with Tyus Jones the other night. We should get Jones was the cry of many.
 

Still havent seen any report on Randle other than he is out for tomorrow . . .
 

Good news 😀:
Wolves have 2nd easiest remaining schedule of Western conference teams. (Houston has easiest).

Bad news 😞:
However Wolves have 2nd toughest February schedule of Western conference teams. (Memphis has toughest February schedule).
 


Dillingham leads all Rookies in 3-point FG%. Small sample size but his overall stats blow Shepherd's out of the water.
 


Watching the Suns at Warriors game and the announcers said there are 2 players in the NBA with no trade contracts. In other words they decide if they will agree to a trade. James and..........Bradley Beal. Beal missed 29 games last year and 13 so far this year.
 

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