All Things 2025-2026 Minnesota Timberwolves In-Season Thread

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GopherWeatherGuy said:
They only were in the final 4 the last two years, no way though...

OKC couldn't be aggressive after Finch got kicked out and then they were officiated like every other NBA team. When there's an even playing field, OKC is very beatable.
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On one night on their home on the second night of an OKC btb when they were already 24-2. The wolves don't have the talent and depth to run with those guys. Neither does anybody else.
 

jamiche said:
On one night on their home on the second night of an OKC btb when they were already 24-2. The wolves don't have the talent and depth to run with those guys. Neither does anybody else.
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That’s the biggest issue with this team in my opinion. Hopefully Hyland adds to what Naz brings off the bench. Clark and Dillingham, obviously, have very little offense and Shannon hasn’t seemed to move the needle much this year as of yet. Edwards is so freaking good and Rudy, in spite of being a lousy basketball player, has really contributed lately.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
That’s the biggest issue with this team in my opinion. Hopefully Hyland adds to what Naz brings off the bench. Clark and Dillingham, obviously, have very little offense and Shannon hasn’t seemed to move the needle much this year as of yet. Edwards is so freaking good and Rudy, in spite of being a lousy basketball player, has really contributed lately.
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Basically, a big drop off after Naz.

OKC has gone 25-3 this year with one of the highest injury rates in the league.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
That’s the biggest issue with this team in my opinion. Hopefully Hyland adds to what Naz brings off the bench. Clark and Dillingham, obviously, have very little offense and Shannon hasn’t seemed to move the needle much this year as of yet. Edwards is so freaking good and Rudy, in spite of being a lousy basketball player, has really contributed lately.
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Rudy is a lousy basketball player? That's funny.
 



He sets great screens, protects the rim, rebounds, obviously a great defender.
Edit: and stays in very good shape.
 


Watched almost all of that Celtic game yesterday and man oh man that Pritchard was good with the ball. Really hoping that Tatum can make his return in February. Gonzalez, that 19 year old from Spain, looked good also.
 

Slim Tubby said:
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Rudy is tragically underappreciated, especially when you look at his On/Off splits that rank right at the top of the NBA.

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I still consider Rudy to be the most important player on the team. Not best. Most important.
 





Giannis plays and we get run out of target center.

What a listless performance against a hapless team.

Make a trade please.
 






7 games on tap tonight, but none of the games are between two teams with winning records.
Jaylen Brown, Jokic, Curry, the OKC guard and Cunningham all in action.
Minnesota in the 5th spot now in the standings.
 





Slim Tubby said:
The normal NBA fine for this type of coaching theatrics is usually $100,000 - $150,000.

Things that make you go "hmmm".
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I checked on AI (FWIW) and the standard fine for getting tossed and failing to leave in a timely manner is $35K. The commish can bump it to $50K if he sees fit or $50K if the coach won't leave at all. It suggests that Finchy and Ademan's fines were pretty standard.

What you are implying (I think) is that the league is tacitly acknowledging OKC's favorable whistle. I think the next couple of weeks will be interesting in terms of OKC's ref treatment, especially on the road.
 

Besides the Wolves hosting the Knicks, OKC is at San Antonio, Lakers on the road to play the reeling Suns, Pistons on the second night of a back to back against Sacramento (Cunningham now sporting corn rows and a headband), also Toronto at Miami

McDaniels listed as questionable and Ingles out for personal reasons tonight.
 
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Unregistered User said:
Every time I see the name Collin Sexton, I think of Nate Mason juking him, putting him on his ass, staring him down, and draining a 3...Ice cold


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I'm always reminded of this fiasco:

Alabama played with only three players for the final 10 minutes in a famous 2017 game against Minnesota after their entire bench was ejected during a scuffle, followed by a player fouling out (Dazon Ingram) and another getting injured (John Petty Jr.), leaving stars like Collin Sexton to almost pull off a comeback, a bizarre event in college basketball history.
 


Unregistered User said:
Every time I see the name Collin Sexton, I think of Nate Mason juking him, putting him on his ass, staring him down, and draining a 3...Ice cold


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Happened right in front of me, I’m one of the mopes would stood up. A game attended by literally hundreds.

There was a contingent of Bama fans to my right, closer to the baseline that were ragging on Dupree and I got to hear him say, “Suck my D.” The ref hear the exchange, nodded to Pree and went and told the Bama boys tho shut it or he’d have them booted.

After the scuffle and the ejections , Bama played a three man triangle zone and the Gophers wouldn’t take the ball to the hoop. I was yelling at them to attack the basket, while Pitin was content to have them shoot jumpers.

As a NYer Pitino’s softness, irked me no end; he didn’t have the step on their throats mentality.
 

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