All Things Minnesota Timberwolves 2022-2023 In-Season Thread

[Breakin' The Plane]

crossed my mind that he can still play defense

Guys in the NFL play defense with their hand immobilized all the time. Coaches do the offense/defense substitutions at the end of games anyway. I suppose you don't want to be in a situation where you'd be relying on him to grab a rebound with one hand, but other than that, why not?

 

[Mountaineer Gopher]

There's probably some sort of union rule against this, but I was kind of wondering at the end of the Laker game if it would have been possible for McDaniels to play as a defender. Throw him out there with a club and pester LeBron/Schoeder/whoever since they didn't play Minott or Moore.

Lou Hudson played with a broken hand and casket his senior year. He shot left handed, his off hand.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Lou Hudson played with a broken hand and casket his senior year. He shot left handed, his off hand.

A casket? Man, that guy must have been really tough. I guess it's possible he was a zombie also.

 

[Iceland12]

Oklahoma City Thunder

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Aleksej Pokusevski F	Out	Apr 13

Minnesota Timberwolves

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jaden McDaniels PF	Out	Apr 10
Karl-Anthony Towns C	Doubtful	Apr 13
Jaylen Nowell SG	Doubtful	Apr 13
Rudy Gobert C	Doubtful	Apr 13

 

[howeda7]

Oklahoma City Thunder

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Aleksej Pokusevski F	Out	Apr 13

Minnesota Timberwolves

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jaden McDaniels PF	Out	Apr 10
Karl-Anthony Towns C	Doubtful	Apr 13
Jaylen Nowell SG	Doubtful	Apr 13
Rudy Gobert C	Doubtful	Apr 13

WTF. I bet both KAT and Gobert play.

 

[Iceland12]

WTF. I bet both KAT and Gobert play.

Happens all the time. Player is listed as "Doubtful" and they play that night. It's when they are listed as "Out" that they rarely play.

Not sure why. In football it's gambling related.

Here is the full list:

Minnesota Timberwolves

NAME	POS	DATE	STATUS	COMMENT
Rudy Gobert	C	Apr 13	Day-To-Day	Gobert (back) is questionable for Friday's Play-In Game against the Thunder.
Jaylen Nowell	SG	Apr 13	Day-To-Day	Nowell (knee) is questionable for Friday's game against the Thunder.
Karl-Anthony Towns	C	Apr 13	Day-To-Day	Towns is officially questionable for Friday's Play-In Game against the Thunder with a right calf strain.
Jaden McDaniels	PF	Apr 10	Out	Minnesota announced Monday that McDaniels fractured his third and fourth metacarpals in his right hand, has been placed in a cast and will be out indefinitely.
Naz Reid	C	Apr 5	Out	Minnesota announced Wednesday that Reid underwent successful surgery to repair a left scaphoid fracture and will be sidelined infinitely

Oklahoma City Thunder

NAME	POS	DATE	STATUS	COMMENT
Aleksej Pokusevski	F	Apr 13	Out	Pokusevski (knee) is out for Friday's Play-In Game versus the Timberwolves.
Kenrich Williams	SF	Mar 7	Out	Williams underwent a successful surgery Monday to repair the scapholunate ligament in his left wrist, Joe Mussatto of The Oklahoman reports.
Chet Holmgren	PF	Dec 6	Out	Holmgren (foot) underwent a successful secondary procedure Tuesday to remove hardware from his initial Lisfranc surgery in August, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.

 

[Iceland12]

ESPN experts picked the OKC vs. Wolves game tonight.

They split 8/8

 

[From the Parkinglot]

This would be a bad loss.

 

[gophersfan]

They need to pull the starters now. Get them rest for game 1 @ Denver Sunday Night.

 

[Iceland12]

This would be a bad loss.

For OKC? Not sure that's right. Don't think the Thunder were that confident they'd win.

 

[kg21]

I was glad to see an ass whooping put on OKC.

I was expecting a close game.

 

[BleedGopher]

Might be our best played game of the season, perfect time for it. This is fun!

Howl Wolves!!

 

[BleedGopher]

Howl Wolves!!

 

[From the Parkinglot]

This would be a bad loss.

 

[Frink]

I realize it's just a play in but it really feels good to see a Minnesota team flog somebody when it counts.

 

[Iceland12]

Final Minnesota 120 Oklahoma City 95.

 

[Ope3]

No drama. Refreshing.

 

[7Gopher7]

Conley threw that long pass right handed. He’s lefty isn’t he?

 

[Ope3]

Conley threw that long pass right handed. He’s lefty isn’t he?

Amphibious.


(as Yogi Berra would say about switch hitters)

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Still the best.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Won by a pile.
Rudy was still garbage-(level) a lot around the rim.

 

[jamiche]

I was at the game and it was a really fun atmosphere. It was nice to see the wolves play 48 minutes, as opposed to the 44 or 42 minute games that we often watch.

I think Alexander Walker was the MVP. He completely shut down SGA who would have been held to well under twenty points if the refs hadn't bailed him out with a bunch of dubious calls. SGA normally torments the wolves. Tonight, he and Giddey were non factors.

Rudy has to be the clumsiest player in the league. And yet...if the wolves figure out how to use him correctly, he can be a dominant asset. He needs to swallow his pride and stop acting like he can dribble a basketball. He can't. All he can do on offense is set screens, roll to the basket, catch lobs within a foot of the rim (no further) and dunk the ball. If the wolves run 8-10 roll/lob plays from different angles a night for Rudy, he will convert 80% of them.

Rudy's defense remains solid.

Jeez, he's clumsy.

Great win tonight. On to Denver.

 

[kg21]

Won by a pile.
Rudy was still garbage-(level) a lot around the rim.

I watched a completely different game.

For example, he scared the shit out of Giddey all game long.

 

[Iceland12]

I watched a completely different game.

For example, he scared the shit out of Giddey all game long.

All the starters had good nights. Towns was great and so was Alexander-Walker's defense on his cousin.

Gobert? He did alter some shots last night. He was also 6/11 from the field, with 10 rebounds, only 2 assists but only 2 turnovers.

He is not a good ball handler but he got to the line 14 times. Just wish he would have sank a couple more free throws. Those 14 free throws shows what happens when refs actually call fouls when Gobert gets hacked.

Now on to Denver where the Nuggets and Wolves split their 4 game regular season.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

I watched a completely different game.

For example, he scared the shit out of Giddey all game long.

Sorry. I meant on offense. He missed a couple where he tried to just lay them in for some reason. You're 9 feet tall, just dunk.

 

[jamiche]

Because he's such a diva, we lose sight of the fact that KAT is a very, very good basketball player. Losing him for 50 or so games was highly impactful. Now that he appears to have toned down his act with the refs, he should start to get more calls.

 

[tikited]

Conley threw that long pass right handed. He’s lefty isn’t he?

That whole sequence was tremendous.

 

[kg21]

Sorry. I meant on offense. He missed a couple where he tried to just lay them in for some reason. You're 9 feet tall, just dunk.

Gotcha!

 

[kg21]

Because he's such a diva, we lose sight of the fact that KAT is a very, very good basketball player. Losing him for 50 or so games was highly impactful. Now that he appears to have toned down his act with the refs, he should start to get more calls.

I've never been a huge Towns fan, but then he has games like this back to back.

They said in the laker game when he was on the floor, we outscored them something like 91-73. When he was out, we were a complete mess.

 

[Gopherguy0723]

Towns is the team's best player. Most won't agree, but McDaniels is now the second best player. Ant is a very close 3rd.

If Ant could shooter a little more accurately, improve his shot selection, and cut down on the turnovers, he'd be a heck of an offensive player. He scores a lot, but there's still a lot to be desired out of him on offense.