Ant-agonizing the MVP! | Official Timberwolves (#6) vs. Thunder (#1) West Finals Thread

[010101]

if a player struggles with decision making & processing it's the damn near next to impossible to truly change..........*

 

[Deafheaven]

Wolves brehs, what exactly is the point of Rudy gobert? Watching him this series and I just don’t understand what purpose he serves for y’all?

He is a very niche defender but is good at that but unfortunately most teams can get around it without much hassle.

Then you add on he makes like 40 mill and has the least amount of touch in history for a professional player. Im not sure how you could win a ring with him beyond having a team of all stars around him who are all insane scorers.

Hes ass ultimately, but they stuck. Teams future is dependent on Ant taking a huge step

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

if a player struggles with decision making & processing it's the damn near next to impossible to truly change..........*

This is something that is so important but I see it not discussed enough. Especially the processing. Do you understand what you are seeing on the court and how fast can you get to the correct answer?

 

[Trojan 24]

Imma be real...

Outside of OKC, the whole Western Conference is looking fraudulent

Everybody outside them and maybe the Clippers (who have other issues) have major roster holes. I guess the Rockets too, but they don't have the premium top end talent. Which is why I laugh my ass off in the Lakers thread when brehs be crying that we need to fill multiple spots like it's that easy

 

[Standing on business]

Ant didn't show up to the press conference? Naw you can't be doing city tours when you win and be absent when you lose.

 

[010101]

This is something that is so important but I see it not discussed enough. Especially the processing. Do you understand what you are seeing on the court and how fast can you get to the correct answer?

100%

and what is worse it seems like they have multiple players that have the same issue

if you overload their mental they get frustrated & check out

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[DoubleJ13]

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Timberwolves might get swept..

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

100%

and what is worse it seems like they have multiple players that have the same issue

if you overload their mental they get frustrated & check out

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Because most of these players have come up through the constant churn of travel/AAU ball. They never practice. Certain parts of the year, my son has a hectic schedule but now, it's practice and training. Digest what you've done so that you can work on your game. Improving upon your strengths and minimizing/eliminating your weaknesses. Through that practice and repetition, you can improve. Next to none of them do it.

 

[Primetime]

thunder have the no.1 srs of all time and the 3rd best net rating of all time. i think some have been using their youth to doubt them but while they are younger overall theyre not significantly younger than the 1st warriors title team. curry 27 klay 25 green 25 barnes 23 bogut 30 when they hoisted the title. if okc wins the title shai 26 dort 26 williams 24 hartenstein 27 holmgren 23. shai would only be 120 days younger than curry when he first won.

theyre not too young, theyre an all time team and the teams left probably aint near that level, but you might be right about the pacers. theyre 24-6 in their last 30 games, thats a 65.7 win pace. or if you want to go over a longer stretch 50-20 over their last 70 games, 58.5 win pace.

If OKC wins this year, the rest of the league would need some crazy offseason acquisitions to prevent them from being the first team to repeat in 8-years.

 

[EarlyEarly]

Because most of these players have come up through the constant churn of travel/AAU ball. They never practice. Certain parts of the year, my son has a hectic schedule but now, it's practice and training. Digest what you've done so that you can work on your game. Improving upon your strengths and minimizing/eliminating your weaknesses. Through that practice and repetition, you can improve. Next to none of them do it.

Facts. These guys want Ant to take dudes to the block and play bully ball or work more in the mid range but that’s an off season thing at this point. If he hasn’t done it all season he isn’t going to do it now.

 

[010101]

Because most of these players have come up through the constant churn of travel/AAU ball. They never practice. Certain parts of the year, my son has a hectic schedule but now, it's practice and training. Digest what you've done so that you can work on your game. Improving upon your strengths and minimizing/eliminating your weaknesses. Through that practice and repetition, you can improve. Next to none of them do it.

they practice more than ever

but it's 99.9% "bag work" everything relative to hoops through the lens of a highlight reel

the players that have developed perspective from a live 5v5 point of view stand out they don't get that nasty tunnel vison cycling through the choreographed moves drilled into their nervous systems

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[Dillah810]

Never would have thought that Ant would surpass KG in playoff points so quickly

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Wolves brehs, what exactly is the point of Rudy gobert? Watching him this series and I just don’t understand what purpose he serves for y’all?

He’s a holdover from the Towns era. Since Towns sucks at defending the rim they decided to trade for one of the best rim defenders in the league. It kinda worked TBH, they did make the WCF last year and could’ve made the Finals if KAT showed up at all.

He isn’t the menace he was in Utah anymore but is still situationally useful

 

[Han Yolo]

Never would have thought that Ant would surpass KG in playoff points so quickly

Dude was stuck in the first round for years. Several of which were best of 5 series.