Bright White Future: The 2012-13 Minnesota T'wolves Season Thread

[tremonthustler1]

Not so good 2nd half though they recovered well. Can't let Cleveland hang around. We get one good run, we can put them away.


I'd really like to see Derrick play more just to rest Love and AK47 a bit. They look spent.

 

[the cool]

when rubio back?

 

[tremonthustler1]

when rubio back?

12.15.12.

He was trying to play tonight, but trainers were not having it, but he wants to come back at home, hence the date.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

 

[tremonthustler1]

Cool Hand Luke is killin'


All that means is that he's gonna have a shytty night the next day

 

[the cool]

12.15.12.

He was trying to play tonight, but trainers were not having it, but he wants to come back at home, hence the date.

googd looking out

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Love

 

[We Ready]

I'm disappointed in Pek.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'm disappointed in Pek.

You're not off base at all. He hasn't stepped up the way we thought he would (although I'll give him a little credit for being improved defensively.)

 

[tremonthustler1]

Wolves beat the Cavs 73-91 at home. Good way to head into a 4 day break and maybe, MAYBE... the return, the REAL return.


Team is 9-9

The good:

Love: Best night he's had so far: 36 points (10-19 FG, 2-5 3pt, 14-18 FT), 13 rebounds. Tonight, he looked like a healed player. Came up huge.

Ridnour: 12 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds. He really put in work and set the temp early.

AK47: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks. Stat stuffer. Enjoy the 4 days off.


The bad:
4-19 from 3. 21 turnovers. A better team beats us tonight.

Pek: 4 points, 1 rebound. @We Ready said it. He's been disappointing. He just hasn't stepped up. I don't know if he's a product of Rubio or if the thought of the contract is messing with him, but something's up. It's making the team reconsider whether he'd get his money. I wouldn't say he's untradeable but I'd prefer him here. He has to play like it though. Hopefully everyone's game goes up a notch with Rubio's return looming.

Lastly, D-Will- DNP-CD. I've talked about this enough. I just hope he hangs in there. Eventually it'll get better for him. All I'll add is that if Wes Johnson was still here, he'd be starting. I just don't get it.


Again, good win. 12.15.12. But Ricky might wanna test out the ACL earlier than that. Dave Benz was saying near the end, "go buy tickets, just in case" because it might happen then. All I know is that the team in spite of all (bad shooting, bad FT's, losing Love, AK, Pek, Ricky, Roy, inconsistency from everyone, DNP's, losing bad games), they did what I asked of them from day 1: tread water. Just be in the hunt by the time Ricky returns. At 9-9, they accomplished that. It'll take a while at first. Readjustment with Ricky, get comfortable. He won't be 100% there yet, but eventually, Roy will come back and we'll be able to show everyone what this team is capable of. For that I gotta give this team a ton of credit.

 

[tremonthustler1]

three footnotes:

"I think he could go out and play some right now, but again, is that the smart thing to do?" — Adelman on Rubio. #twolves”

secondly, according to Doogie, Pek was NEVER offered to LA for Gasol.

lastly, neither Derrick Williams nor Rob Pelinka demanded a trade

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Im curious to see how Williams fits in once Rubio is fully healthy.... If he can be a scorer with our second unit I would be more than happy with that.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Im curious to see how Williams fits in once Rubio is fully healthy.... If he can be a scorer with our second unit I would be more than happy with that.

Higher percentage shots and baskets. What we know about Derrick is that he can't create for himself. If you leave him on an island, he'll be frozen and resorts to jab stepping and awkwardly driving. We also know that neither Luke nor JJ are the best pure facilitators. Shved gives him looks whenever he's in PnR mode, but Derrick needs Rubio to be effective. Much of the team does (except for Shved and AK and Love)

Think about it: nobody was ripping on Derrick when Rubio was playing, and even then, Derrick was getting jerked around (no homo) for minutes. In fact, when he plays 30 min. or more, he averages something like 15 and 7, so the talent is there. He just needs that one Spaniard to lift his game up.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Higher percentage shots and baskets. What we know about Derrick is that he can't create for himself. If you leave him on an island, he'll be frozen and resorts to jab stepping and awkwardly driving. We also know that neither Luke nor JJ are the best pure facilitators. Shved gives him looks whenever he's in PnR mode, but Derrick needs Rubio to be effective. Much of the team does (except for Shved and AK and Love)

Think about it: nobody was ripping on Derrick when Rubio was playing, and even then, Derrick was getting jerked around (no homo) for minutes. In fact, when he plays 30 min. or more, he averages something like 15 and 7, so the talent is there. He just needs that one Spaniard to lift his game up.

I completely agree. Another guy that wil benefit is Pek. What I dont get is that he had some MONSTER games when rubio was out last year. For some reason he cant put it together this year.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I completely agree. Another guy that wil benefit is Pek. What I dont get is that he had some MONSTER games when rubio was out last year. For some reason he cant put it together this year.

Simple. He's catching the ball too far out from the baseline which causes him to try to do the same shyt he does, just farther out. His PG's don't set him up deeper in the paint.

That and teams simply have more film to go on. He snuck up on a lot of people last year.



This is a quintessential Pek game