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There might be a little strife. Ant definitely seems to be more vocal on the court and in the press about the team needing to pass more and being aggressive on offense. I'm sure KAT probably feels the fan base gravitating towards Ant as well. But they've also blown like 3 or 4 games they could have easily won and I'm sure that isn't great for team chemistry

Add to the fact that Ant is unfiltered and a sports media dream athlete. The moment that it’s rumored to tension within the team or KAT wanting out, they’re running right to Ant with the mic. KAT had 7 years to become the vocal leader of the team, so it’s hard to feel bad for him that he feels like Ant is taking his spot.

People would use the situation with his family as the reason why he isn’t vocal, when he was never that player even before then. As I said before, it speaks volumes that Ant bold enough to jack the mic from KAT last season as you don’t see rookies doing that to veteran players.
 
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what the hell is going on with him @Gil Scott-Heroin

He's an empty calories player. Always has been and always will be. At least Wiggins has actual talent. I had to throw that in there. lol.

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In all seriousness: he's that big ass football nxgga at the rec who takes over every possession and tries to bully his way to buckets, but has no bag, and stumbles and fumbles his way through the game and nobody has the heart to call offensive fouls on him. Leaking out on every possession to cherry pick, and demanding the ball when there's any sort of defensive breakdown so he can get those cheap ass shots in the paint. He'll only pass the ball once he reaches a dead-end, which is almost every other possession. The type of cat who will tell you he scored x-amount of points and grabbed x-amount of rebounds at the end of the game to overcompensate for his lack of game.

It's why he manages to fool everyone with his box score stats, because he's such a high motor, high volume player, he's naturally going to get surface stats with how much he involves himself in the play, and can counterbalance his efficiency so it doesn't look so bad when he can't create for himself against set defenses. He eats off those easy scoring opportunities. He'll go like 4 out of 8 from the field in a half, but three of those made shots were gimmies or ones that the average player could've scored, and he would be 1 out of 5 on the other shots where he had to score against actual defense.

What makes it worse is, he pouts and becomes disinterested once shyt doesn't go his way. He's best utilized as a 6th man, because he can come in and provide energy, get quick buckets, and you don't have to really rely on him to contribute anywhere else (which he doesn't anyway), and he's not going to fukk up the rhythm of the starters by being a hungry hippo for the ball, which is one of the more overlooked negatives of his play, is that everyone has to sacrifice their own game/touches while he's all up in the videos of every possession.
 

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I think the word "culture" is overused in sports but I definitely believe in a "losing culture" or at least an apathetic one. KG had a personality and the talent to overcome that here. While it wasn't very successful, we know what it looks like. Ant at least carries himself like someone who really wants to win and on the court, he plays like it. If he misses 7 straight shots it kills you but you also know if he makes 3 or 4, he's carrying your squad.

And that's why Jimmy Butler left. Wiggins at the time and KAT don't seem like that kind of player. I trust Chris Finch though because he has been moving KAT around and he's been getting more aggressive taking bigs off the dribble and getting to the hoop but it's clear that if Ant doesn't have it going in the 4th, this team does not get easy buckets.

Add to the fact that Ant is unfiltered and a sports media dream athlete. The moment that it’s rumored to tension within the team or KAT wanting out, they’re running right to Ant with the mic. KAT had 7 years to become the vocal leader of the team, so it’s hard to feel bad for him that he feels like Ant is taking his spot.

People would use the situation with his family as the reason why he isn’t vocal, when he was never that player even before then. As I said before, it speaks volumes that Ant bold enough to jack the mic from KAT last season as you don’t see rookies doing that to veteran players.
 

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More Tristan. Just saying what we all know in bad teams like OKC, Detroit, etc. management don’t really want to win.

 

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More Tristan. Just saying what we all know in bad teams like OKC, Detroit, etc. management don’t really want to win.



The irony is that OKC has the talent enough to actually compete for a play-in spot more than other teams if they weren't so insistent on tanking. They could have done it last season before they pulled the blatant tank job that they did the 2nd half of the season.
 

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the Wolves players have to feel a way when after every win they get the losing team starts talking about how they lost to a team they should have beaten, thats the second time this week and like the 100th time the past whatever many seasons
 
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