Hopefully, Cody Williams can play a role like Jaden McDaniels in a year or two.
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Still the funniest moment of talking down your own value I've ever witnessed, especially considering he was a victim of being in a mismatch series against Boston and being "unplayable".
Ugh, just got done helping my son with his Christmas gift and finally got the go ahead from the wife for some me time, and then I get to tune in to this garbage?
Conflicting emotions because I like the revenge for the playoffs, but I've also want the Wolves to lose
I'm guessing it would be closer if Luka was playing?
Who had a worse offseason than Minnesota?
-traded Towns who makes their whole offense work
-traded all but all of their remaining 1st round draft assets (‘31 unprotected, ‘30 swap) for Rob Dillingham who shows no signs of panning out right now
-Mike Conley got washed during the offseason
Jazz fans have to hope they don’t find a way to offload Randle at the deadline (almost regardless of the incoming package). He is destroying them.
Um...take another look.
Ok, here we go.
damn
Devin Carter is fully cleared from surgery
The reason why I struggle with this comparison is that Jaden is and has always been a maniac on the floor. He may have never lived up to the “baby Durant” hype he had when he was younger but he was always crazy (for better or worse) and that has allowed him to be an effective role player (even though he’s overrated AF).
Cody has shown to be more active in the GLeague, but he’s still a very passive/low motor player.
But hey, I think we get to picky about comparisons. His best chance at being an NBA player is being a good defender and passible on offense. Don’t think Cody will ever be as good of a defender as Jaden, but perhaps he could be less awful on offense.
It's one of many things that has gone awry for the TWolves. I still maintain that of all the transactions they've made, Randle is really the only one who has performed to expectation. Randle wasn't supposed to be an equivalent to Towns, there's a reason why the Wolves got DDV and a decent first out of the deal in addition to Randle. Naz Reid and DDV had amazing seasons last year and have fallen off quite a bit. They are still good players, but they were probably playing above their heads last season. Mike and Rudy are older, and Ant/McDaniels haven't taken steps forward.
Last year was likely their best chance to win it. They may not be out for the count yet, but I don't think it gets better from here.
Ant has taken a massive step forward
Meh….His three point shooting is much improved, but it’s come at the cost of significantly reducing his drives to the basket. It hasn’t changed his efficiency much and without attacking the hoop he doesn’t put the same amount of pressure on the defense as a playmaker. It’s hard to say his impact is any better if at all. Calling it a massive leap is a massive stretch to me. Great skill development, but not exactly leading to more W’s than before.
FrenchJazzFa
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I agree. He score much but when he play PG , he is awful, TO the ball way too much and keeping it way too long. Plus Mike is getting older which does not help. But overall, it's the Randle trade that put them in trouble. They decide to go with only one superstar ANT instead of 2, for money issues and also i think they bet ANT will improve a lot a a leader..... wrong bet until now. He is just too young to carry a team.
FrenchJazzFa
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I agree and disagree : Jaden is not awful in offense, just not consistent at all. Got some good games, some really bad. The fact of playing with 2 players who eat the ball does not help too. Rudy sems also regressing on offense as do Mike. As long as they don't trade Randle, they will have trouble. Jaden in defense is top player already. Hope Cody can follow the same path.
The team got worse around Ant. He's been incredible
He hasn’t been more effective or created more impact. If you’re saying it’s his teammates holding him back, I disagree but whatever, doesn’t change the fact that the Wolves aren’t really getting more out of him.