Timberwolves. Tonight. 8 pm Texas Standard Time.

[Revolution 9]

Your unconditional defense of Burke has become embarrassing.

Ive blasted him too, and been honest about his wild inconsistency. I know its popular with teenage boys from 12-18 to blast people on the internet, but someone of us see the big picture.
Its too early to close to door on him. Where were you the last two games when he played good?

 

[MT Steve]

Trey's rare good games really don't even begin to justify him shooting it as much as he does. When a player with such an abysmal shooting percentage takes as many shots as Trey does, it's debilitating to an offense.

I've defended Trey in the past but his unbelievably selfish play down the stretch was the nail in the coffin for me. A Timberwolves fan on another forum put it best:

"We somehow won OT with Chase Budinger playing the 4 vs Derrick Favors
incredible."

 

[freakazoid]

Ive blasted him too, and been honest about his wild inconsistency. I know its popular with teenage boys from 12-18 to blast people on the internet, but someone of us see the big picture.
Its too early to close to door on him. Where were you the last two games when he played good?

I have never blasted Trey. I have been quietly patient in hopes he might figure it out, while at the same time keeping one foot squarely planted in reality. As for seeing the big picture, Trey is the weakest link right now, and if you honestly see him as part of the big picture, you should consider being fitted for glasses.

 

[veji1]

Painful to watch. Another important lesson as this defeat comes from a mix of : Cockiness (we gonna crush those timberwolves), massive chucking from Trey, passive defense (there you see that we miss Hayward on defense as welle as offense) particularly on the 3pt shot. The team needs to learn from that.

And of course Trey needs to learn fast how to play under control, or he won't last long in this league...

 

[zbone]

Just finished watching.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!

So much for contending in a few years. Those Wolves look like they are one Snyder away from deep playoff run with everyone healthy, not the Jazz.

 

[freakazoid]

^negged

 

[Diamond77]

Wiggins is impressive, Wolves made a huge deal trading Love for him.

 

[MoTappin]

Nothing like a big bite of a reality sandwich.

 

[Diamond77]

Free-throws are becoming a problem for the Jazz.

 

[fishonjazz]

Exum had better gain at least 15 lbs of muscle prior to next season. This guy needs to quit being so afraid of driving to the basket.

I know he is thin and so everyone thinks he can't take contact but I think wiggins is thinner and the same age as exum and he seems fine.
Lavine is a thin 19 year old.
Durant is thin.
Burks is just a little bit thicker than exum from what I can see.

I think being super skinny is ok...... but you do need to be a good, talented basketball player with the right mentality in order to succeed imo.
Not sure if exum has those things

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I know he is thin and so everyone thinks he can't take contact but I think wiggins is thinner and the same age as exum and he seems fine.
Lavine is a thin 19 year old.
Durant is thin.
Burks is just a little bit thicker than exum from what I can see.

I think being super skinny is ok...... but you do need to be a good, talented basketball player with the right mentality in order to succeed imo.
Not sure if exum has those things

Burks and Durant also suffered season injuries this year. Maybe being super skinny isn't ok.

 

[fishonjazz]

Burks and Durant also suffered season injuries this year. Maybe being super skinny isn't ok.

Maybe.
That's too bad then cause I don't think exum is ever not going to be skinny.

Then again I have seen dudes that are not that skinny have season ending injuries too.

 

[vegas]

A Timberwolves fan on another forum put it best:

"We somehow won OT with Chase Budinger playing the 4 vs Derrick Favors
incredible."

Explain to me how we did not exploit this at the end of the game. I'm ok with a loss, but when we let somebody play and act like Kobe did this year it's a disaster for team chemistry and doesn't build anything.

 

[vegas]

I know he is thin and so everyone thinks he can't take contact but I think wiggins is thinner and the same age as exum and he seems fine.
Lavine is a thin 19 year old.
Durant is thin.
Burks is just a little bit thicker than exum from what I can see.

I think being super skinny is ok...... but you do need to be a good, talented basketball player with the right mentality in order to succeed imo.
Not sure if exum has those things

Agree. IMO it's not the size of dog in the fight in this case

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Maybe.
That's too bad then cause I don't think exum is ever not going to be skinny.

Then again I have seen dudes that are not that skinny have season ending injuries too.

Yeah, Cy's comment was weird. Reggie Miller is one of the skinniest guys I've seen in the league and he played 10 seasons in a row without any significant inuries. I don't think there is any evidence that in basketball, skinny guys get injured more often or more seriously than bigger guys.

Derrick Rose - not skinny.

 

[mellow]

Exum had better gain at least 15 lbs of muscle prior to next season. This guy needs to quit being so afraid of driving to the basket.

I agree that he would be better if he dared drive to the basket, or dribble, or something. But I don't think Dante's problems can be solved in a weight room.

 

[mellow]

So the minny GM took some heat for trading away Trey, especially when Shabazz wasn't working out. I guess that most, if not all, the second guessing was laid to rest last night.

Way to go Trey! Flip Saunders salutes you!


Minny is going to be better than the jazz next season. They mopped up in that Love deal. Wiggins and Lavine will be killing Jazz for years to come.

 

[Stoked]

So the minny GM took some heat for trading away Trey, especially when Shabazz wasn't working out. I guess that most, if not all, the second guessing was laid to rest last night.

Way to go Trey! Flip Saunders salutes you!


Minny is going to be better than the jazz next season. They mopped up in that Love deal. Wiggins and Lavine will be killing Jazz for years to come.

I'm not so sure. Burks will be back. Exum, Hood and Gobert will all be better as well.

The Wolves will be better but so will the Jazz. I look forward to lots of heated games with them over the next decade.

 

[nightmare3983]

Did anyone see this? Flip Saunders doesn't appreciate Matt Harpring's tanking accusations (even after Matt backtracked).

https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...wolves-of-trying-to-lose-on-purpose/#comments

 

[homeytennis]

Did anyone see this? Flip Saunders doesn't appreciate Matt Harpring's tanking accusations (even after Matt backtracked).

https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...wolves-of-trying-to-lose-on-purpose/#comments

This is really a bad loss. Minny dressed and played 7 freaking players with 2 from the DLeague. No excuse for this loss. Quin Corbin and Trey pulled another defeat from the jaws of victory.