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Towns last 5 games

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Thrillkill
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HeHateMe wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:19 pm
Thrillkill wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:22 pm
HeHateMe wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:30 pm I wish we'd stop blaming Kevin Love and KAT for the lack of team success.
You think Kevin Love tried on D? Was it you that posted the proof that defensive stats are worthless that said he was good on D? Did we win with him? Was offense our problem? Did we suck on D? Do we now? Does defense matter? Are we winning now? Does Kat get credit for wins then?

I wish we'd stop fan boy loving and just root for the team instead of players. I wish we'd realize that if you are part of the team on one end you are part of the team on the other. I wish we'd realize that the 40 Towns and Love contributed to our 120 was fun. That the 60 of the other team's 130 that was scored in their face was the reason we lost.
I never said Love was more than average on the defensive end. He sure got a lot of blame when he was here though.
100% rightfully so. He didn't try.
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kilkenny wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:43 am Come on. Ripping on Towns D? He's gotten better every year and it shows. His teammates could be better and he'd shine if he had a better defending PF. Check out his DRPM over the past 4 years if you like. He's +1.34 this season by the way which is good for 86th in the league.

The guy Towns has to play with at wing is -1.57 which is good for 445th in the league. But I know stats are useless if they don't support your argument.

By the way, Okogie is 0.00 in drpm. He should be starting over Wiggins if we're trying to get some good defense going.
:lol: DRPM said Love was a good defender.

Nice try.
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Thrillkill wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:22 pm
HeHateMe wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:30 pm I wish we'd stop blaming Kevin Love and KAT for the lack of team success.
Did we suck on D? Does defense matter?
No. We did not suck on defense in 2014, we were the 11th ranked defense in that season. Yes, defense matters.
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Thrillkill wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:32 am
kilkenny wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:43 am Come on. Ripping on Towns D? He's gotten better every year and it shows. His teammates could be better and he'd shine if he had a better defending PF. Check out his DRPM over the past 4 years if you like. He's +1.34 this season by the way which is good for 86th in the league.

The guy Towns has to play with at wing is -1.57 which is good for 445th in the league. But I know stats are useless if they don't support your argument.

By the way, Okogie is 0.00 in drpm. He should be starting over Wiggins if we're trying to get some good defense going.
:lol: DRPM said Love was a good defender.

Nice try.
I'm talking about his improvement numb nuts. Towns has gotten better every year in that category and you can see it on the court. Of course, I wouldn't expect you to understand that. Trade Towns! :lol:
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kilkenny wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:13 am
Thrillkill wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:32 am
kilkenny wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:43 am Come on. Ripping on Towns D? He's gotten better every year and it shows. His teammates could be better and he'd shine if he had a better defending PF. Check out his DRPM over the past 4 years if you like. He's +1.34 this season by the way which is good for 86th in the league.

The guy Towns has to play with at wing is -1.57 which is good for 445th in the league. But I know stats are useless if they don't support your argument.

By the way, Okogie is 0.00 in drpm. He should be starting over Wiggins if we're trying to get some good defense going.
:lol: DRPM said Love was a good defender.

Nice try.
I'm talking about his improvement numb nuts. Towns has gotten better every year in that category and you can see it on the court. Of course, I wouldn't expect you to understand that. Trade Towns! :lol:
He's 1/4 the defender he was as a rookie.
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UnFadeable21 wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:55 pm Edwards Negatives:

Low IQ
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flexbuffchest wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:21 pm
After playing Indiana, I thought how much better would the Wolves be with Bojan over Wiggy?
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Thrillkill wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:30 am
HeHateMe wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:19 pm
Thrillkill wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:22 pm

You think Kevin Love tried on D? Was it you that posted the proof that defensive stats are worthless that said he was good on D? Did we win with him? Was offense our problem? Did we suck on D? Do we now? Does defense matter? Are we winning now? Does Kat get credit for wins then?

I wish we'd stop fan boy loving and just root for the team instead of players. I wish we'd realize that if you are part of the team on one end you are part of the team on the other. I wish we'd realize that the 40 Towns and Love contributed to our 120 was fun. That the 60 of the other team's 130 that was scored in their face was the reason we lost.
I never said Love was more than average on the defensive end. He sure got a lot of blame when he was here though.
100% rightfully so. He didn't try.
"He didn't try" ... he was second team all nba twice for the Wolves. Pretty impressive considering he didn't try.
thinktank wrote: Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:15 am I’m a successful consultant for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. I tell you about systems architecture, not the other way around.
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This team is more talented than that 2014 team. Would be fun to see how Adelman would have run it.
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