Finally in the thick of the game, on delay per usual, and I think I’m going to turn into one of you nut jobs who always gets defensive if I am remotely negative, very soon here. Very fun squad. Christ.
It’s nice to know what will happen when Ball and Edwards shoot like shit, and I guess it’s they’ll kick the opponents ass anyways. This is a phenomenal start. Even early scapegoat Lyles did alright! Let’s go. So much more enjoyable, results aside.
I live a thousand miles from the twin cities and went on a lunch jog just now. Ran by a house with some folks hooping in the driveway and they were audibly making from of the LaMelo non-travel. Good stuff.
Wolves -1.5. Typically each season features a Disney Stinker but we are there at a weird/early time and the vibes are good. Shooting won’t be as insane but I figure enough chaos and they’ll pull it off. 60/40 Wolves. Bonus prediction for shits: Joan will score 10+ on perfect FG%
Whenever a player shoots a shitload of threes, like Ant attempting 17 tonight, I always think of ‘ol Flip when he coached that Wiggins/LaVine squad way back when, and the entire team attempted 14 threes a game and maybe 40 20-footers. Dude was a real one.
This is inadvertent contact but should be a flagrant. Of course, if Shai were the one who did it the call would be reversed and he would go to the line for 8, Shannon would get ejected, suspended, banned from the league, and thrown in prison.
I can tell you right now if that bench squad is gonna be the one Finch rolls with all year, not that there are much better alternatives, those are frequently going to be some rooough stints.
@Camden_Cash I just mean my own take on performance or
how things might go hoops wise. Yeah a lot has been invested obviously so I hope for the best, just don’t really have championship expectations when I see the squad. We’ll see. Higher ceiling, lower floor.
HEAT -1.5. Heading into this year and I have no idea how this is going to go. Softer expectations than years past, but a good and fun team. These are good things. Happy with the summer and drastically needed change in direction. I think they will win tonight. 55/45 Wolves.
I saw the first sentence of that tweet and assumed it was some sort of awful iniury news since it was about Jaden and a weird/unpredictable extension but…hey I’ll take it!