Punch-Drunk Wolves

A blog about the Minnesota Timberwolves and NBA basketball

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

new post -- Wrote about the Wolves by now having established an actual era of success, thoughts about Finch's good and less good qualities as coach, and connectivity of defense and offense. Oh, and some Jaylen Clark stuff of course -- link below:

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

pro tip, once you've played 82-0 enough times (let's say 500x) it's more fun to aim for some random/specific win total.

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very obvious and very real flaws, you say

[Jake Paynting @JakePaynting]

The Wolves are going to trade for someone who has very obvious and very real flaws. That’s completely unavoidable.

They don’t have the assets or the time to get someone who isn’t deeply flawed. Choosing the right flawed player is going to be the key for the front office.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

this is outstanding

[he professed and confessed to be a dëmin @ocksportello]

blogged about the nba finals--specifically, about coming to peace with the knicks' success despite my being from The Global New Jersey, a place that you may be from, too, whether you realize it or not https://t.co/mp7caqekcK

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

that spurs fan trying the selfie last night was so lame, the idea is you try to glue yourself to the playing floor

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

@SherwoodStrauss the Wolves eliminated the Nuggets on the back of Terrence Shannon Junior, who was benched all year. They literally were forced to just give him the ball and let him make plays, and it worked.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

trading a 1st simultaneous with gutting your roster is weird and bad though. Pelicans just did this last year, and have been properly roasted for it.

[pierre @pie_1414]

@PDWolves trading 1 first is not a monumental, franchise altering decision, KAT was probably a big reason they pursued Dlo.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

if I make fun of the Knicks for this, A-Rod will then be seen sitting next to him in the suite.

[Kurt Helin @basketballtalk]

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York

He was invited by Knicks owner/governor James Dolan.

https://t.co/uiqkWlQcpm

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

After Wolves-Spurs Game 1 it was basically a celebration of Terrence Shannon talking about how he'd continue to come at Wemby for the rest of the series.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

@DietBeginsMon and I'm not sure exactly how that plane lands without Connelly and the Rudy trade. People really enjoyed the 46-win season with the Memphis series, but there was some flukiness embedded in that. God only knows how Rosas would've used more future 1sts. D'Lo was a bad indicator.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

Rosas did the combo of gutting KAT’s supporting cast while also trading away an effectively unprotected 1st to Golden State. I think it’s debatable or unclear what exactly he had in mind. Lotto luck + correctly choosing Ant was great tho.

[IDK Ball @idkball5]

@PDWolves They were organically bad in 2019. Not sure I recall a season they’ve been intentionally bad. First Thibs year was closest to it but that was just developing young players.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

well, Rick *WAS* on the staff. But left shortly before the draft just before Glen could fire him for misconduct. And that little twist might well explain why he wasn’t our pick.

[hercules cummings @farming_bro]

@PDWolves his dad was on the staff!

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

i know people liked Okogie but we should've drafted Brunson instead.

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if Fox is just this bad, I guess maybe that's series-deciding, but I'd expect the Spurs to make defensive adjustments to try to really turn the heat up on that end and just figure shots go in or they don't on the other. Only one team has a Wemby.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

much like the Timberwolves before them, the Knicks take Game 1 in San Antonio.

[Punch-Drunk Wolves @PDWolves]

Fox has gotta be better.

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Spurs just kinda chucking it up and chasing with everything they've got. No composure, but maximum intensity.

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the extremely bland but perhaps true storyline of "they're just too young, not enough battles yet." Spurs look shook.

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Knicks are gonna take this game, what in the world.

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4 points later, he's back in.

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audaciously late in the game Kornet stint.

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gonna just watch the game go away?