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Minnesota Timberwolves Off-Season Thread... #9 and #26 picks in the 2013 Draft.

post #1 of 175
11/2/12 at 4:35pm
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New Additions
Brandon Roy
Andrei Kirilenko
Chase Budinger
Greg Stiemsma
Alexey Shved
Dante Cunningham
Louis Amundson

Subtractions
Michael Beasley
Darko Milicic
Martell Webster
Anthony Tolliver
Anthony Randolph
Wes Johnson















Lets go.

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post #2 of 175
11/2/12 at 5:01pm
I'm really looking forward to seeing what this squad is able to do. Some nice off-season moves, just a damn shame they're without Love & Rubio for the first month+.
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post #3 of 175
11/3/12 at 8:48am
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Ambiguous win... Looked really solid for a big chunk of the first half, then that productivity fell off a cliff.

Barea is Barea... He's a chuck and chuck's will have their good days and bad days. Yesterday was a good one.

Greg Stiemsma played extremely well. What an energetic post defender man... Some of those shots he swatted weren't just blocks they were rejections.

D-Will and Roy were a combined 7-26 sick.gif

On to Toronto.
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post #4 of 175
11/5/12 at 3:23pm
Brutal 4th Q yesterday in TO. Going to be pretty tough to win any game when you allow the opposing team's backcourt to score 44 points on 24 shots. Need to do a much better job against D-Will/JJ tonight if the Wolves want to have any hope of coming out on top.
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11/5/12 at 7:10pm
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post #6 of 175
11/6/12 at 11:46am
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I like what I see from Cunningham so far and Roy will be much more effective when Love gets back where his role will be a bit different. Good time for him to find his groove again though.

Just hoping these guys can keep playing competitively while we wait for Love to get back. Hard not to excited about a possibly playoff run since it's been so damn long.
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post #7 of 175
11/7/12 at 8:14pm
Wolves are such a deep team even without Love and Rubio. So many contributors and for the most part, they all have a sense of team basketball. This team is exactly why patience is crucial for building a team. Looks like Kahn has put a lot of great pieces together that should definitely compete this year.


3-1 for the first time since '01. pimp.gif
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post #8 of 175
11/8/12 at 7:28am
smokin.gif Great start

Simply put the Wolves got rid of some serious trash from last year and upgraded those spots.
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post #9 of 175
11/8/12 at 8:15am
That was a strange game to watch last night. Blew it open in the 1st, let the Magic get back in and hang around 2nd & 3rd, then ran away with it in the 4th.

It's nice that this squad is showing great composure & fight early on. Give up a double-digit lead to Sacramento, but still pull it out. Get down huge to Brooklyn, come back late in the game to win. And then last night, too. Only real bad performance was in Toronto.

If the T'Wolves can keep racking up wins at a similar pace with Love & Rubio out, the Playoffs are looking very real.
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post #10 of 175
11/8/12 at 10:03am
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smokin.gif Great start
Simply put the Wolves got rid of some serious trash from last year and upgraded those spots.

The biggest thing I notice is that the closest they have to a ball stopper is D Williams, but he's not were near as bad as Beasley was. Sometimes it's a good thing when you have someone willing to look for a shot, so long as it's within the flow of the game. Very refreshing basketball up in Minnesota right now. Love it.

Roy is a flat out basketball player. He knows how to play the game. The only thing not working for him is that his shots aren't falling yet, but that's understandable. If they do, and I'm confident they will start falling, then Minnesota is even more dynamic.
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post #11 of 175
11/8/12 at 11:13am
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Blazers... second team the Timberwolves? nerd.gifnerd.gifnerd.gif

Wasn't able to watch last night's win, in girlfriend's words = date night, me = i was craving a steak and I guess I let her come with.

Derrick Williams played okay last night, but I'm pretty disappointed with his start thus far this season. You're the #2 overall pick of two years ago, and if you can't be the man with Love and Rubio out, are you ever going to be? It's a struggle to watch him in the post. HIs moves are non-existent, unless you count a double-pump while in mid air that results in a line drive from two feet out.
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post #12 of 175
11/8/12 at 11:25am
He still loiters around the 3-pt line too much. His put back was nice, but he still needs to be more aggressive with the ball in his hands and down low. I know it was point of emphasis to get him working hard down low so I'm not sure what he was doing all summer. Hopefully he gets it together.
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post #13 of 175
11/8/12 at 7:51pm
He needs to stay away from the 3 pt line. I know they want to give Pek space but Dwill needs attack and get to the free throw line. Cunningham gonna pack Dwill's bags real soon
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post #14 of 175
11/8/12 at 7:58pm
I don't want to give up on DWill just yet, but I fear he won't fully get it until he leaves Minnesota. I really like Cunningham though.
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11/9/12 at 8:01am
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All White Boy Teams in NBA 2K13 FTW!!! My homies cant stand it when I'm schooling them lmao.
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post #16 of 175
11/9/12 at 3:45pm
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Blazers... second team the Timberwolves? nerd.gifnerd.gifnerd.gif
Yeah, I've always followed the T'Wolves close as I consider them to be my "home" team, being the closest NBA squad I live to; it's just that prior to Rubio's arrival, I hadn't had anything positive to say about the franchise in a long time. For the past 4 seasons, I've made trips down for a Denver/T'Wolves game, and will be down for the game on 12/12 this season.
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post #17 of 175
11/9/12 at 4:24pm
You oughta be excited about Portland. I watched that game last night and they're a very exciting team. Batum is the jack-of-all-trades and just a good basketball talent. I can see why Minnesota offered him the money they did and why Portland subsequently matched it. Meyers Leonard was impressive as well.
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post #18 of 175
11/9/12 at 6:19pm
I think Pekovic is much more effective with Love in the lineup. Probably obvious.
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post #19 of 175
11/9/12 at 6:55pm
Shved and Cunningham running this ****...laugh.gifpimp.gif
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post #20 of 175
11/9/12 at 7:28pm
4 and 1. Feels damn good right now. Been awhile...

Great team effort tonight. Everyone seemed to have a crucial play or moment in that 4th quarter. This team has all the intangibles on top of their talent and this is without their two best players.
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post #21 of 175
11/9/12 at 8:01pm
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good first game to attend
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post #22 of 175
11/10/12 at 4:40pm
Just finished catching the replay of last night's game; Shved & Chase. pimp.gif Cunningham is quickly becoming one of my favourite players in all the L this season. Any update on Roy's right knee "soreness"?
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You oughta be excited about Portland.
I've actually never been a Portland fan. (Screenname is related to team I was playing for when I registered)
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post #23 of 175
11/10/12 at 4:50pm
So your team is the Wolves then? Or Nuggets?
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post #24 of 175
11/10/12 at 5:00pm
Nuggets. I live in Canada (about an 8 hour drive from Minnesota), so I follow the T'Wolves & Raptors closely.
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post #25 of 175
11/10/12 at 5:06pm
Got it.
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post #26 of 175
11/10/12 at 6:48pm
Dwill needs to start doing one of two things..attack and live at the FT line or get his butt in the post and go to his hook shot, hopefully he has. Don't mind him facing up because he can get by most but he's not finishing at the rim correct.
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post #27 of 175
11/13/12 at 9:14am
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The clock on Derrick Williams being traded has officially started. Adelman wants nothing to do with him, 12 minutes last night and guys like Amundson are playing more than him. mean.gif
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post #28 of 175
11/13/12 at 9:18am
Sad. Minnesota with two chances at having a stud #2 overall draft pick and it looks like both fizzled. I don't mind them getting rid of Williams, it's just a bummer that it was a wasted draft pick.
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post #29 of 175
11/13/12 at 11:35am
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After surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Minnesota Timberwolves starter Chase Budinger will miss minimally three months, a league source told Yahoo! Sports.

Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery on Tuesday, and a source said the meniscus was completely repaired and will allow for a full recovery for Budinger.
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post #30 of 175
11/13/12 at 11:44am
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Can we just call it a wrap on David Kahn in terms of drafting? When has he hit besides Rubio (a no-brainer)?

Jonny Flynn (miss)
Wayne Ellington (neither a hit or a miss)
Lazar Hayward (miss)
Wes Johnson (miss)
Derrick Williams (looks to be a miss)

The smartest thing he's done in a while is trade the #18 in last Summer's draft for Chase Budinger. Would've probably taken some guy that ended up going in Round 2.

He needs to just hire another guy to draft, while he can handle all things trading/signing players. I'd rather have Metta World Peace on PCP after killing his therapist handling my war room.
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