Are the Wolves for real?
Posted on January 16th, 2007 – 9:03 AMBy Michael Rand
We don’t want to kill the chatter on Brewster, because that will be the “talker” for days to come. But we also think this Wolves situation deserves a little more run. We’re stuck on whether this is a team putting together a slightly overachieving stretch of games, many against bad teams, with a fair amount of good fortune thrown into the mix to win some close, overtime games, or whether they’re figuring things out in a more serious way. We watched most of the fourth quarter and OT yesterday, and we have to say Minnesota caught some big breaks. Aside from some nice possessions early in overtime, the offense is still ragged a lot down the stretch. And if Rip Hamilton buries his wide-open three at the end of regulation, they’re done. If Mark Blount doesn’t drain a bailout three near the end of overtime, they might have lost as well. Bottom line: We’re cautious. While we like the Foye/KG high screens, Foye’s fearlessness, the way Blount is playing, the way Trenton Hassell is playing and, in many games, the way Ricky Davis is playing, we want to see just a little more. Let’s see a game against a top team when everything is firing on all cylinders. Let’s see one more big man in the mix in a swap for Marko Jaric. Let’s see if Rashad McCants can give them some juice, especially from beyond the arc, when he comes back. Then we’ll believe they have another gear. Your thoughts?
7 Responses to "Are the Wolves for real?"
Looks like a blowout in the “W” column!
Mark Blount can’t possibly keep this up, can he? I mean, he usually does this just long enough to make you think he’s turned the corner, and then he starts to suck again, right?
The wolves are playing well, but still need a shooter. Someone who can be a consistent threat from the 3 point line. There is too much dribbling and not enough passing.
Hey RandBall, nice flip flop on the “We/I” thing from yesterday. It lasted all of one entry. You’re nothing if not a man of your word. Great work.
Ok, Listen up y’all. Its time to set this straight. Once D Case decides to run, all the time, the offense that has made Amare Stoudemire look like the best big man in the league, the Wolves will just be ok. The problem with that is that Garnett is not a by the basket layup player by nature. He is, however, the best post fadeaway player since the Dream. Problem: You don’t turn post fadeaway players into to the basket players overnight, let alone in one season. Garnett has had this game for what, 12 seasons now? Its time to change the game, man. Get moving towards championship style offense, because you’ve only got playoff caliber defense. That being said, everybody in the league plays sketchy, and/or bad teams, and those are the games you have to win as a good team. Right now the Wolves are winning those games. We’ll see.
4 of the 7 wins are against playoff teams- Casey was about 3 more Mike James bricks from hitting the road- and then 2007 showed up- Are the wolves great? no! but WE’LL TAKE IT
We know, it was a great flip-flop wasn’t it? OK, that’s the last we will ever say on the We/I subject. There’s just too much at stake.
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