Comments on: Wolves fall 110-102 to Suns

By: BC Beneke

BC Beneke — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:34:42 +0000

Bert.

The wolves could win by 75 points tonight and they still wouldn’t be a .500 team would they?

They are supposed to win this game, and I really don’t expect them to win tonight or any night with this coaching staff.

I still predict 4-17 when Wittman either resigns, or is fired.

By: Pointless

Pointless — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:54:39 +0000

“Kevin Love (MIN) is an NBA.com contributor and a decent ball player, so this isn’t meant to be a personal attack, but after a week where the big man shot 5-for-18 from the field to drop his field goal percentage to .360 and his three-point percentage to .111, you have to laugh that some analysts had him ranked as the No. 1 rookie in the league after the first week of the season.”

- NBA.com

McHale is the polar opposite of King Midas. Everything McHale touches turns to dog sh:t.

By: bert

bert — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:20:55 +0000

It won’t look good if they blow it tonight.

By: BC Beneke

BC Beneke — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:57:36 +0000

I am tired of being the angry guy.

The facts are simple. The coach is not accomplishing his goal, and/or the players are incapable of playing the type of ball that the coach wants.

We’ve tried trading 1-1 and 6-1, and 3-3… to change the players.

I think it’s time we trade the coach and the GM. No name calling no anger… just plain and simple. They are not getting the job done.

By: bert

bert — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:04:46 +0000

I can not argue about Love’s play at this point, but other players drafted after him that are more productive seem to be on bad teams. Jason Thompson has had some good games for the Kings, but everyone seemed to be shocked that he was picked so early. Again the draft can be like throwing darts at the dartboard. We have Love now and we are a bad team so we might as well play him more so that he improves and so they can figure out how to make him effective when he is playing.

By: NM

NM — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:15:03 +0000

I don’t think it would matter if we did keep Roy or Mayo, Wittman would have screwed both of them up.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:20:14 +0000

You can’t just list players and say oh well, some years have better and deeper talent, and I would take half of those guys at 5 over Love. And I meant above, why did we go into the draft wanting Love, he isn’t great at anything and he is bad at a lot of things. 5th picks are normally ready to come in and play a lot or start. Love wouldn’t see more than 5-10 minutes for some good teams.

By: medschoolmatt

medschoolmatt — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:22:24 +0000

One question i have is this - why is Love needing the ball on the low block to begin with? We all know (including him - let’s face it, he IS basketball smart contrary to what many think) that he’s undersized and has a good jump shot yet he is always trying to score via the low block. Granted, low block shots are supposed to be easier, but when you have Al in the lane, there is very little room in there for someone else (that being Love). The guy was supposed to COMPLIMENT, not conflict with Al - as in he should be looking to take those open 10-15 footers and take a big man away from the paint. Also Love is an excellent passer and should be a ‘cutoff man’ for Al in case he can’t find the open man. Sure, he’d get less rebounds but Al would get more with only one or two guys to fend off and not Love’s man.

Any way we can get the serb to cut away from his european contract and get him over here? he seems like a legitimate center which is what we need. think about having Him, Al, Brewer/Gomes, Miller, Foye - that’s a solid lineup where everyone is in their position (Foye is getting it people).

By: bert

bert — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:42:33 +0000

A person could have a competitive team with Farmar, Brooks, and Hill at PG; Martin at SG; Salmons at SF; Maxiel at PF; and Dalembert at C.

By: bert

bert — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:39:47 +0000

I usually like to stick up for the Ebi pick at #26 as a throwaway because not much comes from the #26 pick. I see that I am mistaken as some solid contributors have come from that pick lately. If you look at many past draft picks you may throw up in your mouth a little as many of these never become what they are expected to. But here are the #26 picks:

George Hill
Aaron Brooks
Jordan Farmar
Jason Maxiell
Kevin Martin
Ndudi Ebi
John Salmons
Samuel Dalembert
Mamadou N’diaye
Vonteego Cummings
Sam Jacobson
Charles Smith
Jerome Williams
Sherell Ford
Charlie Ward
Geert Hammink
David Johnson
Mark Randall
Lance Banks