Comments on: Wolves lose 11th straight, 93-70 to LeBron and Cavs

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:48:49 +0000

atrain - My apologies. I must’ve misunderstood your post. Yes, we do need to be more positive as fans. I think that we were over achievers in some regards simply because of all the bums they surrounded KG with.

“Anybody notice that Mike Miller had his first semi-aggressive game against Cleveland, a team that is rumored to be interested in a shooting guard??”

He finally took some shots, but disappeared later in the game. Mike Miller is a tall dude. He should be able to shoot over most of the guards in the NBA even if they are right in front of him.

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:49:31 +0000

Brutal stretch of losses. Anybody notice that Mike Miller had his first semi-aggressive game against Cleveland, a team that is rumored to be interested in a shooting guard?? I’m just saying…

By: atrain

atrain — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:32:29 +0000

Jeff - that was a big generalization. Obviously there have been some high points, but generally speaking they’ve been underachievers and made a lot of dumb moves. Read the rest of my post - the entire point is to say that we need to be more POSITIVE as fans.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:12:49 +0000

“I agree with all the “the Wolves have sucked for 20 years” comments too”

I disagree. How many years did they have 50 wins or more. To me, a team that gets 50 wins or more doesn’t suck. I’m not saying they had the most exciting teams to watch, but they didn’t suck 20 the entire 20 years, come on.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:09:30 +0000

I didn’t see any mention of James Harden out of Arizona State. He’s a freshman, so it’s uncertain if he’ll enter the draft, but the guy is a stud. He’s averaging 23 ppg and is shooting 58% from the floor. Obviously we need a shooter.

By: Reality Based Fan

Reality Based Fan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:42:15 +0000

Re: Love/Jefferson High-Low

Love is no threat in the High position. He’s not a 50% shooter from mid-range (yet) and has zero ability to fake and drive. If he sets up outside his defender can drop down to the paint with impunity because on the kick out the defender can rush back because Love will be grounded in place.

The simple fact is that as of now Love has no offensive game other than (non-blocked) put-backs and a not yet reliable mid-range shot. He can’t get his own shot, is not a threat that requires help and for all intents and purposes, you can’t run the offense through him. That’s why his scoring is low and the so-called great passer averages only +/-1 APG.

By: gc

gc — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:11:38 +0000

i think they should play love, jefferson, and smith across the front. they are all too short but wide and strong, that’s what we have. miller is a given and i guess foye although he lacks consistency. all of the shooters except miller lack consistency. mccants needs to go, he’s a shooter who can’t shoot.

By: SBG

SBG — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:07:14 +0000

McCan’t has zero trade value, folks.

By: atrain

atrain — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:52:48 +0000

Actually, that’s not all…

I haven’t heard any propositions like this, but what’s the chances we could dump McCants for a decent center? Obviously we wouldn’t get an all star, but somebody big enough to cover center so Jefferson doesn’t have to and who’ll actually play some D, score a few points and get a few boards. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why Whittman had Collins starting at center for as long as he did, OTHER than the fact that it is nice to have Al at forward.

By: atrain

atrain — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:48:02 +0000

I’m totally on board with all the McHale ripping, Whittman ripping and Taylor ripping. They’re all a bunch of boobs (especially McHale). BUT, it’s worth trying to have a positive outlook on things. The Wolves aren’t going to get notably better tomorrow, next week or next month. I agree with all the “the Wolves have sucked for 20 years” comments too, but that’s history. I’m not saying stop complaining completely (calling for changes certainly can’t hurt) BUT let’s not all be totally negative either. The team needs some fan support.

That’s all.