[Game] Timberwolves @ Kings 11/27/15 - 7 pm PST, 10 pm EST
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George Karl is an idiot. He refused to sub out Darren Collison even when he was clearly hurting us this game by being overly aggressive. Not once did he call a timeout to run a play for Rudy Gay when he was clearly struggling. Not once did he put the ball in Rondo's hands in the fourth quarter. I just have no words to explain this level of anti-coaching. An empty chair could do a comparable job.
As bad as Rudy was, Ben was quietly terrible too. If Ben steps up at pivotal moments it is a different game.
I am pretty sure if you gave all the minutes Ben gets to Seth Curry, you'd get more production.
Karl is in a bind because he tried Anderson and he stunk. He needs Marco scoring off the bench.
Giving Ben's minutes to Seth or Darren leaves you vulnerable defensively with a small backcourt.
HOLY BLEEP...Anthony Davis carried off the floor (knee). Hate to see that.
I am pretty sure if you gave all the minutes Ben gets to Seth Curry, you'd get more production.
Karl is in a bind because he tried Anderson and he stunk. He needs Marco scoring off the bench.
Giving Ben's minutes to Seth or Darren leaves you vulnerable defensively with a small backcourt.
HOLY BLEEP...Anthony Davis carried off the floor (knee). Hate to see that.
It helps when almost every team in the league played directly into their hands in the offseason. You aren't going to outtrun the Warriors. but you might, just might, be able to outexecute them in a halfcourt battle. Instead every single GM in the league said hey! We should run too! Without stopping to consider if that really worked for their franchise and players.
Tonight it was Phoenix. Brilliant. Its like trying to outslug Tyson or outbox Mayweather. No you morons.
Tonight it was Phoenix. Brilliant. Its like trying to outslug Tyson or outbox Mayweather. No you morons.
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It was a 6 point game when coach subbed out Ben and a 9 point game when he subbed out Rudy. That's with 5:09 left on the clock. Down by 9 with 5 minutes left is a winnable game. What did we see after that? The all Darren Collison show. Rondo stood in the corner while our bench tried to win the game on their own. That's entirely on the coach. Rondo running the offense is our game plan. It was working for three quarters (2 3/4 quarters) and then we threw it away for no reason.
Your starting SG and SF are combined 4-22 FGs which included a garbage basket by Ben. I am not blaming Karl for that or the offense going through Darren on a few possessions in the 4th. The Kings held the Wolves to zero fast break points. Omri was balling. Rondo was balling. Willie and 2K had their moments. Marco was fire. Darren was decent. It is not hard to see the who the weak links were. I give credit to Wiggins for D-ing up on Rudy. I don't know who give credit for guarding Ben because no one was really guarding him and he still couldn't convert.
Yeah, the TWolves announcing team is pretty sharp. I switched over to the Kings broadcast once I knew Doug was on the team today, but I was really impressed with their knowledge of both teams in the first quarter. And our offense is really limited. It's side pick and rolls, dribble hand-off jumpers, or lobs into the post. That's pretty much it. And yet it was working to perfection in the first half because the spacing was great and Rondo knew where the ball needed to go and how to get it there. I don't think Darren Collison is as bad of a player as he's looked this year, he was great last year running Mike Malone's offense. But the offense we're running now does not play to his strengths and having Rondo out there as the "shooter" alongside him is a considerable handicap too.