Frostillicus
Footballguy
You just made it very clear you loved Haliburton so I was pointing that out! Not mean! Never mean!
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2024-25 NBA Thread: defeated Minnesota fan ready to move on to next crushing disappointment (18 Viewers)
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Yo Mama
Footballguy
Here’s the stats we need in the NBA thread on a magic football message board:
Haliburton threw 77 passes for 444 yards last night without throwing an interception.
The graphic in the linked post shows how that stacks up against other top playoff QBs (most yards in the playoffs without an INT).
Haliburton threw 77 passes for 444 yards last night without throwing an interception.
The graphic in the linked post shows how that stacks up against other top playoff QBs (most yards in the playoffs without an INT).
mr. furley
Footballguy
Thibs only cares what the film says. all other voices are mute to him.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Has he seen film of his hair? For if he has, he would make some changes to the lineup.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
But can he throw a hockey puck?
Harry Frogfish
Footballguy
I'm still not over the Nuggets Adelman's hair. Who talked a balding young man into straight bangs on that egg?
He's still young enough for an intervention. Knicks coach no way. He's toast.
He's still young enough for an intervention. Knicks coach no way. He's toast.
General Malaise
Footballguy
If you see this guy behind the wheel, get off the road.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I think it’s actually looked slightly better this year. Not sure if he got just a little bit of minoxidil or figured out how to style what little he has, but at least now the wisps on the front of his head are all organized and almost fool you into thinking he has something if you just look for a second
I can’t watch this, so turning it off already.
The Wolves just do offensively exactly what the Thunder want them to, and accept that. Nothing to get ANT going, players passing to Gobert when he’s running into the front court because they’re being pressured by a Thunder player, etc. We badly need a competent point who can control things on the court since Finch is a below-average in-game strategist.
The Wolves just do offensively exactly what the Thunder want them to, and accept that. Nothing to get ANT going, players passing to Gobert when he’s running into the front court because they’re being pressured by a Thunder player, etc. We badly need a competent point who can control things on the court since Finch is a below-average in-game strategist.
General Malaise
Footballguy
NHL game is slightly more competitive for those wanting to watch competition tonight.
Wow.
Wow.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Caruso fouling every defensive play and gets some crappy bailout call on an out of control drive
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Welp, nice two year stetch, although both went out with a whimper I didn't care for. Can't wait to see what Connelly has in store for us this offseason.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
I’m watching the game. With my son. Who loves the Timberwolves. And it’s easily one of our top two things to do together. So I busted *** to finish work and rushed home to get there first the tipoff.
I'm a bad guy for trying to make him feel better that he isn't missing a very good game?
And the Wolves are getting killed which had him tearing up.
I’m watching the game. With my son. Who loves the Timberwolves. And it’s easily one of our top two things to do together. So I busted *** to finish work and rushed home to get there first the tipoff.
I'm a bad guy for trying to make him feel better that he isn't missing a very good game?
And the Wolves are getting killed which had him tearing up.
Well that makes all the sense in the world, sorry to hear about your son!!
I thought the scenario was that you wanted to watch the game and he wanted to watch Looney Toons or something with dad on the iPad.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
I'm a bad guy for trying to make him feel better that he isn't missing a very good game?
The point is he is a kid and this probably means everything to him. Telling him that he isn't missing much isn't helping.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Go Spurs Go!
General Malaise
Footballguy
I'm a bad guy for trying to make him feel better that he isn't missing a very good game?
Eminence, go away again. The place was better off without you.
Harry Frogfish
Footballguy
So if the Pacers dispatch the Knickerbockers tomorrow, the Association won't begin the Finals until June 5th? North Korea will have 8 days between games and fans go through more than two MONTHS of playoffs. Absurd. And 3 days between games for the finals? So 3 more weeks and shirt combos until the Supersonics get their 2nd title.
Play-in games and the Fly Emirates Cup, yay.
Play-in games and the Fly Emirates Cup, yay.
Kev4029
Footballguy
Best defense since... 08 Celtics? 04 Pistons?
Frostillicus
Footballguy
They're pretty incredible. Since I watch all the Wolves games what they really reminded me of was last year's Wolves team but a fully optimized version. Like a Pokemon evolution or whatever. Super athletic, tall, wingspans, who run around like their hair is on fire to rotate and close out on shooters or cut off driving lanes and know they can be over aggressive because they have a shot-blocker at the rim. Except where the Wolves had Ant, Jaden, and NAW backed by Rudy with needing to cover for Conley, Naz, and KAT, the Thunder have SGA, Jalen, Dort, Caruso, and Wallace with Chet and Hartenstein at the rim. Zero weak spots and just waves of athletic perimeter defenders.
I am interested to see how Haliburton handles them and how the Thunder play him.
Kanil
Footballguy
My wife thought their jerseys were awesome also.Just turned on the game and my wife goes “oh wow I like those Minnesota jerseys”I said they don’t look like they were designed in Microsoft word to you? She loves them.
Major
Footballguy
Must admit I am a little worried about Ant's progress and I say this as an Ant fan. Seemed to stall out this post season where it was anticipated he'd take the next step. Hate how he just disappears and I often wonder if he "gets it". I have some concern that he has a bit of that Jalen Green gene in him - like 5-10% but that's way too much for someone who wants to be the face of the league and mentioned in the same breath as Jokic and SGA.
Zow
Footballguy
Honestly, I thought this year would be a middling year like where we do get something like the 6th seed but get bounced by a better team. So, in terms of expectations, they exceeded mine - which is objectively nice.
In a year where the league was pretty strong - especially in the West - credit to OKC for being a step ahead of everybody else. What an awesomely constructed roster with a really good superstar at the helm. I thought the Wolves played really well in game 4 and OKC was just a bit better. Hard to be too upset.
Zow
Footballguy
Funny, I have the opposite take where I think he may "get it" too much and he "got" pretty quickly that OKC was the superior team. So, I'm not too worried about Ant as he'll be a top 5 player for the next ten years but I have concerns that the guy who looked like he may have that irrational confidence now just has rational confidence.
Zow
Footballguy
I thought he played well and made good decisions in game 4. Honestly, I think that his takeaway was probably, "damn, I played well and still lost" making game 5 a bit tough. I'm not all that concerned with him.
My only takeaway is that this likely means he isn't Jordan.
Jayrod
Footballguy
I've been trying to pump the brakes on ANT since the Olympics debacle where he was considered to have arrived and Tatum was "unplayable ".
Sure, part of it was sour grapes, but there was some truth to the idea that ANT wasn't "him" ( as the kids say these days). I felt the same way about Ja Morant, although even I am a little surprised at how far he's fallen.
ANT has great skills and athleticism, but I think he lacks the mentality to pull off true greatness. He isn't at Tatum's level yet as his game comes and goes too much without adding enough non-scoring traits to make him effective when his shot isn't falling. He reminds me of the likes of Alex English, Dominique or George Gervin; great scorers who never make the jump to top tier/MVP/championship status.
I legit hope I'm wrong, but that's my gut feeling so far.
Sure, part of it was sour grapes, but there was some truth to the idea that ANT wasn't "him" ( as the kids say these days). I felt the same way about Ja Morant, although even I am a little surprised at how far he's fallen.
ANT has great skills and athleticism, but I think he lacks the mentality to pull off true greatness. He isn't at Tatum's level yet as his game comes and goes too much without adding enough non-scoring traits to make him effective when his shot isn't falling. He reminds me of the likes of Alex English, Dominique or George Gervin; great scorers who never make the jump to top tier/MVP/championship status.
I legit hope I'm wrong, but that's my gut feeling so far.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Not even 24 years old yet and has been the best player on 2 western conference finals teams. We're fine.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
He could use another reliable ballhandler to take some of the pressure off him too.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
They need a Jrue Holiday/Derrick White type.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
There are a lot of eggs in the Dillingham basket right now.
I'm not worried about him. It's awfully tough for a small guard to make an impact as a rookie on a team with Finals aspirations, I just hope he learned a lot this year. And had fun.
I'm not worried about him. It's awfully tough for a small guard to make an impact as a rookie on a team with Finals aspirations, I just hope he learned a lot this year. And had fun.
scoobus
Footballguy
It was odd to me how much they didn't use/trust him this year. Hopefully that's more on Finch preferring veterans over rookies than it is an indictment on his ability at the NBA level, but we shall see.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Finch's whole deal this year was trying to use the top 8 as much as possible since they were playing together for the first time. He stuck to it, since both Terrence Shannon and Jaylen Clark showed they can be rotation players and still struggled to see time when everyone was healthy. Those two are the reason I'm not too worried about losing Alexander-Walker. Even though I love him, TSJ and Clark can fill his minutes capably at a much lower price.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
But, to quote my own post, this again exacerbates the need for Dillingham to be decent. NAW is another one of the Wolves' faux point guards who will initiate things when Conley is on the bench and neither Shannon nor Clark can play that role. We really need a PG.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
So in other words, Ant needs a ****load of help.
Zow
Footballguy
From the games I watched and my amateur point of view, Dillingham hasn't quite caught up to the NBA speed yet with his vision and decision-making. Put differently, he looked exactly how a young rookie would look. In contrast, in those same games Conley looked far more poised and reliable. He also still clearly had a strong leadership presence (even more visible in watching them live).
Conley was a fine regular season point guard. I wasn't surprised that he played way more than Dillingham and Minnesota really didn't have any points in the season where they could coast a bit and let rookies play more. He's just at a point in his career where he's just not fast enough and a highly skilled, athletic defensive team like OKC really exposes him.
In short, yeah, Dillingham's lack of play this year did seem to be a result of Finch's preference and the progression of the season (Minnesota was never comfortably in the top 6) than Dillingham being a bust or something.
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