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Sure but it identifies why Wiggins is a net negative to the Wolves, when you do nothing outside of scoring you better do it a hell of a lot better than he does

yeah. I think the primary reason he is a net negative is bad shot selection.

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01-19-2017 , 11:36 AM

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Wiggins strikes me as a guy who will either be tantalizingly average forever on the wolves or the next David Ortiz if we trade him

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01-19-2017 , 12:37 PM

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Wiggins strikes me as a guy who will either be tantalizingly average forever on the wolves or the next David Ortiz if we trade him

He really does. Excellently phrased too.

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01-19-2017 , 05:05 PM

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Wiggins strikes me as a guy who will either be tantalizingly average forever on the wolves or the next David Ortiz if we trade him

That seems to be how our teams roll.

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01-20-2017 , 02:15 AM

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Ugly win but we'll take it.

Kris Dunn was the oldest player on the floor down the stretch.

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01-21-2017 , 04:35 PM

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Rubio is out tomorrow. Apparently his grandmother died. What a terrible run for him. His mom died recently as well.

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01-22-2017 , 09:58 PM

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This team is so ****ing frustrating to watch.

Terrible ball movement on offense, Wiggins and Shabazz take so many ****ing terrible shots. If the ball goes to Shabazz you know with about 95% certainty it's never getting passed again.

Just awful to watch.

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01-23-2017 , 12:54 AM

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Today's game tho

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01-23-2017 , 01:13 AM

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Dunn put up 10-8-9 with 3 steals and 1 amazing block. So cool having a point guard that can be a weakside shot blocker.

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01-23-2017 , 01:31 AM

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Was nice to see them eek out another win in a close game.

My experience lately has been turn on the TV to see they are winning by 5-15 points and then within 5 minutes of gameplay they are losing by 5-15.

They should pay me to not watch.

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01-23-2017 , 12:04 PM

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As inconsistently as we have played, and as many close games that we have blown, its hard to believe we are only 2.5 GB for the 8th spot in the playoffs.

The next 4 games are winnable before we visit CLE.

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01-23-2017 , 01:53 PM

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Yeah, hardly inspiring last two games, but at least we pulled out close ones.

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01-23-2017 , 07:11 PM

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I dunno, that was pretty inspiring to me. No Rubio, Lavine ineffective due to injury. Towns just playing out of his mind and got us the win. Towns is taking a leap imo. He can handle double-teams now.

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01-23-2017 , 07:51 PM

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Stats from Towns' last five games:

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01-24-2017 , 03:12 AM

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The problem with KAT's improvement is that it isn't happening where it would make a massive difference to the team ie. defense but on offense where the improvement makes a marginal difference.

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01-24-2017 , 08:35 AM

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I think his defense has been noticeably better lately. He's been far less lazy. He's also played a lot more center.

Not sure i agree with your logic. Getting better on offense or defense is helpful. It's not like there's some maximum goodness you can be on offense or that we're approaching such an asymptote.

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01-24-2017 , 09:35 PM

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I think that there is more of a team impact effect from a big man's defense than from his offense ,so whilst you obviously want improvements in both given a choice a faster improvement in defense is preferable to an offensive improvement

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01-24-2017 , 10:04 PM

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Ah, gotcha.

Why is this thread so dead??

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01-24-2017 , 11:08 PM

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Tuned in 5 minutes ago and already seen about 5 calls not go the Wolves way that should have.

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01-25-2017 , 12:25 AM

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Why so much Wiggins when the O does so well going through Towns???

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01-25-2017 , 12:28 AM

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Holy **** these officials are ****ing idiots.

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01-25-2017 , 12:31 AM

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LMAO they call that bs on KAT and then don't call it when Wiggins is getting destroyed and he makes it anyways.

Good to get that win, almost blew a 14pt 2nd half lead.

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01-25-2017 , 03:42 AM

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Good to get that win, almost blew a 14pt 2nd half lead.

Never a worry that stuff is so 2016

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01-25-2017 , 10:31 AM

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https://streamable.com/swdg6

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01-25-2017 , 02:01 PM

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His d needs improving but how often are guys his age at his position solid on D? I feel like not many.

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