The Blazers and T-Wolves look to be competitors for one of the last playoff spots in the West. Which roster is better? or
You know if the T-Wolves can stay healthy all season I would tend to disagree.I still think the Blazers have the edge but I think (Again Healthy all season) the T-Wolves have a pretty damn good team.
its too early to say i guess, but im gonna be a contrarian and say i like minnys team on paper their #1 picks this year are 3rd stringers and ours (cj) is expected to play quite a bit, to show their depth comparatively and eblazer, if you want to see greg oden cock picks you can just search for them yourself, no need to bait tpups fans into doing it for you
Dieng and Muhammad are either better than Turiaf and Brewer or they are horrible and were wasted picks. Their first round picks being listed as third string does not show they have more depth.
This. I'm just not impressed by anyone/anything on their bench. I think we're writer at most positions for starters. And I just don't like their bench at all.
Those teams look the same but are set up quiet differently. If you just want to look at starters, then the only spot the wolves have us at an advantage is the C every other spot is about on par or were better at. Then you look at depth and thats when it gets to the meat of the problem. Muhammod/brewer/Barea/Shavd/Williams vs Mo/Wright/McCollum/Robinson/Leonard. Both benches have two proven bench players (Barea, Brewer vs Mo, Wright) then its a bunch of rookies/second year players on both sides, well D.Will is a third year player but still very raw.
Minny wins PF and Center (I am one of the few it seems who prefers LaMarcus' overall game and team impact over Love, but I'm willing to call it a toss-up, and they have us beat at backup PF). Blazers win PG and SF, and it's not close. I'm giving the overall edge at SG to the Blazers. Blazers > Minny. Also, the sun will come up in the morning.
+1 Adelman can't control their health - but if they are healthy, he will find a way to make them competitive.
Their starters are VERY weak defensively, and that's 50% of the game. We have a huge advantage defensively at every starting position except PG. The problem with looking at line ups in terms of depth charts is it ignores things like small line ups featuring 3 guards and players that play multiple positions. For example, Mo Williams will back up both guard spots, and LaMarcus Aldridge is our best back up center. Because Wes has shown he can guard small forwards, we can play Wes, Mo and Damian together. Our players, both starters and bench, are a lot more versatile than theirs. This versatility also helps when battling injuries. If Wes gets injured, we can slide Nic to SG and start Dorrell at SF, or leave Nic at SF and start Mo at SG - depending on the match up. Because we have so many players that can play multiple positions, we are better equipped to handle injuries than they are. Ignoring health issues, our starters are better and our key bench players are better. I'd take our top 8 over their top 8 any day of the week, and those are the guys who win and lose games. BNM
I think they have a pretty big advantage at C and we have a pretty big advantage at SF... the rest is pretty close. I think that Rubio is more likely to be an effective distributor, so if both Lillard and Rubio have a full (and talented) team around them then Rubio should be better (whereas if both teams are missing guys and need points, Lillard is superior). I don't see a big difference overall. Other than, historically speaking, health. Ed O.
The last time Minny had a better season than us was when they had KG. I don't see why this season will be any different than the last 7
A PG can be great by either scoring, passing or defense. Rubio is excellent, perhaps the best in the game in two of these areas while Damian is great at only one. Chase Budinger is a solid defender he was injured last season. The Wolves could be a surprise team if they put a few things together this year but I still strongly prefer our roster to theirs. Kirilenko was their best player last season his departure is being underestimated.
I think it'll boil down to what becomes of Robinson/CJ and Shved/Bazz. Right now, I give the PF and C spots to MIN. Everything else tips our way. If Rubio stays healthy all year that'll make things tighter. Robinson can easily become better than Williams/Cunningham - but will he? What if Bazz or Shved come out blazing? LMA = Love Lopez < Pek Nic > Budinger Wes > Martin Lillard > Rubio Robinson < Williams Robinson < Cunningham Leonard < Turiaf Freeland < Dieng Wright = Brewer Claver < Bazz CJ > Shved Mo > Barea Barton, Crabbe, Watson > Nobody (haha)
I think the wolves have a better roster, but can't wait to play em.......on paper they look like good games! Sent from my baller ass iPad FAMS!
