OT: Are the Timberwolves a disappointment?

A lot of people thought they'd challenge for a playoff spot. For all the criticism of the Blazers, the Wolves are 10 times worse. Thoughts? KAT and Wiggins overrated?

 

No. it's a process.

 

No I'm never disappointed when the T Pups do poorly

 

I'm going to guess that Tom Thibodeau is disappointed that they are 27th in OPP FG% and 25th in DRtg.

Probably not thrilled that they have the second to worst record in the West, either.

BNM

 

#LetTheCakeBake

 

They all have dick pic karma over there....lot of young talent....Thibs offensive playbook never impressed me

 

This

 

Just read somewhere that an observer says they don't look like they are having fun playing basketball.

 

Seems to be a common trait of Thibs coached teams.

BNM

 

I would have thought that Thibs would have kept what worked from his Chicago days and changed what didn't.
However I always thought that they would start out slow and progress as the year went on. And I still do.
However they still need better 3 pt shooting from their guards before they can really make the jump IMO

 

In terms of +/- (-0.8), they're 6th best in the West, way better than us (-2.3). I wouldn't be panicking as a Tpup fan.... but I wouldn't be too excited either.

 

Townes, Wiggins and LaVine are all 21. Still very young, but older than the 20, 20 and 19 you stated.

Dunn sucks. He is what many thought he would be. Yet another MIN pg lottery pick that can't shoot. Even Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn would be embarrassed by his .431 TS%.

Yeah, I get that he's a rookie, but he was a 4-year college player taken with a high lottery pick. A lot of people in Minnesota are calling him a bust. He could still turn it around, but so far, he hasn't looked like anything special.

BNM

 

That could be a scary good cake if it's baked properly.

Big "if," though.

 

Yeah, hard to believe Wiggins is in his 3rd season, but still only 21.

A lot of young talent, but still only 6-14. They haven't figured out how to win and the lack of a decent PG is still holding them back. That was the problem all though the Kevin Love era and continues to be.

Adelman's last year there, they started off 1-10 in games decided by 4 points or less. Finally, in March, he started benching Rubio in the 4th quarter of close games in favor of J.J. Barea and they started winning some close games. In today's NBA, you simply can't have the ball in someone's hands who isn't a legitimate scoring threat with the game on the line. Rubio, for all his other talents, is just such a poor shooter that they can't play him during crunch time and expect to win. That's why their record is always so much worse than their point differential would indicate.

So far, Dunn is looking like Rubio/Flynn 3.0. And, once again, their record in close games sucks (0-5 in games decided by 4 or fewer points).

They keep trying to draft an answer at PG, when acquiring a half way decent veteran PG would really help the young guys get over the hump and figure out how to win some close games.

BNM

 

They're a disappointment defensively.
But not offensively, it's hard to win in the West/Nba when your most consistent outside shooter is your center.
Even with Wiggins improvement from deep, it's still not his game.