Game Thread GAME# 37: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - MARCH 13, 2021 - SATURDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

I can't tell what score keepers didn't count, if any, but they counted all these 50'+ for Curry and Dame. All at period-end.

2017-0657[241] GSW@CHI P2 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 50' 3PT Jump Shot|
2017-0679[249] GSW@HOU P2 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 57' 3PT Jump Shot|
2017-0803[384] OKC@GSW P3 00:01 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 63' 3PT Jump Shot||
2017-0831[319] SAS@GSW P3 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 66' 3PT Jump Shot||
2017-0846[115] PHX@GSW P1 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 68' 3PT Jump Shot||
2017-0887[238] OKC@GSW P2 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 63' 3PT Jump Shot||
2018-0047[111] PHX@GSW P1 00:01 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 55' 3PT Jump Shot||
2018-0331[241] GSW@DET P2 00:01 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 50' 3PT Jump Shot|
2018-0428[251] GSW@SAC P2 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 61' 3PT Jump Shot|
2018-0565[439] HOU@GSW P4 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 71' 3PT Jump Shot||
2018-0768[219] PHI@GSW P2 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 65' 3PT Jump Shot||
2018-0964[225] BOS@GSW P2 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 54' 3PT Jump Shot||
2018-1055[107] GSW@SAS P1 00:00 Away | Made 3-Pointer | |Curry 60' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)|
2018-1055[325] GSW@SAS P3 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 58' 3PT Running Jump Shot|
2020-0047[124] GSW@DET P1 00:01 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 52' 3PT Jump Shot|
2020-0163[353] IND@GSW P3 00:00 Home | Missed 3-Pointer | MISS Curry 62' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot||
2020-0339[247] GSW@DAL P2 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 56' 3PT Jump Shot|
2020-0360[360] GSW@DAL P3 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 56' 3PT Jump Shot|
2020-0576[234] GSW@LAC P2 00:01 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Curry 50' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot|
2018-0930[430] POR@TOR P4 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Lillard 70' 3PT Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot|
2019-0062[360] POR@OKC P3 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Lillard 62' 3PT Jump Shot|
2019-0465[320] POR@UTA P3 00:00 Away | Missed 3-Pointer | |MISS Lillard 63' 3PT Jump Shot|

 

I wouldn't give Little but I would give Ant and a pick. Little is our best chance at a star level player that we don't have.

 

crossed my mind too. I’d like to hang onto Trent, Ant and Little. Maybe we can stick to Nurkic and CJ and add “filler” as required (Blevins? Lol) and a decent pick or two. After all, we take a risk that Towns re-signs-

 

KAT is locked up until 23-24 so there is no risk.

https://hoopshype.com/salaries/minnesota_timberwolves/

 

we didnt play that well, but ill take the win

key point was when the refs didnt call a clear foul on covington i think, thats shouldve been free throws for edwards

 

I’d rather have 2018-2019 Nurk + CJ + Little over KAT + Rubio.

The only issue for me is, can Nurk replicate that season and can he stay healthy.

 

to answer your questions: maybe; maybe not

KAT hasn't been a picture of good health either, though not as bad as Nurkic

 

I can’t give up McCollum AND Little. That’s too much. Can we keep Little and give up Hood, Collins, or Ant (if we keep Rubio). Can Towns guard AD?

Dame/Rubio
Trent/Elleby
DJJr/Little
RoCo/Melo
Towns/Kanter

I like.

 

Big men in general are such a risky thing to hang your hopes on. They're hardly ever healthy.

 

depends on the big man

Wilt:



the Mailman



Moses Malone:



Jack Sikma:



Kareem:



Robert Parish:



yeah, exceptions to the rule but why is it the most durable big men played in the NBA decades ago?

 

Wilt (and Malone) were such freaks of nature. Wilt could lead the lead in scoring (by a lot), lead in rebounding, lead in blocks, or decide to lead in assists....all while never missing a game. In the 1961-62 season, he AVERAGED over 48 minutes per game. For his CAREER he averaged 45.8 minutes per game. No days off, crappy planes to fly in, no "load management", and not the watered down talent spread out over 30 teams.

Training and size have certainly improved, but I'm not sure anyone will ever come close to what Wilt could do over all. And most people don't have any idea of his Track and Field exploits which just speak to how much of a freak he was.

 

How about in the last decade or two?

 

I know we’re talking just big men, but Stockton’s Games Played are insane.

 

The game is faster and guys are more athletic. Big men are more likely to get injured now.

 

I think a lot of the bigs back in the day were built more like the players that we consider power forwards now. Dirk/LMA/KG etc, but they didn't have the shooting range.

 

I don't believe I agree with that. The game isn't really faster than it was in the 60's and 70's. The pace may be a bit higher now, but that's because so many players aren't running rim to rim like they did back then...they are running from 3 point line to 3 point line....shorter court

and if you think big men are more athletic now you didn't see Wilt, or Nate Thurmond, or Russell, or Kareem, or Elvin Hayes play much when they were younger

 

wut? the year the Blazers won the championship, the C's in the NBA included Kareem, Moses Malone, Artis Gilmore, Bill Walton, Swen Nater, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier, Billy Paultz, Kevin Kunnert, Caldwell Jones, Clifford Ray, Jack Sikma....

5 years before that you had many of the same guys listed above plus Wilt, Thurmond, Elmore Smith, Walt Bellamy, Tom Boerwinkle

in the middle of the Drexler era, there were Hakeem, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Rony Seikaly, Moses, Bill Laimbeer, Parish, Benoit Benjaman, Rick Mahorn, James Donaldson, James Edwards, Mark Eaton....

sure, there were PF's masquerading as C's like Dave Cowens, Alvin Adams, Sam Perkins, Dan Issel. But those were the golden ages of true C's. The introduction of the 3 point line and all the defensive restrictions have torpedoed the value of traditional big men, but I'm not convinced the NBA is better for it

 

The late 80s and 90s were full of these behemoth bigs.... guys like Shaq and David Robinson and Patrick Ewing and Dikembe Mutombo etc.

We have trended away from that style of play. The 90s were more about slow pace and grinding it out. Guys in that mold have been few and far between. Yao Ming. Embiid. Oden. Etc.

 

At least we got a split.