Comments for Dunking with Wolves http://dunkingwithwolves.com A Minnesota Timberwolves Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on First Half Player Analysis. by CJDowns http://dunkingwithwolves.com/2012/02/21/first-half-player-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 CJDowns Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:26:17 +0000 http://dunkingwithwolves.com/?p=2603#comment-2199 I agree that Wes is a great defender but I still don't think he deserves a starting spot. And I can't believe you gave Beasley an "F+" He was doing well before his injury and before he was benched and now he's not even getting any minutes. Let's not forget that he was right behind Love in points last season. People ridicule Beas because of the amount of shots he takes but here's a good question: Would you rather have someone taking shots and getting their hands on the ball or would you rather have a player that is afraid of the ball and can't shoot at all? The only reason why people have "lost hope" in Beas is because of the double-double machine that is KL taking the spotlight last season. Anthony Randolph is a great player with great potential but can you really grade him when he's only played like 3 games this season? When he came to the wolves, he was a more than decent scorer but unfortunately he's not getting even a second this season. I think that if the Wolves won't use him or Beasley properly then they should trade them to a team that could use them such as the Hawks or Bobcats(Just had to throw them in there -_-) I agree with the scores of Pek, Luke, and KL. KL is supposedly the best PF in the NBA right now but he can have his "beasley inconsistency" games as well like tonight against the Jazz where he had 10 points on 3 of 14. My problem with KL is that sometimes it's like he only does enough work to get his double-double and then after that he just slows down or doesn't really care. He did it a lot last season where many of his double-doubles consisted of less than 15pts and 10rbs. All in all, Beasley, Randolph, and Webster and possibly Williams are on the trading block right now. I'm not sure how much fun the Wolves will be without these 4 (if they trade them). I agree that Wes is a great defender but I still don’t think he deserves a starting spot. And I can’t believe you gave Beasley an “F+” He was doing well before his injury and before he was benched and now he’s not even getting any minutes. Let’s not forget that he was right behind Love in points last season. People ridicule Beas because of the amount of shots he takes but here’s a good question: Would you rather have someone taking shots and getting their hands on the ball or would you rather have a player that is afraid of the ball and can’t shoot at all? The only reason why people have “lost hope” in Beas is because of the double-double machine that is KL taking the spotlight last season.

Anthony Randolph is a great player with great potential but can you really grade him when he’s only played like 3 games this season? When he came to the wolves, he was a more than decent scorer but unfortunately he’s not getting even a second this season. I think that if the Wolves won’t use him or Beasley properly then they should trade them to a team that could use them such as the Hawks or Bobcats(Just had to throw them in there -_-)

I agree with the scores of Pek, Luke, and KL. KL is supposedly the best PF in the NBA right now but he can have his “beasley inconsistency” games as well like tonight against the Jazz where he had 10 points on 3 of 14. My problem with KL is that sometimes it’s like he only does enough work to get his double-double and then after that he just slows down or doesn’t really care. He did it a lot last season where many of his double-doubles consisted of less than 15pts and 10rbs.

All in all, Beasley, Randolph, and Webster and possibly Williams are on the trading block right now. I’m not sure how much fun the Wolves will be without these 4 (if they trade them).

]]> Comment on First Half Player Analysis. by Hyepwrd http://dunkingwithwolves.com/2012/02/21/first-half-player-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 Hyepwrd Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:02:49 +0000 http://dunkingwithwolves.com/?p=2603#comment-2198 Rubio gets a A-?? He is 100% reason for the current record turn around. He is the reason Peck has confidence and is a beast now. Consistently throwing it in to him. Encouraging him. He leads the league in steals is 3rd or 4th in assists(how many rookies lead the league in anything?). Doing all this as a rookie. The team never gets blown out because he gets them into their offense every play. And this gets a 21 year old an A-?? Beasley is a useful player---the problem is his role. His best role is "instant offense" off the bench. Unfortunately--they signed JJ Barea in the off season who has the same "ROLE". Whats worse is that they play them both on the floor together. #1 rule in bball--never play 2 ball hogs together. Barea was not a smart signing. Ridnour completely changed my impression of him this season. I find myself saying words like "warrior" and "tough" watching him play this season. Wes Johnson is the reason this team is not in the playoff picture. His defense is TOP NOTCH. He needs to hit open threes--thats it! He hits 40%+ on threes and this team is hard to beat. Rubio gets a A-?? He is 100% reason for the current record turn around. He is the reason Peck has confidence and is a beast now. Consistently throwing it in to him. Encouraging him. He leads the league in steals is 3rd or 4th in assists(how many rookies lead the league in anything?). Doing all this as a rookie. The team never gets blown out because he gets them into their offense every play. And this gets a 21 year old an A-??

Beasley is a useful player—the problem is his role. His best role is “instant offense” off the bench. Unfortunately–they signed JJ Barea in the off season who has the same “ROLE”. Whats worse is that they play them both on the floor together. #1 rule in bball–never play 2 ball hogs together. Barea was not a smart signing. Ridnour completely changed my impression of him this season. I find myself saying words like “warrior” and “tough” watching him play this season. Wes Johnson is the reason this team is not in the playoff picture. His defense is TOP NOTCH. He needs to hit open threes–thats it! He hits 40%+ on threes and this team is hard to beat.

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