I'm waiting for Wiggins to look Taylor in the eye and apologize for his lack of effort on the Timberwolves. Until then, I'm not a fan.
I don't want him to apologize to Taylor, because Glenn deserve every bad thing that could ever happen to him. I want Wiggins to apologize to the fans.
I'm with you cheaptoy. Glenn sucks, but what Wiggins did to Wolves fans is unforgiveable.
Yes. Glen is a chump.
Winning a championship is not nothing. GSW went out and schooled that Celtics team in this series. In fact, if not for an unbelievable 4th quarter in game 1 by the Cs, this could have been over in 4. That game buoyed the Cs and maybe they get the game 3 regardless, but by the end, there could be no doubt. GSW was the vastly superior team and deserved unequivocally to win this title.
Six trips to the finals in 8 years is quite a feat and I don't think GSW is done. Klay and Draymond gave them not much overall in the Finals and it didn't matter. Curry was Curry and Wiggins (goddammit) was their second best player. Boston could and did defend well in the half court, but GSW caused so many turnovers and got into transition so much that they negated the Cs defense. At times when the Cs were just missing shots instead of turning the ball over, GSW could go stagnant offensively. But GSW's defense was tremendous and Boston seemed to play into it time after time, trying to get the ball to the rim by dribbling into the teeth of the Warriors' defense. Turnover. Turnover. Turnover. The Warriors were good, not great on offense. But that defense, man. It won a Championship.
Jayson Tatum had a miserable series for a 1st team all-NBA player in large part, I think, because GSW decided to take him out of the series. Tatum shot 36.7% from the field (44-120) including a disastrous 31.5% from 2 (24-76). He had almost 4 turnovers a game (23 in six games). Time after time, Tatum tried to drive to the basket (just what GSW wanted, I think) and ended up casting wild shots that had no chance of going in. Tatum is a skilled offensive player, I've seen him go off big time in many a game. But, Tatum doesn't see defense in the regular season like he saw in these Finals. He didn't really adjust and the Celtics didn't really adjust. They would have been better off throwing up contested threes than driving to the basket. That was a total loser for them. Hats off to the Warriors players for smothering this team and to Steve Kerr and his staff for their game planning. Maybe they could have won by not taking out Tatum like they did, but what they did clearly worked. So, kudos.
Hats off to the Warriors. It's true that this was not a Finals opponent of the type that they've seen. But it was a golden opportunity to win a title and they grabbed that opportunity and cashed it in. Four titles and two runners up in eight seasons. That's a helluva ride. As long as Curry can remain a reasonable facsimile of what he was in these Finals and they play defense like that, they will have more opportunities to win.
On a cheerier note for Wolves fans (other than, you know, watching the guy that sabotaged the franchise for 7 years actually giving a shit for a different team), Memphis gave the Warriors the most fits in these playoffs. And the Wolves played them pretty evenly -- they had their chances to win that series. The West is gonna be, as Mick Jagger once said, "tough, tough, tough, tough, tough" next year. But, they win have a chance to compete and make noise. Just wait until next year! Sha-doobie.
I almost threw a brick through my television when an announcer said something to the effect that Wiggins was finally encouraged to shoot threes. As if the entire Wolves universe wasn't begging him not to take long, contested twos the whole time he was playing for Minnesota.
The sole bit of honesty about Wiggins and his time in Minnesota came when Mark Jackson started talking about how Wiggins had this reputation of not caring (as if to insinuate he was being treated unfairly) and Jeff Van Gundy responded, "and deservedly so."
I'm sure Wiggins is a nice guy, etc., but he was paid a lot of money to not care in Minneapolis. And that's the extent that I will say about that.
I will say something more. The one season that Jimmy Butler was in Minnesota, both Butler and Towns (who is younger than Wiggins) were third team all NBA. So, Wiggins was the third wheel on a team with two of best 15 players in the league. Plus, Jeff Teague was a serviceable point guard and Taj Gibson provided value at the 4. It's not like Wiggins never played on a good team in Minneapolis. Not true at all.
Wiggins had a PER of 13.0 (average is 15.0). He was the worst non-guard rebounder on the team. Of guys that played 1000 minutes only Gorgui Dieng and Taj Gibson had a lower assist rate. Only Dieng and Jamal Crawford took more long twos than Wiggins. Their percentages on long twos? Dieng 45.5%. Crawford 46.7%. Wiggins 32.0%. His offensive rating was the worst among Wolves with at least 1000 minutes. His defensive rating was second worst to noted matador Crawford. Wiggins was the absolute worst player on that team who played substantial minutes. The worst. It's not that he didn't have talent, as we have now seen. It's not that his teammates were no good. Maybe it was Thibs (not impossible). But the 17-18 season was not an outlier. The dude dogged it. Period.
I get tired of the "Wiggins was bad because of the Timberwolves" narratives. The cause and effect is backwards.
Exactly
A review like this is one of the key reasons I come here for Wolves content before stepping into the Canis. Thanks Boss.
Follow the link to Alex Bregman's b-r page and scroll down to the "Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors" section , then click on the "Awards" menu 😆
Thats amazing
- Polanco
+ Kirilloff
Jorge Polanco will be going on the injured list with low back tightness. Alex Kirilloff is expected to join the Twins in Phoenix.
I'm waiting for Wiggins to look Taylor in the eye and apologize for his lack of effort on the Timberwolves. Until then, I'm not a fan.
I don't want him to apologize to Taylor, because Glenn deserve every bad thing that could ever happen to him. I want Wiggins to apologize to the fans.
I'm with you cheaptoy. Glenn sucks, but what Wiggins did to Wolves fans is unforgiveable.
Yes. Glen is a chump.
Winning a championship is not nothing. GSW went out and schooled that Celtics team in this series. In fact, if not for an unbelievable 4th quarter in game 1 by the Cs, this could have been over in 4. That game buoyed the Cs and maybe they get the game 3 regardless, but by the end, there could be no doubt. GSW was the vastly superior team and deserved unequivocally to win this title.
Six trips to the finals in 8 years is quite a feat and I don't think GSW is done. Klay and Draymond gave them not much overall in the Finals and it didn't matter. Curry was Curry and Wiggins (goddammit) was their second best player. Boston could and did defend well in the half court, but GSW caused so many turnovers and got into transition so much that they negated the Cs defense. At times when the Cs were just missing shots instead of turning the ball over, GSW could go stagnant offensively. But GSW's defense was tremendous and Boston seemed to play into it time after time, trying to get the ball to the rim by dribbling into the teeth of the Warriors' defense. Turnover. Turnover. Turnover. The Warriors were good, not great on offense. But that defense, man. It won a Championship.
Jayson Tatum had a miserable series for a 1st team all-NBA player in large part, I think, because GSW decided to take him out of the series. Tatum shot 36.7% from the field (44-120) including a disastrous 31.5% from 2 (24-76). He had almost 4 turnovers a game (23 in six games). Time after time, Tatum tried to drive to the basket (just what GSW wanted, I think) and ended up casting wild shots that had no chance of going in. Tatum is a skilled offensive player, I've seen him go off big time in many a game. But, Tatum doesn't see defense in the regular season like he saw in these Finals. He didn't really adjust and the Celtics didn't really adjust. They would have been better off throwing up contested threes than driving to the basket. That was a total loser for them. Hats off to the Warriors players for smothering this team and to Steve Kerr and his staff for their game planning. Maybe they could have won by not taking out Tatum like they did, but what they did clearly worked. So, kudos.
Hats off to the Warriors. It's true that this was not a Finals opponent of the type that they've seen. But it was a golden opportunity to win a title and they grabbed that opportunity and cashed it in. Four titles and two runners up in eight seasons. That's a helluva ride. As long as Curry can remain a reasonable facsimile of what he was in these Finals and they play defense like that, they will have more opportunities to win.
On a cheerier note for Wolves fans (other than, you know, watching the guy that sabotaged the franchise for 7 years actually giving a shit for a different team), Memphis gave the Warriors the most fits in these playoffs. And the Wolves played them pretty evenly -- they had their chances to win that series. The West is gonna be, as Mick Jagger once said, "tough, tough, tough, tough, tough" next year. But, they win have a chance to compete and make noise. Just wait until next year! Sha-doobie.
I almost threw a brick through my television when an announcer said something to the effect that Wiggins was finally encouraged to shoot threes. As if the entire Wolves universe wasn't begging him not to take long, contested twos the whole time he was playing for Minnesota.
The sole bit of honesty about Wiggins and his time in Minnesota came when Mark Jackson started talking about how Wiggins had this reputation of not caring (as if to insinuate he was being treated unfairly) and Jeff Van Gundy responded, "and deservedly so."
I'm sure Wiggins is a nice guy, etc., but he was paid a lot of money to not care in Minneapolis. And that's the extent that I will say about that.
I will say something more. The one season that Jimmy Butler was in Minnesota, both Butler and Towns (who is younger than Wiggins) were third team all NBA. So, Wiggins was the third wheel on a team with two of best 15 players in the league. Plus, Jeff Teague was a serviceable point guard and Taj Gibson provided value at the 4. It's not like Wiggins never played on a good team in Minneapolis. Not true at all.
Wiggins had a PER of 13.0 (average is 15.0). He was the worst non-guard rebounder on the team. Of guys that played 1000 minutes only Gorgui Dieng and Taj Gibson had a lower assist rate. Only Dieng and Jamal Crawford took more long twos than Wiggins. Their percentages on long twos? Dieng 45.5%. Crawford 46.7%. Wiggins 32.0%. His offensive rating was the worst among Wolves with at least 1000 minutes. His defensive rating was second worst to noted matador Crawford. Wiggins was the absolute worst player on that team who played substantial minutes. The worst. It's not that he didn't have talent, as we have now seen. It's not that his teammates were no good. Maybe it was Thibs (not impossible). But the 17-18 season was not an outlier. The dude dogged it. Period.
I get tired of the "Wiggins was bad because of the Timberwolves" narratives. The cause and effect is backwards.
Exactly
A review like this is one of the key reasons I come here for Wolves content before stepping into the Canis. Thanks Boss.
Follow the link to Alex Bregman's b-r page and scroll down to the "Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors" section , then click on the "Awards" menu 😆
Thats amazing
- Polanco
+ Kirilloff
Park says it "has been sore 'on and off' for two years".