I know there’s always going to be turnovers throughout the game, but this team has so many dumb turnovers, like the kind you see during a high school JV game. Very low basketball IQ. They gotta clean their game up big time if they’re gonna make a deep playoff run.

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I'm thinking about heading down to Portland for the back to back.

Best places that I should check out for food, drinks, non game time activity?

Hey y'all! I've got 4 tickets to tonight's game and my friends can't make it

They're non-transferable so you'll have to meet me at the gate, or alternatively I can pick you up in the Wolf Wagon. DM me if your interested!

NAZ REID

Naz Reid

Hear me out… this might be a shit post but it has its own merits. I feel like Jalen’s trade from Toronto to the kings impacted Jaden’s play. Maybe Jaden is in his feelings because he feels like he got traded even though it was him that got traded? Why else is Jaden McDaniels not playing well this season?

I'm trying to stay reasonable here, but some of his plays from the last game are just insane.

That physical drive where he jumped into the defender and scored, as well as a couple passes only a handful of guys can make. Yes he is small by NBA standards, but he isn't a midget and has plenty of quickness and a willingness to play physical on offense.

But what stands out is his competitiveness and confidence. Dude looks perturbed over not getting playing time and when he does play it doesn't look like he's a rookie out there.

I think we got one boys.

In order:

NAW - 48.4% (65.7 TS%)

Ant - 48.1% (64% TS%)

Naz Reid - 46.3% (70.1 TS% (7th best TS in NBA))

Julius Randle - 44.7% (65.7 TS%)

As a team we are good for 2nd best 3p% in the NBA with the best 3p% differential in the NBA through 9 games, making 8.7% more 3's than our opponents on average

My kid really wants Ants autograph. What's the best way to get it? If we're in the cheap seats, can we go down by the tunnel during warm ups? He wants his jersey signed but wa also winning about bringing a ball; I wasn't sure we could bring that in.

The best advanced stats according to GMs is DARKO and here is a comparison between ANT and Kobe (Booker for reference lol) with it.

Alright, so this post was inspired by the let Ant shoot 100 threes a game post where someone mentioned to form a circle around him. Now this is a great strategy. Why would you want anyone but your best shooter to take shots? That is just silly. Once Chris Finch sees this post I think he will quickly integrate this into the gameplan.

I know this has been discussed before with Curry and it was called the ring of protection. Now technically, that strategy won't work because it is a 'moving screen'.

What I am proposing is called the Nipple Offense. You have Rudy, Julius, Jaden, and Luka form a breast-like shape (or a circle), and Ant is the Nipple in the center. The key distinction here is that the players are NOT touching hands. They are very close though. Also, rather than run/walk in tandem (causing a moving screen), INSTEAD, the players on the outside will jump like frogs around the court. I don't think this would be a moving screen by the definition of the rules. These guys are just jumping together.

Take a look at the photo above for a high-level understanding of the Nipple Offense.

Now.. I bet you are thinking "Wow, this is pretty good. But what about the missed opportunity for offensive rebounds"? I am glad you asked. Currently, most teams average around 12 offensive rebounds per game, which equates to about 15% of the time they shoot. When you are running the Nipple Offense, the entire team is at the 3-point line. HOWEVER, what I have failed to tell you until now, is that Anthony Edwards will have a secret code word before he shoots. This will tell the 4 guys to BREAK out of formation and run towards the hoop. I GUARANTEE this will allow for a higher offensive rebound percentage.

Now, while this does include a lot of jumping for the guys, I still think that overall they will save energy from having to run around in the normal offense and get physical with guys. This will add the ability to perform better defensively. I haven't thought of any clever schemes defensively yet, but I am doing a lot of research at the moment.

Thanks for reading and I hope to see this in a game soon.

We got the pick alongside Conley and NAW when we traded D’Lo to the Lakers lol

The Jazz own the Wolves 2025 1st via the Gobert trade. It’ll be fun to see how far apart those picks are.

Still super early, but if he continues to make 5.6 and misses 10 games (the most games he’s missed in a season so far in his career) he’d make 403, one more than curry’s legendary 2016 campaign.

Where do you think ant will finish this year with makes? I do expect a bit of a cool off but rn he’s looking like an elite sniper

Edit: and if we count his play off performances, his last 25 games he’s shooting 44% from deep, he may just be a lethal shooter now

2024-25OctNovDec2025FebMarAprReg StartAllStarReg EndSat, Nov 9

https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/advanced?CF=MIN*G*75&GroupQuantity=3&dir=D&slug=advanced&sort=NET_RATING

That's currently good for the 4th best in the NBA (3 man line-ups, at least 75 minutes played).

The stats match the eye test - our starting five isn't as dominant as last year, but our mixed bench units are killing teams.

Shoutout rudy man after last nights game he got out his car and signed for pretty much everybody. He was the only player to sign more than like 2 things. He gets hella hate but i just don’t see it. Shoutout rudy for being for the fans man. Gave me my first autograph too.