Firing is the easy part part. Finding a replacement for a team that has championship aspirations is tough, especially mid season. Championship level coaches aren't just waiting on the couch in December.

Finch has his flaws, and you could do better but definitely you could do much worse. I would put him as a top 10~15 coach currently. I mean, we could have ended up with Doc Rivers.

Finch's system works great when it does, but always seems difficult to implement and takes a long time with new personal. I like his Def systems, but his Off systems much less so.

He made a KAT led team into a decent Defensive team with his rush style, and made it a top team with Rudy and the drop style, using two very different systems.

He seems to fit his players to his Offensive system, not the other way around, like his hate of pick and rolls. The lack of pick and pops with KAT or P&Rs when we got Rudy, the god of screening /s, was maddening.

He also seems stubborn or slow to make adjustments, mid game or mid series. And his rotations are meh, and his Thibodeau like minutes with the starters is still dangerous imo.

But he seems like a good player's coach, and the players seems to like & respect him. That's not something to sneeze at.

Maybe after this year, but I just can't see us upgrading to a better coach right NOW.

Look. I'm extremely grateful for what he has done for this organisation. He took a perennial lottery team to Playoff (some might say even championship) contention. But as good as he has been, his flaws have also been pretty noticable throughout the years. We should not have lost that Memphis series. Even last year, we lost a lot of pretty winnable games due to there not being a consistent offensive plan. Finch's gameplan only works till a certain extent. Even last year which was the best year with Ant, we won most of our big games on the shoulders of our talent and not due to Finch's coaching. That denver series should never have gone to a Game 7. We should've been to the finals on the basis of our talent alone. But Finch's abilities (or lack thereof) have hurt this team more often than they've helped.

All in all, I'd love to see a competent offensive coach brought in to really maximize this teams potential.

I think we should trade everyone in the lineup not named Ant, Naz, NAW, Jaden, Dillingham

He’s pretty freakin tall and long and a good defender. He probably jumps higher than Rudy so lobs are easier. And he’s more likely to catch a pass than Rudy. Aaand we get less of Jaden corner threes.

Gobert's minutes, as he is starting to age, are probably unsustainable all season long. He played 44 minutes last night, and it resulted in a team high +9 - impressive in a 1 point win. I worry to think about what happens to this team defensively when he's not on the court, and God forbid he gets any sort of injury and needs to out for some games.

It's obvious to everybody we need a better plan for non-Rudy minutes because Randle and Naz are just not defensive fives and our defense unravels when they on the court together. It has to be obvious to Finch and TC too, so you'd assume the latter is thinking about how to address that in some sort of pickup or deal. What are realistically our options here for adjusting or adding to our team with a solid backup defensive center that doesn't run afoul to the new CBA?

I have tickets for Mondays game but when I go to the app I can’t see the tickets. I also can’t see any previous tickets I’ve purchased. Curious if anyone else has been experiencing this.

I think this is doable. The question is: would you pull the trigger and why?

Timberwolves receive: • Rudy Gobert

Jazz receive: • Malik Beasley • Patrick Beverley • Leandro Bolmaro • Walker Kessler (No. 22 pick in 2022 Draft) • Jarred Vanderbilt • 2023 first-round pick • 2025 first-round pick • 2026 pick swap • 2027 first-round pick • 2029 first-round pick

KAT trade was bad because instead of recouping some picks you’ve lost from the Gobert trade you instead got 2 turnover machines with DDV and Randle who look like they don’t wanna even be there. Let’s say KAT doesn’t get traded I don’t think we improve from last year because Conley took a major step back so we would have had PG issues anyways plus Ant is still extremely young and you usually don’t win championships with your best player being under 25, so it wasn’t like we need to pay the luxury tax with KAT and Gobert as we weren’t a win now team as people thought.

No1 and 2 guys on championships are usually 2 dynamic guards not a guard and a center, because in clutch time the 2 guys need to be able to handle the ball and generate a bucket and I don’t think KAT was a no 2 guy for ANT that contends for a chip not like Steph and Klay, LeBron and Kyrie, SGA& Jdub. There’s a reason why it’s Tatum and brown not Tatum and Porzingis, oh and btw don’t mention Jokic that guy defies all logic. But Ant and Rob look really promising for the future, just 2 pure bucket getters than are fun to watch and can generate offense in clutch time.

Ant was really young and they should’ve kept drafting more young players along with Ant just like OKC did with SGA, now this year this team is looking like they aren’t even going to make the playoffs and reward their pick to Utah. It should’ve been Ant, Rob, Mcdaniels as a core looking to draft a young power forward and center from the draft, instead of having No handle Randle or an aging Gobert. I still think they need to trade Gobert and Randle for other players or draft picks, because it seems like they won’t get a worthwhile pick from the draft until 2028 which is 4 years away.

Why do you think the Wolves turn the ball over so much? Is it lack of a point guard? I know Ant and Julius are turnover machines. But I can’t comprehend some the even Mike has had this season.

Have just been taking a look at the lowest points per 36 so far this season, concerning how we have 2 of the worst 11 players in this metric. How long can we keep believing that Jaden’s shot will finally fall, and is it time for us to involve Rudy in more offensive plays?

Conley, Tall DLo, Ragu, and Jaden off the bench. Right this ship Finch

My god the man is a mountain. More often than not, a lob or a timely pass to him puts points on the board. Opportunities to execute this should be aggressively pursued. You can see Rudy has the energy and desire to both score and play high level defense. Feed him the ball when he’s open my god, it will make everyone else’s play open up. Even with his inexplicable offensive failures he’s still a burden to respect . It’s worth it to feed him the ball when open to stir the entire offense.

It might just be me, but this win tonight felt a lot like a win we would have last year. Lot's of turnover and inconsistent offense, including missed open shots that could have/would have sealed the game. What won us this game however was the timely and overall consistent defense that was played.

Many wins last year, where Ant or Kat didn't really step up on offense and as a team we turned the ball over too much, our defense bailed us out and won us those games. I got that same vibe from tonight, our defense bailing us out when on offense our main guys like Ant, Randle, or Naz couldn't really take over at all.

In the end, a win is a win

After losing 4 in a row, it's refreshing to see us win today

One of the random things I've noticed at Wolves games is Becky Mulvihill, Glen Taylors wife is a hugger. So, I'll sit there and enjoy my beer before the game watch warmups and keep count on how many hugs she gives out before a game (33 different people/coaches/players is her record this season).

But the last four games Glen and Becky have not been there (and two are even in season tourney games, the Heat game was their last one). As awful as some of Glen's decisions with the team, one thing I don't think anyone will say is that he isn't an absentee owner. Even the Lynx, I've been to 4 or 5 games of theirs and every single game those two are at. I drive up 169 to the Wolves games and have seen their helicopter coming up from Mankato at times. Just wondering if anyone knows a reason they haven't been around for a couple weeks now? Side note, does anyone know where A-Rod and the other group have been at (did they get a box? They used to sit opposite the Wolves bench, courtside last year, were working on a box, but that through when Glen soured on the deal).

Just curious is all.

Wolves will be facing the Lakers , Clippers and Warriors the next three games , all on the second night of a B2B for them . Perfect opportunity to rack up wins and loosen the rotation cos guys like Rudy shouldn’t be needing to play 43 minutes in November ffs