In-Season Tourney Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs November 10th, 2023 | 7:00 PM CT

[Mugen]

Victor's defense clearly feeds off his offense yet gets very little plays called for him. Some of that is him making mistakes still but jesus christ, run one f'n play for the 7'4" guy on your team you f'n moron.

[sickdsm]

Wemby having a rough shooting night again but he is shutting down the other side of the court

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

[John B]

When does Keldon get traded? It's coming.

possible Keldon and future picks for an AS PG, and should slide Sochan back to PF.

[baseline bum]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

Meh Ant's going to do that to anyone in the league. That layup he put on Victor was unreal.

[baseline bum]

Trading Keldon for a competent PG and slotting Sochan to the 3 and not having him initiate the offense would do so much for this team's development. At some point, this experiment bull is doing more harm than good tbh.

Think you're greatly overrating Keldon's trade value tbh

[Leetonidas]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

Tbf I posted that during the first quarter

[Russo21]

Players on teams that get out of the group stage get paid, escalating each stage they advance:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/n...-else-to-know/

Thanks Splits I suppose $500,000 each and a shiny new trophy is fair enough. Especially for young ones or others not good enough to sign one of those crazy contracts. For stars on 50 million a year though the money incentives seem like a drop in the ocean. I wonder if it'll be here for the long haul

Addit: who chooses the groups and why are they chosen the way they are?

[spurraider21]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.

[Kawhi Duncan]

collins has played really good, physical D. wemby's defense has been good too, but Gobert is consistently muscling him for position on rebounds on that end.

want to see a lot more of wemby FGAs while going toward the rim. im glad the jumper is a weapon but that cant be 75% of his offense

Agreed... He needs to attack the basket more... If in an iso, we need to clear out so he has space... Right now it seems like he isn't confident in his handle, and doesn't like contact, so he settles for jumpers since they're so easy to shoot... But he needs to me more of a scorer and less if a shooter

[sickdsm]

Meh Ant's going to do that to anyone in the league. That layup he put on Victor was unreal.

Before he hit that 3 I figured that was going to happen. I'm surprised he was sagging that far off and still relying on his length. Shooters in the league have quick release.

[spurraider21]

Idk. Ant cooked him twice in the last couple minutes. One for 3 one at the rim. He's a little sloppier on D than I expected this far into the season.

Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince

[Joseph Kony]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.

the arc on his shot is pretty flat, feels like he'll never be able to shoot threes consistently with that flat jumper

[Joseph Kony]

Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince

[spurraider21]

Agreed... He needs to attack the basket more... If in an iso, we need to clear out so he has space... Right now it seems like he isn't confident in his handle, and doesn't like contact, so he settles for jumpers since they're so easy to shoot... But he needs to me more of a scorer and less if a shooter

i mean he definitely doesnt have the ability to dance on people with fancy dribbles in the half court game. not consistently anyway. but that doesnt have to be his only mode of attack.

[spursparker9]

Branham's lack of a 3 ball is such a killer tbh, especially since his midrange junk game is a of a counter to have against aggressive closeouts. its something Danny never had. the problem is the midrange stuff is basically all branham has. he's not explosive at the rim, and the 3 point shot is nonexistent.

He has different shooting mechanic when he shoot 3 vs mid-range.

He does not jump for 3 and hence the flatter arc. But he jump for mid-range which is beautiful and resemble KD's jumpshot.

[spurraider21]

i mean yeah, i didnt want to go there. he doesnt play the same midrange/post game, but yeah. edwards is bigger than MJ was. not taller, just stronger

[baseline bum]

Ant cooks everybody. this version of Ant who is nailing 3's is basically unguardable. we've never seen this combination of strength/athleticism + outside shooting. i dno how to even comp him, like a bigger, stronger Vince

Yeah Wade with a three point shot is pretty nasty. Hope they don't get anything good for KAT in trade as the West is going to be enough of a bloodbath with Denver and OKC the next few years.

[Leetonidas]

Wemby on the break gets missed under the bucket again by multiple guys

[spurraider21]

devin passing up an open 3 for a keldon open 3 is sad

[emanueldavidginobili]

Sprint back on D if you throw the ball away, wtf was that Sochan?

[sickdsm]

Yeah Wade with a three point shot is pretty nasty. Hope they don't get anything good for KAT in trade as the West is going to be enough of a bloodbath with Denver and OKC the next few years.

Doesn't matter. Even if Kat was traded for a bag of ice putting Naz in the starting lineup would be a huge W.
The killer thing ant needs to add to his game is a floater. No one would know if he would be shooting a floater, a lob, or a poster.

[TekXX]

Wemby is our best passer i guess.

[spursparker9]

Is there at least 1 female ref at every game now?

[Russ]

Despite all the hype, Victor not gonna get the superstar calls for quite a while.

He'll have to fight through it.

[tim_duncan_fan]

That move from Keldon just now, with just a pinch of shiftiness to it; I need more of that, constantly, all game every game.