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David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 2:07:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Be nice to get Shannon healthy and back by playoffs. I don't see it. The injury is a bummer, but he was terrible before that. He has absolutely no right hand. Watching even bad teams super overplay his left to start this season tells us that his success against OKC last year was because he was totally unscouted. So now you're left with a guy who looks the part, but is a bad defender, a streaky shooter and his main weapon, the drive, is easily taken away. Not good for a guy who will soon turn 26.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 2:26:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Be nice to get Shannon healthy and back by playoffs. I don't see it. The injury is a bummer, but he was terrible before that. He has absolutely no right hand. Watching even bad teams super overplay his left to start this season tells us that his success against OKC last year was because he was totally unscouted. So now you're left with a guy who looks the part, but is a bad defender, a streaky shooter and his main weapon, the drive, is easily taken away. Not good for a guy who will soon turn 26. Rotation of 8-9 then? Starting five plus Ayo/Naz, Bones, Clark, and Beringer maybe in that order?

TJSweens -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 2:28:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Be nice to get Shannon healthy and back by playoffs. I don't see it. The injury is a bummer, but he was terrible before that. He has absolutely no right hand. Watching even bad teams super overplay his left to start this season tells us that his success against OKC last year was because he was totally unscouted. So now you're left with a guy who looks the part, but is a bad defender, a streaky shooter and his main weapon, the drive, is easily taken away. Not good for a guy who will soon turn 26. Rotation of 8-9 then? Starting five plus Ayo/Naz, Bones, Clark, and Beringer maybe in that order? Starting 5 with Naz l, Ayo, Bones, Clark.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 2:55:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TJSweens quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Be nice to get Shannon healthy and back by playoffs. I don't see it. The injury is a bummer, but he was terrible before that. He has absolutely no right hand. Watching even bad teams super overplay his left to start this season tells us that his success against OKC last year was because he was totally unscouted. So now you're left with a guy who looks the part, but is a bad defender, a streaky shooter and his main weapon, the drive, is easily taken away. Not good for a guy who will soon turn 26. Rotation of 8-9 then? Starting five plus Ayo/Naz, Bones, Clark, and Beringer maybe in that order? Starting 5 with Naz l, Ayo, Bones, Clark. Personally Joan scores so many easy buckets he should be in the rotation and doesn't seem to hurt them when in.....but Finchy is Finchy.

twinsfan -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 3:13:20 PM)
Looks like I'm owed an apology.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 3:14:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis?

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 3:45:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TJSweens quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Be nice to get Shannon healthy and back by playoffs. I don't see it. The injury is a bummer, but he was terrible before that. He has absolutely no right hand. Watching even bad teams super overplay his left to start this season tells us that his success against OKC last year was because he was totally unscouted. So now you're left with a guy who looks the part, but is a bad defender, a streaky shooter and his main weapon, the drive, is easily taken away. Not good for a guy who will soon turn 26. Rotation of 8-9 then? Starting five plus Ayo/Naz, Bones, Clark, and Beringer maybe in that order? Starting 5 with Naz l, Ayo, Bones, Clark. I wouldn't be surprised to see Phillips get a shot. He brings size as a full sized small forward. Ayo, Bones, Clark (and probably Conley) are all guard sized. I think Bones loses a lot of minutes to Ayo, and I don't see a role for Clark. I loved him last year, but his offense has regressed and its affected his defense. He's s till an absolute bulldog, but he's gotten very undisciplined. Ideally we'll get to a rotaion of DDV/Ant/Jaden/Randle/Gobert/Naz/Ayo/Beringer/Phillips

twinsfan -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 3:55:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 4:43:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is. Then it was a good call....he doesn't have much left so it is in a mentor role mostly.....he might end up as an Asst Coach next year I bet. Matt guess how many Technical Fouls Conley has had in his career....

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 5:08:02 PM)
Cam Thomas got bought out? Only 24.....

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 5:08:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is. You and 3/4 of the internet when it looked like he might be waived after being traded again. Hopefully he won't play at all.

TJSweens -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 5:16:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is. You and 3/4 of the internet when it looked like he might be waived after being traded again. Hopefully he won't play at all. I only read about that possibility on 4 different sites before Matt predicted it.

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/5/2026 5:21:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TJSweens quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is. You and 3/4 of the internet when it looked like he might be waived after being traded again. Hopefully he won't play at all. I only read about that possibility on 4 different sites before Matt predicted it. If it happens, I believe it will be the first ever instance of the "Andrew Bogut rule" being used.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/6/2026 10:46:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: TJSweens quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan quote: ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer quote: ORIGINAL: twinsfan Looks like I'm owed an apology. I owe you an apology Matt....for overestimating how much you know about basketball. JK. [&:] Are you talking about Giannis? No. I predicted Mike Conley was coming back. And he is. You and 3/4 of the internet when it looked like he might be waived after being traded again. Hopefully he won't play at all. I only read about that possibility on 4 different sites before Matt predicted it. If it happens, I believe it will be the first ever instance of the "Andrew Bogut rule" being used. He will end up hopefully playing 1-2 Mins a game more than the coach.....but it is Finch so who knows.

Karl Juhnke -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (2/20/2026 8:28:54 AM)
Wolves back vs Cooper-less Mavs tonight. And Conley officially back. Nice article on him in Star Tribune. Whatever his role will be on court he’s good to have back. He deserves it. Finch joked they were lost without him. Nobody to say 1-2-3 Wolves coming out of huddles. He doesn’t expect to have a large role. Bones and Ayo have earned their minutes and Finch spoke highly of them as a nice little combo too. It worked out for everyone. Conley back where he wants to be and Wolves saved $20 million in luxury tax and got a nice player they needed

Karl Juhnke -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/3/2026 7:36:56 PM)
And Slo-mo is back too. And in the game. It’s a minor deal. He’s here strictly for vibes and depth. If he gets major minutes we’re in trouble. But it still feels right. I was fine with his limited contributions the first time around. I was fine that he left. I am fine that he’s back.

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/3/2026 7:42:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke And Slo-mo is back too. And in the game. It’s a minor deal. He’s here strictly for vibes and depth. If he gets major minutes we’re in trouble. But it still feels right. I was fine with his limited contributions the first time around. I was fine that he left. I am fine that he’s back. He’s here for more than that. He finally gives us someone that can play defense when Gobert sits. He’s, at worst, the 2nd best post passer in the team. And he gives us some much needed IQ in the floor. He’s a guy that can help his teammates be in the right positions on defense.

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/3/2026 7:45:42 PM)
And just like that Rudy picks up his 3rd foul three minutes into the 2nd quarter.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/4/2026 8:07:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke And Slo-mo is back too. And in the game. It’s a minor deal. He’s here strictly for vibes and depth. If he gets major minutes we’re in trouble. But it still feels right. I was fine with his limited contributions the first time around. I was fine that he left. I am fine that he’s back. He’s here for more than that. He finally gives us someone that can play defense when Gobert sits. He’s, at worst, the 2nd best post passer in the team. And he gives us some much needed IQ in the floor. He’s a guy that can help his teammates be in the right positions on defense. Yeah Joan hasn't been consistent enough to trust for Finch and Naz just isn't enough in the post.

Karl Juhnke -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/4/2026 1:47:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine And just like that Rudy picks up his 3rd foul three minutes into the 2nd quarter. I’ll take blame for that one. I had Rudy over 10.5 rebounds against the small Grizzlies. So of course he had 5. Also had Naz over 13.5 points. He had 3. Not a stellar night for me.

Karl Juhnke -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/4/2026 2:00:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke And Slo-mo is back too. And in the game. It’s a minor deal. He’s here strictly for vibes and depth. If he gets major minutes we’re in trouble. But it still feels right. I was fine with his limited contributions the first time around. I was fine that he left. I am fine that he’s back. He’s here for more than that. He finally gives us someone that can play defense when Gobert sits. He’s, at worst, the 2nd best post passer in the team. And he gives us some much needed IQ in the floor. He’s a guy that can help his teammates be in the right positions on defense. Agree with you on all the things he can do. My thing is, does it compensate for the things he can’t do? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the situation. He does give Finch another piece to use. Like I said, I’m glad he’s back. The bench is looking a lot better than it did not long ago.

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/4/2026 2:06:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke quote: ORIGINAL: David Levine quote: ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke And Slo-mo is back too. And in the game. It’s a minor deal. He’s here strictly for vibes and depth. If he gets major minutes we’re in trouble. But it still feels right. I was fine with his limited contributions the first time around. I was fine that he left. I am fine that he’s back. He’s here for more than that. He finally gives us someone that can play defense when Gobert sits. He’s, at worst, the 2nd best post passer in the team. And he gives us some much needed IQ in the floor. He’s a guy that can help his teammates be in the right positions on defense. Agree with you on all the things he can do. My thing is, does it compensate for the things he can’t do? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the situation. He does give Finch another piece to use. Like I said, I’m glad he’s back. The bench is looking a lot better than it did not long ago. Yes. There isn't that much he can't do. He's not a volume shooter that will give you a ton of points, but he's a respectible offensive player, a very good defender and passer. He's a "connector" on a team that badly needed one.

twinsfan -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/13/2026 11:42:11 AM)
The players on this team all hate each other. That's my to-the-point take.

Phil Riewer -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/21/2026 5:22:16 AM)
I think it is a long season. Lots of injuries and dings. Get everyone healthy for the playoffs.

David Levine -> RE: Timberwolves Gameday (3/21/2026 12:02:03 PM)
There has been a lot of talk of the Timberwolves being the team that moves to the Eastern Conference if expansion happens, per @ShamsCharania “When I talk to people around the league it’s likely going to be Minnesota or Memphis. A little bit of a lean on Minnesota because there’s that cluster of MIN, IND, MIL, CHI. So I have heard a lot of Minnesota chatter”

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