Dante is going HAM in the 4th quarter.

...stupid refs...!

Damnit Barea is killing us right now. Get Ricky back in the game.

Barea has picked up 5 fouls within a 5 minute span. For the love of God, take him out of the fyckin game.

Terry Porter blows ass. He has no understanding of momentum and substitutions.

Joe Johnson would look great in a Wolves uniform. Who gives a shit how much money he makes.

roundhouse wrote:
Ok nevermind, I just looked at how much money he makes. He still have 4 years, $90 million remaining on his contract

Wolves lose.

Final Score: 91-83

Well they gave good effort, this team just isn't very good. It's painful to watch. I feel bad for AK and Ridnour who are out there working their asses off on a shitty injured team with no chance of making the playoffs.

-Ricky looked good in the 2nd half, then hurt his thumb? and didn't come back into the game. WTF, just what we need

-CunningHAM had a really good game.

-JellyBelly is not very good. His defense seems decent, but he's an end of the bench player, at the very best. Let him go back to Europe when his 10-day is over.

-On the other hand, Chris Johnson needs to be signed ASAP. Dude has got skills. He's certainly better than Amundson and from what I've seen looks better than Steamer and D-Will as well. They need to sign him to a dirt cheap 2 or 3 year deal while they still can!

-I picked up some TPs thanks to Disney Lopez being the leading scorer. Woohoo

roundhouse wrote:
Fact.

He is just brutal. And that also goes to show how good of a coach Adelman really is. Sucks he's gone with no date for return...

Well it was expected, but sucky loss it looks like.

Chris Johnson is LEGIT! Sign that man before it's too late. We have a bunch of scrubs we can get rid of...

Ricky was very upset he didn't get back into the game, but I'm upset that I have to watch him play at 50%. He can't run, he can't jump, he can't shoot and team's pick on him defensively.

What on earth was Porter doing keeping Barea in that game/in general? I don't know if I have ever seen a more ridiculous Barea game. He had a complete meltdown, picking up 5 fouls in 3 minutes, he singlehandledly put BRK in the bonus in a matter of minutes. Throwing up bricks. Turning it over. Breaking up plays.....and then he hits a three and Porter decides to leave him in for the rest of the 4th quarter, bench Rubio, bench Williams who had a terrific third quarter....and the Wolves lose. What a joke.

I'm not sure we win by any means with any of these adjustments made instead, but fail. Rubio was fuming afterwards, saying he "didnt like it" and was "going to talk to Porter"

I totally get it if Barea is having one of his OKC-like games where he scores like 15 in a quarter, and I think Rubio would agree, but he was flat out awful. Like should get a suspension for "conduct detrimental to the team" awful.

Anyways...Chris Johnson! What a stud. He is good. Kind of like our own JaVale McGee, only he can run a play without looking like Sloth from Goonies. It is going to be really frustrating to watch Kahn NOT cut Lou Amundson to make room for him in a few days.

College Wolf wrote:
Yes. Very active. runs the floor very well. Rich mans McGee.

There really is something about these D-League guys when they work out. They basically play as if their life depends on it. Think of the incentive....a potential raise from $30k to $600-$700k for a minimum contract. No wonder.

Lou can't even get off the bench during this stretch of games.....he just has to be let go. Johnson has been an excellent key rotation player for these 3 games. But I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Taylor says no to buying out Lou's minimum guaranteed salary contract, which is too humorous for comfort. Johnson is this year's Lester Hudson....a crazy few games on 10-day deals and then vanishes into the sunset.

Chris Johnson is awesome.

I am thankful I missed a horrible Barea game. I can't handle those.

Interesting tidbits about Ricky. He is a true competitor who hates to lose, so I bet this spell has been as hard on him as anybody.

Is it just me or does D-Will play much better/more comfortable/more efficient off the bench? Seems like his role in the NBA should and will be as like a 7th/8th man.

BonK wrote:
D-Will is very hot/cold. He has never put in a consistently good game through 4 quarters that I can recall. Partially because he is benched for quarters on end for doing as much as silently breaking wind, but also because he is one of those guys who lights it up for 4-6 minute stretches and then struggles to maintain the consistency required of an above average player.

AKA....a prototypical effective bench guy.