College Wolf wrote:
We were getting crushed on the glass. Not having Pek out there makes a huge difference...and against Utah with Jefferson, Millsap, Kanter, Favors, we're going to need him for sure...I don't know though, they'll probably opt to rest him for the break

pants wrote:
Or make a wide open three pointer. I'm more mad that Webster didn't make the wide open 3 before when Beasley passed him the ball.

daddyfatsax wrote:
Derrick Williams needs to learn this thing called Hustle. He is too cool all the time on the court. He is even more chill than Michael Beasley and Michael Beasley already walks around like he doesn't have a care in the world.

Wow Ridnour misses a wide open layup that would have tied the game and then Webster goes in for a dunk when they're down by 3??? I wonder how Kahn feels about his wings now

that sucked when luke missed that layup and also when webster missed the wide open 3 (its unreal how we cant make wide open 3's.) but even worse is when he didnt even attempt the game tying 3! haha wow that was epicly impressive!

man tolliver looked really really bad too.

but more importantly, how bad is pek's injury?

9Deuce wrote:
Yes it was infuriating that Martell and Luke missed those looks but players will always miss shots. Not taking a 3 when you need it as time is expiring is a much much worse crime.

Martell made an awful decision, but there was no way in hell he would have made that shot in the circumstances. It's a loss either way. Let's just pretend Beasley wasn't wide open on the left wing and Rubio wasn't wide open trailing for a wide open 3 when the D collapsed on Martell in the lane.

Ill pin this loss on a piss poor effort from the Wolves against a team missing 4 of their best players. Martell's folly was a tiny part of an awful effort in the middle two quarters and terrible team shooting.

And I was following a little bit ahead on Twitter as I was watching the game delayed last night...people on Twitter acted like Luke was all alone on a fast break and missed a wide open layup. That was a way tougher shot than everyone made it out to be. Bad angle, off hand, weak side, with a contest. A somewhat excusable miss in my eyes. If only Luke weren't deathly afraid of any kind of contact.

WallyWorld wrote:
I didn't see it... but it is interesting that Hoopnuts is strangely quiet about that play.

Hahaha, I'm going to get tons of t-pups for my Harrington MVP prediction. Can't believe he was available that low and someone picked Wes second, hahaha.

Flash wrote:
How quick you are to second guess your donation to DFS.

Why did Roundhouse revert that BTW?

9Deuce wrote:
Totally agree on Williams. How many times does he head up court...let's just call it "in a non-Pek way"? And how many times does that happen after he makes a mistake and he doesn't get back on D? When is Adelman, Love, Tolliver...someone going to let the rookie know that this is unacceptable. How about Pek slams his head in a locker and tells him he is going to do it again if he doesn't amp up his intensity on the court?

When I watched the replay I also thought that about Beasley. The guy can just score. Why oh why can't he prepare and play with the urgency that Rubio and Love play with? Since we play with the non-Scoring SG's, the place is just waiting for Beasley to be the guy that can get the points when we need it and avoid some of these stretches like in the second quarter when you just don't score for a long time.

Someone get through to this guy that the opportunity is right there waiting for him to seize it. Can you imagine what this team looks like if Beasley joins Rubio, Love, Pek and says, "I'm going to give you 20-25 EVERY single game."???

Tod Murphy wrote:
This hits the point made earlier about Kenneth Faried vs. Derrick Williams.

Preparation is a skill. So is motivation. So is perspiration.

That's why I am always skeptical of guys that have talent but "come and go for stretches" (Beasley, Randolph, Perry Jones, Andre Drummond) and optimistic about guys who have talent and play hard all the time but just haven't put it together mentally, skill-wise, or decision-making wise (Rubio last year, Harrison Barnes, Austin Rivers, to name a few).

The guys who play hard and have talent will always figure it out before the guys with more talent who don't play hard.

I kind of thought Williams was in the second group, but I haven't seen him play in long enough stretches to know what his deal is.

Also this explains why sometimes having a guy picked later is better if the talent level isn't overwhelming- the late picks tend to be hungrier.

PS that is why the top pick in this year's draft will definitely be Anthony Davis. He's athletic and skilled, but most importantly, he has a motor that won't quit. Super rare for a big guy like that.

Second PS. In order for Beasley to decide to give them 20-25 every single game, he'd have to decide that he is going to shoot inside the lane 10 times every game. He'd have to mostly eliminate the long twos, especially those he shoots flat footed. If Beasley did that, he'd be contributing offensively more consistently. It's similar to what George Karl forced Melo to do in Denver that upped the level of his play.

wolfenstein wrote:
All of the comments about his super rare characteristics and not a single mention of the unibrow?