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Douchebag K said:
Maybe. Finch certainly isn’t even showing signs of learning how to use him properly
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Our entire offensive philosophy was built to space the floor around him and our defensive philosophy was designed to funnel everything to him at the rim. The Wolves were good last year because they played at the fastest pace in the league, shot a ton of 3s, and were able to space teams out with KAT at the 5. They're worse offensively and defensively this year with Rudy. I don't think it's just a system thing though, Rudy is going on 31 and bigs typically slow down around his current age. And for a guy like Rudy who's entire game is based on size/athleticism, even losing half a step is extremely noticeable. This is the first season since his rookie year that he's averaging under 2 blocks per game.
 
YoungJefe said:
The entire system was built around his strengths when he was here. People didn't give Quin enough credit and really underestimated his impact on Rudy's success.
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If you spend the capital you spent on Rudy, then throw him out there like he is Naz Reid, then you probably deserve to fail. Every successful team in the league is built around the strength of their stars. Well, except the Jazz, who will forget that Lauri is on the team for entire quarters. . .
 
Listening to the Wolves announcers... they are kinda over this team. Keep talking about not talking to the refs and talked about fines for missed box outs.
 
framer said:
If you spend the capital you spent on Rudy, then throw him out there like he is Naz Reid, then you probably deserve to fail. Every successful team in the league is built around the strength of their stars. Well, except the Jazz, who will forget that Lauri is on the team for entire quarters. . .
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But it's difficult to build around the guy who's the third fiddle behind two guys that are established with the team. Rudy's play style isn't compatible with everyone or every scheme because has basically 0 offensive skill and is ineffective on defense unless he can just sit at the rim.
 
I keep getting the feeling that Anthony Edwards will be this generation's Derrick Coleman. 10 years from now we will look back and think "What the Hell happened there?"
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Listening to the Wolves announcers... they are kinda over this team. Keep talking about not talking to the refs and talked about fines for missed box outs.
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Crazy that they went from being a super fun, exciting team pre Rudy to boring and borderline unwatchable with him. Kind of similar to what happened here. While Donovan went to Cleveland and is thriving as they've become must see TV.
 
framer said:
I keep getting the feeling that Anthony Edwards will be this generation's Derrick Coleman. 10 years from now we will look back and think "What the Hell happened there?"
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Jazz fans told me all offseason how he was way better than Donovan and actually played defense, lmao...
 
YoungJefe said:
Jazz fans told me all offseason how he was way better than Donovan and actually played defense, lmao...
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Ant definitely has flashes of looking really good on defense. Last year Donovan was checked out on defense so it's a bit of an unfair comparison though.

I do think Ant will be an all-star caliber players for the next 8 years, but I think he's a pretty big fight risk from Minnesota in the next couple years
 
framer said:
I keep getting the feeling that Anthony Edwards will be this generation's Derrick Coleman. 10 years from now we will look back and think "What the Hell happened there?"
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He’s good… just detonated on NO. Ant ain’t the problem.
 
Jaanipoeg said:
Ant definitely has flashes of looking really good on defense. Last year Donovan was checked out on defense so it's a bit of an unfair comparison though.

I do think Ant will be an all-star caliber players for the next 8 years, but I think he's a pretty big fight risk from Minnesota in the next couple years
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Ant has flashes but he's a pretty low effort/inconsistent defender, just like Donovan.
I agree, I think KAT and Edwards will both bounce as soon as they can.
 
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