Game Thread Jan 16, 2023 02:00PM MT: Jazz vs Timberwolves

[LogGrad98]

nobody is catching Paolo but man Kessler starting to look like future DPOY

Yeah and might not be that far into the future. He'll be in the discussion next year imo.

 

[framer]

That Cleveland trade was very fair for both sides. Warms my heart after hearing how the Cavs supposedly won that trade, Ainge made the deal to spite the Knicks, etc, etc.

Ainge flat out robbed the Wolves.

It is a "fair trade" THIS year. Get back to me once those draft picks and swaps start kicking in.

 

[gandalfe]

Early game, that sucks. Will be hard to come up with an excuse to leave work early.



Actually, it will be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

OK, I'm going to have to ask you to get aaaaallllllll the way off my back about the schedule.

 

[LogGrad98]

OK, I'm going to have to ask you to get aaaaallllllll the way off my back about the schedule.

Let me get off that thing!

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Kessler is making me miss Rudy less and less. Definitely the superior player compared to Rudy's rookie year. Kessler with such good instincts all around, and can actually move around the rim. That spin move and reverse dunk both bode well for the future. Haven't been this excited about a player since, well since Rudy actually. He is really going to be the gem of all the trades this summer. Who knew? Love it so much!

That kid from Finland is pretty good.

 

[jazfan23]

The quotes from wolves board are going to be an all time great read

Much like the “ Kessler needs to be benched until KO is traded “ thread

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If I'm being honest, I wasn't sure if Kessler was really a first round pick in last year's draft. I thought his draft range started around 25.

 

[framer]

One thing this does is shuts up all the Minnesota fans that think Naz is better than Gobert going forward. Kessler would not have went 20/20 on Gobert.

 

[HeatCheck]

I don't think it's a coincidence Jazz came back to win in the 2nd half with THT and Gay playing very limited minutes. (THT didn't even get off the bench in the 2nd half).

 

[Eddie Zero]

That Cleveland trade was very fair for both sides. Warms my heart after hearing how the Cavs supposedly won that trade, Ainge made the deal to spite the Knicks, etc, etc.

Ainge flat out robbed the Wolves.

it was fair at the time based on Sexton being injured, Ochai being unproven and the Finnisher never being given a lot of usage in Cleveland, which is how Danny got the Cavs next decade of draft picks lol But now that Sexton looks better than hoped for, Agbaji just had a break out rookie game, and The Finnisher is an allstar barring injury. Yeah it wasn't fair at all. We owned this deal I don't care if Don is in the MVP discussion in the next souple seasons. Well, maybe if he wins it I change my mind smh

 

[framer]

If I'm being honest, I wasn't sure if Kessler was really a first round pick in last year's draft. I thought his draft range started around 25.

Anybody, including Kessler's mom, that tells you they saw this coming is lying. After the preseason, however, the clues were there.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Anybody, including Kessler's mom, that tells you they saw this coming is lying. After the preseason, however, the clues were there.

I thought he comped pretty well to Poeltl, at least defensively, but I wasn't sure if his archetype was something that teams valued much because he couldn't shoot.