Official Utah/Minnesota/Philadelphia Pick Watch

[Handlogten's Heros]

Brandon Ingram playing tonight against the Wolves. First game after long injury so not sure if it helps or hurts the Pels.

I’ve watched them recently… a rusty BI would help. This is good news.

 

[sip]

I’ve watched them recently… a rusty BI would help. This is good news.

My guess is he only plays 15-20 minutes though but he will definitely help. They have badly missed having that 2nd scorer to go with CJ.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

My guess is he only plays 15-20 minutes though but he will definitely help. They have badly missed having that 2nd scorer to go with CJ.

CJ has been bad.

 

[Douchebag K]

CJ has been bad.

Speaking of which Rudy just looks so ineffective

 

[YoungJefe]

Speaking of which Rudy just looks so ineffective

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.

 

[Douchebag K]

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.

Maybe. Finch certainly isn’t even showing signs of learning how to use him properly

 

[Elizah Huge]

Maybe. Finch certainly isn’t even showing signs of learning how to use him properly

People thought he was a plug and play where you’d become a top-4 team instantly.

 

[YoungJefe]

People thought he was a plug and play where you’d become a top-4 team instantly.

We were two of the only Rudy doubters on here, good times, lol.

 

[YoungJefe]

Maybe. Finch certainly isn’t even showing signs of learning how to use him properly

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.

 

[framer]

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.

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. . .

 

[Jaanipoeg]

In other news, the Thunder are looking really damn good right now. Never would have guessed that they might help keep Minny out of the playin

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

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.