Around The League - Vogel Out and Bud in with Suns

Matches Malone · Post #101 » by **Matches Malone** » Sat May 4, 2024 11:11 pm

The hangtime Ant gets on those fadeaways are a thing of beauty.

Matches Malone · Post #102 » by **Matches Malone** » Sat May 4, 2024 11:14 pm

Tim Connelly watching both of these teams that he built go at it in the 2nd round of the playoffs. That's gotta feel good. Haslem and Edens need to go get him if he opts out of his contract.

blazza18 · Post #103 » by **blazza18** » Sat May 4, 2024 11:21 pm

Minny is locked the **** in early.

SupremeHustle · Post #104 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun May 5, 2024 12:05 am

Jokic and Murray run the P&R so well. Giannis and Dame need to get there. The big difference is that Jokic is a threat to pop, not just roll.

rilamann · Post #105 » by **rilamann** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:01 am

Last season's playoffs Jimmy Butler was Micheal Jordan's son.

This season's playoffs it is Ant-Man.

MikeIsGood · Post #106 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:06 am

This series is going to be so **** dope.

SupremeHustle · Post #107 » by **SupremeHustle** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:07 am

Naz Reid is Bobby Portis without the demons.

Post #108 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:08 am

Terrific game

blazza18 · Post #109 » by **blazza18** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:09 am

An incredible back and forth. Hoping this series can go the distance

Post #110 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:12 am

I need 1 more point from Porter

MikeIsGood · Post #111 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:18 am

It's hilarious in retrospect that Naz Reid was undrafted. Bunch of GMs outthinking themselves. He came out as a 19 year old after putting up 14/7, and had even displayed his range at that point. What a steal for Minnesota.

blazza18 · Post #112 » by **blazza18** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:19 am

Rudy was in the lane there for like 10 seconds lol. Nice dagger from Edwards though.

Post #113 » by **paulpressey25** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:20 am

Glad we got our title when we did.

RiotPunch · Post #114 » by **RiotPunch** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:21 am

Ant designed in a lab for playoff basketball.

timesofsilver · Post #115 » by **timesofsilver** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:24 am

Feels weird to not hate a Minnesota team.

rilamann · Post #116 » by **rilamann** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:28 am

paulpressey25 wrote:Glad we got our title when we did.

Would have been weird but fun as hell to get Wisconsin vs Minnesota in an NBA Finals.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #117 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Sun May 5, 2024 1:33 am

Jimmy Butler could be an interesting side story. Dude is delusional and will want the full max extension. I could see Riley trading him without warning.

Plossum · Post #118 » by **Plossum** » Sun May 5, 2024 2:12 am

It’s nice to see a throwback player like Ant in an era of endless pick n roll and three point shooting.

TroyD92 · Post #119 » by **TroyD92** » Sun May 5, 2024 2:15 am

Ant is him

Post #120 » by **Prez** » Sun May 5, 2024 2:56 am

This TWolves team reminds me a bit of the MVP Rose Bulls except better. Both teams built on a foundation of super physical defense/rebounding, both #1 on defense and #2 in defensive rebounding in the league. Both have huge front courts comprised of a scoring big (Boozer/KAT), a dominant defensive C (Noah/Gobert), and a long/athletic two-way wing (Deng/McDaniels). And the offense is heavily dependent on generationally athletic attacking guards (Rose/Edwards) drafted #1 lol. Not a perfect comparison, but I see some similarities.

Big reason they're better imo is Ant being much bigger, a better shooter, I think he'll be more durable than Rose, and his game will continue to be more playoff resilient than Rose's.