TimberKat wrote:guest81 wrote:TimberKat wrote:Finch better change things up after all star break and with the newly traded players. I also hope Ant makes the Olympic team. It will be really good for him to play under the shadows of great players ( not all star bs game) and see how to work with other players. Teams are stacking up on him and his passes are mostly inaccurate, late, or forcing the issues too much. I don't see Finch or any coach to could get him playing the right way or he is a dam slow learner.
He's 22, an all star, and is the best player on the best team in the the most stacked west ever. What are you talking about?
In 2024 the Timberwolves are: 11-9, third in turnovers per game, lead the league in clutch losses (3-7 in clutch games in that time), have the third worst clutch net rating in the NBA, and blew 4th quarter leads in their most recent 7 losses. Rewind and watch the games. We are trending in the wrong direction.
Teams watch a lot of film. They find what worked for other teams and they repeat it. The book on us is that if you load up on Ant and clog the paint we struggle. Add in some smart attacks of the passing lane, and some careful study of the moves guys use before they drive and you can read us like a book. All of the above being true, the real Achilles Heel of the Wolves is point Ant. Ant is not good on ball, especially late. When Mike gives it up to Ant we essentially give up the game. Finch cannot or will not fix it. So we lose. We will keep losing until we fix the things that are broken and adapt to what other teams are doing to us. Especially later in games when they ramp up the defensive intensity and physicality.