Timberwolves Vegas Summer League Thread (roster included)

Post #121 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:45 am

Yea Ahearn is making some bad passes.

Post #122 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:47 am

These guys never heard of defense.

collin_k41 · Post #123 » by **collin_k41** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:47 am

Neitzel is manning up.

Post #124 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:47 am

Give the ball to Nietzel and get out of his way lol.

Joel Embust · Post #125 » by **Joel Embust** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:48 am

Play inside out with Love/Neitzel

Cy32 · Post #126 » by **Cy32** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:58 am

What TV channels or radio stations are airing the Wolves summer league game tonight? I can't find any information but some of you seem to be have live results.

Post #127 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:58 am

Next time we should start Grier.

Post #128 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:59 am

POOOOHHH!!!

Post #129 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:00 am

Cy32 wrote:What TV channels or radio stations are airing the Wolves summer league game tonight? I can't find any information but some of you seem to be have live results.

NBA.com

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?c ... ideo=blank

Post #130 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:02 am

Love is not happy.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #131 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:03 am

Calinks3 wrote:Love is not happy.

because of the loss I assume?

Tirion · Post #132 » by **Tirion** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:08 am

game over or what?

Tirion · Post #133 » by **Tirion** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:10 am

love had a solid game stat-wise. 18 pts, 13 rebs (5 offensive!!!), 1 ast, 5 to, 54% FG

big3_8_19_21 · Post #134 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:10 am

collin_k41 · Post #135 » by **collin_k41** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:10 am

I REALLY like Pooh Jeter.

jpatrick · Post #136 » by **jpatrick** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:11 am

Ugh. That sucked. We may be the most unathletic team ever to put on NBA gear. Outside of Love, Richard and Brewer none of these guys should be in training camp. None...and please no one tell me because Neitzel hit a couple of garbage time shots he could be our third PG. He would absolutely get abused in the NBA trying to guard any PG and he won't get wide open shots like those in real play. And Pooh? To be around 5'9" (he is not his listed 5'11") you need to be explosively quick and be able to shoot lights out. He is neither...and least he didn't show it tonight, never had seen him before. Although I belive he was writing a blog somewhere (Draft Express maybe?) about his time in Europe last year, that's kinda cool....unless I'm confusing him with someone else.

Ok, on to the three guys who will be on the Wolves. I liked Love. I worry about the fit with Big Al on the defensive end. We really really need an athletic shotblocker as a third big (Sean Williams anyone?). He can shoot, pass, clear some space and i think with a better team around him the little things he does will be more apparent. I was worried early on when he had trouble finishing from underneath...hopefully that's not a trend.

Richard: He is what he is...NBA body, can rebound and band a bit. Will never be more than a 9th to 12th man on a decent team.

Brewer: Ugh. He's clearly an NBA athlete, but you could tell he came out here with the mindset that he was going to be the "scorer" on this team. He isn't. He was able to beat his man (improved ballhandling?) but would end up throwing up an off balance shot. He did this over and over...frustrating. I do love his defense, rebounding and hustle though.

I wish these three had a little better team around them so we can see what they can do, but it is only summer league. But wouldn't it be nice if Carney was healthy enough to go on Wednesday and Foye decided to suit up?

Probably not worth the risk of injury for Foye, but would be fun.

Last thing, did you see how pissed Love looked that his team was getting spanked. I loved that.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #137 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:11 am

regarding Jeter: when he's got 5 of our team's 11 assists, I can only assume there were plenty of opportunities that his teammates blew for more assists.

What's his play like? I heard he was quite a little player.

Mcfale313 · Post #138 » by **Mcfale313** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:12 am

Good job for Love to notch a double double, Ahearn flashed his offence but sometimes his passes are so off.....Neitzel looks really promising~
hopefully we'll see Grier and Carney playing significant minutes next game

Post #139 » by **Klomp** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:15 am

It seems like Love had a solid debut. 18/13 is pretty good. The 5 offensive boards is impressive.

Brewer shot 5-18. Thats not very good.

At point guard, Jeter did a good job setting up the offense with 5 assists. Ahearn seemed to be a solid scorer with 17 off the bench. Neitzel also did well scoring 10 in 14 minutes.

I guess I'm not sure why Grier didn't play

FYI Theres a quarter by quarter summary here: http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/th ... _blog.html

Tirion · Post #140 » by **Tirion** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:16 am

jpatrick wrote:Ugh. That sucked. We may be the most unathletic team ever to put on NBA gear. Outside of Love, Richard and Brewer none of these guys should be in training camp. None...and please no one tell me because Neitzel hit a couple of garbage time shots he could be our third PG. He would absolutely get abused in the NBA trying to guard any PG and he won't get wide open shots like those in real play.

Ok, on to the three guys who will be on the Wolves. I liked Love. I worry about the fit with Big Al on the defensive end. We really really need an athletic shotblocker as a third big (Sean Williams anyone?). He can shoot, pass, clear some space and i think with a better team around him the little things he does will be more apparent. I was worried early on when he had trouble finishing from underneath...hopefully that's not a trend.

Richard: He is what he is...NBA body, can rebound and band a bit. Will never be more than a 9th to 12th man on a decent team.

Brewer: Ugh. He's clearly an NBA athlete, but you could tell he came out here with the mindset that he was going to be the "scorer" on this team. He isn't. He was able to beat his man (improved ballhandling?) but would end up throwing up an off balance shot. He did this over and over...frustrating. I do love his defense, rebounding and hustle though.

I wish these three had a little better team around them so we can see what they can do, but it is only summer league. But wouldn't it be nice if Carney was healthy enough to go on Wednesday and Foye decided to suit up? Probably not worth the risk of injury for Foye, but would be fun.

Last thing, did you see how pissed Love looked that his team was getting spanked. I loved that.

nice post.
we have plenty of scorers on the team, corey will be fine.