Shoutout to every Wolves fan that stood by this team last season. We had people constantly saying stuff like this throughout the year, and now it’s been crickets since.
Shoutout to every Wolves fan that stood by this team last season. We had people constantly saying stuff like this throughout the year, and now it’s been crickets since.
in the 23-24 West I’m not sure that team makes the play-in, even if you correct the lineup
Pomeranian111
Bro that squad is a play in at best 😆.
ultimateF_21
That team fucking sucks dude
FireFrogs48
I remember people absolutely hated the Rudy trade. I liked it at the time tho I felt we over payed a little. Probably one of the main reasons we’re in first rn
solojame
And have fun fighting for a play-in spot.
Aggravating_Host6055
This was a valid take last year, we moved a mountain and ended up with the same record lol. KAT injury really mucked it all up for us.
I’m just happy they figured it out this year. Idk why you’re trying to put people on blast for reacting to an underperforming year. We underperformed last year. That’s a fact. Enjoy us living up to our potential this year, weird behavior to be dwelling on this tweet a full year later imo 😵💫
slowpesci
Jarred over Jaden and Naz on the third squad are bad takes even then.
DrWolves
The funniest thing about the picks is that people automatically equate first rounders = star players. And, if you’re a Wolves fan, you know more than anything how many absolute busts we’ve drafted. No team in the league hits on every pick, let alone the Wolves who have a history of terrible drafting. So, would you rather take a shot at arguably the best defensive big of all-time to pair with Ant and KAT or sit back and hope we get a decent player in drafts to come?
Not to mention, the Wolves have multiple players on the team right now that would garner first rounders in a trade if at any point in the future we decide to go in a different direction
The_Bran_9000
Putting Naz outside of the 10 man roto is nasty work
yourloudneighbor
The players sent to Utah were so good that they kept all but one who doesn’t even start for them
That said, getting rid of DLo for Naw and Mike was everything.
And got a couple seconds lol
twovles31
While I wasn’t one of the posters hating on it, it’s easy to see why they would have been. Whenever you trade unprotected first round picks it can be disastrous like it was for the Nets when they traded for KG. It didn’t help that Rudy was injured the whole season and looked terrible, while Kessler looked solid. A lot can happen in a season and a healthy KAT and Gobert both looking like superstars again added in with Conley, NAW, and now Monte Morris. and Ant and Naz being far better players than we could have possibly hoped for at their young ages. Kessler was the only decent player we traded, the rest all got moved from Utah and the draft pick they got turned into George who is okay. That 2029 first round pick could still be disastrous, but lets hope Ant stays here the rest of his career, and we don’t have to worry about not making the playoffs for the next 15 years .
Formal_Junket_1585
I never understood people’s attachment to the players we traded and how they got overrated. Pat isn’t a starter, vando and beasley are unplayable in the playoffs, and dlo is a playoff dropper. Also the picks never really mattered to me because I anticipated that wed be good to where the picks were late 1st rounders and also we kept Jaden so we already had our young pieces to build around with Ant and Jaden.
ohiowolf
No thanks!
eman9416
We could have had 4 Wendell Moore Jrs and Malik Beasley? Sign me up
tlollz52
People too high in Vanderbilt imo. He was a nice hussle and d guy. I would take himself as like my 8th or 9th guy
RememberCynical
Dude is saying “this squad,” like that roster wasn’t the exact same one from the season prior.
Correct_Fly5152
Although I agree with the spirit of your post, and I have no idea who mev is, I did just take a moment to look her up on twitter and this is one of her most recent posts.
A starting lineup with 3 guards + 2 non shooters I’m sick
karlwhethers
There are analysts and then there are people who pile-on whatever the funny joke/meme is for engagement. The latter are a lot more common.
-XanderCrews-
People expected too much last year. Ant was 21 and it takes time to find a rhythm. Now things seemed to have gelled and things look better than I thought we would be. 43-17 is ridiculous. We are actually good. It’s weird and I still don’t really believe it. Plus Kat is good and fans were way too hard on him. I didn’t trust the gobert trade for a while, but now I’m sold. Go wolves!
LitterReallyAngersMe
Hell nawl
EndTimesPreacher24
We had a very decent team when we last went to the playoffs man. That squad was super good, and only the refs killed us in Memphis. We did shit the bed a little, but that was nightly around 20 FTA the series for a certain guy.
I ain’t gonna lie it was hype, and we all thought it was possible they could grow organically.
Understandably, people were disappointed because we were shitting the bed with out new team. I had some definitely belief, but also thought it go hellish wrong if somebody got injured again.
The whole thing was just a torrent of weird injuries and the team not playing together. It sucked for a bit there.
But damn people en masse were seriously saying it was the worst trade ever. NBA was all up in itself with this shit.
I said unless we win a chip or at least contend in a Finals, that the trade was pointless. Still pretty much that. We gotta contend still. Shit ain’t over. We have done nothing.
vMambaaa
I don’t think leaning into the timeline of Ant, Jaden, and Walker Kessler, and Naz Reid was a bad idea at all. We have some very real salary hurdles to work through after this year.
If the Wolves flame out in the playoffs, and we have to make salary shedding moved a year from now and for some reason aren’t as competitive all that vitriol from the trade will come storming back.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the current timeline but using hindsight to shit on people’s initial feelings on the trade really doesn’t make sense.
placated
I’ll cut people some slack. It was a major change after some success, and hard to see the vision at first.
RDcsmd
Yuck
Lungclap
All the expert analysts are still trying to say there were too many picks. Look at the roster, we don’t need g league talent rn or three years from now. We needed Rudy. Everyone is playing defense now because of him. That wasn’t happening without him. Naz and Karl would not have elevated their defense without him. You were wrong, it’s better to just own it. Try not to bash a trade immediately after it’s made next time.
Guy_onna_Buffalo
That first championship is going to feel so fucking sweet for us Wolves faithful.
Awoooooooooo
BLarson31
That’s about the definition of a good not great team. Destined to hang around the 7-5 seed and never progress further than the second round.
Sounds great after sucking for so long, but after 2 or 3 season it’d become very painful.
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in the 23-24 West I’m not sure that team makes the play-in, even if you correct the lineup
Bro that squad is a play in at best 😆.
That team fucking sucks dude
I remember people absolutely hated the Rudy trade. I liked it at the time tho I felt we over payed a little. Probably one of the main reasons we’re in first rn
And have fun fighting for a play-in spot.
This was a valid take last year, we moved a mountain and ended up with the same record lol. KAT injury really mucked it all up for us.
I’m just happy they figured it out this year. Idk why you’re trying to put people on blast for reacting to an underperforming year. We underperformed last year. That’s a fact. Enjoy us living up to our potential this year, weird behavior to be dwelling on this tweet a full year later imo 😵💫
Jarred over Jaden and Naz on the third squad are bad takes even then.
The funniest thing about the picks is that people automatically equate first rounders = star players. And, if you’re a Wolves fan, you know more than anything how many absolute busts we’ve drafted. No team in the league hits on every pick, let alone the Wolves who have a history of terrible drafting. So, would you rather take a shot at arguably the best defensive big of all-time to pair with Ant and KAT or sit back and hope we get a decent player in drafts to come?
Not to mention, the Wolves have multiple players on the team right now that would garner first rounders in a trade if at any point in the future we decide to go in a different direction
Putting Naz outside of the 10 man roto is nasty work
The players sent to Utah were so good that they kept all but one who doesn’t even start for them
That said, getting rid of DLo for Naw and Mike was everything.
And got a couple seconds lol
While I wasn’t one of the posters hating on it, it’s easy to see why they would have been. Whenever you trade unprotected first round picks it can be disastrous like it was for the Nets when they traded for KG. It didn’t help that Rudy was injured the whole season and looked terrible, while Kessler looked solid. A lot can happen in a season and a healthy KAT and Gobert both looking like superstars again added in with Conley, NAW, and now Monte Morris. and Ant and Naz being far better players than we could have possibly hoped for at their young ages. Kessler was the only decent player we traded, the rest all got moved from Utah and the draft pick they got turned into George who is okay. That 2029 first round pick could still be disastrous, but lets hope Ant stays here the rest of his career, and we don’t have to worry about not making the playoffs for the next 15 years .
I never understood people’s attachment to the players we traded and how they got overrated. Pat isn’t a starter, vando and beasley are unplayable in the playoffs, and dlo is a playoff dropper. Also the picks never really mattered to me because I anticipated that wed be good to where the picks were late 1st rounders and also we kept Jaden so we already had our young pieces to build around with Ant and Jaden.
No thanks!
We could have had 4 Wendell Moore Jrs and Malik Beasley? Sign me up
People too high in Vanderbilt imo. He was a nice hussle and d guy. I would take himself as like my 8th or 9th guy
Dude is saying “this squad,” like that roster wasn’t the exact same one from the season prior.
Although I agree with the spirit of your post, and I have no idea who mev is, I did just take a moment to look her up on twitter and this is one of her most recent posts.
https://preview.redd.it/xzy4q6i3brlc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6c86e2927fefb13f9d14e07f2c95504fa32ba7f
A starting lineup with 3 guards + 2 non shooters I’m sick
There are analysts and then there are people who pile-on whatever the funny joke/meme is for engagement. The latter are a lot more common.
People expected too much last year. Ant was 21 and it takes time to find a rhythm. Now things seemed to have gelled and things look better than I thought we would be. 43-17 is ridiculous. We are actually good. It’s weird and I still don’t really believe it. Plus Kat is good and fans were way too hard on him. I didn’t trust the gobert trade for a while, but now I’m sold. Go wolves!
Hell nawl
We had a very decent team when we last went to the playoffs man. That squad was super good, and only the refs killed us in Memphis. We did shit the bed a little, but that was nightly around 20 FTA the series for a certain guy.
I ain’t gonna lie it was hype, and we all thought it was possible they could grow organically.
Understandably, people were disappointed because we were shitting the bed with out new team. I had some definitely belief, but also thought it go hellish wrong if somebody got injured again.
The whole thing was just a torrent of weird injuries and the team not playing together. It sucked for a bit there.
But damn people en masse were seriously saying it was the worst trade ever. NBA was all up in itself with this shit.
I said unless we win a chip or at least contend in a Finals, that the trade was pointless. Still pretty much that. We gotta contend still. Shit ain’t over. We have done nothing.
I don’t think leaning into the timeline of Ant, Jaden, and Walker Kessler, and Naz Reid was a bad idea at all. We have some very real salary hurdles to work through after this year.
If the Wolves flame out in the playoffs, and we have to make salary shedding moved a year from now and for some reason aren’t as competitive all that vitriol from the trade will come storming back.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the current timeline but using hindsight to shit on people’s initial feelings on the trade really doesn’t make sense.
I’ll cut people some slack. It was a major change after some success, and hard to see the vision at first.
Yuck
All the expert analysts are still trying to say there were too many picks. Look at the roster, we don’t need g league talent rn or three years from now. We needed Rudy. Everyone is playing defense now because of him. That wasn’t happening without him. Naz and Karl would not have elevated their defense without him. You were wrong, it’s better to just own it. Try not to bash a trade immediately after it’s made next time.
That first championship is going to feel so fucking sweet for us Wolves faithful.
Awoooooooooo
That’s about the definition of a good not great team. Destined to hang around the 7-5 seed and never progress further than the second round.
Sounds great after sucking for so long, but after 2 or 3 season it’d become very painful.