What I hope the team does..( wont happen due to ego and ignorance ) is get Jakob Pöltl and Gary Trent.. Trent adds the shooting we need.
ImmediateWeb9
Ant is the most important player on this team but I think McDaniels development is key to how far this team goes. If he could get stronger, better at rebounding and become a playmaker that versatility would unlock so much on this team. Allowing you to use him at the 4 primary and at times the 5. Now you have a 1-5 switchable defender who has shown the ability to protect the rim and lock down on the perimeter.
Return_Icy
I think NAW and Naz coming off the bench as 3-point shooters actually works quite well, we just need a healthy NAW. After that screen by Jokic that made his arm numb he just wasn’t right.
What we really need is another guy that can create their own offense consistently. Really wish that could be KAT but he’s proven time and again that he will default to out-of-control drives if he doesn’t get a spot-up 3, and we can’t risk another abysmal 3-game shooting streak like he had in the WCF. Jaden would be ideal but that really depends on him developing his offensive game – he showed flashes in the playoffs, and he was a big scoring threat before coming to the NBA so I believe he has it in him, but the Wolves need a *consistent* #2 scoring option NOW, not potentially.
twovles31
We need Jaden and Ant having the best offseason workouts of their careers. Ant will be practicing/playing with Team USA quite a bit, but he should learn quite a few things playing with the older stars there. We need Ant to up his conditioning to the point he doesn’t get tired, need him to work on his passing, lob/floater game. And we need to get back to Ant and Kat working on the pick and roll/pick and pop. Jaden probably missed the first month or so of the offseason last year with his broken hand not getting up shots. We need Jaden to shoot 1,000 3’s a day in the Summer, hit the weight room and put on a little muscle, improve his handles a bit, improve his box out and crashing the offensive glass. Naz had made huge strides, this summer he should work on his defense, and his handles. He has solid handles for a big, but it gets stripped too often on drives to the hoop. NAW like Jaden needs to get up his shots, put on a little muscle, and continue to work on his play making. Kat I just want him to come back healthy, I’m still worried about that knee that we rushed him back. I really hope we find a point guard that can take half the minutes so we aren’t so reliant on Conley being healthy. This may come from the draft, a healthy Monte, or a vet chasing a ring. Hopefully Rudy comes back in the same shape he was this year, and more focused. It felt like he lost some focus after having his baby, next year hopefully he locks back in. It would be great if one of our g-league guys takes a big stop like Miller, Minott, Clark.
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What I hope the team does..( wont happen due to ego and ignorance ) is get Jakob Pöltl and Gary Trent.. Trent adds the shooting we need.
Ant is the most important player on this team but I think McDaniels development is key to how far this team goes. If he could get stronger, better at rebounding and become a playmaker that versatility would unlock so much on this team. Allowing you to use him at the 4 primary and at times the 5. Now you have a 1-5 switchable defender who has shown the ability to protect the rim and lock down on the perimeter.
I think NAW and Naz coming off the bench as 3-point shooters actually works quite well, we just need a healthy NAW. After that screen by Jokic that made his arm numb he just wasn’t right.
What we really need is another guy that can create their own offense consistently. Really wish that could be KAT but he’s proven time and again that he will default to out-of-control drives if he doesn’t get a spot-up 3, and we can’t risk another abysmal 3-game shooting streak like he had in the WCF. Jaden would be ideal but that really depends on him developing his offensive game – he showed flashes in the playoffs, and he was a big scoring threat before coming to the NBA so I believe he has it in him, but the Wolves need a *consistent* #2 scoring option NOW, not potentially.
We need Jaden and Ant having the best offseason workouts of their careers. Ant will be practicing/playing with Team USA quite a bit, but he should learn quite a few things playing with the older stars there. We need Ant to up his conditioning to the point he doesn’t get tired, need him to work on his passing, lob/floater game. And we need to get back to Ant and Kat working on the pick and roll/pick and pop. Jaden probably missed the first month or so of the offseason last year with his broken hand not getting up shots. We need Jaden to shoot 1,000 3’s a day in the Summer, hit the weight room and put on a little muscle, improve his handles a bit, improve his box out and crashing the offensive glass. Naz had made huge strides, this summer he should work on his defense, and his handles. He has solid handles for a big, but it gets stripped too often on drives to the hoop. NAW like Jaden needs to get up his shots, put on a little muscle, and continue to work on his play making. Kat I just want him to come back healthy, I’m still worried about that knee that we rushed him back. I really hope we find a point guard that can take half the minutes so we aren’t so reliant on Conley being healthy. This may come from the draft, a healthy Monte, or a vet chasing a ring. Hopefully Rudy comes back in the same shape he was this year, and more focused. It felt like he lost some focus after having his baby, next year hopefully he locks back in. It would be great if one of our g-league guys takes a big stop like Miller, Minott, Clark.