ESPN’s Projections: Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo trade boosts the Timberwolves
Believe it or not, a pair of ESPN projections (Kevin Pelton’s and Basketball Power Index) agree that the Minnesota Timberwolves are in line for a better season following the Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo trade. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) breaks down why that’s the case, and why the Wolves’ defense shouldn’t decline in the same way that Kevin Pelton’s projections seem to think they will. Plus, previewing the end of the roster, including Keita Bates-Diop, Leonard Miller, and PJ Dozier.
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4 Comments
"experts"
Kevin Pelton imo is not that smart. The fact he has a "model" for coming up with projections is laughable. On the hoops collective he was on there and they did an expansion team draft with trades. And all his trades were child elementary level. Or like some kid playing nba 2k. I was laughing and every trade he proposed got immediately rejected by others. Like the trades were not even remotely close.
All i know is the wolves are not winning less than 50 games. They are not winning more than 60.
Lol “believe it or not”. Literally you’re fast becoming the only public face that doesn’t believe that. Peltons model, Hollingers model, gm survey has us second(plus windy reporting), Vegas has us with second highest win total in west and our odds went up after the trade. Even amongst dumb hot take podcasters, they’re changing their tune and you’re just out here ignoring facts.
Randle+DDV is better than KAT