Rufus wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:00:16 -0600, "Yathinkso"
> <yathinkso@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I honestly can not recall a Minnesota pro s****ts team that had a worse
year
>> than our Taylor owned Twolves. This team is going to make history and
due
>> to funky NBA draft rules, we may not even end up with the top pick.
>
> Maybe McHale can package the 4th and 31st picks together with Antoine
> Walker and get Michael Olowokandi back from Boston.
>
> They aren't totally incompetent or out of games entirely, they have a
> good 4th quarter player coming back from injury, and somebody's
> finally making it their first priority to teach some of these guys how
> to handle NBA crunch time, so I'm sure they'll win more than one game
> out of eight over the next few months. I'm still having fun, but lean
> years don't bother me so much as bumping into the glass ceiling of the
> Saunders-Garnett years did.
>
> Gerald Green and Chris Richard actually got time in NBA games, Telfair
> is hitting outside jump shots (sometimes), Corey Brewer is finding
> ways to score in the NBA, and Wittman gave playing time last night
> exclusively to young guys who are auditioning for next year's team,
> and they're inching ever closer to the #4 overall pick (only 55 more
> losses to clinch it). The trade deadline is months away so there's
> still time to move along Greg Buckner, Antoine Walker, Ryan Gomes, or
> others (packaged with a draft pick) and see what comes of that.
>
> The magic # for a second division title is only 104... or is it too
> early to start counting down?
They are in most of their games, but for some reason the 2nd half and
more im****tantly the 4th quarter has been their downfall. A wise old
hockey coach once told me that one of the only times a coach can really
make a difference is during the later stages of a game. You play 2 plus
periods to a draw, then it is usually the coaching of the players during
the final few ****fts that wins or loses the games for you. If that is
indeed the case, I think we all know how to judge Wittman. I wouldn't
be surprised if the wolves have lost half their games in the 4th
quarter. Some of the responsibility has to fall on Wittman. At this
point I would take Flip or Casey in a heartbeat.
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