I was switching back and forth but from what I saw Butler had the ball in his hands to start almost every possession the last few minutes of the game. Not sure where you're getting this 3rd option stuff from but I know it's not from watching the games.

I was switching back and forth but from what I saw Butler had the ball in his hands to start almost every possession the last few minutes of the game. Not sure where you're getting this 3rd option stuff from but I know it's not from watching the games.

They're a championship team if he's their 3rd best player.

I've watched six of their eight games in their entirety. When Butler is out there late, he's the first option. I'll happily share my league pass with you, ltg.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

That applies to every team. If Butler is your third best player your team is probably gonna win 65+ games and compete neck and neck with Golden State.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I was switching back and forth but from what I saw Butler had the ball in his hands to start almost every possession the last few minutes of the game. Not sure where you're getting this 3rd option stuff from but I know it's not from watching the games.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

They are running Isos for Wiggins on almost every play down the stretch. It has been that way since the beginning of the season.

This is where I have trouble debating you, ltg, despite our mutual love of hoops. We watched the end of that game. Nearly every possession involved Butler bringing the ball upcourt, Towns setting the high screen, and running the offense through from there. Your statement above simply isn't true regardless of any of our thoughts on the players involved.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

The runner over AD was setup by the Butler slash and kick. Stop being ridiculous. Butler didn't play well this game but he played well down the stretch outside of the dumb turnover with four minutes left and trying to go baseline against a double team. It's ok to admit what we all saw.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

What you've been seeing:

Butler is the Better player despite being dominated by the Greek Freak during each and every matchup last season

Draymond Green is a top 15 player

Lauri Markannen will be a bust.

Lauri Markannen is a taller Ryan Anderson

Steph Curry and Lonzo Ball are good or even servicable defenders

I'm good on what you've been seeing.

The Wolves rank an embarrassing 28th in points allowed per possession, and they've been so helpless when Jimmy Butler sits, they might be better off just hacking the worst foul shooter on the other team. (OK, that's an exaggeration.) With Butler resting, opponents score at the same rate as last season's Warriors -- perhaps the greatest offensive team in league history.

One irritating foible: Towns is a chronic block-chaser, leaping waaaaay late at rejections he has no chance to get and leaving the defensive glass naked behind him:


If you start your jump when the shooter is about to release the ball, you might as well stay ground-bound and box someone the hell out -- something else Towns doesn't really like to do.

He is also among the very best at the Andrea Bargnani fake fly-by contest -- the little sideways jump con artists use to pretend like they are playing defense when they are really getting out of the way. Remember verticality? This is horizontality.

Opponents have grabbed 25.6 percent of their own misses against the Wolves, the fourth-highest share in the league, and that number skyrockets when Towns is on the floor, per NBA.com. That's not all on him, but some of it is.

For someone who zooms in a blur on offense, Towns can look strangely leaden on defense. He lurches in robotic, two-footed shifts. He positions his body at weird angles that reveal driving lanes. He also flat doesn't play as hard as he does on offense.

Towns has the tools to be a plus defender. He looked like he would be one -- and soon -- during the first half of his rookie season, and he has somehow gotten worse and worse since.

He has shown signs lately -- especially against Oklahoma City last Friday. Tom Thibodeau will always demand more. Towns needs to be better for the Wolves to get where they want to go -- to where Towns has declared he would take them.

Massive game tonight at Golden State....can't wait

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Probably the only time in history I will ever utter such gibberish but here it is.



LET'S GO WARRIORS!

Massive game tonight at Golden State....can't wait

Golden State scores o/u 140 tonight?

I'll take the under
I'll say 122

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole