My little sister surprised us with a visit....

I was furious as KLove hoisted the final shot, but I’m already completely over it. The bottom line is that Rubio looks more legit every single game (and by legit, I mean he practically SHOULD be the starting PG for the West all-stars). Rubio+Love+the trash heap=a competitive, albeit mediocre squad. Add ANYTHING else of value, and we’re a playoff squad (yes, that includes a healthy Barea and/or a polished RickWill). So for now, enjoy Rubio’s flash, Love’s stats, and whatever wins happen to come our way. We’re going to make the leap very, very soon, Hornepocalypse be damned. Whether the nudge happens at the trade deadline or via an offseason move, I’m sensing that 2012-13 will be something special.

…Who either limped into the 8-seed despite ‘the trash heap,’ or who perplexingly only made the 8-seed with such a talented core.

And then almost blew up Boston in the first round. I’m not sure how deep you’ll go, but this team is destined for better days.

Disclaimer: I’m sorry I compared you to a persistently-frustrating Hawks team, but I have to say your team this year and our team that year were/are a ton of fun to watch.

Good match, chaps.

So I’ve been wondering about the logistics of Love’s extension. Say he signs an extension tomorrow. How does that affect our cap this year vs next? I’m thinking that this trading deadline is basically our last opportunity to take on an overpriced vet (think Iggy, Ellis, Gay, etc, regardless of whether any of those are actually available). If we add a big salary now, we can go above the cap to keep Love, but not vice-versa, correct? (i.e. if we wait until the offseason, Love’s extension goes into effect, and we’d only be able to spend up to the cap on free agents)

Also, whenever SnP mentions our wing woes these days, he seems to mention Redick or Morrow as potential solutions. Should we infer that older, pricier players are out of the picture as far as the FO is concerned? I’m not sure I’m ready to give up on Kevin Martin…

They just need to find a Sprewell.

The difference in the game is ATL with a bump in socring in the 4th. You can´t win if the rival scores 30 in the 4th, unless it´s already a blowout. Specially if the game was played at a 80ish score pace.

Love supporters- better said, fanboys- use some intelectual dishonesty:

a) This is a game of runs. AKA don´t look at the defensive end or talk about lack of execution or tired legs or whatever but slowing the pace and playing ninja basketball. That´s boring.

b) Nobody out of the golden tandem does anything. Scapegoat much.

c) Love was tired. I don´t buy it even if it has some merit. Leuer got points against him in a 1st quarter. He just isn´t that good in the D end, even if he tries at full speed, which is enough for me, but you have to realize who he is. Perfect he is not.

d)Darko sucks. Go, look the partials. Don´t talk about differentials. This team has more chances to win 90-85 than 110-105. With Love- or other option- at C the pace changes for bad. If you have the other team stuck in a really bad pace why would you propose a change?

e) There is some legend that Rubio has to run to be good. False. Rubio will get advantage of the open court but he can play half court sets, too. A legit C is needed and for the money Darko is a good proposition.

f) Really, Am I the only one who see the rival getting everything when Darko sits?

It hurts, it hurts me guys… I’m a spaniard new Wolves fan and after 12 games i have to say that this team dont have talent (except Love and Ricky of course). No other player can hit a shoot or create something other than this two guys. This season its going to be painfull… less than last year but painfull anyway.

I dont understand why an NBA team has such a terrible guys in the team, they are not even worth to play in good teams in Europe. I know that the NBA are diferent than Europe, where you can fired a player anytime and sign another, no salary cap, etc… so it’s not easy to change players in the NBA, I get it… but Wolves managers has to do something IMO.

I dont mean disrespect and maybe I’m beeing too hard on them, but damn… It hurts a lot watching til 4 AM a game where some players try to do things that they are not capable of… always the same, every game making bad decisions. Someone has to teach them that they are limited and that they have to do just what they are capable of. When you try to do things that you can’t do… your gonna fail for sure. I hope Adelman will do that.

I’m not asking for Lebron, Wade or guys like that… just players that can shoot with confidence and don’t make poor decisions.

Sorry for my bad english, I hope I express myself clearly. This board it’s awesome, my painfull drifting til 4-5am it’s way better when I’m reading you guys.

But yes, he looked poor. Actually, the whole fourth quarter.

“It’s our fault,” Rubio said. “We were up 17, 18. They did different zone. We blocked up. We just stopped running when they did the zone. We stopped scoring. When you are 18 up, you have to control more of the game. We have to learn that.”

ATL tried something new, got some momentum, and the Wolves couldn’t adjust or handle it until too late.

I get that teams will have runs, but that was sad.