Wanting more than cute

BTW I was wearing the Ricky Unicorn hoodie and someone tapped on the shoulder. Identify yourself!!!

I said that to myself the whole game. Beasley was OK, but no one else on the wing could hit a shot. Webster just about shot us out of the game in the first half. Wayne is on the low-end of his highly oscillating biorhythm chart. Wes is driving better, but his outside shot is completely broken.

WINGS!!!!!!!

It was indeed a cute, fun game, but not a satisfying one.

It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that we need to trade Derrick Williams for the best wing we can get, or failing that, a stud C. Soon. Maybe there’s a possibility he becomes a star, but let’s make some other team pay for that possibility while it still exists. He simply doesn’t have a place here, and won’t unless he becomes such a dominating force that playing Love and him together overcomes the obvious defensive issues such a pairing would create. Honestly, after this season, you could move Williams, let Beasley walk, amnesty Darko, and after 40 minutes/night from Love, the remaining 56 big man minutes can still be adequately covered by Pekovic, Randolph, and Tolliver.

Of rubio and webster and luke (and everyone?) Missing a ton of long jumpers. In the first two quarters we were in the bonus early, and then promptly failed to capitalize with and-1 opportunities. We gave up that meek schtick for a bit and tore up the 16 point lead like so much Goldmann Sachs financial records — but then got scared of our success and the idea of stretching out a lead. Like they weren’t sure they deserved it. That melancholy will continue to be boiled off in our process of reduction this year. I hope. Beasley played awesome in his second game back, I thought. Webster was jerky and had no touch at times, but looked promising also. If either has a good stretch soon we are looking at a win streak..

Bynum and Gasol were 19-30 for 49 points. We can talk all about the bad shooting, but this was right up there. Not having Darko hurt, a lot.

I guess the only thing I can do to protest this is post on here in case one of them see this. You guys psyche RR out when you chant his name or olee olee, also, he’s from Spain, not Mexico, so the whole sombrero thing makes you look dumb (not sure if you guys still do that)

Every time I hear that section chanting, Rubio puts up a brick, or misses a FT, or whatever. Its home-court, STFU.

But a game that flat out showed the unsettled, uncertain, inexperience of this squad. The recently champion veteran Lakers needed to come out and win this one to reassure themselves after disappointing performances. They’ve still got big time players but their depth is sub par.

I’d be hard pressed to say which of the Wolves parts should stick or be bartered after this one. I thought this may have been their best game as far as everyone buying into the team concept. I certainly didn’t expect this team to shoot as badly as they have, however. The Lakers shot with confidence. The Wolves except for Love and Martel from three looked like they didn’t expect the ball to go in. (Beas’ shot selection was better.)

I’m going to mark this one down as a slip on the upward climb. I’m not laying it on any individual players but on team failure to finish plays. Those who start consistently making shots will stick.

38 min vs DAL (granted we were shorthanded), 10 min tonight. He looked like he might be turning a corner, but now all but disappeared. Do we like Webster taking Wayne’s minutes in crunch time?

Guys, i know you’r tired of loosing but games like this will happen. It is not the first and not the last this season. So many players were too long off the court, a new coach, almost no practises….Whenever someone has a bad game the fan jury says: ‘’Trade him.’’ Relax! This season Wolves will be around .500. Next season, with a proper preseason will be crucial. The culture is changing, it s a good sign.

What happened to Pek?

I know AR gave them a spark and some nice minutes. But I would have liked to see Pek return in the 4th.

Was disappointed that Webster could not really stay in front of Kobe – looked like he was on roller skates as Jim Pete likes to say. But at least Webster has the ‘just returned to playing’ excuse.

Was more disappointed that Love couldn’t guard Gasol or Bynum. Both are too big and talented. Pek did an OK job on Bynum.

I was really surprised that, as SnP said, the Lakers stopped going to Bynum and Gasol. Looked like both could have had 30 and fouled out our front line. Was also suprised they didn’t take advantage when Luke was guarding someone 80 pounds and 6 inches bigger than him.

Agree with Madison Dan – guards and wings from almost every team make us look really bad. Worried about what the HOU guards are going to do tomorrow.

Come on Kahn – we want to be good this year.

• I really liked this write-up, Snp.
• Ron Artest/MWP is beyond done. He had 6’2" 175 lb Luke Ridnour guarding him for most of the game and couldn’t do jack with it.
• The atmosphere in the arena was great tonight.

Especially the 3-pt attempt. Pure entertainment. Also enjoyed how Peterson refused to call him anything other than Ron Artest.

If Darko doesn’t box out he can always say, “Neither do Pau and Bynum.”

For a freaking SG. There just ISNT room for him, and this inconsistent shooting on the team….will keep us from taking that next step. I don’t wanna wait ANOTHER fucking year, sell D-Will (plus whatever junk) while his value is still high. KAHHHHHHHHHHN!!!!!!!!!!!!

—Hung out with twinstalker at Kieran’s for a while. That was fun, and he’s a good guy.
—As I approached my seat an extremely overweight dude slipped and fell across the next three rows below him. I spent half of the first quarter trying to watch the game while all of the people to the left of me yelled at each other.
—My section seemed to be populated by drunk twentysomethings who knew each other. It was very annoying
—I took advantage of a quiet moment in the second quarter to scream, “Andrew Bynum is bad at basketball!” They had to hear me on the court. That made my night.
—I rediscovered that I don’t like people (generally speaking). Being in public made me despondent about the human race. Just stupidity and lack of regard all around. Blech.

was very noticable and annoying. Love commented on it negatively after the game, saying he didn’t like seeing all the Laker jersey’s in the crowd.

WTF is wrong with people? Let’s be front runners and watch the rapist put down our exciting young Wolves club. Woohoo.

You have way to many decent players and not enough star type players. when you play 11 players and still have Darko, tolliver, and barea not enter the game then that should tell you MAKE A TRADE!!! Package your best assets that your not going to use (darko, williams, beasely, Luke) and get back someone in a position you need. If you don’t do that you will have players upset all year over playing time.

Too crazytown. Stockpiling is the way to go, yo.

That ought to turn channels

1. Adelman should try to keep either Rubio or Love on the floor at all times. Team gets really disjointed really fast when both sit.

1. I think it is time for the Luke at the 2 experiment to end. Go with Webster/Ellington/Wes at SG. Beasley/Williams/Wes at SF. Luke backs up Rubio so he doesn’t have to play entire halves like tonight.

But he’s the best (only?) SF/wing player you have. If he gets it together (maybe with the help of a good coach like Adelman) and has nights like tonight where he rebounds and isn’t a compete black hole on offense, he could be a solid player. Also, he’s a RFA, so it would be silly to let him go. Just extend him the qualifying offer and work something out.

Timberwolves will not shootaround tomorrow. Will hold a team meeting at noon.

I wasn’t really moved one way or the other by this game. Yes the Lakers are a declining squad; yes the Wolves are rising fast. That said, you can never put a game against the Lakers into the win column until the buzzer hits zero. I thought the Timberpuppies did alright, but fell on some matchup problems due to having three or four major players thrown back into the mix recently. Ricky didn’t shoot well tonight, and that’s also expected for a guy who’s posting up all-time quality numbers. The Wolves have been winning tough games, and the Lakers have been losing more than they usually do, so it’s understandable to me. Yeah, I’d have liked to see them wipe that smug grin off Kobe’s face that he had plastered on for the last three minutes, but don’t worry, we’ll play them more this season. Lost a battle, but we can still win the war.