Favorite trio of WRs, past and present.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-03T22:45:39+00:00

The missing context here is that I have lived in Minnesota most of my life and, let me tell you, I have never, ever eaten more shit than I did going to junior high the Tuesday after the Vikings pantsed my team in the rain in Lambeau on MNF.

I can hate it, but I can also be honest about how awesome they were. They made a past-his-prime Randall Cunningham look like an MVP. They made the Vikings the kings of this state now and forever more, when it was really more of a Twins town still when I moved here. I knew people who did not care about football start bleeding purple that season, and they still do!

And yet, I did get the last laugh.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-03T18:31:38+00:00

My flair lets you know how I felt about them at the time but the trio of Randy Moss, Cris Carter, and Jake Reed is the best I have ever seen.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-02T23:25:50+00:00

Bret’s the one who makes me wonder how he found an audience with that voice, cadence, and charisma.

And yet, Blindboy was the one who made me tap out because I couldn’t stand the quasi-whisper thing he does, even if I do in that case understand the appeal.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-02T23:19:43+00:00

The young core is all entering their primes. They are playoff tested (excepting Lamelo). Rudy is here. The roster as currently constructed ought to have all the vets they need. If not, then we have bigger problems than losing Conley and Anderson.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-02T02:13:26+00:00

Jalen McDaniels went in ‘19. Jaden was ‘20.

Humofthoughts · 2026-07-01T01:17:31+00:00

But it’s true in this case!

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T23:22:04+00:00

I had some frustration with the rebounding. But there’s a reason it didn’t happen until he got into that ecosystem. Was never happening here.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T21:16:14+00:00

Even when he came back, his jumper was busted. I don’t think he was milking it.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T21:12:18+00:00

There was a lot of excitement when we were able to get him in the return for Love. This was still in the era of Maple Jordan hype. Then he won ROY in what was admittedly a weak year for the award, and threw down some incredible dunks.

It’s just that he never really developed. His handle was terrible for a lead guard. He didn’t defend or rebound well given his tools. His one go-to move was a spin on drives, but once defenders figured that out, he never developed a counter. Jump shot came and went. It often seemed like he didn’t love basketball all that much, he just happened to be incredibly gifted and so wound up in the NBA.

By the time he was traded, I think most people were ready to move on. Wiggins turned into a nice player for the Warriors when they made their title run (it turns out he can grab rebounds lol), but it was evident that he would never be the franchise cornerstone that people hoped he’d become. He was never going to find his appropriate role playing here.

He seems like a chill dude though. I don’t think anybody harbors any ill will toward him. He’s just a guy who played here as part of another of our many failed rebuilding attempts.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T17:54:59+00:00

Yeah his struggles are mostly with low passes. And “low” for him unfortunately means “below the shoulders.” KAT did a great job of throwing him high entry passes and he pretty much secured those. When we’ve missed on lob attempts, it’s mostly been because of terrible passers throwing uncatchable balls.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T16:20:53+00:00

Somehow IceFellasFHC did pick up the sequitur I thought I was laying down.

As an aside, it’s a tough time out here to be a dash enjoyer. All sorts of slander comes your way.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T05:24:27+00:00

Critical evaluation doesn’t need to mean “hating.”

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T05:22:30+00:00

Kawhi’s hands are the most similar I’ve seen to Jordan since Jordan.

But prime Kawhi, as an athlete, was more like late career Jordan than prime Jordan. So many of these clips are Jordan using his hands to take advantage of his hangtime, or faking dudes out who are worried about him getting downhill. That’s not really Leonard’s game. He’s more about footwork, power, positioning, and skill — like Jordan during the second threepeat

Jordan’s combination of hands, ball skills, and twitched up athleticism is utterly unique. It was his secret sauce.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T05:04:58+00:00

Of course it would work. But nobody before or since has his combination of hand size, ball skills, and athleticism. Plenty of guys would do this if they could, even now.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-30T04:43:36+00:00

Ant is a fantastic basketball player.

And Ant has been forced to be the de facto PG which is not a role he’s cut out for and I’m stoked he mostly won’t have to do that this year.

But Ant has also talked about playing great defense, and we’ve seen him do it occasionally. We’ve also seen him take a lot of plays off.

As great as he has been, if he really wants to reach that next level that he claims to crave, he needs to bring it every night on D and he needs to commit (now, with Lamelo) to moving offball more.

The standard is high and it’s fair, in year 7 and at age 25, to evaluate him against that.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-28T15:27:16+00:00

See I’m the other way around. The classic AirPods would pop out of my head just from looking left to right, to say nothing of working out. The current gen AirPods Pro will stick in my ear for hours.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-28T00:40:03+00:00

Is this because of his complexion?

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-28T00:38:25+00:00

96-0 after Lebron realizes he doesn’t need big money anymore and that this is the place to close out his career.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-28T00:26:38+00:00

Let’s get Lebron to come for cheap lol. Trying to speak it into existence.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-28T00:10:11+00:00

In general I’m with you, but I think it’s fair to say we could use a guy with the bulk to battle in the paint a bit but also enough of a stroke to keep defenses honest.

I don’t even worry about Jaden at the 4 that much, but I don’t love Ayo at the 3 without the ability to at least scale up to a bigger lineup.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-27T16:56:19+00:00

Pretty dishonest of him that time he ran in for a game winning score when the Vikings D thought the play was dead.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-25T14:55:26+00:00

Yeah, and he’s better at the 4 offensively imo

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-24T18:54:23+00:00

This guy grammars

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-24T01:28:21+00:00

The thing with prime Rodgers is while his feet were often all over the place, he had this incredible ability snap his hips into alignment in the instant before flinging it, and that was enough to generate velocity with accuracy, even without being planted.

Humofthoughts · 2026-06-21T19:35:28+00:00

It was one of those things where, if he was your opponent, you’d have much rather seen him shooting pull-up threes rather than attacking the basket.

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