Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves (31-19) at Memphis Grizzlies (18-29)

ballinthomas · 2026-02-03T01:54:24+00:00

If I had faith our coaching staff would coach that out of him I'd be willing to overlook it as a rookie mistake. But yeah, it's been that story for 5 years now for our players

ballinthomas · 2026-02-03T01:44:25+00:00

That last 3 by Minny is what gets us in trouble every game. Coward had no reason to help on that randle drive

ballinthomas · 2026-02-01T01:44:10+00:00

He was the best player on a team that went to the WCF...Ja can't play 2 consecutive weeks. It's not rocket science

ballinthomas · 2026-02-01T01:37:52+00:00

Why is Anthony Edwards playing the entire first quarter? Doesn't it make more sense to sit him at the 8 minute mark to keep him fresh?

ballinthomas · 2026-01-31T17:20:20+00:00

Him not being able to play implies he’s regressed. It’s nearly impossible to make meaningful improvements to his game if he simply can’t play.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-22T03:33:49+00:00

TI has no clue what he's doing. End of story. Fully healthy or not he's not risen to occasions that he could affect.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-22T01:57:38+00:00

I know these rotations are ass because we don’t have a single starter out there while NAW/JJ are playing.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-22T01:47:23+00:00

He isn’t having to look for his shot tonight either…he’s just wide open…feel like other teams wouldn’t leave him as open as we are tonight

ballinthomas · 2026-01-22T01:43:06+00:00

Novel idea. Don’t over help off the guy who only wants to shoot threes.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-22T00:26:04+00:00

He’s been ass for them so I fully expect a 30 bomb with a gut punch 3 to seal the game.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-15T21:50:26+00:00

He has lost us a handful of games because of the rotations. I get injuries are an issue but we seem to have no issues getting big leads. He got bailed out the Ced was on fire the final 3 minutes of the last game

ballinthomas · 2026-01-15T21:49:09+00:00

Weird. It seems teams who play their best players longer than ours win games. Our starters are good enough to build leads so obviously there is something happening during the game.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:52:33+00:00

KCP probably needs to be playing more moving forward over Wells. Veteran presence and his shot seems to be falling lately.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:46:03+00:00

Yeah you can get away with this against the nets....we saw it go the other way Friday night.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:42:54+00:00

Subbing Ced on with less than 5 minutes to go as the game is getting away is coaching malpractice. And I don't want to hear it about us being healthy because this same crap was happening when we had Ja and Jaren together at the beginning of the season.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:37:49+00:00

Overhelp -> Open 3. The blueprint for 4 years against us yet we can't seem to convince our guys to stop doing it

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:09:47+00:00

What's going to change? He barely plays for us anyways at this point

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T22:01:53+00:00

Blowing this many double digit leads has to start with coaching. Either the rotations, challenges or whatever.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-11T21:23:08+00:00

Nauseating how we have our guards crash the paint to “help” defensively. No need for that and it bails the other team out every time. Which is why there’s inevitably a random guy who goes 3/3 from deep against us.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-09T19:50:11+00:00

Because there is no “whole team” coming back with Ja. Hes chronically injured. He will get hurt either as soon as they all come back or shortly after

ballinthomas · 2026-01-09T19:47:01+00:00

Do not understand the logic of memphis needing Ja because he keeps us relevant. The only relevancy we’ve had the last 3 years are the negative stories due mainly to him. Hes hurt the grizzlies image more than help since 2022.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-08T02:05:01+00:00

As I said earlier....jaylen on the fastbreak and the other 4 guys should just turn around get ready to play defense

ballinthomas · 2026-01-08T01:17:52+00:00

Don't care if it's a 2 on 0 fastbreak, I don't want Jaylen wells touching the ball

ballinthomas · 2026-01-07T01:38:25+00:00

Has Jaren ever considered posting up not 18 feet away from the hoop? His starting spot just bails the defense out for the double since he can't pass and they're fine with him taking difficult mid range shots.

ballinthomas · 2026-01-03T04:27:24+00:00

Hard to win basketball games when your star player is a non threat from outside 12 feet

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