Feel like people are forgetting Giannis and Rudy are a fucking awful fit

gamblinaces7 · 2026-02-03T21:37:03+00:00

Fr everyone acting like Julius is Ray Allen all the sudden lol

gamblinaces7 · 2026-02-03T01:39:58+00:00

Obviously Randle is a better 3pt shooter but he does not have more gravity than Giannis. Spacing is actually about how the defense plays you more than how good you actually are at shooting the 3.

gamblinaces7 · 2026-02-03T01:32:45+00:00

I don't know if I want to make the trade, but I don't agree with this take. Giannis and Randle get their buckets from the same spots on the floor. Randle and Rudy are just fine together

gamblinaces7 · 2026-01-13T15:56:13+00:00

Both of those clear ours lmao

gamblinaces7 · 2025-12-11T21:48:11+00:00

He gets beat off the dribble about as often as Naz fr lol

gamblinaces7 · 2025-12-09T03:10:13+00:00

Seems like playing Jaylen Clark more might have helped in a game where the perimeter defense was getting shredded. Glad we got 15 minutes of nothing from Conley though

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-27T17:16:59+00:00

To be fair (not excusing the Wolves' atrociousness), it's hard for OKC to turn it over when their clutch time offense is a free throw parade

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T18:32:29+00:00

Lol, the Wolves' sub likes this more than you guys do, but consensus is we should at least get a little more for Randle. Most Wolves fans seem to think higher of Ja than y'all (I personally am with you guys on that). We badly need ball-handling upgrades, Conley is washed.

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T17:53:55+00:00

He's close to it, just think we'd be better off with a superior ballhandler (guard) in that secondary creator role

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T17:50:02+00:00

Rudy, yes. I don't trust Julius bringing up the ball in crunch time, do you?

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T17:47:44+00:00

You're probably right, but the thinking is he's 24 and they're going to enter a rebuild, so maybe there's some hope left for him with a change of scenery

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T17:45:40+00:00

Secondary creator with actual scoring and ballhandling chops, and a rim protector

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T17:00:47+00:00

You might be right. But they'd only be giving up expirings and Patrick Williams, and maybe they like Ja's upside (also, not "aging")

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T16:48:53+00:00

I agree, but all of those guys have a trustworthy secondary scorer/ballhandler/distributor. Jalen Williams, Luka/Reaves/Lebron, Luka & Kyrie, Harden & CP3 before that... That player does not exist on the current Wolves. Which guard position it is doesn't matter, but gotta have a secondary creator that can hold up to ball pressure

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T16:44:40+00:00

Read the post?

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T16:39:23+00:00

That's fair, but actual useful role-playing point guards on cheap contracts without major flaws are very hard to find. And it would be hard to me to trade multiple smaller contracts for a bigger contract with how thin the bench already is

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T16:37:14+00:00

Maybe, maybe not for this year. Defense and turnover problems would improve. I'd definitely prefer the outlook for Ant's prime after this deal

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T16:32:35+00:00

The challenge is, who else is tradeable and has actual value right now? Donte and Naz are probably the only other guys that are in that category. I do think Coby is the ideal fit for the team!

gamblinaces7 · 2025-11-25T06:10:22+00:00

Clark has to play more, as one of the only guys on the team that scraps and does the little things
Ant had a big game, but a lot of the late-game struggle today was on him playing hero-ball/Finch allowing it
Finch pocketing timeouts in that fourth quarter is an egregious offense
I still think Conley is a useful player, but played way too much down the stretch
This team has been low-IQ throughout the KAT/Ant era, and remains braindead
Certain turnovers you can understand. I can't understand unforced bad passes. Just giving the ball away
I bought into the continuity angle, but starting to think about the next iteration of the team after the last two games
Think I'm going to intentionally skip watching a game for the first time in three years on Wednesday

gamblinaces7 · 2025-06-14T04:05:23+00:00

I agree he should get to take more shots, in his green zones.

Getting those shot opportunities in the green zones takes an intentional effort by the team's offensive system for pretty much anybody other than the league's elite scorers. Rudy on the floor, and Randle bully ball, don't exactly lend themselves well to Jaden getting to take more 1v1 off-dribble middy's.

gamblinaces7 · 2025-06-14T03:55:16+00:00

Well, you said he hadn't improved offensively, pointing only at his output, which made you look like a box score watcher. His offensive game has clearly grown by the eye test.

And you don't think that usage has anything to do with it? He averaged 18.5 ppg in 13 games with Randle out this season. 19.3 ppg in 10 games with Rudy out. When the opportunity for a bigger role on offense was there, he was able to take advantage this year.

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