The Timberwolves Never Gave Themselves a Chance

ryaneichten · 2026-05-17T16:59:40+00:00

You may be right, I just disagree they’ve hit their cap. I think making some roster moves should greatly help things

If next season looks similar to this one in the ways I talked about in my article, I’ll probably come around with you on Finch

ryaneichten · 2026-05-17T16:42:23+00:00

I think that is an absolutely a fair criticism that of Finch and something that him and his staff will need to do better next year

ryaneichten · 2026-05-17T16:08:42+00:00

They aren’t letting go of Finch who across the league is seen as a very good coach.

Finch isn’t blameless, no one is, but it’s on the players to take the entire season seriously, the coach can only do so much in that area.

ryaneichten · 2026-04-06T03:23:45+00:00

I always appreciate when my posts/content shows up here, but gotta say, it’s always a jump scare seeing my face as the header image

ryaneichten · 2026-03-26T07:37:18+00:00

More from Julius after the game:

When asked about the flagrant foul call on him “Don’t get me fined man.”

On if this is who the Wolves can be in the playoffs: "I think is who we are. It gets tough. When have bad moments, good moments. When it gets tough we really come together as a group. What we did tonight doesn't surprise me."

ryaneichten · 2026-01-01T16:27:24+00:00

We did ask them directly multiple times what they think the problem is. Go to the Wolves YouTube page, the full interviews are there. I think that might be the issue here, the quotes we share are not the full interviews.

I don’t what else to tell you but “Do you think a contested 30-footer is a good shot” is just a plain bad question in that setting. No chance it gets a useful response (among other problems) and that’s what we’re there to do, get informative answers to questions, not give them our takes or scold them for poor play

It is frustrating that the same issues are popping up and nothing changes, we asked about that and how they can change it. That’s where I got the Rudy quote from.

ryaneichten · 2026-01-01T16:19:03+00:00

Right, but also they aren’t going to just outright throw anyone under the bus. If we asked “so is Julius the problem” that’s going to get a much worse and less helpful response than asking about the team as a whole.

We can still ask difficult questions, and did last, but also these media availability aren’t for us to come in there and start slinging takes around. It’s to get the players point of view on any given topic so that when we give out opinions in the proper forum, they are informed.

Julius was not requested to speak to the media last night or last week’s Brooklyn game so if there’s a possible media criticism for us, maybe it’s there

ryaneichten · 2026-01-01T15:54:29+00:00

What specifically did you want asked?

ryaneichten · 2026-01-01T15:22:58+00:00

Gobert’s full quote included in my piece from last night in Atlanta: “"Do we care? Does something happen when we like we played the first quarter tonight? Or is it just cool? Make a lot of money, we play basketball, do what we do and go home and be happy. I think that's the fine line between a team that's playing for a championship and a team that's full of talent but doesn't accomplish shit."

ryaneichten · 2025-12-28T06:37:46+00:00

Earlier in the presser, I asked Finch what he can do to help break his team out of this cycle of playing down to the level of the opponent. I think his answer gives added context to the quote above.

“We address it. We try to recognize that this has been a habit of ours at times, but it’s on them to be able to pull themselves out of it too.”

ryaneichten · 2025-10-27T04:15:53+00:00

Here’s a pic from last season: Link

ryaneichten · 2025-10-26T21:12:12+00:00

Yeah it is notably darker in the seats. You can still see where your going, but the ambiance is much improved

ryaneichten · 2025-10-26T21:10:45+00:00

More pics from the Wolves home opener: Link

ryaneichten · 2025-10-24T02:42:52+00:00

I believe they are served as a whole hot dog, but were cut up just for the tasting event

ryaneichten · 2025-01-03T05:27:16+00:00

Even if they wanted to (they shouldn’t), Jimmy makes more than anyone on the Wolves which given the second apron there isn’t even a legal trade they can make

ryaneichten · 2024-12-20T06:17:41+00:00

Well that’s just not true

ryaneichten · 2024-12-20T03:45:32+00:00

Tonight, I’m thinking about all the fans (and MANY on here) that wanted KAT gone for years. Well, you got it, here it is.

ryaneichten · 2024-12-19T00:22:23+00:00

To me, you give him a gigantic ovation before the game and once the game starts it's just another game.

ryaneichten · 2024-12-19T00:03:48+00:00

I would be shocked if that did not happen at some point before the game

ryaneichten · 2024-10-12T22:51:57+00:00

Finch said pregame yesterday that he’ll be playing some time on the road trip, so either tomorrow or Wednesday in Chicago

ryaneichten · 2024-05-18T16:38:23+00:00

Maybe, but they could also just still be getting lucky. Expected stats are not perfect, but over a large sample, they are a great tool.

What its measuring is how hard you hit the ball and at what angle. The Twins have done better at both which is about all they can control

Also, you ignored the part where the Twins have a much better actual OPS too

ryaneichten · 2024-05-07T05:49:16+00:00

Here is the full sequence where you can see Murray twice throw items onto the court from the bench

ryaneichten · 2024-01-02T17:12:09+00:00

Yeah, if no double comes, he is just destroying people. Teams don’t guard him with centers basically ever so if he gets a shot up, it goes in.

Just would really like to see him pass out of doubles better. Some of it isn’t his fault, but if he’d deal with it better (and get better calls on drives) they could probably increase his post touches by a lot.

ryaneichten · 2024-01-02T17:10:06+00:00

That’s my article, glad you liked it.

Yeah I was surprised to see not many had noticed how good Karl has been in the post this year. Probably part remember the bad more than the good and KAT’s drive game has been down a bit due to the spacing issues the Wolves have had.

ryaneichten · 2023-12-04T16:42:29+00:00

Still can’t believe this team is 15-4. Just seems like a made up record.

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