Predators on the prowl...Playoffs is the hunting grounds - Official Grizzlies vs Wolves thread

[Regular_P]

Jenkins has to realize this is not a Steven Adam series. Ty Lue would have benched him 2 mins into the game and not look back

Yeah, I'm surprised he played Adams so much. JJJ has to stay out of foul trouble though. I dunno if that was a reason Adams got so much tick.

 

[Regular_P]

The playoffs expose everything


There's a reason why people kept on pointing out how Memphis was better without Morant.


People hate acknowledging certain trends, but those trends always come through in the end.

Morant is trash defensively (he gets blown by frequently and isn't good on off ball defense), and he is one-dimensional offensively. He's not a good shooter, and isn't much of a playmaker.

This just isn't true. Memphis barely has any shooters outside of Bane. He needs some shooters to pass to when he's getting into the lane every play.

 

[Dwight Howard]

Beautiful. 2 successful black fathers enjoying the fruits of their labor. Cool moment.

 

[ikbm]

This just isn't true. Memphis barely has any shooters outside of Bane. He needs some shooters to pass to when he's getting into the lane every play.

they have the shooters, their half court offense is just mediocre as hell and they're literally at the bottom of the league in efficiency there. they just live in transition and put back points cause if ja doesnt finish he already collapsed defenses. you take care of the ball and dont get live ball turnovers and get good looks they cant get out and run. wolves would have been up 15 at the half if they had half the turnovers they had to that point.
ja tries to play like giannis 3 years ago while being 6'2 instead of 6'11. he needs a reliable dribble pull up cause its predictable as hell what he's about to do.
their biggest advantage on the glass will get mitigated if kat is out here balling like this and running steven adams to the bench in favor of running JJJ at the 5.
i think memphis is the better team but the wolves are not a good match up for them

 

[Born2BKing]

The playoffs expose everything


There's a reason why people kept on pointing out how Memphis was better without Morant.


People hate acknowledging certain trends, but those trends always come through in the end.

Morant is trash defensively (he gets blown by frequently and isn't good on off ball defense), and he is one-dimensional offensively. He's not a good shooter, and isn't much of a playmaker.

@ Ja not being a playmaker. Coli come NBA playoffs is a goldmine.

 

[Regular_P]

they have the shooters, their half court offense is just mediocre as hell and they're literally at the bottom of the league in efficiency there. they just live in transition and put back points cause if ja doesnt finish he already collapsed defenses. you take care of the ball and dont get live ball turnovers and get good looks they cant get out and run. wolves would have been up 15 at the half if they had half the turnovers they had to that point.
ja tries to play like giannis 3 years ago while being 6'2 instead of 6'11. he needs a reliable dribble pull up cause its predictable as hell what he's about to do.
their biggest advantage on the glass will get mitigated if kat is out here balling like this and running steven adams to the bench in favor of running JJJ at the 5.
i think memphis is the better team but the wolves are not a good match up for them

Bane is their only shooter in the starting lineup. Brooks and JJJ are 31/32% on the season; we know Adams can't shoot. So again, who is Ja supposed to pass to out there if Bane is covered? Morant is the second best three point shooter in the starting lineup.

Their next best shooter is their backup point guard plus Melton, who was 0-3 today off the bench. They need more floor spacers.

 

[Barry Sanders]

Ja in the 1st was good but he looked gassed for the rest of the game.

Memphis played with little intensity at times.

Minny out hustled them.

 

[GunRanger]

The play in got the playoff jitters out the way for the wolves.

 

[L $ C]

minnesota being good makes the north better

 

[L $ C]

The play in got the playoff jitters out the way for the wolves.

agreed....the playinnn does that also i think for teams

 

[Don Homer]

Bane is their only shooter in the starting lineup. Brooks and JJJ are 31/32% on the season; we know Adams can't shoot. So again, who is Ja supposed to pass to out there if Bane is covered? Morant is the second best three point shooter in the starting lineup.

Their next best shooter is their backup point guard plus Melton, who was 0-3 today off the bench. They need more floor spacers.

they shoulda kept that bytch Grayson Allen

 

[GunRanger]

 

[madness]

The smoke has arrived

 

[TOAD99]

Minny really might take them out

 

[TrillaMonsoon]