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#103      
Oranges
Wolves can’t afford too many losses, there’s too many good teams in the west. They also need to get Randle and Divincenzo acclimated. Facts are TSJ is a couple injuries away from playing time on that team.
 
#105      
Mr. Tibbs
BretMyBeachHouse said:
Tonight either. He and Dillingham have no minutes. Wolves going with a very short bench. 8 guys with 20 or minutes tonight. Ninth guy with 4.
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still not playing.
what is the coaches logic in that , with your first round draft choice?
 
#107      
Emerson Bigguns
Mr. Tibbs said:
still not playing.
what is the coaches logic in that , with your first round draft choice?
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They have really good, established players. The late offseason trade to bring in Randle & DiVencenzo not only pushed TJ farther down the depth chart, but upset team chemistry. A rookie’s development isn’t high on the coach’s list of priorities coming off a run to the Western Conference Finals. He’s trying to win games.
Half of the roster hasn’t played a minute, including Dillingham, the #8 overall pick.
 
#108      
ChiefGritty
Mr. Tibbs said:
still not playing.
what is the coaches logic in that , with your first round draft choice?
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To have only played 9 players total (and Joe Ingles has played single-digit minutes each game, it's really only an 8 man rotation) through 5 games in the NBA is extremely unusual, and won't be sustainable.

With their big trade happening so late, perhaps it reflects a desire to see their big pieces jell together? That's all I can really think of.

Minnesota is an extremely expensive team and with the new NBA CBA they have very limited ability to add more. They looked like they were going to be forced to rely on TSJ due to lack of other options, but the trade brought them a slight bit of flexibility, and it was obvious that DiVincenzo was going to soak up a lot of the role TSJ would have been thrust into by necessity.

But yeah, it's not just a TSJ thing, Dillingham hasn't played a single minute either. It's weird.

The season is a grind, their time will come.
 
#111      
EyeoftheIllini
Shannon saw his first NBA action last night. Unfortunately that was the only first in the evening as he had no other stats.
 
#113      
EyeoftheIllini
Edey with his first NBA double-double of his career. His 10 rebounds were a career high, surpassing the 9 he had in second career game. After 7 games (all starts), he’s averaging 9.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg in 18.3 mpg. His numbers over last 3 are slightly better — 11.0, 6.7 and 21.3 respectively. And after averaging 5 fouls in first 2 games, he’s cut that to average of 2.6 over last 5 games. Not great stats overall and no one is going to mistake Edey for Wemby, but not bad for a guy who multiple people on here contend isn’t an “NBA player.”
 
#116      
EyeoftheIllini
29 minutes
11 of 12 from field )1-1 from 3)
25 points
12 rebounds
1 assist
4 blocked shots
2TO
1 foul.

I believe that’s back to back double doubles for Edey. Imagine what he could do if he was an actual NBA player.
 
#117      
EyeoftheIllini
TSJ sees action in second straight game. Got into scorebook the s time for something other than minutes. Unfortunately, the stats were for one missed shot and a TO. It’s a process.
 
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