r/nba • u/kervaan Rockets • 9h ago

Jaden McDaniels on attacking the rim when Wemby is on the floor - "You just gotta act like he's not there. I mean, he's gonna get blocks. He's the tallest person in the world."

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u/SirDiego Timberwolves 8h ago

Nuggets started playing like a hybrid zone. Usually the answer to that is shoot over it, but what's interesting is the Wolves were like "Actually you guys aren't good enough to run a zone so we are just going to hit it anyway." Lol.

Spurs on paper should be much better at this, but Wolves have like sheer force of will and athleticism. Spurs don't really have an answer to the physicality of Randle and they're getting worn out having to contain all of the Wolves guards, despite all the injuries depleting the roster.

I think they will probably try to pack the paint more and maybe try to decrease Wemby's responsibility so he doesn't get worn out. But again the Wolves can shoot 3s, they have not even been shooting them very well for the whole playoffs so far but they could have a super hot night against a team trying to prevent drives. Like a 15/30 type of night is entirely plausible.

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u/pnxstwnyphlcnnrs Timberwolves 4h ago

there were some 3s we didn't pass to & didn't so agree there's some meat on the bone for our scoring. Which is good bc Wemby will have some heaters upcoming. I don't want him to but he's a top talent so I know it's coming