Why the Minnesota Timberwolves Defense is STRUGGLING This Season – And Why It’s Entirely Fixable
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ defense has struggled this year, and it’s because they’ve been poor in a couple of key areas. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) breaks down those issues and why they’ve been problematic, but also explains why there is some cause for optimism moving forward for the defense. Plus, what’s worked best on offense and previewing matchups against the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets.
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How do you not mention the main culprit of all the problems you talked about on this episode. The culprit is Rudy’s horrendous pick and roll defense and always has been! That’s what leads to all the midrange shots, corner 3s etc he doesn’t stop the ball for the point of attack defender to catch up. He gives up ground all the way to the rim to the Luka’s, reaves, Jamal Murray’s of the world then just lets them shoot over him…. Why do you think every good pick and roll player drops 50pts against us?
That less than 10 possessions guarding PnR ball handlers is wrong. He got cooked going under against the Lakers both games. Then the 3rd qtr he went under on Murray atleast 4 times he gave up 3s. Teams have hit atleast 10 3's on him in pick and roll. Reaves hit a game winner out of it as well.
Please have Jack Borman take over the main page. He’s the the goat. This guy thought the wolves were losing to the lakers last year
issues so far?
-Mike and Rob are not good
-Rudy is still declining and only plays well vs lesser centers, very rarely will he rise to the occasion against a better one.
-Naz Reid been bad on offense and really bad on defense.
-Donte and Julius are meh on defense, at least DDV tries it's just not his calling card. Julius is actually very solid when he tries but a handful of times he doesn't.
-need Terrence Shannon jr healthy and to make an impact.