[Highlight] LaMelo loses his dribble but recovers to burst to the paint and left-hand finger roll a lob that Gobert manages to touch in, leaving the Mavs bench befuddled
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This is just my headcanon but I swear the majority of the time that an NBA guy loses the ball and gets it back, they end up scoring. It’s like it freezes the defense in this way that a real play couldn’t
yeah but Curry is so good at doing it that maybe you’re biased from watching him all the time as a Warriors fan lol
When Rudy’s hitting shit like that you know it’s not your night
I’ll never forget him hitting that turnaround long two over jokic in the playoffs
Gotta be one of the lowest % shots of all time to go in. Lower than like a full court shot.
Rudy is that one asleep/awaken Shaq meme where he’s asleep on normal shots but awake on the bs shots lol.
I’m popping champagne if Rudy hits a 3 this year. Oui bon homme!
There was a video about half to full court shot percentages someone shared recently when Luka hit that 3⁄4 court one. I think it was based on Baron Davis’s longest shot or whatever.
I was actually shocked how low percentage they are once they get a meaningful distance beyond half court.
As low percentage as that Rudy shot was, definitely higher than full court shots. Not trying to be petty it was just really surprising and interesting, hopefully someone knows what I’m referencing and can remember how to find the video.
Clint Capela hit a behind the backboard fallaway middy in the ECF ‘21
Anderson Varejão game tying(might have been game winning) 3. I think it’s the only one in his career.
He was hitting bs shots on Jokic in last years playoffs too
Literally gets me through my lowest nights
I watch that from time to time and automatically makes my day better
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There was like 6-8 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter but it felt like a game winner
One of the 5 most iconic shots in wolves history?
It was so clean that the net barely moved.
Everyone knew the game was over after that
That fader against the Nuggets was what really ended that game
Other players rely on 3 pt shooting variance, Gobert is the only player in the league with at rim finishing variance lmao
It’s funny LaMelo gets on Rudy here and there, but dude does plays showing he trusts him on the court, even when he could get it himself (like this could be an open layup for him). That’s a great teammate.
On the other hand, JK is a clown.
JK has been great for us tbh
The clown show is him talking and expressing sht to Rudy on offense eventho he’s clearly a defensive player while he himself puts up 4 points on 2-8 FG.
Thats like Dalton Knecht showing his frustration bout Luka on defense.
I think it was shown that the two shots of Kuminga seemingly being pissed at Rudy we’re misleading if not totally false. One of them he was clearly pissed at a ref, the other it looked more like he was pissed at himself.
They’re French speaking buddies. Dudes get heated It’s sports weirdo.
JK is an expressive guy and you can tell when he’s mildly frustrated but he’s close with Rudy off the court. This is a nothing burger
Based tbh
As a wolves fan, there has not been enough glaze about us over this win streak. Even with Ant, last years wolves would’ve thrown like at least 2 of these games. Something different in the air with this team.
LaMelo is a winning player man. I’ve no idea how people judge him over Charlotte squads that didn’t give him much to work with (even then he brought them to 3 playins including his rookie year). A high IQ playmaker like him is always valuable to winning, which is extrapolated the better the teammates he has.
Hes on the GOAT HS team as a 13 yr old ffs.
I hate the trade so much, but the narrative about him on the court got so wild that I knew once he was going there a gonna ball out, people will finally realize just how good he is.
Dude has been doubted since Chino Hills when people were saying he would go 2nd round at best when he’s a Top 3 pick talent. 🤣
They been staying low on Melo.
I blame his dad for it. No one wanted to believe him about his sons but he knew and he tried to tell everyone.
No one wanted to believe him about his sons, but he knew
The problem is that since he was not only been pushing them towards being pro basketball players since Kindergarten, but also creating and monetizing business ventures around them the whole way up. Everybody was always going to doubt them until they got signed and performed.
If he was wrong, then it’s just another managing parent overhyping and overinvesting in kids that peaked early (ala Julian Newman).
If he’s right, then it somewhat justifies a lot of scummy business decisions. You could also make an argument about him being a scummy parent too, but according to the kids themselves, that seems like a reach.
Good thing NBA scouts don’t give a fuck about some loser ass people on the internet lol
I think a healthy Lonzo would have been a multiple all-star easily.
Im gonna comb thru your comment history to see if you had this energy last season
Please tell me you have better things to do with your time.
Definitely not watching Hornets games
Always felt the wolves were very stacked individually, but played very selfishly, capping their ceiling. If they buy in to how LaMelo plays, they will be a much better team
They didn’t have a true creator on offense, it was not that they were selfish, it was that they tried to play a natural off ball 2 in Ant as a point and that is just not his game, because they didn’t have a true point other than maybe Bones, who is a defensive liability.
James Harden managed to convince people that shooting guards can all be point guards and that is just not true
Between harden being a good passer, something that not all shooting guards have, and his best attributes as a scorer coming as on ball scoring skills where he beats people in iso or pulls up from 3, Harden just fits as an offensive initiator. He is still a good but not great playing more like a point where he sets up others first and his scoring is second.
Not very many shooting guards are like that at the level, they used to be called combo guards for a reason (although there was also some stigma since that also usually implied they were not good enough as a playmaker to just be the PG and not big enough for a SG so were a defensive liability, combo guards big enough to play the 2 in peoples minds were just called SG).
For the Wolves it wasn’t like anyone wanted Ant to be a PG it just took a while to find one. They tried with Rob Dillingham but he was basically a bust, they got DDV out of the KAT trade knowing he wasn’t really a true PG but was a good player to get some value. Got Ayo Dosunmu back out of the Rob Dillingham situation but he’s a SG too.
They’ve been trying to trade for/draft a good PG basically since Mike Conley fell off but just didn’t have much luck or a trade partner until now.
And Ant is just such an elite player that we could sort of cobble things together with him playing ISO/hero ball, but that wasn’t the intent or really what anyone wanted to do it was just out of necessity.
Team is just doubling down when they need to. Even our losses were super close, and the Warriors were on the verge of blowing us out. We still fought hard to come back.
How’s Kuminga been? Box score looks good but i haven’t caught a wolves game yet
Everything we could’ve asked for at this point. Great defense, rebounding, and he and Lamelo have a really good connection on offense.
Complete opposite of Randle. Hustles and does this crazy thing called boxing out and jumping for a rebound. Fills his role well and his contract is a steal
He’s a goddamn athlete out there too. Jump out the damn gym.
offseason I kept saying “man, kuminga is going to be so annoying if he comes in here with an attitude and tries to play hero ball and take off defensive possessions, because with his tools he could be legitimately so great if he just models himself after aaron gordon”
and well fuck me if bro hasn’t looked like fuckin championship nuggets aaron gordon out there
Wolves better off with Kuminga then LeBron, a better fit for what they need.
Legitimately awesome. Hustles hard on defense, makes quick decisions, plays within the team concept, no hero ball.
I wouldn’t have believed you if you told me this offseason that he would look like this, but he’s really out there playing high quality role player basketball. He keeps this up all season and some team is giving him at least the MLE next summer.
Outstanding. Playing great defense, rebounding, hitting open 3’s. Moving the ball & playing unselfish.
Not what i was expecting
Lowkey we seem better this year without Ant than we were last year with Ant. (Please read this carefully I’m not saying we’re better without Ant)
Why are you expecting me to have good reading comprehension skills and to understand nuance? I am in r/nba
I’ve been burned enough times by this subreddit’s reading comp to start adding disclaimers to close gaps haha
Yeah I 100% get that haha. It’s just trying to cover all of my bases
They are, Lamelo plus Kuminga for Randle and Naz is a massive upgrade.
Yeah, but Ant was playing like an MVP candidate. He’s first in +/- league-wide among mortal men from planet Earth and second overall. I expected us to be better but not so much that we still look better without Ant
A lot of that is Ant playing more off ball when Lamelo is there, making it easier for him on offense and also giving more energy for defense so Ant is only initiating offense when he played without LaMelo on the court. It all made it easier for Ant
Respectfully it’s ayo Dosunmu
Been really fun to watch as a neutral, hope they keep it up in the playoffs as well
Y’all looking spooky. That what you wanted to hear?
I mean yeah the wolves are good but nothing exceptional and there have been so many good teams and surprises this year the wolves don’t really stand out.
They’re one game out of the first seed in the west and are first in the league in Net Rating without Anthony Edwards. I’d love to know what you’d consider exceptional if that doesn’t meet your bar
Changing diapers
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The team 1st in net rating without their best player doesn’t stand out?
We’re number one in point differential and DRTG while missing our best player and a top 5-6 player in the league.
Imagine Luka was out and Lakers were still playing great basketball
We just annihilated an above .500 team with our all-nba franchise player hurt. We currently have the best net rating in the league with our all-nba franchise player hurt.
Man, imagine how good the wolves would be if they had an elite shooting guard.
or if rudy had hands
Rudy making that is like most players hitting a half court shot. Ridiculous odds
Not a winning player
Melo the best pure point in the league. Media critics and fans are brain dead.
I’d say Hali, but LaMelo is probably second for me. Both get unfairly criticized for not just being scoring machines like a lot of other PGs nowadays, but they impact winning just as much as the best of them through running the offense
I love lamelo but part of it is his crazy carrying. For some reason it doesn’t bother me as much as when Luka does it though
cause Lamelo has crazy aesthetics while doing it. You also know he been playing like that since he was like 10 so you might be used to it.
I just want to point out that hes still a clown 😂 but yeah hes sick at basketball
Some clowns are funny and likable
Absolutely! Plus hes a professional basketball player. He’s an entertainer. So hes killing it in the game.
I’d smoke a blunt with him, seems cool
Same
For the record, r/NBA is brain dead
Ah classic Rudy circus dominance
Lavar I know you made this title
Must be really demoralising trying to make a stop only for a “not a winning player” and Rudy connect for a high difficulty lob
This guy was just air balling dunks and now he’s got touch again?
Jeff Peterson’s a fucking dumbass!!
Jeff Peterson, not Jim Petersen.
The only time gobert can convert a lob is when the lob is a missed finger roll lmao
Why doesn’t he…take the layup?
He takes off from too far out for it to be an easy layup and also why not work on Gobert chem
Because his hands are stone
And one too?
this stream quality is absolutely amazing
I relate to the mavs bench, im befuddled rudy made that too
peeks out the bushes Is it safe to say that Melo is the true second coming of Magic Johnson (not counting Bron)? Tall as hell point guard that’s very pass first?
Noice
That’s hella creative
Rudy “Nikola Jokic” Gobert.
I thought melo was a losing player???