I should also say something about the Timberwolves. Record-wise.....they're terrible. And they're playing crapily like the youngest team in the league, which they are. But the product is watchable. Even as the losses pile up,...I'm enjoying watching this. They're only a couple wins better than they were a year ago at this time, but the quality of play is miles better. In fact, they've developed this crappy habit of leading for most of, if not all of 3 quarters, only to die off down the stretch and lose in the 4th quarter. The culprit for the losses is easy: They're just awful defensively. It's really striking to watch this team for an entire game and note how many easy dunks, layups and bunnies this team gives up on a nightly basis. Not to mention the wide-open 3-pointers this team gives up. Ugh! That, and the guard play has been massively disappointing to me. Forwards Kevin Love and Michael Beasley have been great. Darko at center, has been okay, but Like Ridnour at point guard has been very average, PG Jonny Flynn can't even beat out Ridnour, although he's coming off of injury, and the shooting guard spot has been....well,...spotty. Corey Brewer is the best defensive player we have, but is streaky at best. Martell Webster is also coming off injury and has been sporadic at best, and rookie Wesley Johnson has been,.....well,...a very smooth erratic rookie. When watching this team,.....close your eyes....and envision this team being run by Uber-rookie Ricky Rubio.....THEN we'll see what this team is made of.
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