Fred Katz

And then he ends up going at kind of weaker defenders. The thing is with Minnesota is... They just have an insane amount of strength on the perimeter defensively. Nikhil Alexander Walker is as good. I mean, people talk about McDaniels, who's awesome, and Ant, who fights, and DiVincenzo, who's feisty. Nikhil Alexander Walker is... I love the way that he guards screens.

And then he ends up going at kind of weaker defenders. The thing is with Minnesota is... They just have an insane amount of strength on the perimeter defensively. Nikhil Alexander Walker is as good. I mean, people talk about McDaniels, who's awesome, and Ant, who fights, and DiVincenzo, who's feisty. Nikhil Alexander Walker is... I love the way that he guards screens.

He gets in this insanely low defensive stance, and he's like a spider. He just springs by a screener, and he always executes the screen coverage properly. He's been struggling with his shot, as every single Timberwolf has, apparently. You want to talk about shot variance, Zach?

He gets in this insanely low defensive stance, and he's like a spider. He just springs by a screener, and he always executes the screen coverage properly. He's been struggling with his shot, as every single Timberwolf has, apparently. You want to talk about shot variance, Zach?

He gets in this insanely low defensive stance, and he's like a spider. He just springs by a screener, and he always executes the screen coverage properly. He's been struggling with his shot, as every single Timberwolf has, apparently. You want to talk about shot variance, Zach?

The worst shot quality... The most the team has underperformed its shot quality in a single game during the playoffs was Minnesota against the Lakers in that clincher when I think they went one for 100,000 from three. And this is on three-point shot quality. And the second worst was a Memphis game against the Thunder. And then the third worst performance was Minnesota...

The worst shot quality... The most the team has underperformed its shot quality in a single game during the playoffs was Minnesota against the Lakers in that clincher when I think they went one for 100,000 from three. And this is on three-point shot quality. And the second worst was a Memphis game against the Thunder. And then the third worst performance was Minnesota...

The worst shot quality... The most the team has underperformed its shot quality in a single game during the playoffs was Minnesota against the Lakers in that clincher when I think they went one for 100,000 from three. And this is on three-point shot quality. And the second worst was a Memphis game against the Thunder. And then the third worst performance was Minnesota...

game one when they shot five of 29 from three. Eventually, some shots will go in. Eventually, Anthony Edwards is not going to start a game 0 for 11 from the field or whatever he was. Finish strong to his credit. Finish strong to his credit. I do think what Curry's absence allows Minnesota to do is it allows them to make sure that

game one when they shot five of 29 from three. Eventually, some shots will go in. Eventually, Anthony Edwards is not going to start a game 0 for 11 from the field or whatever he was. Finish strong to his credit. Finish strong to his credit. I do think what Curry's absence allows Minnesota to do is it allows them to make sure that

game one when they shot five of 29 from three. Eventually, some shots will go in. Eventually, Anthony Edwards is not going to start a game 0 for 11 from the field or whatever he was. Finish strong to his credit. Finish strong to his credit. I do think what Curry's absence allows Minnesota to do is it allows them to make sure that

those sorts of matchups with Butler, they can load up on him a little bit more. And they have so many strong perimeter defenders there that it's, it's really going to have to open up Butler's ability to be able to create on the perimeter. And they're already, they're not guarding Gary Payton the second. And, and, Moody is struggling.

those sorts of matchups with Butler, they can load up on him a little bit more. And they have so many strong perimeter defenders there that it's, it's really going to have to open up Butler's ability to be able to create on the perimeter. And they're already, they're not guarding Gary Payton the second. And, and, Moody is struggling.

those sorts of matchups with Butler, they can load up on him a little bit more. And they have so many strong perimeter defenders there that it's, it's really going to have to open up Butler's ability to be able to create on the perimeter. And they're already, they're not guarding Gary Payton the second. And, and, Moody is struggling.

And if they're going to have to guard, Peyton played the most minutes off the bench for golden state during game one, but they're not guarding him. And to his credit, he hit a huge three during crunch time, which kind of staved off like a sort of kind of fake comeback late in that game. But yeah, they are just sinking guys into the lane.

And if they're going to have to guard, Peyton played the most minutes off the bench for golden state during game one, but they're not guarding him. And to his credit, he hit a huge three during crunch time, which kind of staved off like a sort of kind of fake comeback late in that game. But yeah, they are just sinking guys into the lane.

And if they're going to have to guard, Peyton played the most minutes off the bench for golden state during game one, but they're not guarding him. And to his credit, he hit a huge three during crunch time, which kind of staved off like a sort of kind of fake comeback late in that game. But yeah, they are just sinking guys into the lane.

They're sinking Julius Randall into the lane and, and they are sinking Rudy Gobert into the lane and not even, it's not even that they're helping off of him. It's like just nobody is guarding him. And it's going to be very difficult for Jimmy Butler to create when he's got an awesome on ball defender on him, basically all the time. And they've got guys packing the paint like crazy.

They're sinking Julius Randall into the lane and, and they are sinking Rudy Gobert into the lane and not even, it's not even that they're helping off of him. It's like just nobody is guarding him. And it's going to be very difficult for Jimmy Butler to create when he's got an awesome on ball defender on him, basically all the time. And they've got guys packing the paint like crazy.

They're sinking Julius Randall into the lane and, and they are sinking Rudy Gobert into the lane and not even, it's not even that they're helping off of him. It's like just nobody is guarding him. And it's going to be very difficult for Jimmy Butler to create when he's got an awesome on ball defender on him, basically all the time. And they've got guys packing the paint like crazy.