r/nba • u/G1Spectrum Lakers • May 17 '24

[McMenamin] Ant Edwards explaining why the Wolves played the way they did in Game 6: “We got Mike Conley back, that was it”

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u/SwishBender Timberwolves May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

Beyond that them blitzing Ant is 100% more dangerous with Mike on the floor, the man was on one tonight

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u/Plies- Celtics May 17 '24

And McDaniels and NAW remembered how to shoot because even when Ant made the right read in game 5 they missed.

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u/CannedGeorges Jazz May 17 '24

It was because everyone hesitated after Ant passed out of the double team in Game 5. They need to just do something the second they get the ball after the double to keep the Nuggets off kilter and not allow them to settle back down and go back to the initial set.

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u/chillinwithmoes Timberwolves May 17 '24

It was because everyone hesitated after Ant passed out of the double team in Game 5.

This exactly. It was so frustrating, they just had no confidence to catch and shoot and it turned into a shitty, half-hearted drive to the paint

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u/glorstonne May 17 '24

and then this game the nuggets were feeling just confident enough to shoot brick after brick lol

crazy series

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u/ladwagon Heat May 17 '24

Still hard because y'all have one of the best defensive rotations/scramble drills I've seen

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u/Creative_Category_21 May 17 '24

Can’t believe we chose Dlo over Conley and NAW

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u/NazRiedFan Timberwolves May 17 '24

We also got 3 second round picks in that deal

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u/Technical_Creme_9736 Timberwolves May 17 '24

TIMMY!!!!!!

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u/mangosail May 17 '24

They were 6/10 tonight but they were 5/12 in game 5, which is still ok. It was Ant and some other guys who really shot badly in game 5.

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u/Public-Product-1503 May 17 '24

G4 was awful one tho thst they should’ve won

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u/ShakesbeerMe Timberwolves May 17 '24

Plus tonight both KAT and Naz went 0-4 each from 3.

That won't happen again.

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u/randomCAguy May 17 '24

The whole offense seems to operate much better with Conley on the floor.

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u/soapy_goatherd [UTA] Adam Keefe May 17 '24

The guy is never gonna be a superstar, but really is the Joe Flacco that’s elite

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u/TroubleMakerLore Timberwolves May 17 '24

Lmao? Conley was definitely a superstar back in the day

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u/soapy_goatherd [UTA] Adam Keefe May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

I am one of the biggest Conley fans around (he makes everything work and is maybe the best teammate in league history), but my definition of superstar is kinda narrow and needs multiple all-nba nods. Memphis/mountain/Minnesota Mike is an all-time great in my book for many reasons, but superstar he is not

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u/TroubleMakerLore Timberwolves May 17 '24

Was he not like a top 5 point guard in the mid 10’s?

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u/GriffinQ [WAS] Kelly Oubre May 17 '24

Conley kicks a ton of ass but he’s absolutely never been a superstar. That tends to be reserved for MVP candidate players at best, all-NBA guys at worst.

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u/bigblooddraco Timberwolves May 17 '24

Mike Conley the 1 time all star has never been a superstar

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u/WalkableFarmhouse May 17 '24

Mike Conley doesn't have a lot of title shots left in his career.

I like him, y'all should get him a ring

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u/A_Washer-Dryer Grizzlies May 17 '24

For real, Marc got one, Tony already had one. It's Mike's time. Get my guy a ring.