No more rebuilding: Just Love

[D.o.s.]

Rubio and love both played great last night against the Pacers. The Wolves are a fun team to watch when they're healthy and playing well.

[LilRip]

The more I think about it, the Wolves have fielded themselves a pretty nice team. I don't have their roster in front of me right now, but they do have Rubio, Love and Pekovic. If Rubio improves his scoring and they pick up a nice wing player in the offseason (Granger maybe?), they'll have a really solid team.

I doubt Love would leave the Wolves if that happens.

I don't think the Wolves are as strong as you do.  If Rubio weren't busy regressing offensively I would be more inclined to agree with you.  I think Pekovic is OK and Martin is pretty good but very injury prone.  I don't see this as a great core unless Rubio becomes a borderline allstar which looks more and more unlikely as time goes on.

I guess i'm higher on Rubio than you. I admit i don't get to watch T'wolves games, but him being on my fantasy team means i've watched his box score performance every game this season and i've followed news and reports on him as well.

The lack of points is infuriating, and so are the subpar fg% games, but his main contributions lie elsewhere anyway (sounds similar to Rondo, eh?). Not to say that he doesn't have some good scoring games. He can score, particularly when Love is out of the lineup (the last 2 games that happened, he scored 25 and 19). So maybe it's just a case of him deferring too much (sounds like Rondo again?) to his teammates as opposed to looking for his. After all, he only averages 8 attempts a game. I'm confident that in due time, he'll be able to pick his spots better.

besides, he's only 23 and on his 3rd year.

and Pekovic is just "OK"? hmm, he averages 18-9, or 20-10 per 36. i would think he's more than just ok. I do think the Wolves need an upgrade on the wing, in addition to the continued improvement of both Rubio and Love.

I see the Rondo similarity, but a guy like Kendall Marshall of the Lakers has much better numbers across the board than Rubio.  And Marshall was a d leaguer earlier this year.

Kendall Marshall is putting up ridiculous numbers this year and, when given minutes, has practically matched some of Rondo's best games on almost a regular basis, but what's your point?