What's happening with Thibs and the Twolves?

[tazzmaniac]

The defense is awful. KAT playing more like a young Chris Webber than Tim Duncan. Interested in his counting stats but not putting in enough work on defense. Dieng continuing to show the same flaws as previous seasons. KAT and Dieng a bad defensive combination. Need to get rid of Dieng for a true PF and put KAT at C and force KAT to take more responsibility as a defensive anchor and defensive leader.

Wiggins is a similar situation. Needs to step up and be more of a leader on the defensive end of the court. He is clearly capable - as is KAT. They both show flashes of defensive talent. Just not consistent effort.

LaVine continues to be a player with a lot of flash and little substance. Impressive scorer and athlete but fails to impact the game in other ways. A lousy defender. A lousy rebounder. Selfish mindset on offense. An individual who doesn't understand how to function within a team.

Then there is the rest of the wings. No defenders there. Nobody they can rely on for consistent minutes. They really need a Courtney Lee type to start next to Wiggins and another backup SF/SG to play behind Wiggins. To create more of a defensive mindset. To make them more solid and capable of playing through the ups and downs of games. Unlike now where the Wolves fall apart once a few things go wrong.

Towns is the only plus passer on the team outside of the PGs. Hard to build an offense based around passing and movement without more guys who can move the ball well.

The PGs are struggling. Dunn a rookie. He is not ready yet. Rubio's shooting struggles. Tyus Jones is a 3rd stringer masquerading a rotation player.

Basically, a whole lot of immaturity and bad depth around their young stars. Poor balance on their team that is not providing enough support or leadership (role models) for their young stars.

I don't think KAT has the mindset or capabilities to be a good defensive anchor.  WCS was the defensive force at Kentucky not KAT.  I'd leave KAT at PF with his offensive focus and bring in a good defensive minded C to be the defensive leader if Dieng can't do it.  The problem is that they just extended Dieng and Pekovic and Aldrich are under contract for another year and 2 years respectively. 

[Celtics4ever]

Youth movements take time to work is what is happening.  They need some veteran leadership, sadly we do not have a piece that would help them there unless we dealt Amir.   But I would do Amir for Dieng in a heartbeat, it does not work salary wise at all though.