A Rebuild In Progress

[mfbmike]

wow Rondo 3rd on MVP votes

Leading the league in assists, top 5 in steals, scoring more than he did last season as well.

Dude is ridiculous. lol.

Damn Deron Williams had himself a game......I see what you mean about your game sounding like my game.....do everything right until the last couple of seconds

Why'd you go for three though, wanted to go for the jugular or there not enough time left to do anything else?

I ran a play that had Wayne Ellington coming off a screen. He came off and was relatively wide open. I probably could've stepped in and took a long 2 but I figured I was open enough. It was a shot he has hit before. I figured it would've went down for him but should've thought twice considering he was already 0-3 from beyond the arch at that point.

Ellington is going to be a solid basketball player. But it's obvious he isn't ready to hold down a starting job yet.

finally no more cheese game winners from Mike.

Yeah, like you do with Peja huh? :captain:

Soo close to hitting .500 there

And Rondo getting it done - boys got some quality

Great work again Mike, you set the bar in here with this franchise.

It feels like it is always 2 steps forward, 3 steps back. lol. Thanks a lot man. Much appreciated.

Thanks for following guys!

 

[RockSteady]

Rudy + Flynn would be FTMFW! Make it happen man.

 

[mfbmike]

Wolves Fail To Knock Down Open Shots, Endure 19 Point Loss To Magic

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Jameer Nelson
Wayne Ellington SG Vince Carter
Corey Brewer SF Rashard Lewis
Kevin Love PF Marcin Gortat
Al Jefferson C Dwight Howard

(15-18) 92

vs.

111 (16-15)

Rookie Wayne Ellington had another rough night from the field, scoring 6 points on 3-11 shooting in the Wolves loss Friday night.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|24|20|27|21|92
ORL|23|26|27|35|111[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
C. Brewer|22|3|1|1|0|9-19|0-2|4-6
A. Jefferson|16|9|2|2|1|7-13|0-0|2-2
K. Love|12|5|0|0|0|6-11|0-0|0-0
J. Flynn|10|0|11|5|0|4-7|1-2|1-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
V. Carter|26|9|4|2|0|12-27|2-7|0-0
R. Lewis|25|11|7|2|0|11-19|2-3|1-1
D. Howard|20|14|2|2|1|8-12|0-0|4-6
M. Gortat|14|10|3|1|0|6-12|0-0|2-3
J. Nelson|11|2|12|2|0|5-7|0-1|1-1[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Vince Carter

Quote Of The Game:
"Magic? More like voodoo yo. I ain't never seen that many shots look like they were gonna go down and just rim out. The Magic were crashing the boards hard and letting our guys get good looks out there. We just couldn't get them to fall. It was tough." - Sean Williams

Next Game:

 

[SuperNova854]

tough loss

 

[goDawgs1433]

MORE LIKE VOODOO YO

 

[mfbmike]

Ellington Busts Out For Big Game, Pacers Stutter Out Of Half, Wolves Grab Win

Starting Lineups:
Jonny Flynn PG Andre Miller
Wayne Ellington SG Dahntay Jones
Corey Brewer SF Danny Granger
Kevin Love PF Troy Murphy
Al Jefferson C Jeff Foster

(15-19) 105

@

97 (11-20)

Sean Williams soars in to throw down the alley-oop from Sergio Rodriguez on the break.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
MIN|26|27|28|24|105
IND|23|32|15|27|97[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
W. Ellington|23|8|5|0|1|10-14|1-4|2-3
J. Flynn|19|2|9|4|0|8-16|1-3|2-3
A. Jefferson|16|13|1|1|1|8-17|0-0|0-2
C. Brewer|15|5|2|0|0|6-13|0-0|3-4[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|31|8|3|0|0|12-26|1-6|6-6
T. Hansbrough|13|8|1|2|0|5-10|0-1|3-4
D. Jones|12|2|2|2|1|5-10|0-0|2-2
M. Gortat|14|10|3|1|0|6-12|0-0|2-3
M. Dunleavy|12|4|3|0|0|5-11|2-4|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Wayne Ellington

Quote Of The Game:
"Wayne was huge for us tonight.The opportunity for him to keep getting significant minutes and hold on to this starting job is right in front of him. If he can find his shot consistently at the NBA level, he'll continue to get these opportunities. There was a story in this morning's paper about an opportunity for us to possibly land Rudy Fernandez from the Blazers. Maybe that had something to do with Wayne's performance tonight. Who knows?" - Wolves Head Coach Kurt Rambis

Next Game:

 

[mfbmike]

Rudy Rudy Rudy ! zomg...he would be an all star with da wolves...and we can finally get rid of that 2pg backcourt

lol, no kidding. Rudy's the shit.

Great option if you end up getting Rudy, Spanish Connection :thumbsup:

:whisper:

You know I already got half of it with Sergio in town.

ur doing better than i thought u would with the wolves

lol, thanks. Trying to stay competitive out here.

That would be an awesome trade mike, I know you'd like to land him.

Will be interesting to see what happens.

You bet. Just a matter of trying to find something that makes sense. Maybe I can work some magic.

Rudy + Flynn would be FTMFW! Make it happen man.

I think it would be great. It may be wishful thinking but I think adding a guy like Rudy would take me from lottery contention to playoff contention with the way some teams are struggling in the West.

Nice write up there Mike. :thumbsup:

Fernandez fills that SG spot you need to fill, Sessions could come in off the bench, or Flynn. Good shit. Mike, keep it up.

Thanks. Appreciate it man.

Career high for Brewer?

lol, close, but no. I scored 25 with him earlier in the year, against the Nuggets.

wow they had three players with 10+ rebounds...that's hard to do

It was brutal. I got worked on the boards. Al and Kevin were contained on the glass as well. Ryan Hollins actually came in and grabbed 8 boards for me though. lol.

MORE LIKE VOODOO YO

It's fucking true dude. LOL. I watched a number of 3 pointers look like they were going to fall and just ricochet or toilet bowl out. It sucked. :/

 

[Kia Kaha]

have you found your future SG??
Ellington was a beast

 

[goDawgs1433]

Nice win over Granger and your old boys back in Indy.

Seems like the really good teams in this game just get some divine intervention sometimes, rofl. Magic, Celtics, Lakers, etc...someone always watching over them jiggas.

 

[mike3]

Wayne Ellington was awesome, good to see him stepping it up

 

[RockSteady]

Ellington kicked ass man... 23, 8 and 5? Sweet.

 

[mfbmike]

have you found your future SG??
Ellington was a beast

lol, he disappears some games then is awesome is some.

When he becomes consistent, I'll call him my future SG.

Nice win over Granger and your old boys back in Indy.

Seems like the really good teams in this game just get some divine intervention sometimes, rofl. Magic, Celtics, Lakers, etc...someone always watching over them jiggas.

Thanks

And no kidding.

Wayne Ellington was awesome, good to see him stepping it up

No doubt. He was really active. On the break as well.

Ellington kicked ass man... 23, 8 and 5? Sweet.

Didn't even realize he pulled down that many boards until the game was over. lol.

Flynn 0 assists.

That was a 9. Typo. You know Jonny won't be denied his dimes. lol.

Great game by Ellington

Thanks.

 

[SuperNova854]

sessions aint gonna like coming off the bench

 

[mfbmike]

sessions aint gonna like coming off the bench

He's been doing it for the past 2-3 weeks with no problem. lol. He still gets 20-22 minutes a game.

 

[Vinsane]

Just got caught up Mike. That trade with the Blazers makes a lot of sense. And giving up the proper pieces/picks will make it realistic. Love the move personally, bringing the Spanish Connection together would be epic. Tough loss against the Magic and way to get back on track with you're old Pacers.

 

[mfbmike]

Just got caught up Mike. That trade with the Blazers makes a lot of sense. And giving up the proper pieces/picks will make it realistic. Love the move personally, bringing the Spanish Connection together would be epic. Tough loss against the Magic and way to get back on track with you're old Pacers.

It does. I'd love to be able to come up with something but it seems like it may be very difficult.

ellington = Beast

He had 1 good game. Against the Pacers. He's good, no doubt. Still needs some work. Not to mention, needs to be a lot more consistent. He goes AWOL on me sometimes.

 

[DJ Rhude]

enough replying, update!

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Top Plays (Week of Dec. 27 - Jan. 2)

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#5 - Ryan Hollins with the lazy putback dunk
#4 - Jarvis Hayes bounce pass to Corew Brewer to finish off the break
#3 - Jonny Flynn to Wayne Ellington, HOOP and the HARM!
#2 - Al Jefferson getting it done on both ends of the floor; the steal and then the throwdown
#1 - How high can you go Corey? Sergio Rodriguez with another one of his patented alley-oops​

 

[Vinsane]

How do you do the Wolves logo in between the plays?

 

[mfbmike]

Timberwolves Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
J. Flynn|15.2|2.1|8.4|2.5|0.1|.458|.373|.767
W. Ellington|7.3|1.8|2.5|0.4|0.1|.475|.351|.739
C. Brewer|13.5|4.8|3.3|1.0|0.7|.497|.250|.766
K. Love|13.1|9.2|2.0|1.2|0.9|.524|.000|.697
A. Jefferson|20.4|9.7|1.9|0.7|1.2|.539|.000|.811[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
R. Sessions|12.7|3.4|6.9|1.4|0.1|.486|.328|.834
S. Williams|6.3|5.4|0.9|0.4|1.1|.571|.000|.608
J. Hayes|4.9|2.1|1.4|0.3|0.3|.453|.416|.772
D. Wilkins|6.7|1.8|1.8|0.4|0.2|.479|.380|.620
R. Hollins|2.9|1.9|0.4|0.1|0.5|.636|.000|.666
S. Rodriguez|2.6|0.6|3.0|0.5|0.0|.471|.318|.555
S. Pavlovic|2.8|1.1|1.2|0.3|0.2|.419|.300|.1.00
K. Thomas|1.1|1.2|0.6|0.1|0.1|.750|.000|.571
B. Cardinal|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
M. Blount|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-[/table]

Players Of The Week:

Kobe Bryant

Lebron James

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

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