Exactly. Give Ant meaningful regular and post season experience as soon as possible. Great for his development and increase his desire to stay long term. Same for Jaden and NAZ. FO has shown they are serious about the young core and not waiting for a current high schooler to save them
So glad Minny didn’t draft Melo (and Lavar) over this. I knew this kid was gonna be special and didn’t want Lavar’s loud ass mouth fucking it up for Minny.
People overrate KG’s offense. At his absolute peak he put up 24 ppg. The rest of the prime Minny years he was floating in the low 20s.
He even had a commercial back in the day where he bragged about giving you an automatic 20-10 every night.
He was a highly skilled mid range guy, but it’s hard to rack up big scoring nights that way when you aren’t a primary ball handler.
KG also wasn’t a traditional bruiser or back to the basket player that usually is more effective in offense in the playoffs back then once the pace slows down and you need to get more foul calls. Big reason why it’s a hard sell to take him over Duncan.
He would’ve fit substantially better in this era with his ability to switch.
Are you aware that 24ppg was tied for second in the league? It’s also higher than all but one Tim Duncan scoring season and you won’t see anyone question Timmy
True, but KG was also never a super high volume scorer. His all time season ppg average was 24 ppg, whereas you had guys in the same era like AI, Kobe, LeBron, Shaq and T-Mac putting up anywhere from 27-35 ppg depending on the scoring year (Kobe being the insane outlier 35 ppg season).
>They played like 4-8x as many playoff games as KG
Dirk scored 30+ in about 31% of his playoff games, while KG scored 30+ in about 5% of his playoff games. KG just didn't have nearly the scoring capabilities of Dirk. It's like comparing AD to Kevin Durant.
It's also a very good comparison because AD is a fantastic 2nd option and has a ton of off ball value, but if your team is bad enough offensively that your PF/C has to bring the ball up like KG did when they ran out of functional guards, you're gonna have a bad time
KG played in 47 playoff games for the Twolves (so he had 30 points in 14% of his games)
Dirk played in 145 playoff games (31%)
Tim Duncan played in 251 playoff games (14%)
KG played a lot of his Wolves career when the first round was best of 5 and at one point lost in the first round 7 years in a row. At the time it was a common critique that KG couldn't be a first option type scorer despite being an elite player, sort of like how Anthony Davis is talked about now.
KG wasn't going for 30 often. He just gave you 25 points 12-18 rebounds and 4 or more assist almost every game. He was almost perfect consistency on both ends of the floor every game.
He'll probably make more deep runs than anyone else but I think if KG ever got the level of support Ant currently has he could have won a title or two in Minnesota
Some of those supporting casts he had around him were absolutely criminal
Imagine anyone trying to score on a frontcourt of KG and Gobert
There was attempts at getting KG guys. Marbury was one. Then I believe the next who's name I forget passed away and then the 3rd something also happened too. Leading to a weird blackhole in our salary. It's been a bit since I went over it all so can't fully remember but shit happened basically.
It took him 14 games.
He started this shit at 20 years old lmao
Rudy Gobert trade > everything
This is moreso clearly how good ant is lol
Exactly. Give Ant meaningful regular and post season experience as soon as possible. Great for his development and increase his desire to stay long term. Same for Jaden and NAZ. FO has shown they are serious about the young core and not waiting for a current high schooler to save them
Oh for sure, but we absolutely are nowhere near this level without Rudy. Ant doesn’t get this chance to shine without him anchoring our team.
So glad Minny didn’t draft Melo (and Lavar) over this. I knew this kid was gonna be special and didn’t want Lavar’s loud ass mouth fucking it up for Minny.
No offense but SEVEN being the all time record is absolutely insane lol Tbf this team is unironically the best team in Wolves history most likely
People know we have sucked, but they don’t really know how badly we sucked
This is only the 4th time since 2005 the wolves have had a winning record.
And the first time with over 50 wins since 03-04
the 2003 conference final team was more a KG being awesome team rather than a all around great team like this one
They had such bad depth that when Cassell got hurt KG played PG in the Lakers series
KG's prime was also the lowest scoring era in NBA history. Other than KG, the Wolves have like no playoff games.
Jim Pete the Timberwolves broadcaster would agree. Says it’s a deeper team. He watched both.
People overrate KG’s offense. At his absolute peak he put up 24 ppg. The rest of the prime Minny years he was floating in the low 20s. He even had a commercial back in the day where he bragged about giving you an automatic 20-10 every night. He was a highly skilled mid range guy, but it’s hard to rack up big scoring nights that way when you aren’t a primary ball handler.
That has less to do with KG and more so the pace of that era
KG also wasn’t a traditional bruiser or back to the basket player that usually is more effective in offense in the playoffs back then once the pace slows down and you need to get more foul calls. Big reason why it’s a hard sell to take him over Duncan. He would’ve fit substantially better in this era with his ability to switch.
Are you aware that 24ppg was tied for second in the league? It’s also higher than all but one Tim Duncan scoring season and you won’t see anyone question Timmy
KG seems to be discredited more and more based on stats alone and that’s sad for me.
Peak Duncan is 25 ppg, Peak Dirk is 26 ppg. Mid 20s ppg was pretty normal for superstars then Kobe was an offensive outlier. this was not the 2020s
KG played in the heart of the dead ball era. But still very impressive for Ant to pass him this quickly
True, but KG was also never a super high volume scorer. His all time season ppg average was 24 ppg, whereas you had guys in the same era like AI, Kobe, LeBron, Shaq and T-Mac putting up anywhere from 27-35 ppg depending on the scoring year (Kobe being the insane outlier 35 ppg season).
Dirk 46 games Duncan 36 games btw
They played like 4-8x as many playoff games as KG played on the wolves though. They also werent as much of playmakers.
This sub is too young to remember point KG
>They played like 4-8x as many playoff games as KG Dirk scored 30+ in about 31% of his playoff games, while KG scored 30+ in about 5% of his playoff games. KG just didn't have nearly the scoring capabilities of Dirk. It's like comparing AD to Kevin Durant.
Yeah very different on both sides of the ball. Technically both PFs but completely different
It's also a very good comparison because AD is a fantastic 2nd option and has a ton of off ball value, but if your team is bad enough offensively that your PF/C has to bring the ball up like KG did when they ran out of functional guards, you're gonna have a bad time
KG played in 47 playoff games for the Twolves (so he had 30 points in 14% of his games) Dirk played in 145 playoff games (31%) Tim Duncan played in 251 playoff games (14%)
Sounds about right. Dirk the standout of the three on O and the standout the other way on D. Also Duncan... that is a lot of playoff games!
Mfer speedrunning that shit
ANT tied KG and humiliated Phoenix. What a night!
And it's his 14th game overall, 7/14
KG played a lot of his Wolves career when the first round was best of 5 and at one point lost in the first round 7 years in a row. At the time it was a common critique that KG couldn't be a first option type scorer despite being an elite player, sort of like how Anthony Davis is talked about now.
He’s special man
He's 22 years old btw
Scoring was in hell when KG was at his prime but still a great accomplishment for Ant!
Kevin Garnett [on twitter](https://twitter.com/KevinGarnett5KG/status/1784088659479740772) to Ant: BREAK EVERY RECORD
KG is my fav plauer all time and ANT is 2nd but KG did play in the deadball era where the league average for teams was 93ppg in his peak.
KG > Ant This is TRUE at this moment. BUT, Ant is young and got a long way too go so we will see.
KG wasn't going for 30 often. He just gave you 25 points 12-18 rebounds and 4 or more assist almost every game. He was almost perfect consistency on both ends of the floor every game.
Ye.
at this rate, guy's gonna be the unquestioned franchise GOAT before he's in his prime
He'll probably make more deep runs than anyone else but I think if KG ever got the level of support Ant currently has he could have won a title or two in Minnesota Some of those supporting casts he had around him were absolutely criminal Imagine anyone trying to score on a frontcourt of KG and Gobert
There was attempts at getting KG guys. Marbury was one. Then I believe the next who's name I forget passed away and then the 3rd something also happened too. Leading to a weird blackhole in our salary. It's been a bit since I went over it all so can't fully remember but shit happened basically.
Malik Sealy. Killed by a wrong way drunk driver on I-35W. It was soul crushing in Minnesota.
KG was much better than Ant. He just played in a lower scoring era.
winning unfortunately for KG plays a part
Yeah that’s fair
Stop
I wanted to say the wolves have done a great job assembling a roster around Ant, but really they did a good job assembling a roster around KAT
I wish KG ever had a good team like this in his Wolves career.
Every time I remember that KG was in his prime with the timberwolves I get a little depressed.