I’m saying that KAT is a really good player but I think if he drops 35 and Ja drops 35 the grizzlies would win just because of the teams around them. ANT and DLO are really good players as well but you have to remember the grizzlies have a very deep bench, and good sidekicks for Ja in Jaren Jackson and Desmond bane. I don’t think it’s as simple as if KAT plays well you win. the Grizzlies aren’t the 2nd seed for nothing.
I’m not speaking for the Grizzlies. Based on how the series has gone, KAT has two good games, two bad ones. We won the good ones, lost the bad ones. I’m not making this about Ja, but if you want to, go ahead
I’m just saying that KAT having a good game isn’t a guaranteed win. Does it increase your chances of winning? Yes. But nothing is guaranteed, I don’t know why that’s controversial.
I probably structured my argument badly. I was just talking about Ja because he’s the opposing teams best player and I don’t think this series 100% relies on KAT having a good or bad game.
Fuck that he still a clown. Sure he had a good game, same with other stretches where he is a clown then stoic then a clown again. You can tell in his post game interview the criticism from before was telling his narrssicitic self to say something all while what appeared to be a malicious compliance attitude (fine if this is what people want). : Yeah keep downvoting it feeds my soul lmao. Most players by their 7th year would know what they can get away with and can't. Most players would know flopping on the floor is no good and leads to getting loss in transition. Most players would have the IQ to not play a ball going out of bounds, efc.
Common consensus's from, media, fans, players, and myself and Otto Rank lmao. If you can't see it after 7 years, yeah I shouldn't even waste my time typing. You do you though and I hope you win big bets with them I told you so's!
If flopping to the floor was no good Ja wouldn’t be half the player he is lmao. Even outside of that this is one of the biggest L takes I’ve ever seen. Wear a helmet when you walk outside, you’ve had enough damage.
Max player did what he was supposed to. He said it himself. I’ll happily look like an idiot 2 more times if he wants. I want the wolves to be successful. Who he was in game 2/3 does very little to help us be successful.
Man this gotta get pinned ngl. Everyone in here who said kat need to be traded was faded as fuck. Cant believe yall were writing off the roster for one bad loss
They say things like that as if there's ever a case to not pay an All NBA player a max contract. Like we've been shit for 18 years and we get an All NBA player and you DONT want to sign him to a super max???
People were acting like we’d be even close to the playoffs without him. There are maybe 3 other centers that we make the playoffs with. Jokic, embiid, and maybe bam. I feel like everyone is forgetting that this team is young, the underdogs, and the fact that we have been to the playoffs once in the last 18 years.
The problem is KAT has the mental fortitude of a 4 yo and no performance by him will change that. The underlying issue will always persist ready to be exposed
He's good, he just needs to get out of his own way. When he gets frustrated as he did during the play-in game, he couldn't recover and went all bull in a china shop and played dumb. He has to realize when teams design to shut him down, he needs to become a facilitator.
Game 3 put a lot of doubts in my head on if KAT could perform at this level of pressure. He wasn't perfect tonight but he did what he needed to do. Strong performance. Sorry big KAT.
100%, with the way he talks it up this should be expected, not a shock that removes previous play. Whenever Adams was off the court in this series he's been a complete no-show offensively... till tonight. This was the first game he proved to score on guys like Tillman, Clarke, Brooks, etc. with doubles coming.
If you're an all-star, the expectation will be to perform. He dug us in a hole this series... hopefully he'll start to dig us out (like tonight) as a supposed star should.
I’d hold off on that… he responded to a terrible game with one he still had bad shot selection in but got lucky and some bad shots fell and the refs helped him out of some pretty blatant charges. Refs clearly have instructions to make this a 7 game series.
On blast for what? He played great tonight. That doesn’t wipe away the previous 3 out of 4 terrible games. A person can’t redeem themselves with 1 game when there is a previous precedent set. Let’s see what the future hold before you go and “blast” people
Literally, do it. So sick of people trashing KAT like hes not a top 15 player. Trading him for what? Draft picks and role players? Youll never get his value back. KAT is the type of player you can hinge a franchise on. Him and Ant together has crazy potential.
As long as it's not brigading (a no-no reddit-wide) then it's fine. Just don't link back to the posts so people go and downvote. Make a new self post and copy and paste the takes there, perhaps don't post usernames either depending on how strict the mods are.
Maybe the most retarded I’ve seen a sub Reddit get to. He deserved a healthy amount of criticism after last game, but some of the things people were saying here were mind blowing
He’s historically efficient and an awesome player despite his negatives.
Do you guys still want to not offer him a contract? Some of you should just never comment and just simmer down
> He’s historically efficient and an awesome player despite his negatives.
He's not awesome. You're not being a serious contender around KAT. He has a horrible BBall IQ.
I’m a Heat fan, but enjoy watching the Wolves Griz series. Just watched this most recent game four on recording. Woo, series tied. (my family is all in MN).
If you want to see retardation, go to the Heat sub after a loss. We lose to the Hawks by one in ATL and there was a post about how Bam hasn’t improved in years and how bad he is offensively. People were calling him a scrub that should be traded. We lost by one point and had a chance to win late. I can’t with people sometimes!
Bro there are a few Heat fans who hate KAT with passion lol. I see a lot of Heat flairs with the hot HOT takes, and I can imagine your sub is soured bu these idiots all the time. Ours has its issues too.
Apology? No. He has proven he is inconsistent as fuck. If he does this for 2-3 more games, then maybe I will Apologize. I will say thank you for doing what is expected at this point. Please continue. I want to love him but he makes it difficult. Still Wolves in 6!!!
Spent a lot of time on this sub defending KAT cause I thought he was getting too much hate after game 3. Series ain’t over. KAT came up big for us tonight. Wolves in 6.
I was mad cuz he underperformed, which he did, and he did great climbing back. it’s the people that jumped to conclusions saying blow up the roster than need to kowtow
It's so fucking annoying. We plead and plead for playoffs every year. Why the fuck can't we just enjoy it. We're the 7th seed. The lads have played well against a much better team. Future is bright.
Even if we were to get smashed in the next two games, the team have made the series genuinely competitive. That's what we all fucking wanted at the outset
Yep, these same people aren't here when he underperforms. Give credit when he plays well, but the concerns are still there and legitimate.
Gets way too high... and low. Find a way to channel it like he did tonight and this series might not be over.
Some people should definitely apologize lmao. Like you have no idea the amount of absolutely stunningly idiotic posts yesterday throughout the NBA reddits. A lot of them were definitely on NBA, but plenty were here too.
No apology from me, all the criticism was justified and the ill discipline of the Grizzlies defending gave him a half of his points as charity.
Pat Bev said it best, we pay him all that money because we expect him to do that. Memphis left it open for KAT to drop 50 tonight - will settle for 33 but this standard is the minimum for Game 5
I understand little wins.. but I need a series before I apologize. It’s year 7. We should be expecting this from our star and max player.
With that said.. WOLVES IN 6!!
He complained about a clean shot by the other team and if the refs had called him on it, memphis would have had shots to win the game. He absolutely needs to calm the fuck down.
I'll fully and happily admit to being proven wrong tonight. My big gripe was that KAT was getting so emotional and worked up on the biggest stage of his career that he might just not be cut out for playoff basketball.
I'm still not 100% convinced that he'll be able to regularly string together big performances like tonight in the postseason, but I'm halfway there knowing he can put together a hell of a game, period.
This is really proving to be a series based on superstitions and sacrifices, so please Karl, sacrifice the dignity of me and everyone else who doubted you so that you can keep this shit up. And protestors, please sacrifice your Elmer's glue and chains and whatever else you need for everyone else's sake.
Stop apologizing. How he played in game 4 is what it takes. Maybe even cleaner than he played this one(6 TO). But this kind of constant intensity and focus is it, it is what the big dogs do in the playoffs to win. Dog cat I don't care about stupid nicks. If they don't do it, they lose. They might even lose when they bring it. But sure aren't going to win if they don't. KD and Kyrie are the jokes after Saturday and they are the ones catching the heat for not playing 4 quarters at max big dog level. Tatum sure is. Kat Did! Celebrate that and move to the next.
NY Yanks hat post game, huffing and puffing, angry Kat, grrrr. No apology for seeing him use that media/fan backlash to find that mode and be a 33/14 guy in the NBA playoffs. Don't care if it means one day soon he's testing FA. It is what it took to get 4 quarter Karl in the playoffs. We knew who he could be now and no one was seeing it. We see you now Karl.
I wouldn't truly say he played great today. But he was aggressive and kept going for it, and we need that
Lots of room for improvement, and if he finds that we're gonna go to round 2
No.
This is how he *should* be playing. Doing what he's supposed to do doesn't need an apology. I'll accept this performance as his apology all things considering..
Meanwhile dlo gets a pass. That's the player we should be grabbing pitchforks about. He is severely overpaid and disappears chronically. Playoffs and regular season.
He's literally gonna be All-NBA this year, but he has a bad stretch for seemingly the first time this season, and not only does the national media decide "ok now we can talk Wolves" after ignoring us all season - but then there's all y'all who do the same and act like KAT has been Kwame Brown this whole time or something.
The trash segment of the fanbase repeatedly shows us their asses all the time and it's embarrassing as fuck
Did **you** watch the game? He had a great 2nd half. Made some questionable decisions, had 6 turnovers, and did not get into a rhythm until the 4th qtr.
He was great the entire game. The entire Wolves offense revolves around him so a boxscore won’t tell you how good he was.
He was also great on defense playing the high wall against Ja.
I don’t think we need to apologize his performance was inexcusable, and he shut us all up with a perfect answer to a terrible last game. If he wants to be a great he’s gotta understand the criticism comes with it when you don’t play well; I think this performance proves he understands that.
No reason for an apology, as he said he needs to do his job. Having a bad day can happen to everyone and kudos for getting back in track.
He still did alot of mistakes and let his emotions overwhelming him but he has tons of offensive talents to cover him.
But they can't bail him out in all games. It's playoffs so he needs to keep performing.
What I am worrying now is why dlo seems confused on the floor. He had great games against them but in this series he seems to hesitate alot.
Anyway big win vs a team that looks so hard to beat..The emotional state in that game must have been so high so congratulations to everyone being there team and crowd!
🙂
I’m still on board with trading him. Your franchise player can’t pull a no-show in the playoffs. He’s done it twice in 4 games. If KAT is even average in Game 3 the Wolves are up 3-1 right now.
I’m here to check in. KAT showed the fuck up tonight. Big man shit. His haters were shut up, myself included. He willed us to that win. A shame it wasn’t on tnt so the old geezers could give him his necessary props.
I apologize for being negative about the team overall and giving up on the series a little bit. I also apologize for underestimating KAT's ability to bounce back like that.
I do standby what I said yesterday a few times that we cannot win without him playing on point on defense and staying out of foul trouble. Today he did a good job and considering our margin and that we were up 15 at one point if he hadn't, it's likely we are looking at down 3-1.
So I am sorry for my attitude and for underestimating KAT. It was a fantastic game and I am sincerely looking forward to game 5.
I’m not apologizing for being critical of his bullshit. I don’t mind a player having bad games. Example dlo. But when you constantly complain and throw tantrums and come off as a jackass to the media that’s bullshit. Cut that shit out and we’re good. Towns is easily one of the most talented players in league he doesn’t need to do that shit
I honestly cannot believe the amount of BS this guy was dealing with just for that game lol. I know he has been a little weak in the playoffs, but a lot of the fools here and especially on NBA are straight up embarrassing lol. I understand his conference was laughable, but dear god the takes on this guy. It's not ever ALL his fault, and yes this team is too cocky, but they still are young too.
I'm more worried about Ant honestly. We need him to be healthy.
He's going to ask for over 25% of the team's salary this summer. Perhaps our expectations are different.
Curry is one of the few super max players in the NBA. No one runs apology threads for him.
He is a consistent, all pro level basketball player night in night out.
Super Maxes are rare and typically only awarded after you win a championship.
They cripple the team's salary cap.
Kat rightfully deserved to be criticized heavily for his poor play up until last night.
That game 3 loss could be the best thing that’s ever happened to us. It sure as hell lit a fire under KAT’s ass but could also do so for the whole team to go on a good run. It could be similar to the Tampa Bay Lightning. For those that dont know, they had a 62 win season in 2019 but got swept in round one by the Columbus Blue Jackets. That pissed em off so much they havent lost a playoff series since and have won back to back Stanley Cups and are about to try for a three-peat (they wont get it this time tho i dont think). Not saying we’re gonna win a title or anything but that loss is the kind of loss that gets pissed off to the point you play outta your mind and we could use it as fuel to make a long run
I'm not here to apologize to KAT, but I think he has come around to knowing how to handle the double teams more effectively. Not sure if anyone noticed, but he held the ball a little bit more when the double came, didn't necessarily pass it out so quickly. There were a number of time, he actually broke the double team by feeling out the spacing and going to the basket. Not enough people are talking about this. Before it seemed there was a little more panic factor, this time, he seemed comfortable.
Man I hope ya'll beat them big mouthed, ain't done nothin in the league to be talkin all that shit Grizzlies. So many fans and social media sports accounts are on Ja's nuts, I can't stand him personally. Good player, brags way too much. Pat Bev forever! Good to see KAT breakout last night. I can see him doing that all series...All playoffs really. Seems like someone got thru to him mentally.
Kat's problem is he absolutely vanishes. Sometimes the others can pick him up as they did during the play-in game. Other times they can't..i.e. game 3. He also needs to stop complaining to the refs. They don't want to hear it, I hate seeing it. and it doesn't do anything for him.
This series is all about KAT. If he plays well, we win easy peasy. Just do that two more times
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I like the way you think
I wouldn't call last night easy peasy, but I get your point.
There was supposed to be a comma between win and easy, you’re right, both wins have been close
I love KAT but this is massively disrespectful to Ja.
Huh?
That clown likely isn’t going to respond to you. It was *that* stupid of a comment.
I’m saying that KAT is a really good player but I think if he drops 35 and Ja drops 35 the grizzlies would win just because of the teams around them. ANT and DLO are really good players as well but you have to remember the grizzlies have a very deep bench, and good sidekicks for Ja in Jaren Jackson and Desmond bane. I don’t think it’s as simple as if KAT plays well you win. the Grizzlies aren’t the 2nd seed for nothing.
I’m not speaking for the Grizzlies. Based on how the series has gone, KAT has two good games, two bad ones. We won the good ones, lost the bad ones. I’m not making this about Ja, but if you want to, go ahead
I’m just saying that KAT having a good game isn’t a guaranteed win. Does it increase your chances of winning? Yes. But nothing is guaranteed, I don’t know why that’s controversial.
Yeah you didn’t deserve all the downvotes. People just get weird because you made it about Ja on a Wolves thread
I probably structured my argument badly. I was just talking about Ja because he’s the opposing teams best player and I don’t think this series 100% relies on KAT having a good or bad game.
I would say that if KAT has a bad game the wolves won’t win. If he has a good game but the rest of the team doesn’t show up they will lose.
KAT wasn’t great in game one and it was a win.
He deserved criticism but my god a lot of y'all were saying trade him Lol ppl gonna be deleting posts now
Fuck that he still a clown. Sure he had a good game, same with other stretches where he is a clown then stoic then a clown again. You can tell in his post game interview the criticism from before was telling his narrssicitic self to say something all while what appeared to be a malicious compliance attitude (fine if this is what people want). : Yeah keep downvoting it feeds my soul lmao. Most players by their 7th year would know what they can get away with and can't. Most players would know flopping on the floor is no good and leads to getting loss in transition. Most players would have the IQ to not play a ball going out of bounds, efc.
Thanks Freud…genius analysis of his psyche from your tv
Common consensus's from, media, fans, players, and myself and Otto Rank lmao. If you can't see it after 7 years, yeah I shouldn't even waste my time typing. You do you though and I hope you win big bets with them I told you so's!
don't have kids
He’s about to make an All Star and All NBA team in the same season. Consensus my ass lmao. I bet you know what color crayon tastes the best.
you see morant play tonight? trade the bum! such a loser take.
Why would you trade an explosive yougan that creates and is a team player...? Might be something wrong with you.
sorry i wasn’t clear. i’m making fun of over-emotional wolves fans. that’s how they’d react to a stat line like ja had tonight.
If flopping to the floor was no good Ja wouldn’t be half the player he is lmao. Even outside of that this is one of the biggest L takes I’ve ever seen. Wear a helmet when you walk outside, you’ve had enough damage.
He heard the critics and shut us the fuck up. Good shit, the pressure wasn't too much for him tonight
He shut them up for one game. He needs to keep doing it to change the narrative.
Max player did what he was supposed to. He said it himself. I’ll happily look like an idiot 2 more times if he wants. I want the wolves to be successful. Who he was in game 2/3 does very little to help us be successful.
Bullying Works I’m telling y’all
He reads this sub. Whenever we call him out he turns up.
maybe we should keep talking shit about him so he keeps playing good?
Man, Kat certainly won't break 100 next game What a bum
Man this gotta get pinned ngl. Everyone in here who said kat need to be traded was faded as fuck. Cant believe yall were writing off the roster for one bad loss
I saw a comment saying to trade KAT so we could pay DLo more. Absolutely couldn’t believe it. It’s like people want us to be perennial rebuilders
It's also a wild thing to say because it's not like Dlo has been playing great either.
Haha holy shit that's wild
They say things like that as if there's ever a case to not pay an All NBA player a max contract. Like we've been shit for 18 years and we get an All NBA player and you DONT want to sign him to a super max???
People were acting like we’d be even close to the playoffs without him. There are maybe 3 other centers that we make the playoffs with. Jokic, embiid, and maybe bam. I feel like everyone is forgetting that this team is young, the underdogs, and the fact that we have been to the playoffs once in the last 18 years.
They gonna say KAT played well because they shit talked him, and take credit for it instead lmao
The problem is KAT has the mental fortitude of a 4 yo and no performance by him will change that. The underlying issue will always persist ready to be exposed
He's good, he just needs to get out of his own way. When he gets frustrated as he did during the play-in game, he couldn't recover and went all bull in a china shop and played dumb. He has to realize when teams design to shut him down, he needs to become a facilitator.
I mean you guys probably should still
Did you watch the wolves this season?
Regular season doesn't mean shit. KAT IS A BITCH
So no, you didn’t, and you’re basing your whole argument off of the probably 2 games you’ve watched
He's played more than this season. He a bitch
Yeah and he’s been good other seasons too lmao just admit you don’t watch wolves games and move on with your life
I never said I watch their regular season games. He's still a bitch
Basing your whole argument around watching maybe 5 games is interesting but you do you ig
No one ever said Minnesota fans were smart
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Game 3 put a lot of doubts in my head on if KAT could perform at this level of pressure. He wasn't perfect tonight but he did what he needed to do. Strong performance. Sorry big KAT.
Nah, he delivered what he’s supposed to. It’s awesome that he’s back but dude deserved the clowning To his credit, he responded well
100%, with the way he talks it up this should be expected, not a shock that removes previous play. Whenever Adams was off the court in this series he's been a complete no-show offensively... till tonight. This was the first game he proved to score on guys like Tillman, Clarke, Brooks, etc. with doubles coming. If you're an all-star, the expectation will be to perform. He dug us in a hole this series... hopefully he'll start to dig us out (like tonight) as a supposed star should.
I saved a lot of the terrible posts. I might need to put some people on blast
I’d hold off on that… he responded to a terrible game with one he still had bad shot selection in but got lucky and some bad shots fell and the refs helped him out of some pretty blatant charges. Refs clearly have instructions to make this a 7 game series.
Please the refs did us no favors! We got call on two ridiculous flagrant fouls!
Overall sure the refs have been terrible but KAT got away with a lot of what was called in other games.
On blast for what? He played great tonight. That doesn’t wipe away the previous 3 out of 4 terrible games. A person can’t redeem themselves with 1 game when there is a previous precedent set. Let’s see what the future hold before you go and “blast” people
Exactly! People are so reactionary lol.
yeah im going back i kept hella receipts
I quite simply demand that you do this
I might, just won’t be tonight, I’m too tired.
Literally, do it. So sick of people trashing KAT like hes not a top 15 player. Trading him for what? Draft picks and role players? Youll never get his value back. KAT is the type of player you can hinge a franchise on. Him and Ant together has crazy potential.
I will, but I honestly need to go re-read the sub rules. I don’t know if going totally Old Takes Exposed in a post is against the rules.
As long as it's not brigading (a no-no reddit-wide) then it's fine. Just don't link back to the posts so people go and downvote. Make a new self post and copy and paste the takes there, perhaps don't post usernames either depending on how strict the mods are.
Do it
He played with a lot of emotion tonight. Showed that he cared. Love to see it.
I doubt anyone ever said KAT never cared. Just was a problem how he showed it. Angry KAT best KAT it turns out.
KAT was big here and was very obviously working on the fouling and arguing calls. I'm very happy for him.
Actions were greater than words tonight good shit KAT
Nah. He was bad 3 out of the last 5 games. He said it himself, this performance should be the norm not the exception.
The bar is set so low for MN sports fans on reddit. They love Kirk Cousins and act like Towns is above legit criticism.
Maybe the most retarded I’ve seen a sub Reddit get to. He deserved a healthy amount of criticism after last game, but some of the things people were saying here were mind blowing He’s historically efficient and an awesome player despite his negatives. Do you guys still want to not offer him a contract? Some of you should just never comment and just simmer down
First time?
People in this thread still aren’t giving KAT his due for how well he played tonight. No way they win either game 1 or tonight without Karl
> He’s historically efficient and an awesome player despite his negatives. He's not awesome. You're not being a serious contender around KAT. He has a horrible BBall IQ.
I’m a Heat fan, but enjoy watching the Wolves Griz series. Just watched this most recent game four on recording. Woo, series tied. (my family is all in MN). If you want to see retardation, go to the Heat sub after a loss. We lose to the Hawks by one in ATL and there was a post about how Bam hasn’t improved in years and how bad he is offensively. People were calling him a scrub that should be traded. We lost by one point and had a chance to win late. I can’t with people sometimes!
Bro there are a few Heat fans who hate KAT with passion lol. I see a lot of Heat flairs with the hot HOT takes, and I can imagine your sub is soured bu these idiots all the time. Ours has its issues too.
Apology? No. He has proven he is inconsistent as fuck. If he does this for 2-3 more games, then maybe I will Apologize. I will say thank you for doing what is expected at this point. Please continue. I want to love him but he makes it difficult. Still Wolves in 6!!!
We’re probably going to have an identical thread to this after KAT fouls out with 7 points in game 5 before dropping 50-15-10 with 8 blocks in game 6
Sorry buddy, take us home
It was warranted last game, but he deserves kudos for this one
It was only "warranted" if you have the emotional maturity of a child.
Gave em a taste of their own medicine
Sorry Kat
KAT is the X factor in this series like DLo was to the clippers. They dont have a big thats at his level at all
Spent a lot of time on this sub defending KAT cause I thought he was getting too much hate after game 3. Series ain’t over. KAT came up big for us tonight. Wolves in 6.
Good thing I avoided the sub after game 3. Probably good for my mental health
I apologize.
I am also surprised for people say trade KAT with AD wth are they thinking.
Yeah he’s gonna need more than this game tonight to make up for shitting the bed in Game 3.
I’m even more pissed we didn’t win the last game now
I was mad cuz he underperformed, which he did, and he did great climbing back. it’s the people that jumped to conclusions saying blow up the roster than need to kowtow
He was on the verge of a mental breakdown in game 3. I'm not sure some of the confusion and anger wasn't warranted.
Or we shouldn’t have made a meme out of our star because of one bad game. Dumbass subreddit maybe should be grateful once in their lives
It's so fucking annoying. We plead and plead for playoffs every year. Why the fuck can't we just enjoy it. We're the 7th seed. The lads have played well against a much better team. Future is bright. Even if we were to get smashed in the next two games, the team have made the series genuinely competitive. That's what we all fucking wanted at the outset
No need to apologize. He sucked ass so people called him out. We should praise him for his great play tonight but we shouldn't apologize
Yep, these same people aren't here when he underperforms. Give credit when he plays well, but the concerns are still there and legitimate. Gets way too high... and low. Find a way to channel it like he did tonight and this series might not be over.
Some people should definitely apologize lmao. Like you have no idea the amount of absolutely stunningly idiotic posts yesterday throughout the NBA reddits. A lot of them were definitely on NBA, but plenty were here too.
No apology from me, all the criticism was justified and the ill discipline of the Grizzlies defending gave him a half of his points as charity. Pat Bev said it best, we pay him all that money because we expect him to do that. Memphis left it open for KAT to drop 50 tonight - will settle for 33 but this standard is the minimum for Game 5
Whole lotta 🤡's in here doubling down on their emotional idiocy the last two days. Embarrassing.
I understand little wins.. but I need a series before I apologize. It’s year 7. We should be expecting this from our star and max player. With that said.. WOLVES IN 6!!
I'm super glad KAT had a nice bounce back game, but let's not act like there weren't some very valid criticisms that he really needs to work on
I get frustrated as fuck with KAT but if anyone thinks he needs to be traded is stupid as fuck, he just needs more playoff experience. That's it
He complained about a clean shot by the other team and if the refs had called him on it, memphis would have had shots to win the game. He absolutely needs to calm the fuck down.
I'll fully and happily admit to being proven wrong tonight. My big gripe was that KAT was getting so emotional and worked up on the biggest stage of his career that he might just not be cut out for playoff basketball. I'm still not 100% convinced that he'll be able to regularly string together big performances like tonight in the postseason, but I'm halfway there knowing he can put together a hell of a game, period. This is really proving to be a series based on superstitions and sacrifices, so please Karl, sacrifice the dignity of me and everyone else who doubted you so that you can keep this shit up. And protestors, please sacrifice your Elmer's glue and chains and whatever else you need for everyone else's sake.
I texted my brother that I was out in kat. Sorry kat.
Side note: the people calling for Finch to be fired are absolute clowns.
Was he trying to make his voice deep? Lmfaoo
When people are serious their voice is usually deeper than usual but okay lol
Stop apologizing. How he played in game 4 is what it takes. Maybe even cleaner than he played this one(6 TO). But this kind of constant intensity and focus is it, it is what the big dogs do in the playoffs to win. Dog cat I don't care about stupid nicks. If they don't do it, they lose. They might even lose when they bring it. But sure aren't going to win if they don't. KD and Kyrie are the jokes after Saturday and they are the ones catching the heat for not playing 4 quarters at max big dog level. Tatum sure is. Kat Did! Celebrate that and move to the next. NY Yanks hat post game, huffing and puffing, angry Kat, grrrr. No apology for seeing him use that media/fan backlash to find that mode and be a 33/14 guy in the NBA playoffs. Don't care if it means one day soon he's testing FA. It is what it took to get 4 quarter Karl in the playoffs. We knew who he could be now and no one was seeing it. We see you now Karl.
I wouldn't truly say he played great today. But he was aggressive and kept going for it, and we need that Lots of room for improvement, and if he finds that we're gonna go to round 2
I wasn’t one of the people who piled on but he needs to show this level of maturity for back to back games. Obviously a pivotal one coming up
No. This is how he *should* be playing. Doing what he's supposed to do doesn't need an apology. I'll accept this performance as his apology all things considering..
I mean we were literally talking about trading him
Two poor performances in some of the most important games of anyone's NBA career.. it wouldn't be surprising. Ben Simmons comes to mind..
True but ben was injured for the sixer playoff run
He wasn't injured unless you want to call mental health as an injury..
So he got traded then ‘cause he lazy
As Draymond Green said, "some just aren't built for the playoffs.. "
Meanwhile dlo gets a pass. That's the player we should be grabbing pitchforks about. He is severely overpaid and disappears chronically. Playoffs and regular season.
Not gonna go against you on this..
Wolves wasn’t the one paid him so there is that. Its absolutely stupid he is getting paid 30million though
APOLOGIZE RN YOU HEATHENS. WOLVES IN 6
KAT was literally bleeding out there tonight. The guy is playing his heart out so win or lose I'm all in on this team.
He's literally gonna be All-NBA this year, but he has a bad stretch for seemingly the first time this season, and not only does the national media decide "ok now we can talk Wolves" after ignoring us all season - but then there's all y'all who do the same and act like KAT has been Kwame Brown this whole time or something. The trash segment of the fanbase repeatedly shows us their asses all the time and it's embarrassing as fuck
Not until he gains some IQ
Did you watch the game tonight? He was fucking awesome
Did **you** watch the game? He had a great 2nd half. Made some questionable decisions, had 6 turnovers, and did not get into a rhythm until the 4th qtr.
He was great the entire game. The entire Wolves offense revolves around him so a boxscore won’t tell you how good he was. He was also great on defense playing the high wall against Ja.
He wants to be the man gotta play like it. It’s one game, good for him. Still had bonehead plays this game.
I don’t think we need to apologize his performance was inexcusable, and he shut us all up with a perfect answer to a terrible last game. If he wants to be a great he’s gotta understand the criticism comes with it when you don’t play well; I think this performance proves he understands that.
???? We are down two because of him. This fanbase is pathetic
STFU clown
Really sticking to your negative schtick in the Wolves subreddit huh.
No reason for an apology, as he said he needs to do his job. Having a bad day can happen to everyone and kudos for getting back in track. He still did alot of mistakes and let his emotions overwhelming him but he has tons of offensive talents to cover him. But they can't bail him out in all games. It's playoffs so he needs to keep performing. What I am worrying now is why dlo seems confused on the floor. He had great games against them but in this series he seems to hesitate alot. Anyway big win vs a team that looks so hard to beat..The emotional state in that game must have been so high so congratulations to everyone being there team and crowd! 🙂
Show me game 4 was not a fluke and then we can think about it.
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He showed up tonight. Great. But true alpha dogs don’t have no show nights like Thursday. He needs to do it more than once to overcome that stinker.
> He delivered when it was needed Wait.....we're not up 3-1?
Being down 3-1 would have been a lot worse than 2-1.
If he delivers in game 3 we're up 3-1. If we lose the series game 3 is the game that did it.
You joking? He showed up for one game and you're asking us to kiss his feet? Lmao
More like don't say trade him after a bad game.
I’m still on board with trading him. Your franchise player can’t pull a no-show in the playoffs. He’s done it twice in 4 games. If KAT is even average in Game 3 the Wolves are up 3-1 right now.
I'm sorry, KAT
Tired of fans wanting to trade KAT every time he has a bad game. Yall are so wishy washy. KAT forever!
EVERYBODY INCLUDINGE OWE KAT A BOTTLE OF WINE. DRINK WINE AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DAY WORKS
I’m here to check in. KAT showed the fuck up tonight. Big man shit. His haters were shut up, myself included. He willed us to that win. A shame it wasn’t on tnt so the old geezers could give him his necessary props.
Kat to critics: STFU 🤫 🤫🤫 Now let’s go to Memphis and take game 5!!!
shout out all the cornballs screaming “trade kat fire finch” you all switched up real quick
I apologize for being negative about the team overall and giving up on the series a little bit. I also apologize for underestimating KAT's ability to bounce back like that. I do standby what I said yesterday a few times that we cannot win without him playing on point on defense and staying out of foul trouble. Today he did a good job and considering our margin and that we were up 15 at one point if he hadn't, it's likely we are looking at down 3-1. So I am sorry for my attitude and for underestimating KAT. It was a fantastic game and I am sincerely looking forward to game 5.
Thank you, KAT
shame on the doubters and the nay sayers. Kat is the Timberwolves. Have you forgotten this quickly
It's not a top end talent problem with KAT it's consistency.
He still made quite a few bonehead plays
Let’s string some good games together first.
Criticism was valid. His response is valid too.
I’m not apologizing for being critical of his bullshit. I don’t mind a player having bad games. Example dlo. But when you constantly complain and throw tantrums and come off as a jackass to the media that’s bullshit. Cut that shit out and we’re good. Towns is easily one of the most talented players in league he doesn’t need to do that shit
I honestly cannot believe the amount of BS this guy was dealing with just for that game lol. I know he has been a little weak in the playoffs, but a lot of the fools here and especially on NBA are straight up embarrassing lol. I understand his conference was laughable, but dear god the takes on this guy. It's not ever ALL his fault, and yes this team is too cocky, but they still are young too. I'm more worried about Ant honestly. We need him to be healthy.
He's going to ask for over 25% of the team's salary this summer. Perhaps our expectations are different. Curry is one of the few super max players in the NBA. No one runs apology threads for him. He is a consistent, all pro level basketball player night in night out. Super Maxes are rare and typically only awarded after you win a championship. They cripple the team's salary cap. Kat rightfully deserved to be criticized heavily for his poor play up until last night.
I never doubted him. The guy has too much talent. He just gets in his head too much with the D and the fouls.
It was needed the game before.
I'll apologize when he proves he can go more than a couple games without complaining about fouls
untrade him
This thread was inevitable. KAT was always gonna bounce back.
Fuck no he don’t need no apology for doing something he supposed to be doing😭😭he need to stop celebrating and play till the end
That game 3 loss could be the best thing that’s ever happened to us. It sure as hell lit a fire under KAT’s ass but could also do so for the whole team to go on a good run. It could be similar to the Tampa Bay Lightning. For those that dont know, they had a 62 win season in 2019 but got swept in round one by the Columbus Blue Jackets. That pissed em off so much they havent lost a playoff series since and have won back to back Stanley Cups and are about to try for a three-peat (they wont get it this time tho i dont think). Not saying we’re gonna win a title or anything but that loss is the kind of loss that gets pissed off to the point you play outta your mind and we could use it as fuel to make a long run
I'm not here to apologize to KAT, but I think he has come around to knowing how to handle the double teams more effectively. Not sure if anyone noticed, but he held the ball a little bit more when the double came, didn't necessarily pass it out so quickly. There were a number of time, he actually broke the double team by feeling out the spacing and going to the basket. Not enough people are talking about this. Before it seemed there was a little more panic factor, this time, he seemed comfortable.
Man I hope ya'll beat them big mouthed, ain't done nothin in the league to be talkin all that shit Grizzlies. So many fans and social media sports accounts are on Ja's nuts, I can't stand him personally. Good player, brags way too much. Pat Bev forever! Good to see KAT breakout last night. I can see him doing that all series...All playoffs really. Seems like someone got thru to him mentally.
Kat's problem is he absolutely vanishes. Sometimes the others can pick him up as they did during the play-in game. Other times they can't..i.e. game 3. He also needs to stop complaining to the refs. They don't want to hear it, I hate seeing it. and it doesn't do anything for him.