Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Wolves..OKC

 


8 fucking views..go figure.

I'll likely make at least 1 more video about the WCF. I do still hold true to my feeling about OKC. Their defense is at times, very effective, and part of that is playing 9 or 10 guys. 

But they still get away with fucking murder and it feeds it.

They resemble the Bad Boys in some ways, how smothering they are.

Did the Wolves play up to their potential? no. Had they, could have won? I still contend they could have. 

But it does go back to that video and this thing we have seen so many more times. Why this loss and so many other Final 4 losses or even a few championship round losses in the history of Minnesota Sports is to always be ASSUMED.

OKC down the road gonna have a dynasty..youngest team in the league, blah blah..that remains to be seen. Let's see if they even win the title 1st. If it is the Pacers, I may not watch that much, but I'll admit, if the series is closer, or if Indiana goes up on them..I may.

Not that I love the Pacers, but I respect them after those 2 losses and after beating Cleveland, who I contend, impressed me more than OKC this season. They dealt with injuries. But the Pacers did them in.

But the question is..can the Wolves do more, learn more to beat OKC and for that matter, the other Western Conference teams that'll get better. Lakers, Spurs, Rockets even. Can they? Maybe even the fucking Mavericks..although again with Flagg..I wouldn;'t be shocked if he doesn't end up being as hyped as he's getting.

I kind of think unless Ant does progress a lot, also demanding teammates to play better..that he actually may be best as a 1b or even #2. Dwayne Wade who he reminds me most of. Not Jordan or Kobe. 

Ant needs a guy like Jokic or Giannis. Put Ant and Giannis together, and some effective role players and they could win. But I'm uncertain at his current ability, he can be the clear cut #1. Randle and Kat were good, but they were not 1a or 1b level enough. Ant would thrive as a #2 or a #1a or #1b, drawing the defense, so he would not be swarmed so much.

He needs to benefit from being 1 on 1 for the majority of the game. The last 2 seasons, that hasn't happened, and it's affected him.

Plus this is 2 straight years of WCF meltdowns. Not showing up in Game 5. And now looking at it, it does have the feel of those Yankees Twins series, or 41-0 or 38-7 Vikings meltdowns. 

If tonight they had loss like Game 4 or even maybe Games 1-2, I don't know if it would feel quite as bad. I mean after what happened in Game 4, it was like, that's it. We can't win, give OKC the game and series.

We can't beat them, we won't be able to beat them because they're deep, young, and had this gaudy record., 5th best all-time. So that means they're the 5th greatest team in NBA History? lol..and their depth, youth, and now experience deems them to dominate the NBA for extended years? So why even try?

or why even bother paying attention to the NBA? kind of like I did tune it out in the mid-late 2010's.

They're a boring team to watch anyway, lol

Back to the French Open and the PGA tour it is I guess....