How do you guys think the Wolves will perform without Ant and Jaden? I know we’re missing our best perimeter defender and offensive player, but I believe we’ll be fine. On offense, Conley, Brown, and Naz (mostly Naz) will step up.
I believe KAT will put up the same numbers or maybe step up, but to be honest, this man’s game is impossible to predict. Sometimes he’ll drive into 3-4 people in the paint, other times he’ll let it fly from three point range or he’ll be passive and refuse to shoot. But one thing is for certain, KAT has shown that he is capable of contributing to winning even when his offensive game is not on. We would not have won today’s game without his free-throws, rebounding, and defense.
The main reason I believe we’ll win is that our offense may flow better without Ant. When Ant plays, you can see him impairing the flow of the offense in order to go for an iso play. He is still inefficient in that regard, so we frequently find ourselves in offensive ruts that could have been avoided had he made the right plays. And this is not a criticism of Ant; he is our best offensive player, so he should have more offensive freedom because it is literally his job as our go-to guy whenever we need a bucket. Not only that, I hope this team has the maturity and mental capacity to play without their leader and tone-setter.
Whatever it is, the next four games are unquestionably winnable because we have NAZ REID.
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Having Ant out means the double team comes for KAT. We can’t rely only on KAT to carry us. Like Mike said, there are 20 something shots that have to be made up without Ant.
I want to see Mike, Naz, and TBJ taking a lot of those Ant shots and KAT when he can.
I’m glad the next couple games are very winnable against Utah and Charlotte, but we can’t write fill those in as sure wins especially with 2 of our 5 starters out.
If I’m a betting guy I would still probably bet 2-0, but I think 1-1 is very possible too. We just can’t lose to Charlotte with no Lamelo
I would say give all the rest to Ant and Jaden for these four. Good time to try to get more bench players like TBJ going. My guess is we go 3-1 because the lack of scoring punch catches us once despite the soft schedule.
Despite the soft schedule, this is going to be tough if Ant and Jaden are both out. I expect we start SloMo and rotate Naz, TBJ, and Shake. Shake will have to play meaningful minutes and he has looked awful so far. Maybe he’ll surprise us? Between him, Conley, Naz, or TBJ, someone is going to need to pick up the ability to create some offense. We’re def going to stagnate at times, and every game but Memphis is losable if we can’t find a steady source of offense besides KAT.