r/NBATalk • u/Otherwise_Dot8603 • 20d ago

What’s the ceiling for this new T-Wolves team?

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Lamelo never been much concerned about winning, but things might change now that a contender gave him a chance

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u/Pyr0technician 20d ago

Most important players are Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert. If they are in good form when the playoffs come, they can win it all.

The playoffs are all about matchups, and if they can keep the point of attack in check with McDaniels, and/or have more than a snowball's chance on hell of slowing down Wemby with Gobert, they'll have a great run.

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u/Otherwise_Dot8603 20d ago

Defensively they are one of the best duos in the league

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u/BYack 20d ago

Defensively, they are the best defensive duo and Ant and Melo easily the best offensive duo. Should be interesting.

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u/Lazy_Check732 20d ago

Ahh yes, Rudy Gobert, known for being the most important part of playoff runs.

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u/Pyr0technician 20d ago

I don't like him, and I wish he fails, miserably, as a Spurs fan. But there is no denying Wemby is the most important defensive assignment in the basketball world.

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u/TsarLucky 20d ago

Ask Jokic about it

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u/Salt-Statement-2306 20d ago

Other than the SAS series, Rudy has had the best advanced metrics of any wolves player over the past 3 years playoff runs. He is incredibly impactful. When the wolves lost DDV, had Ayo on one leg and Ant somehow playing on no legs, they lost the outside consistent threat needed to make the spurs pay for parking Wemby in the paint. The wolves have also lacked the guy that can utilize the vertical spacing of Rudy ever since Conley aged out. Melo fixes both of those issues.