PoohRubio
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The next game for the Clippers is at home against the Wolves.
The next game for the Lakers is at home against the Wolves.
The next game for the Suns is at home against the Wolves.The NBA did a great job of scheduling.
PoohRubio's Depth Chart
- PG: Rubio/Barea/?
- SG: ?/Lee/?
- SF: ?/?/?
- PF: Love/Williams/?
- C: ?/Pekovic/?
The Wolves "window of opportunity" to win a championship is the next four years. Thoughts?
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Kevin Love named one of 20 finalists for spot on 2012 US Olympic team
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love today was named as one of 20 finalists for the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team by USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo. The official 12-man U.S. Olympic team roster will be announced later this year.
Wolves projected to be in playoffs
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Drafting Friday!
Teams needed
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Active managers are welcome!
Clippergeddon to turn into Hornetgeddon?
Source: Knicks, Wolves both in strong pursuit of J.J. Barea, who feels "betrayed" that Mavs only offered 1 yr deal. Check Hang Time blog.
@daldridgetnt
"When will Love demand a trade to the Lakers?"
PoohRubio
If Kahn doesn't make any draft day trades, look for the Wolves to select Derrick Williams at #2 and Iman Shumpert at #20.
PoohRubio
"Stop talking about Iggy deals. Let's talk about some Dwight Howard deals."
by PoohRubio
Double Dribbles: Rookie class leaves lot to be desired
"There are a lot of NBA draft websites run by pimply faced kids who think they know basketball, and too many teams are basing their drafts around them. Otherwise, Turner never would’ve been drafted so high."
Kings' Evans caught at 120-130 mph
Yo Adrian. I can do better.
Winning in the NBA
Imagine you are an NBA coach and you just went through a losing season. If you could only pick one area to improve, which one would you pick? Improve = more wins
Turnovers/Fouls: Decreasing your teams turnovers and personal fouls, getting to the free throw line more, and forcing more turnovers.
Defense: Limit the other teams FGs, 3-pointers, assists, and rebounding.
Offense: Increase FGs, 3-pointers, and assists.
Rebounding: Increase offensive and defensive rebounds.
The undrafted
Who do you hope gets a shot with the Wolves?
Zoubek!
2012 1st Round Pick
Given that the Los Angeles Clippers will receive Minnesota's first round pick in 2012 as part of the Cassell/Jaric trade, should Kahn be actively seeking a trade to acquire a 2012 1st rounder? Minnesota's first round pick is top-10 protected through 2011, but do we really expect the Wolves to pick higher than 10? It is unprotected in 2012. For the second worst team in the NBA, it is hard to imagine not having a high pick in 2012.
Resign Darko?
ORLANDO – The Minnesota Timberwolves are making plans to offer enigmatic center Darko Milicic a new multi-year contract this summer when he becomes a free agent, believing they can tap the potential that others saw but never could convert consistently.
Milicic, 24, joined the Wolves last month in a trade from the Knicks, the fourth team in the league to give up on him, despite having all the physical skills to be a productive NBA center.
At 7-0 and 245 pounds, Milicic has been labeled a bust since coming into the NBA with Detroit as the No. 2 pick in the 2003 Draft – ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh – but he may have found his NBA home in Minnesota.
Source
Predicting Number of Wins
I was bored today and ran a regression model (with a stepwise selection procedure) to see what team stats (season averages) were most associated with the number of NBA wins in a season. I used data from the 2008-2009 regular season.
Outcome: Number of Wins
Variables considered: FGA, FGM, FG%, 3PTA 3PTM, 3PT%, FTM, FTA, FT%, Total Rebounds, Offensive Rebounds, Defensive Rebounds, Total Rebounds, Turnovers, Steals, Assists, Personal Fouls, Points
Final Model:
Predicted # of Wins = -41.22 +2.71*FGM - 4.02*FGA +0.60*3PTA +1.64*3PT%+5.32*TOTREB +1.82*AST-5.48*TO +7.11*STL
This simple model fits the data quite well, maybe too well (R-squared = 0.98). My next step is to see what the model looks like using data from the previous 3-5 seasons.
Applying the current 2009-2010 season stats to the above model, the Timberwolves
will win 1.28 games! Ouch! For comparison, the Lakers will win 51.8 games.
The Wolves need a lot of help shooting the ball, dishing assists, and decreasing TOs. Steals look great!
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