people do not talk about how good KAT's attitude is at all i do not see him complain (at his teammates) i have never seen him not buy into his role on any team hes been a part of even back at kentucky, he is one of the most plug and play guys in the league and his additude is a part of that.
Yep he’s been through multiple horrible things in his career (with the 2 car crashes and all of his family deaths) but he kept playing and was always a team guy Trading that good of a team player away after being the 2 seed and making the WCF is crazy
thats bc for years we had to watch KAT roll around on the court while crying and complaining to the refs. He has a great attitude when things are going well, but when hes struggling or not getting calls he is insufferable
@@nydibs I mean, Jordan was complaining to the ref everytime he didnt get a call in his favor but we still consider him the GOAT, like what the fuck has complaining to the ref to do with anything ? It's annoying to watch, but it's efficient
I think most players think KAT is a genuinely nice guy and not necessarily soft but fans make sense lol the constant complaining in non optimal situations is not a good look for a 7 footer. But compared to Randle the T wolves would probably much rather have KAT back in the long term for locker room chemistry
@@nydibsno it doesn’t because he’s still in good position and you always want the easier shot. And you say this like the overall chemistry of this team isn’t off. Randle can lead in assists all he wants but they threw off chemistry and ruined a good thing and are wasting such a good period of Anthony Edwards career here
KAT is a well mannered and well tempered guy who is mature enough to control his emotion. I feel like a lot of NBA fans only appreciate the KG, Kobe, Pat Bev "dawg" mentality while not appreciate enough of Tim Duncan, Lebron, Magic, KAT, Steph kind of calm and reasonable personality / leadership and how such personality is very important in building a healthy team chemistry.
@@thomasspengler9044 Lebron rarely got technicals due to losing control of his temper. Lebron often form friendship with teammates, in his NBA teams as well as Olympic teams.
I think the biggest issue is the influence of individual ego. KAT had been the guy on that team for years, and had to step by for Ant to be the leader and step back to make space in the paint for Gobert. That willingness to accept a role as a star for the sake of the team cannot be understated in how it can influence others willingness to do the same. Now you replace him with with one of the biggest ego players in Randle, and it's not surprising that the willingness other players had to put their selfishness aside is gone. Beyond just his skill, KAT was the mental and emotional core of the team, and replacing him with one of the most self centered players was a horrible decision.
@@nydibsyea but KAT also was still a foundational piece for that team that was willing to fit into a role for that team. It was a bad trade and still is a bad trade because Randle isn’t that same player. He’s got an ego. It doesn’t fit.
@@nydibsnot on a contender... Knicks went further when he was injured, wolves are worse with him, no competitive team is gonna risk their locker room for him
i’m a timberwolves fan. i didn’t like the attitude of either randle or rudy in that situation. i think randle should’ve given rudy the ball, but to throw away the possession as protest was sooooo bad. that’s something you talk about after the game or during a timeout. then randle whipping a bullet of a pass at rudy’s knees was no better. they both have to be better.
Lol they won't be much better. Randle is a diva. At least KAT is soft so he won't cause trouble but randle wants all the smoke, from fans and teammates
Its hard to have a tunnel-vision high-volume scorer like Julius Randle on your team AND be a championship contender. He's a floor raiser, not a ceiling raiser.
@@berryesseenhe’s only on contract this year. Tanking to follow up last year and waste a year of Ant’s growth while also wasting the last of Goberts career (likely to retire fairly soon as he’s 33 I think). You’d be risking a lot to make this worth tanking. Pitching the future when the chip was right there feels like a bad move
I was a litteral infant last time we got to the WCF. 20 years later we get past the first round for the first time since 04 and KG's MVP. The trade killed our aura so goddamn much
Need more videos this format, this locked in Kenny. You’re dialed in man no doubt about it. Love the coverage, and adding the film review is something a basketball nerd absolutely appreciates. Keep up the great work my guy
They gotta watch film and realize Gobert had a chance to be up 2. Edwards gonna see that, Randle gonna see that. Coach will correct it. It’s like 15 games into the season with a new 3 person core.
they had a chance to be up 2 regardless, until Gobert intentionally took the 3 seconds, and then intentionally fouled Barnes on the other end for 2 free throws. Rudy is a big baby and needs to grow up and realize hes not good
@@nydibsSo, Randle is not wrong for not giving Rudy the ball when he had a mismatch, then chucking it at his knees later on? It didn't look like Randle was trying to do anything else with the ball. Rudy may be a poor offensive player, but that's no excuse for what Randle did.
@@mambaASIcorrect. i told all these yt channels that if randle doesn’t come off the bench, he’ll be out of the league in 2 years. dude is absolutely TERRIBLE lol
Love when the 2 seed who made it to the conference finals trades their franchise player of the last 10 years for no reason Edit: My bad the 3 seed and I know about the Salary cap but they would’ve been able to afford Kat (just would’ve had to go into the luxury tax) but their owner decided to cheap out after his franchise had the best season in its 35 year history this is a owner being cheap
So glad he's doing well and the Wolves are struggling. The GM is so stupid to waste another year of Ant's prime. They always fuck up on a team building season and waste a year. When we went from poverty to 7 seed with Pat Bev and Vando and then they traded those two, two picks and WALKER KESSLER (avg more blocks than Rudy in each season they've been in the league) all for a worse seeding (8) and a fight between the big contract Rudy and our wise vet Kyle Anderson. Then they come out with the best defense and by far best season in recent franchise history just to break up the chemistry and waste another season of our young core's career. They had such a good draft but decide to trade Kat and keep the rookies on the bench and play fucking JOE INGLES over Rob, Garza, and Minott. They are such a dumbass franchise, I'm just here for Ant, Naz and Jaden at this point. Fuck Rudy and every player we got in that trade. I hope KAT makes the finals and we don't.
Larry brown famously always ran the first play of the game for Ben Wallace even though he knew it would be a disaster but knew that he needed to do that to keep him engaged defensively. I’m sure that philosophy would work with gobert too.
I honestly don't blame Rudy for taking the 3 second violation. If your 7'footer is literally right under the basket for an easy dunk late in a close game, and the ball hog that was traded to that team waved him off to most likely take the shot himself, then I could understand the pettiness in the heat of that moment lol
Problem was the front office way overpaid for ruby and as much as I love ANT they gave him too much money too early. They could have kept them together but the Twolves throwing money around like it’s nothing.
People be hating on Rudy Gobert, cause they are sheeps. Randle HAS TO feed Rudy here, there are no excuses. Randle is selfish asf and then he cries about not being respected 🤦♂️. You not going anywhere with him as your 2nd option, simple as that.
Randle has to feed Rudy. He was being selfish. But he was at least trying to do something. What Rudy did in response was even more selfish. Throwing away a key clutch possession. Killed his own team because of one player not passing the ball to him when he should. To do that in a team game is the height of selfishness.
Wolves fan here. We've been through worse. Rudy threw a punch at Slomo and reports said that DLo and Rudy never got along. It's not the first time that team vibes are in the gutter. It just sucks that we blew up our best team in twenty years with great vibes for whatever this is. Classic Minnesota sports y'all.
That’s the problem though. Y’all never won when there were chemistry issues and then when y’all final have a team that figured it out and had solid chemistry, they break that team up and now your dealing with chemistry issues again. Getting rid of KAT just ruined your guys’ chances of being contenders.
Can we plz get a Houston rockets video plz, my boy tari and amen are on a roll and it needs to be recognized. These guys are making highlight plays every night man!
The Dallas Mavericks do this every game pretty much instead of luka or Kai getting the first shot of the game they give gafford or lively a post touch and shot that way they are engaged and ready to compete.
Gafford and Lively are literally the perfect role player big men they set good screens, catch every lob you toss up, contest every shot in the paint and best of all they play hard regardless of whether or not they’re getting hit on their rolls
Be forreal Kenny. If the NBA EVER copyright strikes your page they would be killing their own brand. I know you wont ever see this but YOU are the new media. And i feel ao proud to have seen the come up.
Kat sold in last year on defense and was willing to let Ant be a leader on the court. But KAT was still the vocal leader. Randle just is not doing that. He moves slower than Kyle Anderson at times. No sort of hustle. Randle has to sell in on defense and be more of a willing passer/2nd option. If he doesn’t, Minnesota better let him walk.
Beautifully put -- you gotta empower your teammates. This happens in workplaces too. You gotta give credit as silly as it sounds -- even to professionals. I learned that the hard way sometimes haha.
That's right. Note that when they lost the game due to Jish Hart's foul at the 3-point line, no one blamed anyone, and in that game, Kat had 46 points. But she's not selfish, she didn't blame Hart and she took the loss as a team. At Wolves, Edward's ego is too big for having been in the league for 4 years. And they almost never play as a team. Add to that the fan base that does best to criticize and not cheer on their team.
What's crazy is im the best defender of my hoop group and they always tell me "you force turnovers. There's no such thing as a bad shot for you". I don't think defenders get their due
I'm with you. Watching KAT ball out on the Knicks now. Their offense is insane now adding KAT. If they figure out the defense, they'll be a true championship contender
@@dafrek Only issue is Randle is in his final year (Likely he wont take his PO). Given that NYK couldnt agree a deal with him, I imagine it'll be difficult to get equal value
Dam this is crazy my comment my not been seen but I’ve been watching Kenny since 2k17 when I was 16 in high school skipping school now I’m 23 with a wife and I’m in the military, to see him grow makes me genuinely happy and to see him grow into a actual sports media puts a smile in my face, keep up the good work man you mean something to us genuinely💙
I think most people think that randle is going to be apart of the championship team. In reality, he just there so for wolves can get out of the the second apron with his expiring contract. I wouldn't be surprised next season he is with another team and Minnesota get a ton of role players from his salary.
Randle is simply not good enough for the touches he demands. Man thinks he’s KD. Gonna waste some years of AE after the years he wasted of everyone when he was in New York.
As a wolves fan, it hurt to see the chemistry being not good and us losing to a very bad Toronto team. I’m staying optimistic because Julius Randle doesn’t have to be the long-term solution. We could always trade him and get more players back and have Naz Reid be full-time starting going forward. Plus, we have a lot of depths on the bench that barely gets minutes. But I hope we can get it together so we can at least have another good season.
@@MrWilson-zx9ix 😂 i think they can work it out eventually they need to fight or something. think about how the wolves were in their first year with rudy. and how he and kat worked it out. just sucks because wolves fans were expecting to be contenders this season and it’s gonna take longer than that😂😂 unless rudy is REALLY washed than they gon have to rebuild. hope they can turn it around soon though the wolves were special last year and ant might pull a jimmy if this lasts😂😂😂😂
Owners probably didnt wanna pay $X level of tax combined with that its basically impossible to get 3 Max level players (Gobert/Kat/Ant) + $30m a year Mcdaniels about and have a balanced team.
Ive watched every timberwolves game, and honestly like Kenny said i think rudy does need to see the ball on seal offs a little bit more. This i think was a frustration from this whole season. During breaks rudy has his man beat and instead of getting the ball the ball handler will miss him completely. That being said rudy has to be a pro, man that 3 second violation was literally the turning point that night i was there watching the game, and right after that play the energy was just shut down. Also RUDY HAS 80% From the FREETHROW LINE. He looks like he really worked on it over the summer so even if he struggles to finish sometimes i think he deserves a few touches down there.
Dane Moore made a great point on his podcast about the situation that part of this falls on Chris Finch too. It needs to be clear if post touches for Rudy via entry passes are part of the offense or not. I believe they shouldnt be part of the offensive plan. Half the time he doesn't catch it, part of the time he puts the ball on the floor and turns it over, and part of the time he's just not making the post shot. He should be used as a roller and a lob threat/drop off pass threat in the dunker spot. Both players are in the wrong here, but if the offensive gameplan isn't clear, situations like this happen.
So he should yell at the low IQ player making mistakes? Rather than the guy who intentionally and selfishly caused a turnover in the 4th quarter of a winnable game?
wtf is yelling at randle's dumbass gonna do. randle too stupid to realize he should've passed. gobert intentionally took at 3 second violation cause he petty
I think it's unfair to call Rudy gobert a bad offensive player. He's not going to create his own shots. His offensive bag is limited but this year the dude scores 64% of shots. That's really damn good. So if he has a smaller guy sealed that's a really good shot. He's not an all star offensive player by any means but he's really efficient. he's led the league in fg % before.....
This is all on Randle ion blame Gobert. At any level if your big has a seal like that you get him the ball, any big would be pissed if they really care about the game if you don’t get them the ball on a seal especially like that. That’s what comes with being a ball handler
If you could see into the future and find out the wolves never get out of the second round again with Kat, would you change your mind? The top of the west was incredibly weak last year. That wasn't bound to last. A healthy Celtics, Knicks and Sixers would have beat the Mavs in the finals. Let's keep it real, Wolves were about the same level as Cavs and Pacers.
Randle ball bogging is a problem, but I have seen a lot of people excusing the reaction of Gobert. Throwing away a clutch posession like that was crazy.
@@NewStevenEvens not a Wolves fan but people need to understand, Minnesota didn’t make this trade to compete for a championship THIS YEAR, they’re trying to set themselves up to be able to further improve the roster in the future. Being tied down to KATs contract doesn’t allow them to do that so yeah don’t expect a championship this year, we really can’t judge the move until we see how the team looks next year.
@@NewStevenEvens bruh, near every channel, including some of the most recognized professionals like Zach Lowe, nearly all said this was a senseless trade for both teams. I specifically said knicks would completely lose their toughness and rebounding identity which allowed them to be special last year. Hartenstein was central to knicks culture. That's exactly what we're seeing. Knicks no longer playing above the sum of their parts. Leon rose really messed the chemistry in favor of big names on paper. Looks like people who don't actually know hoops saw the knicks as contenders. Being enamored by big names and not actualy understanding the game has been your fairweather box score take. This team is not a contender. They mortgaged their entire future to be worse off then the previous year. Knicks are not a serious organization.
@@NewStevenEvens it surely will get worse for Minnesota and NY. They both had easy schedules, both been very healthy and have been rather unimpressive. Both teams are 1 injury away from being barely noticeable.
Rudy averages 1.3 points per possession that close to the basket. More if his mismatched defender is literally UNDER THE BASKET! But the TWolves only average 1.1 points per possession. A Randall ISO is worth 0.9 points. Randall needs to get his head out of his ass. As for Rudy’s 3 seconds call, that was dumb but hopefully the media attention brings the issue to a head.
I literally said this when the trade happened. Im pretty sure ingot into several arguments on this channel with people about it. Both teams were going in the right direction, why destroy the chemistry with that trade? Neither team has looked as good as they were. Its like starting over for both teams. This wasnt just a role player swap, this was a fundamental change in the team identity.
Yea it wasn’t a good trade in terms of chemistry. The Knicks are looking better rn at least while the twolves are struggling. KAT can at least accept a role anywhere. But I think the Knicks were gonna struggle regardless because of the big man position with Robinson out and hartenstein gone
I got into those same debates with people. Especially wolves fans who were saying they won the trade and were happy about it lol. I can actually kind of understand why the Knicks made the trade but the Wolves 100% blew this one.
people do not talk about how good KAT's attitude is at all i do not see him complain (at his teammates) i have never seen him not buy into his role on any team hes been a part of even back at kentucky, he is one of the most plug and play guys in the league and his additude is a part of that.
Yep he’s been through multiple horrible things in his career (with the 2 car crashes and all of his family deaths) but he kept playing and was always a team guy
Trading that good of a team player away after being the 2 seed and making the WCF is crazy
thats bc for years we had to watch KAT roll around on the court while crying and complaining to the refs. He has a great attitude when things are going well, but when hes struggling or not getting calls he is insufferable
@@nydibs maybe with officials but never with his situation or against his own teammates like this
@@nydibs I mean, Jordan was complaining to the ref everytime he didnt get a call in his favor but we still consider him the GOAT, like what the fuck has complaining to the ref to do with anything ? It's annoying to watch, but it's efficient
I think most players think KAT is a genuinely nice guy and not necessarily soft but fans make sense lol the constant complaining in non optimal situations is not a good look for a 7 footer. But compared to Randle the T wolves would probably much rather have KAT back in the long term for locker room chemistry
This the Julius Randle experience Knicks fans be talking bout
Exactly! He HAS TO feed Rudy here, no excuses.
Portland will help the Wolves by deadline JUST to get out of Ayton and /or Grant's contracts...
Knicks wouldve been better in playoffs with Julius
@@hustleman8797cap
@@hustleman8797Ima knicks fan and Julius’s numbers get significantly worse in the playoffs! You have no idea what you’re talking about you casual.
Yeah you know who had the most assists to Rudy last year? It wasn't Conley. It was KAT.
Randle leads all wolves players in assists this season. Rudy just sucks and is much worse than last season
@@nydibsSo what? That does not excuse his decision to just ignore Rudy here.
@@urbaindelva7869 - the fact that Rudy sucks does excuse Randle from not passing it to him
@@nydibsno it doesn’t because he’s still in good position and you always want the easier shot. And you say this like the overall chemistry of this team isn’t off. Randle can lead in assists all he wants but they threw off chemistry and ruined a good thing and are wasting such a good period of Anthony Edwards career here
@@nydibs Conley is leading in apg. And how tf do you miss that open pass. Randle is just a ball hog and always been low IQ his entire career.
KAT is a well mannered and well tempered guy who is mature enough to control his emotion. I feel like a lot of NBA fans only appreciate the KG, Kobe, Pat Bev "dawg" mentality while not appreciate enough of Tim Duncan, Lebron, Magic, KAT, Steph kind of calm and reasonable personality / leadership and how such personality is very important in building a healthy team chemistry.
Ah yes, the ever calm and reasonable LeBron
lol nice try trying to slip Lebron into that list. You ALMOST made a good point there man
@@Monkor183 yea idk what team LeBron was on that had healthy team chemistry because of his calm and reasonable personality
@@thomasspengler9044 Lebron rarely got technicals due to losing control of his temper. Lebron often form friendship with teammates, in his NBA teams as well as Olympic teams.
Steph was screaming all game in klays return he is a psycho 😭
Kats easy-going personality was the glue holding them together. As well as the fact he could put up better stats than randle without being a ball hog.
Good point
He takes more shots than Randle and is not easy-going. He's a known diva.
@@kevingriffith677cause he a better more efficient player goofy he gets green light.
They should’ve never Traded Kat
They had too
@@MJJ200 no they didn't
@@MJJ200🚨👮🏿♂️🚨”Grammar Police!!!” it’s to; too would suffice for also.
@@confessedlyboon Lame ahh! LMAO jk
@@confessedlyboon thank you officer🫡
I think the biggest issue is the influence of individual ego. KAT had been the guy on that team for years, and had to step by for Ant to be the leader and step back to make space in the paint for Gobert. That willingness to accept a role as a star for the sake of the team cannot be understated in how it can influence others willingness to do the same. Now you replace him with with one of the biggest ego players in Randle, and it's not surprising that the willingness other players had to put their selfishness aside is gone. Beyond just his skill, KAT was the mental and emotional core of the team, and replacing him with one of the most self centered players was a horrible decision.
KAT already locked up a huge contract, Randle is on an expiring deal and is playing for a new contract
@@nydibsWell, he ain't going to get it if he keeps up this nonsense.
@@urbaindelva7869 - he'll get one somewhere, even if its not with the wolves
@@nydibsyea but KAT also was still a foundational piece for that team that was willing to fit into a role for that team. It was a bad trade and still is a bad trade because Randle isn’t that same player. He’s got an ego. It doesn’t fit.
@@nydibsnot on a contender... Knicks went further when he was injured, wolves are worse with him, no competitive team is gonna risk their locker room for him
ballhog Julius back at it 😂😂
cry
@@humzaali1277 cry
Bro thinks he's Lebron james or smthg with that attitude 😂😂😂 dude think he's HIM
@@humzaali1277 The dude was making a comment and laughing. You d*mb af.
he has the most assists on the wolves
i’m a timberwolves fan. i didn’t like the attitude of either randle or rudy in that situation.
i think randle should’ve given rudy the ball, but to throw away the possession as protest was sooooo bad. that’s something you talk about after the game or during a timeout. then randle whipping a bullet of a pass at rudy’s knees was no better. they both have to be better.
Lol they won't be much better. Randle is a diva. At least KAT is soft so he won't cause trouble but randle wants all the smoke, from fans and teammates
Gobert is French. So he's in the wrong
@@mambaASIfacts
@@d_rod3Why does that matter?
no he shouldn't have if its not a wide open dunk he useless on offence
Its hard to have a tunnel-vision high-volume scorer like Julius Randle on your team AND be a championship contender. He's a floor raiser, not a ceiling raiser.
And it’s hard to have 7 footer that sucks at simple post moves. Scottie was bullying Rudy most of the game so I see no fault.
@ your statement doesn't make my statement false. Though I agree with you too.
Well said
Having Randle is good for tanking. Maybe they should tank this year and try to trade Randle.
@@berryesseenhe’s only on contract this year. Tanking to follow up last year and waste a year of Ant’s growth while also wasting the last of Goberts career (likely to retire fairly soon as he’s 33 I think). You’d be risking a lot to make this worth tanking. Pitching the future when the chip was right there feels like a bad move
I was a litteral infant last time we got to the WCF. 20 years later we get past the first round for the first time since 04 and KG's MVP. The trade killed our aura so goddamn much
Exactly
wouldve happened either way, Conley fell off a cliff and looks washed. Rudy has regressed and is terrible on defense
Ur dumbass gm traded kat and extended gobert let that sink in
@@nydibs tbf they have some good guard depth
Wow who could’ve guessed when the 2 seed who made the WCF traded away their franchise player of the last 10 seasons they would’ve gotten worse
🤦🏽♂️ it’s devastating
The Tinkerwolves got destroyed and had no chance. ANT is overated which now shows more than ever now
Can't wait to see how P defends Randle on the pod😂😂
😂 good point
He's just over talk and make sure he's right
Randle, in his mind, is still the number 1 guy.
Need more videos this format, this locked in Kenny. You’re dialed in man no doubt about it. Love the coverage, and adding the film review is something a basketball nerd absolutely appreciates. Keep up the great work my guy
Man, I’m a spurs fan but it woulda been really dope to see one more year of the KAT wolves. That was a mean team.
They gotta watch film and realize Gobert had a chance to be up 2. Edwards gonna see that, Randle gonna see that. Coach will correct it. It’s like 15 games into the season with a new 3 person core.
randle doesn't see anything. That's what we tried to tell y'all lol
they had a chance to be up 2 regardless, until Gobert intentionally took the 3 seconds, and then intentionally fouled Barnes on the other end for 2 free throws. Rudy is a big baby and needs to grow up and realize hes not good
@@nydibsSo, Randle is not wrong for not giving Rudy the ball when he had a mismatch, then chucking it at his knees later on? It didn't look like Randle was trying to do anything else with the ball. Rudy may be a poor offensive player, but that's no excuse for what Randle did.
@@urbaindelva7869 - yes, Randle was in the wrong, but he didnt intentionally throw the game, Rudy did
@@mambaASIcorrect. i told all these yt channels that if randle doesn’t come off the bench, he’ll be out of the league in 2 years. dude is absolutely TERRIBLE lol
i was so mad when they lost KAT. that team had championship potential. especially this year with how wide open the west is.
Wide open? This is the most competitive the west has been in years wtf are you talking about
Brother, did you just say the west is wide open?
The west is not wide open. Wat to are you talking about?
@@gotem704it was the mavs and the wolves then the rest of the west, maybe okc, it’s really wide open
The west was never wide open but in 2-3 years, the west will be more tighter since okc will run the rest in a couple of years
Love when the 2 seed who made it to the conference finals trades their franchise player of the last 10 years for no reason
Edit: My bad the 3 seed and I know about the Salary cap but they would’ve been able to afford Kat (just would’ve had to go into the luxury tax) but their owner decided to cheap out after his franchise had the best season in its 35 year history this is a owner being cheap
No reason eh? *3rd seed
@@AlexWin22what does the 3rd seed correction got to do with this 😂😂
@@Uzi_ver5 didnt he say 2nd seed?
they thought naz Reid gonna replicate kat. that mf is ass
There was definitely a reason
Meanwhile Kat is now the Big Bodega Kat in NYC💪🏽🐱
Big purrr
So glad he's doing well and the Wolves are struggling. The GM is so stupid to waste another year of Ant's prime. They always fuck up on a team building season and waste a year. When we went from poverty to 7 seed with Pat Bev and Vando and then they traded those two, two picks and WALKER KESSLER (avg more blocks than Rudy in each season they've been in the league) all for a worse seeding (8) and a fight between the big contract Rudy and our wise vet Kyle Anderson. Then they come out with the best defense and by far best season in recent franchise history just to break up the chemistry and waste another season of our young core's career. They had such a good draft but decide to trade Kat and keep the rookies on the bench and play fucking JOE INGLES over Rob, Garza, and Minott. They are such a dumbass franchise, I'm just here for Ant, Naz and Jaden at this point. Fuck Rudy and every player we got in that trade. I hope KAT makes the finals and we don't.
@@PotatoPicker808goated nickname tbh
Bodega Kat**
Thank god for KAT on my Knicks. Our offense has been so fluid.
KAT completely transformed our offense.
Stil ain’t gonna beat the Celtics so irrelevant
Just wait till he completely disappears in the playoffs lmao
@@michaelhuravitch seemed like he was a big part of getting past the nuggets to go to the WCF. Now go look at what Randle does in the playoffs lol
Larry brown famously always ran the first play of the game for Ben Wallace even though he knew it would be a disaster but knew that he needed to do that to keep him engaged defensively. I’m sure that philosophy would work with gobert too.
I honestly don't blame Rudy for taking the 3 second violation. If your 7'footer is literally right under the basket for an easy dunk late in a close game, and the ball hog that was traded to that team waved him off to most likely take the shot himself, then I could understand the pettiness in the heat of that moment lol
Your work on this is so clear!
kennnnnny, haven’t watched you in a long time, glad your second channel popped up on my feed ❤️
Randle passing to Rudy like take it 😂
I wonder how well this video will age...?
I don’t get how you go to the conference finals after years of grinding just to break up your core after one lost series.
had something to do with team salary or something
Problem was the front office way overpaid for ruby and as much as I love ANT they gave him too much money too early. They could have kept them together but the Twolves throwing money around like it’s nothing.
4:07 clearly you have not watched ben simmons
20 years, no wins in TO🙏🏽 only thing us raps fans can hold onto still
what are you talking about
I'm still holding onto that title from 2019 and will hold onto it forever
nah they got a chip to hold on to. Only thing wolves fans can hold onto is Garnett's prime from 20 years ago
Nahhh I’m holding onto that alley pop from Gradey to rj for a long time that was nastyyyyy
@@Social_Pariah ur so right my b😎
I remember the rabid Toronto fans telling us they were our rivals lol
This is a team game. If he has an advantage pass the ball.
People be hating on Rudy Gobert, cause they are sheeps. Randle HAS TO feed Rudy here, there are no excuses. Randle is selfish asf and then he cries about not being respected 🤦♂️. You not going anywhere with him as your 2nd option, simple as that.
That is not a reason to give a TO you fool
Randle has to feed Rudy. He was being selfish. But he was at least trying to do something.
What Rudy did in response was even more selfish. Throwing away a key clutch possession. Killed his own team because of one player not passing the ball to him when he should.
To do that in a team game is the height of selfishness.
People hate on Rudy for perfectly sound reasons. Still, you should definitely give him the ball sometimes, like in this situation.
French boy over sensitive thinks he’s a top big man when no one would pick him as a top 5 center
So not passing the ball is selfish but causing the team to get a turnover isn’t? What planet are we living on?
Julius just got there he got to give that up
Wolves fan here. We've been through worse. Rudy threw a punch at Slomo and reports said that DLo and Rudy never got along. It's not the first time that team vibes are in the gutter.
It just sucks that we blew up our best team in twenty years with great vibes for whatever this is. Classic Minnesota sports y'all.
That’s the problem though. Y’all never won when there were chemistry issues and then when y’all final have a team that figured it out and had solid chemistry, they break that team up and now your dealing with chemistry issues again. Getting rid of KAT just ruined your guys’ chances of being contenders.
Pairing Rudy and Randle is a match made in hell.
I opened youtube thinking “I really hope kenny saw that timberwolves stuff and made a video on it” and it was the first video to pop up🔥🔥
I'm enjoying the videos of you breaking down the clips Kenny! Glad you've been doing it more
Can we plz get a Houston rockets video plz, my boy tari and amen are on a roll and it needs to be recognized. These guys are making highlight plays every night man!
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This is what happens when Randall have the ball he never makes the pass
Unrelated, Darko is doing great job with the Toronto Raptors, they're the biggest surprise, imo, regardless their record, they're tough team to beat.
as a Memphis fan, I'm glad to see Darko doing well. He always seemed great.
People only seem to say good things about him as a coach. Respect.
He shouldve 100% passed it to Gobert right there 😂
The Dallas Mavericks do this every game pretty much instead of luka or Kai getting the first shot of the game they give gafford or lively a post touch and shot that way they are engaged and ready to compete.
Gafford and Lively are literally the perfect role player big men they set good screens, catch every lob you toss up, contest every shot in the paint and best of all they play hard regardless of whether or not they’re getting hit on their rolls
That's god observation
Bro sold like it was a 2K rec game.
As a Knicks fan this is exactly why we traded Randle🤣 he’s a great player but his body language is so bad and the IQ isn’t there in big moments
Great player?
Facts
And those stupid turnovers
@@Earnbread yes a great player, let's not start tripping now.
@@Earnbreadyea that was a major stretch of him to say
This is brilliant basketball analysis. good take, supporting evidence, relevant comparisons. peak
ballhog Julius
Be forreal Kenny. If the NBA EVER copyright strikes your page they would be killing their own brand. I know you wont ever see this but YOU are the new media. And i feel ao proud to have seen the come up.
dubious handle strikes again
The thing about the first clip is how slowly randle was dribbling the ball doing absolutely nothing before the clip starts
Kat sold in last year on defense and was willing to let Ant be a leader on the court. But KAT was still the vocal leader. Randle just is not doing that. He moves slower than Kyle Anderson at times. No sort of hustle. Randle has to sell in on defense and be more of a willing passer/2nd option. If he doesn’t, Minnesota better let him walk.
Beautifully put -- you gotta empower your teammates.
This happens in workplaces too. You gotta give credit as silly as it sounds -- even to professionals.
I learned that the hard way sometimes haha.
KAT has that easy going energy the Twolves miss. Who would have ever thought KAT would be the missing piece
That's right. Note that when they lost the game due to Jish Hart's foul at the 3-point line, no one blamed anyone, and in that game, Kat had 46 points. But she's not selfish, she didn't blame Hart and she took the loss as a team. At Wolves, Edward's ego is too big for having been in the league for 4 years. And they almost never play as a team. Add to that the fan base that does best to criticize and not cheer on their team.
What's crazy is im the best defender of my hoop group and they always tell me "you force turnovers. There's no such thing as a bad shot for you". I don't think defenders get their due
Make a video about the Toronto Raptors Kenny
You “experts” neeed to have some fucking patience😂
KAT > Julius Randle lmao
Spot on on the early shots by Bill Cartwright and Luc Longley. Have noticed it myself and didn’t understand it. You the real one.
I hated the KAT trade, and it made me lose interest in the team. I'm glad they're bad.
I'm with you. Watching KAT ball out on the Knicks now. Their offense is insane now adding KAT. If they figure out the defense, they'll be a true championship contender
Julius has always been known to have an attitude even when he was with the Knicks
That was randle being selfish Randle...😮😅😅😅😅
Randle has always been a ball stopper
You are incredible, don't stop creating content!
Randle not passing to Rudy was crazy
i hope in practice, gobert and julius go at it 1v1. That way it builds trust and removes that tension.
It's more than likely, Minnesota is going to move Randle
@@Brhoward31 I hope you're right, Naz Reid starting at the 4 would be a better fit, maybe get a quality point guard for Randle
@@dafrek Only issue is Randle is in his final year (Likely he wont take his PO). Given that NYK couldnt agree a deal with him, I imagine it'll be difficult to get equal value
@@dafrekyou not gonna get nothing for the guy when he’s struggling like this and not fitting on the roster especially with the lack of contract
Dam this is crazy my comment my not been seen but I’ve been watching Kenny since 2k17 when I was 16 in high school skipping school now I’m 23 with a wife and I’m in the military, to see him grow makes me genuinely happy and to see him grow into a actual sports media puts a smile in my face, keep up the good work man you mean something to us genuinely💙
Na it’s Randal’s fault it’s his job to integrate himself with this team. He’s the new guy.
I think most people think that randle is going to be apart of the championship team. In reality, he just there so for wolves can get out of the the second apron with his expiring contract. I wouldn't be surprised next season he is with another team and Minnesota get a ton of role players from his salary.
The video is 8:24 long. Is Kenny trying to tell us something?
Mamba!
i love that julius randle is destroying a team because no one believed us knicks fans
Randle is simply not good enough for the touches he demands. Man thinks he’s KD. Gonna waste some years of AE after the years he wasted of everyone when he was in New York.
They should’ve never traded KAT, he was great for the spacing for their team
no, they needed an iso ball dominant player that will hit one game winner but lose you 15 games
Watch Randle get traded for Deandre Ayton by the deadline. WATCH. 🙄
Each time I see a new video, it's a treat!
As a wolves fan, it hurt to see the chemistry being not good and us losing to a very bad Toronto team. I’m staying optimistic because Julius Randle doesn’t have to be the long-term solution. We could always trade him and get more players back and have Naz Reid be full-time starting going forward. Plus, we have a lot of depths on the bench that barely gets minutes. But I hope we can get it together so we can at least have another good season.
Randle is not beating the low IQ allegations with this one
dude is terrible lol. dw, he’ll be out of the league in 2 years
@@TQsquadrudy******
Too many feelings for both of them makes it entertaining for the rest of us but losing bball for the wolves.
@@MrWilson-zx9ix 😂 i think they can work it out eventually they need to fight or something. think about how the wolves were in their first year with rudy. and how he and kat worked it out. just sucks because wolves fans were expecting to be contenders this season and it’s gonna take longer than that😂😂 unless rudy is REALLY washed than they gon have to rebuild. hope they can turn it around soon though the wolves were special last year and ant might pull a jimmy if this lasts😂😂😂😂
Great job!
I still don’t understand why they traded Kat they just needed a point guard
Their dumb gm was being cheap and gonna extend nah Reid and nikael Alexander
Owners probably didnt wanna pay $X level of tax combined with that its basically impossible to get 3 Max level players (Gobert/Kat/Ant) + $30m a year Mcdaniels about and have a balanced team.
Thank you for creating content from a perspective of someone who watches the games. Never change
they do not understand it now
Ive watched every timberwolves game, and honestly like Kenny said i think rudy does need to see the ball on seal offs a little bit more. This i think was a frustration from this whole season. During breaks rudy has his man beat and instead of getting the ball the ball handler will miss him completely. That being said rudy has to be a pro, man that 3 second violation was literally the turning point that night i was there watching the game, and right after that play the energy was just shut down. Also RUDY HAS 80% From the FREETHROW LINE. He looks like he really worked on it over the summer so even if he struggles to finish sometimes i think he deserves a few touches down there.
I Don’t blame Rudy at all
Randle should have passed the ball, but Edwards do the same sometimes.
Dane Moore made a great point on his podcast about the situation that part of this falls on Chris Finch too. It needs to be clear if post touches for Rudy via entry passes are part of the offense or not. I believe they shouldnt be part of the offensive plan. Half the time he doesn't catch it, part of the time he puts the ball on the floor and turns it over, and part of the time he's just not making the post shot. He should be used as a roller and a lob threat/drop off pass threat in the dunker spot. Both players are in the wrong here, but if the offensive gameplan isn't clear, situations like this happen.
Yup
Foolius being foolius 😂 iykyk
Edwards should have been yelling at Julius, not Gobert.
So he should yell at the low IQ player making mistakes? Rather than the guy who intentionally and selfishly caused a turnover in the 4th quarter of a winnable game?
Edwards doesn't have the BALLS to yell at Randle!
wtf is yelling at randle's dumbass gonna do. randle too stupid to realize he should've passed. gobert intentionally took at 3 second violation cause he petty
I still can’t believe you gave us KAT
I think it's unfair to call Rudy gobert a bad offensive player. He's not going to create his own shots. His offensive bag is limited but this year the dude scores 64% of shots. That's really damn good. So if he has a smaller guy sealed that's a really good shot. He's not an all star offensive player by any means but he's really efficient. he's led the league in fg % before.....
This is all on Randle ion blame Gobert. At any level if your big has a seal like that you get him the ball, any big would be pissed if they really care about the game if you don’t get them the ball on a seal especially like that. That’s what comes with being a ball handler
Said it once and I’ll say it agin, trading Kat destroyed their chances of getting a championship
If you could see into the future and find out the wolves never get out of the second round again with Kat, would you change your mind? The top of the west was incredibly weak last year. That wasn't bound to last. A healthy Celtics, Knicks and Sixers would have beat the Mavs in the finals. Let's keep it real, Wolves were about the same level as Cavs and Pacers.
@@illDefine1he’s just trying to be the “I told you so” guy. He didn’t say anything lmao.
Randle ball bogging is a problem, but I have seen a lot of people excusing the reaction of Gobert. Throwing away a clutch posession like that was crazy.
I need Minnesota fans to keep telling me how Julius is an upgrade. And how KAT was lowkey overrated. Hellooo??
@@NewStevenEvens not a Wolves fan but people need to understand, Minnesota didn’t make this trade to compete for a championship THIS YEAR, they’re trying to set themselves up to be able to further improve the roster in the future. Being tied down to KATs contract doesn’t allow them to do that so yeah don’t expect a championship this year, we really can’t judge the move until we see how the team looks next year.
Most people were saying both teams lost the trade. They seem to be correct so far.
@illDefine1 Nobody who knows hoops EVER thought that. And just wait lol, it's going to get even worse for Minnesota.
@@NewStevenEvens bruh, near every channel, including some of the most recognized professionals like Zach Lowe, nearly all said this was a senseless trade for both teams. I specifically said knicks would completely lose their toughness and rebounding identity which allowed them to be special last year. Hartenstein was central to knicks culture. That's exactly what we're seeing. Knicks no longer playing above the sum of their parts. Leon rose really messed the chemistry in favor of big names on paper.
Looks like people who don't actually know hoops saw the knicks as contenders. Being enamored by big names and not actualy understanding the game has been your fairweather box score take. This team is not a contender. They mortgaged their entire future to be worse off then the previous year. Knicks are not a serious organization.
@@NewStevenEvens it surely will get worse for Minnesota and NY. They both had easy schedules, both been very healthy and have been rather unimpressive. Both teams are 1 injury away from being barely noticeable.
it's almost like this was said before they traded him to the wolves
his is what happens when Julius Randle is on your team. Never understood why they traded KAT
Financial reasons. His contract was going to make it difficult to retool down the line.
Rudy averages 1.3 points per possession that close to the basket. More if his mismatched defender is literally UNDER THE BASKET! But the TWolves only average 1.1 points per possession. A Randall ISO is worth 0.9 points. Randall needs to get his head out of his ass.
As for Rudy’s 3 seconds call, that was dumb but hopefully the media attention brings the issue to a head.
Kim Jung Un is better than Julius Randle in the post
I literally said this when the trade happened. Im pretty sure ingot into several arguments on this channel with people about it. Both teams were going in the right direction, why destroy the chemistry with that trade? Neither team has looked as good as they were. Its like starting over for both teams. This wasnt just a role player swap, this was a fundamental change in the team identity.
Yea it wasn’t a good trade in terms of chemistry. The Knicks are looking better rn at least while the twolves are struggling. KAT can at least accept a role anywhere. But I think the Knicks were gonna struggle regardless because of the big man position with Robinson out and hartenstein gone
I got into those same debates with people. Especially wolves fans who were saying they won the trade and were happy about it lol. I can actually kind of understand why the Knicks made the trade but the Wolves 100% blew this one.
Anthony Edwards not the guy y’all want him to be.
He’s 22 averaging 28ppg - 9th in the league and highest on his team and above KAT. He’s exactly who we think he is, but everyone needs help.
@ no real impact
These types of videos are so clearly free use: I hate copy right abuse
Gee who could’ve seen this coming
not many ppl apparently 😊
Everyone except wolves gm
Julius randle, expect anything else? 🤣