Stephen A. IMPRESSED with Timberwolves 'I THINK THE SERIES IS OVER!' 😳 Suns OUTMATCHED | First Take

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  • Опубликовано: 23 апр 2024
  • On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Tim Legler and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo join Molly Qerim to debate if the Phoenix Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves series looks to be over as the T-Wolves hold a 2-0 game lead.
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  • @trainwrekka12
    @trainwrekka12 Месяц назад +592

    This series low key exposes all those former jazz players who used rudy as a scapegoat

    • @aubhreypender3091
      @aubhreypender3091 Месяц назад +11

      No it doesn’t.

    • @mikehamack6347
      @mikehamack6347 Месяц назад +153

      ​@@aubhreypender3091Yes it does.😢

    • @redskinsftw
      @redskinsftw Месяц назад +90

      @@aubhreypender3091yes it does, those jazz team had talented players and never did anything, Minnesota was slept on all season

    • @Jevonechy
      @Jevonechy Месяц назад +66

      Facts because Rudy is definitely making his mark. No player is perfect in this league. You're going to get scored on, out rebounded, and out hustled. But it's how you react and respond to these things, and Rudy has responded well in both games.

    • @aubhreypender3091
      @aubhreypender3091 Месяц назад +1

      @@redskinsftw they desire than Minnesota thus far lol. Made it to the second round. And they didn’t have the level of talent minnesota has.

  • @tigerhoods7927
    @tigerhoods7927 Месяц назад +700

    Asking Grayson Allen to carry a team with KD, Booker and Beal

    • @donaldpowell6725
      @donaldpowell6725 Месяц назад +14

      😂😂😂

    • @RBanks1206
      @RBanks1206 Месяц назад +50

      No one said anything about carrying but 5 shots over two games when you were leading the league in 3pt % is very sad.

    • @cadenburse9567
      @cadenburse9567 Месяц назад +83

      @@RBanks1206they don’t pass him the ball. It’s all 1 on 1 ball

    • @MrOctober44
      @MrOctober44 Месяц назад +77

      ​@@RBanks1206lol. He was injured in the second quarter and didn't return. Should he have taken shots from the trainers room, lol?

    • @bryanh2898
      @bryanh2898 Месяц назад +11

      @@RBanks1206L take pal

  • @eddward758
    @eddward758 Месяц назад +174

    " They got KD but we got Jaden McDaniels " - AE

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад +4

      It’s 7 games .. remember that

    • @brettduncan15
      @brettduncan15 Месяц назад +23

      @@Jaywon9772-0 lead against your so called “super team”. Tell Devin Booker to stop crying like a baby all game

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +9

      @@Jaywon977it’s 5 games. And the suns have to win 4 of them.

    • @Cwe-35
      @Cwe-35 Месяц назад

      @@brettduncan15 Suns not a superteam

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад

      @@daviduhr4941 lmao they will …

  • @leetraviusmckay314
    @leetraviusmckay314 Месяц назад +335

    "Nurkic just stood there he wasn't even trying to defend" 😂

    • @jadenbarry6012
      @jadenbarry6012 Месяц назад +30

      Dude has to defend two different bigs feel I bad for bro lol nobody but Nurkic cab do it no one can help a brother out.

    • @TrevorLaw-kc7dw
      @TrevorLaw-kc7dw Месяц назад +13

      They wanted to contain ANT so he ALWAYS had to shadow ANT while guarding the other bigs. This was the reason Jaden was able to attack - he had barely any attention relative to other players.

    • @nikhiltrivedi8126
      @nikhiltrivedi8126 Месяц назад

      Turdkic is trash 🤣🤣🤣

    • @UskopljeHRHB
      @UskopljeHRHB Месяц назад

      Jusuf Nurkic is islamic Serb. And islamic Serbs dont know to play basketball, not any other sport.

    • @lyvinlyphe9644
      @lyvinlyphe9644 Месяц назад +1

      @@TrevorLaw-kc7dw nah man I seen on multiple plays where he was in the paint, somebody came driving right toward him and he just let them pass. I can see that he was tired, but why not work on conditioning when you know playoffs is coming.

  • @nightslash2561
    @nightslash2561 Месяц назад +212

    That wolves defense is insane. So tenacious, athletic, and passionate. I don’t see any team beating them in the West except for Denver.

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +65

      Wolves vs Nuggets series rematch would go craaaazy

    • @scruffd0g193
      @scruffd0g193 Месяц назад +61

      Nuggets vs wolves might be the best series in the west. That’s 2 big athletic teams.

    • @danieltatum4262
      @danieltatum4262 Месяц назад +12

      Stephen A - Timberwolves have too much size too much length too much girth

    • @kevin5233
      @kevin5233 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@danieltatum4262 Nuggets won the last time they played

    • @SirCruxful
      @SirCruxful Месяц назад +4

      @@danieltatum4262t wolves split the series

  • @GoatedAtNFS
    @GoatedAtNFS Месяц назад +247

    i remember when everyone said the timberwolves are the weakest top 3 seed in recent history LMAO

    • @pickle.786
      @pickle.786 Месяц назад +39

      all 3 of them (Thunder, Wolves, Nuggets) are #1 caliber seeds, all within 1 game of each other in the final standing and went back and forth all season too

    • @BrotherKellerman
      @BrotherKellerman Месяц назад +40

      @@pickle.786I just don’t know if I trust the thunder, but the nuggets and the wolves are STRONG

    • @nydibs
      @nydibs Месяц назад +4

      Same, okc looks soft

    • @pickle.786
      @pickle.786 Месяц назад +7

      @@BrotherKellerman true, nuggets got the experience so they are the favorite for sure, wolves and thunder are young, but wolves seem hungry, thunder will be a threat for years tho

    • @brettduncan15
      @brettduncan15 Месяц назад +4

      Yeah that made no sense to me it was just lazy fans who don’t watch games. The top 3 in the west are all championship caliber teams this year.

  • @samsebai4265
    @samsebai4265 Месяц назад +257

    Stephen A 100% didn’t know that Grayson Allen turned his ankle and is out lol

    • @anthonym6542
      @anthonym6542 Месяц назад +74

      He don't watch games,, he looks at the box score

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +7

      Only difference Grayson Allen makes is being a white Draymond Green

    • @AHMAD-2324
      @AHMAD-2324 Месяц назад +6

      Before the injury he still was 🧱 laying...

    • @kbrewers
      @kbrewers Месяц назад +2

      im surprised he played game two, and then re injured the same ankle pretty badly. i dont think he makes it back on the court for the series.

    • @ItIsYouAreNotYour
      @ItIsYouAreNotYour Месяц назад +3

      @@deezpleez3832 Do you know his 3pt %, clearly you don't.

  • @soda8736
    @soda8736 Месяц назад +77

    Stephen A looking like he runs casino in Las Vegas in 70s.

    • @stunnatino4406
      @stunnatino4406 Месяц назад +3

      😂

    • @TMZahida226
      @TMZahida226 Месяц назад +7

      All he needs is a matching cowboy hat and his trademark Dallas Cowboys cigar. 😂

    • @naneezay
      @naneezay Месяц назад +2

      😅😅😅

    • @torrisfairley3227
      @torrisfairley3227 Месяц назад +3

      "I want an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin".

    • @199019852007
      @199019852007 Месяц назад

      @@torrisfairley3227classic film casino

  • @jamesonedwardsii4943
    @jamesonedwardsii4943 Месяц назад +268

    Everyone said the Wolves would be upset by Phoenix or the Lakers and I kept telling these guys that clearly don’t watch enough basketball that Minnesota is LEGIT and if anyone was on fraud alert it was OKC.

    • @donovanyoung244
      @donovanyoung244 Месяц назад +11

      Why you bringing up the Lakers when they’re playing the Suns lol

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад +14

      Lmao they not suppose to protect they home? And wolves ain’t beat suns in 2 years into now

    • @uraglazer
      @uraglazer Месяц назад +6

      @@donovanyoung244at the end of the season it was kinda a random toss up of who was gonna play who, and was saying the wolves ain’t all that

    • @JimmyButlersDad
      @JimmyButlersDad Месяц назад

      @@donovanyoung244cope

    • @r.m.90
      @r.m.90 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@donovanyoung244 They really can't help themselves cause NOBODY said that.

  • @Doooooooo
    @Doooooooo Месяц назад +134

    2 games without scoring 100+

    • @michaelrodriguez2784
      @michaelrodriguez2784 Месяц назад +19

      The Suns only missed 100 points 5 times during the regular season.

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад +2

      @@michaelrodriguez2784do you see the refs in the game lmaoo 😊

    • @getpaid007
      @getpaid007 Месяц назад +4

      That’s coaching

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +11

      @@Jaywon977playoff basketball is always more physical and lower scoring. They let them play more… as they should.

    • @arthurwright255
      @arthurwright255 Месяц назад +1

      But KD is the best scorer of all time 😂

  • @intalek305
    @intalek305 Месяц назад +17

    MN has great stars in Gobert, KAT, and Antman but I feel like the real reasons we snuck up on everybody is because Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, Nikiel Alexander-Walker, and Mike Conley are all SUPER underrated.

  • @alecsonquist493
    @alecsonquist493 Месяц назад +124

    The Timberwolves defense is too tough for the Suns. Especially since we’re getting multiple days rest between every game

    • @fabriziotrocchia2302
      @fabriziotrocchia2302 Месяц назад +4

      3 games is too much in my opinion

    • @kissband100
      @kissband100 Месяц назад +3

      The wolves fans were saying the opposite after they swept them in the regular season. I would say that the series is not over and the wolves fans should calm down a little bit.

    • @GetOnlineVon
      @GetOnlineVon Месяц назад +6

      @@fabriziotrocchia2302 3 days? it only is 3 day break between games when they have to travel to the opposing team state.

    • @cronoesify
      @cronoesify Месяц назад +18

      ​@@kissband100most twolves fans feared the suns because the suns prevented their style of play.
      In these two games, not only have the Suns not been able to prevent their style of play, they have been *DESTROYED* by it. Once wolves fans saw that, the confidence skyrocketed because this is what they have seen from the team all season long.

    • @kissband100
      @kissband100 Месяц назад +2

      @@cronoesify Wolves have the best defense in the league, I understand the hype after winning 2 games but it's still early to celebrate! Their defense was destroyed 3 games with double digits before, I'm not counting the suns out yet.

  • @comradeyellow6781
    @comradeyellow6781 Месяц назад +62

    The Wolves are the only real threat to the Nuggets, I can't even see the Celtics beating them cause they're soft.

    • @nydibs
      @nydibs Месяц назад +13

      If Minnesota is allowed to play physical defense, I don’t see anyone beating them. All depends on how the refs let them play

    • @bigda6407
      @bigda6407 Месяц назад +6

      @@nydibsnuggets definitely could jokic is unguardable and he’s a unicorn Jamal Murray is clutch asf and MPJ gives the wolves issue that’s a 6 or 7 game series in round 2

    • @nydibs
      @nydibs Месяц назад +5

      @bigda6406 - agreed, it would be a tough series. But if they allow physical defense, I think the wolves can win

    • @MuckNoya
      @MuckNoya Месяц назад +2

      @@nydibsstop it lol nuggets are the favorite in the west no debate

    • @kbrewers
      @kbrewers Месяц назад +8

      @@MuckNoya there most definitely is a debate. not to say denver shouldnt be favored, but there are some real chances Minnesota can knock them off if they both meet in second round.

  • @user-Ic7hx7wd9c
    @user-Ic7hx7wd9c Месяц назад +129

    Durant: I will return to Oklahoma or Warriors

    • @hooligan5381
      @hooligan5381 Месяц назад +18

      corny, this joke 8 years old

    • @ThinkingDisorder
      @ThinkingDisorder Месяц назад +11

      @@hooligan5381no it’s not lol

    • @johnnybuchananjr9344
      @johnnybuchananjr9344 Месяц назад +3

      @@hooligan5381ok and your point shi still funny😭

    • @raheemmcclashie8013
      @raheemmcclashie8013 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@johnnybuchananjr9344 you 12 bro?

    • @silvergold2140
      @silvergold2140 Месяц назад +4

      Well with KD neither would surprise me.. he has to run to proven winning teams, cause he is gutless as a leader. but I do not think OKC will give up much for him, they have already played his game.. the warriors, really what do they have to trade for him? old Klay,, Old Draymond? and he would have to take a major pay cut to go back to the warriors.

  • @kells1770
    @kells1770 Месяц назад +81

    Stop bringing up KD. I need ya’ll to bring that same energy to Book because why do ya’ll keep forgetting about him?

    • @somarley7205
      @somarley7205 Месяц назад +24

      And no one is saying a word about Beal

    • @ryanlebard3787
      @ryanlebard3787 Месяц назад +5

      The fact that only KD is being brought up is an insult to book and Beal …. Cause they expect more from him … he’s at all time great expectations and the other two ain’t there yet

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +9

      Because KD is always the soft target.

    • @ayoomisope6563
      @ayoomisope6563 Месяц назад +6

      Because KD is supposed to be the best player in the team and a top 8 player

    • @blackwealthcreatorpodcast5189
      @blackwealthcreatorpodcast5189 Месяц назад +3

      Right! KD is 35 YEARS OLD! What they want from him?

  • @jorbemesis1157
    @jorbemesis1157 Месяц назад +58

    Deandre Ayton prolly thinking the Suns miss him dearly

    • @tonycolemanjr.5730
      @tonycolemanjr.5730 Месяц назад +3

      I doubt it

    • @gloryroad7452
      @gloryroad7452 Месяц назад +10

      They do they did better with him 🤣

    • @aldairet4406
      @aldairet4406 Месяц назад

      Aytons a bust i doubt it

    • @CortezOutdoors
      @CortezOutdoors Месяц назад

      Cuh was out there doin cardio bro wym

    • @zayharris-sk9dp
      @zayharris-sk9dp Месяц назад +1

      ⁠@@aldairet4406he ain’t no bust put him on the right team in the right situation. You put him on the warriors, knicks, it’s couple other teams too

  • @adampepin9944
    @adampepin9944 Месяц назад +19

    Hes right, theyre not the 04 Pistons, Wolves are better than that team.

    • @bzap1237
      @bzap1237 Месяц назад +4

      Way better

  • @mmmcertified9877
    @mmmcertified9877 Месяц назад +109

    If Edwards ever brings Minny a chip his legacy is already greater than KDs 😂

  • @SPRVLN27
    @SPRVLN27 Месяц назад +27

    Admittedly, I haven't watched a ton of Suns basketball. I watched the third quarter yesterday. My goodness...the Suns are awful. Like absolutely awful. They literally just play iso ball while every else just stands around and then play virtually no defense. There was one possession where Booker just held the ball without dribbling for about 20 seconds and all the other Suns literally stood at the perimeter and watched him. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +8

      They don't have a point guard! This was known before the season started. Plus, the coaching is bogus.

    • @darrylhenry3188
      @darrylhenry3188 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@melvinhhcp3615I l live in Phoenix when in not working in NYC been to a few games and they need a point guard so badly I don't know if the can get one during the off season but having beal book and KD bring the ball up the floor is not good basketball at all this team currently put together is atrocious

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +7

      @@darrylhenry3188 They would have been better off keeping CP3... really Ayton also. Then add Nurkic. The Beal move was a bad idea.

    • @darrylhenry3188
      @darrylhenry3188 Месяц назад +4

      @@melvinhhcp3615 I was thinking the same thing especially with the roster they have now having CP would be good because he could set everyone up

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +3

      @@darrylhenry3188 I agree

  • @AB1B1
    @AB1B1 Месяц назад +20

    They always say this when a team go up 2-0. I'll concede when the series is over.

    • @Jevonechy
      @Jevonechy Месяц назад +2

      Suns are 0 and 14 when down 0-2 in a playoff series. It might be over. They've been held under 100 points both games, Grayson will probably be out Friday. The coaching is bad, the Suns are truly outmatched. Wolves best players had less than 20 and the wolves still won. Suns will probably win on Friday because of all the emotions and everything that crowd will bring during that game, but I honestly see the wolves winning game 4 and ending it game 5 in MN.

    • @samexoldx
      @samexoldx Месяц назад

      Coooope

    • @itchmaster1337
      @itchmaster1337 Месяц назад +1

      @@Jevonechyonly issue with that stat was that each of those teams were different. I hate when they say 0-14 when down 0-2. Doesn’t make sense to me.

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +1

      It’s less that they are down 0-2 and more about how they’ve performed up to this point… they have shown very little resistance and absolutely zero heart… the series is definitely not over… but they don’t look like they want to win… and if Allen can’t play, it’s going to be that much tougher to defend their home court.

    • @itchmaster1337
      @itchmaster1337 Месяц назад

      @@daviduhr4941 agreed, as long as these media heads stop talking about past records as if it involves this team

  • @danieltatum4262
    @danieltatum4262 Месяц назад +18

    Timberwolves have too many weapons that could explode at anytime on offence and defence

  • @WestCoastStyleSports
    @WestCoastStyleSports Месяц назад +16

    The wolves play old school physical playoff defense they look legit

  • @ki2726
    @ki2726 Месяц назад +33

    Stephen A doesn’t know what’s going on with Grayson Allen… he got injured early in both games

    • @Lilhayes12
      @Lilhayes12 Месяц назад +6

      Clueless analysts as always. Suns only crumbled when grayson went down again. They were pushing a 10 point lead up when he was playing. But they don’t mention that

    • @Cpg443
      @Cpg443 Месяц назад +9

      @@Lilhayes12he scored 3 points and 3 rebounds in 17 minutes. He was a no show as usual

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +1

      Grayson Allen was a no show in both games before he got hurt🤣

    • @Chevalier1632
      @Chevalier1632 Месяц назад +5

      ​​@@Lilhayes12Imagine thinking you need Grayson Allen to carry you with KD, Booker, and Beal on your team.

    • @Lilhayes12
      @Lilhayes12 Месяц назад

      @@Cpg443 It’s not about stats on paper, it’s no coincidence once he got in the game they go up 10+ and once he gets hurt they start to fold. Is a team sport, ten guys 1 ball. Theres more ways to effect the game besides the common stats on paper.

  • @luisemiliotrevino2867
    @luisemiliotrevino2867 Месяц назад +5

    How mad dog said “Beal is always overrated” cracked me up😂🤣

  • @viggyv9
    @viggyv9 Месяц назад +20

    Loving the Cerulean Blue suit on SAS!

    • @kingdave31
      @kingdave31 Месяц назад +2

      Looks like he shops at the same place as Steve Harvey.

    • @abef7627
      @abef7627 Месяц назад

      Suit is 🔥

  • @williecatch9
    @williecatch9 Месяц назад +14

    It’s almost like Phoenix is in need of…leadership. Where have I heard that before with a KD lead team?

    • @Gwaniegwan
      @Gwaniegwan Месяц назад +3

      He has a big 3 is down 0-2 . It’s always crickets from the media when it comes to KD!

    • @carlpatrickragas2159
      @carlpatrickragas2159 Месяц назад

      ​@@GwaniegwanI hate it when people used to think that GSW was KDs team not Steph's. Stfu. KD ain't a leader.

  • @Calinks
    @Calinks Месяц назад +12

    LMAO at the dude bringing up the Grizzlies series where Ant was a rookie and the Timberwolves team was totally different. And then he's talking about stuff the team did 20 years ago like it matters in this series.

    • @databirth624
      @databirth624 Месяц назад +1

      Mad dog is trash. Very boomerish sports opinions.

    • @spol
      @spol Месяц назад

      yeah, it's weird. literally irrelevant to this series.

  • @brettduncan15
    @brettduncan15 Месяц назад +6

    Stephen A criticizing Nurkic and Grayson Allen of all people? 😂 Nurkic was carrying offensively and Allen got hurt early in the game. Criticizing Booker and Beal would make more sense

  • @T-eee-L
    @T-eee-L Месяц назад +4

    There’s a very good reason WHY the Nuggets said the Wolves were the toughest matchup in last year on their way to the chip. That was WITHOUT Naz and McDaniels.
    Real hoopers know, Nuggets know. It’s between the Wolves and Nuggets in the West.

  • @joelmirdombe5519
    @joelmirdombe5519 Месяц назад +7

    real funny how last season everyone was making fun of the moves the Wolves made of season and look at the now

    • @kbrewers
      @kbrewers Месяц назад +1

      im about ready to give utah 2 more first rounders for free

  • @maqsudlatif3266
    @maqsudlatif3266 Месяц назад +8

    Rudy had more points than ANT and KAT. Keep sleeping on the 4 times DPOY.

    • @carlpatrickragas2159
      @carlpatrickragas2159 Месяц назад

      The funny thing is it won't happen anytime soon. It's either KAT and ANT will both have great games or one of each will have. Suns had a bad time beating this MIN.

    • @maqsudlatif3266
      @maqsudlatif3266 Месяц назад +1

      @@carlpatrickragas2159 they should because they take double the shots Rudy gets 🤷 that's the point. Rudy avgs like 8 FGA.

  • @bobmcdougall5904
    @bobmcdougall5904 Месяц назад +11

    Durant wants to join the T Wolves

    • @spol
      @spol Месяц назад +1

      He literally said that he likes the area and likes boating on lakes.

  • @jeffe2222
    @jeffe2222 Месяц назад +50

    Watching Russo stumble all over trying to convince himself these are the same ol' Wolves was cringe AF.

    • @Jevonechy
      @Jevonechy Месяц назад +6

      Right! Like yeah teams don't evolve or get better. They stay the same Smh

    • @paulrietveld9837
      @paulrietveld9837 Месяц назад +3

      Especially the comment about how he said they blew the series to Memphis a few seasons ago and they definitely should have won that. Like bruh they were the 7th seed, they pretty much lost that series before it started 😂

    • @mitchrapp5214
      @mitchrapp5214 Месяц назад +5

      ​@@paulrietveld9837Nah they blew that being real if you watched the games. Terrible game management.

    • @kbrewers
      @kbrewers Месяц назад +1

      @@paulrietveld9837 he wasnt wrong though, we definitely should have won that series in real time, if we didnt collapse every game.

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +3

      @@mitchrapp5214it’s a good thing guys grow and teams evolve!

  • @johnlarue3163
    @johnlarue3163 Месяц назад +3

    Been preaching about the Twolves since ant went off in game 2 vs the nuggets last year. That second round match up between those two teams, barring injury, is for this years title.

  • @benjamingoodnight1025
    @benjamingoodnight1025 Месяц назад +2

    That balanced stat sheet is phenomenal. Playing like a team with all cylinders firing.

  • @alecsonquist493
    @alecsonquist493 Месяц назад +14

    Grayson Allen has played like 3 quarters this series and he looked in major pain with that ankle. You can’t put the blame on him and attribute it to his lack of shot attempts

  • @loronzathomas5393
    @loronzathomas5393 Месяц назад +9

    I know this man didn’t say Grayson Allen when u have 3 all stars on 1 team

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +1

      Without a PG to conduct the team and having 3 guys who all NEED to have the ball, you need a reliable outlet or setup guy… Allen has been that guy all year. And a team that already has no bench having to replace a starter makes that impossibly thin bench even more feeble.

    • @loronzathomas5393
      @loronzathomas5393 Месяц назад

      @@daviduhr4941 I thought book was the point guard he usually set up the offense up. KD is great without the ball in his hand he really doesn’t need it. I’m not saying the role players doesn’t have to show up, but the 3 all stars not.

    • @daviduhr4941
      @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +1

      @@loronzathomas5393 book is playing PG but he’s a SG by position. He’s playing out of position which is why he’s not very good at facilitating for the team. This is why you hear just about every pundit point out that they seem like a headless snake. I get it, too… bc the wolves looked positively lost as a team until we got Mike Conley. DLo was killing us. We needed an unselfish veteran to calm things down and run the show. The suns would have been smart to keep CP3

  • @Aslavetofreedom
    @Aslavetofreedom Месяц назад +5

    KD once again choking in the playoffs when does he never not choke without Steph curry 💀

  • @CCEkeke
    @CCEkeke Месяц назад +2

    Never compare Devin Choker to Kobe again. EVER.

  • @JK-uj8ur
    @JK-uj8ur Месяц назад +1

    That suit, LMAO 🤣

  • @daviduhr4941
    @daviduhr4941 Месяц назад +3

    Where’s all those folks trashing Rudy Gobert the past few years? Where’s the guys saying he can’t guard the perimeter and would get “played off the court” by teams with smaller, quicker offenses? Turns out having other guys who play defense really does make a difference.

  • @user-sp6co7wn5v
    @user-sp6co7wn5v Месяц назад +3

    When the Sun goes down, the Wolves begin to howl...

  • @thatsgame9085
    @thatsgame9085 Месяц назад +8

    Literally all these home teams did was defend there home court. The series is not over for anybody until a road team wins in my opinion. Im speaking for every series too. ESPN are overreacting

    • @raymondjohnson6500
      @raymondjohnson6500 Месяц назад +6

      Usually I agree, and I’m a wolves fan so take it with a grain of salt. But it’s not about being 0-2. It’s about how bad suns look and cany adjust more than anything

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +2

      Yep and the wolves are taking at least one game in Phx

    • @metalfacemoviereviews8979
      @metalfacemoviereviews8979 Месяц назад

      Yeah if you’ve been a fan a long time you know quick things can change 😄 they just need something to talk about

  • @Russ88
    @Russ88 Месяц назад +11

    Imagine how angry and annoyed Stephen A Smith would be if he had to work a NBA Finals in Minnesota and Massachusetts in a Summer June? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Or Wisconsin-Minnesota NBA June Finals? Lmfaooooooo

    • @michaelrodriguez2784
      @michaelrodriguez2784 Месяц назад +1

      Why do you say that?

    • @Russ88
      @Russ88 Месяц назад

      @@michaelrodriguez2784 Becausehe hates cold climate states and prefers to be in the south during the summer. 🤣

    • @alexanderlopez4518
      @alexanderlopez4518 Месяц назад

      You mean Minnesoter 😂

    • @Russ88
      @Russ88 Месяц назад

      @@alexanderlopez4518 😭

    • @jah9253
      @jah9253 Месяц назад +2

      @@Russ88 What do you consider cold climate? Average temp in Minneapolis is typically around 80 F in June.

  • @xxkhalilxx0
    @xxkhalilxx0 Месяц назад +6

    Grayson gone that was they only hope. Sweep coming

    • @jadenbarry6012
      @jadenbarry6012 Месяц назад +1

      Facts Allen is the only one that could pull my Timbwolves defenders attention away from Beal and Booker hope the ankle isn't serious.

  • @mnwolves180
    @mnwolves180 Месяц назад +3

    Dude with the green tie hasn't watched a single Timberwolves game this season😂 trying to compare this year's team to the team 2 year's ago😂

  • @kghj8921
    @kghj8921 Месяц назад

    Thanks mad dog

  • @kbrewers
    @kbrewers Месяц назад

    I always go back to, when people talked about gobert being gameplanned off the court in the playoffs. But yet, no one speaks on the playoff gameplan that this defense has the capability to do. Interesting to see how suns respond in game 2. But outside of the 0-3 to phx in the reg season, this wolves team has been ridiculously consistent on defensive effort. Naw, McDaniels, and Ant are a three headed monster where 2 out of 3 are always on the court shutting down everything and anything on the wings. This is a historic defense in my eyes, I havent seen this much effort and chaos consistently in a team for a very long time.

  • @SodaWasDeleted
    @SodaWasDeleted Месяц назад +3

    The physicality of Rudy, and mentality of Ant is going to travel with the wolves.
    Don’t forget, the wolves haven’t even played their best ball especially on offense. Naz & Kat haven’t even got rolling yet 😭

  • @kissband100
    @kissband100 Месяц назад +5

    I'm starting to think that Tim Legler had something bad happening to him in 1990 when he played for Phoenix lol, the dude is always bitter when it comes to the Suns Haha

  • @mikelmoon100
    @mikelmoon100 Месяц назад +1

    The difference is team cohesion. Timberwolves have played together for most of the season with their core. Suns have played together in parts of the season with their core: with guys in and out of the lineup more frequently.

  • @toucheyang89
    @toucheyang89 Месяц назад +2

    Mad dog.. This ain't the same Twolves team 2 years ago when Dlo, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vandy and Pat Bev ...

  • @Doooooooo
    @Doooooooo Месяц назад +24

    Wolves may just come out of the west. If they beat Denver it's a wrap!

    • @perotal
      @perotal Месяц назад

      that is a big If

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +8

      The Wolves are the only team that can compete with Denver

    • @wingamwila4113
      @wingamwila4113 Месяц назад

      Denver will punish them but theres a chance 😅

    • @kaysheye7784
      @kaysheye7784 Месяц назад

      @@deezpleez3832 Clippers say hello (I would have said Suns too but it's either them or the Wolves that will lose in the 1st round so yeah)

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +4

      @@wingamwila4113 Wolves have Naz Reid and McDaniels this time around. Last year Denver faced MN without those two. Wolves vs Nuggets would go to 7 games

  • @JUSTEREACTS
    @JUSTEREACTS Месяц назад +4

    These analysts are so bias, Stephen a lakers losing “it’s over, suns losing we don’t want to say it’s over”

  • @Paien75
    @Paien75 Месяц назад

    I’m just really happy for Minnesota fans. You guys really have a shot this year.

  • @princellasmith7562
    @princellasmith7562 Месяц назад +1

    Yes, I think it’s over, too. Beal, Booker, and Durant to seem to quite have enough “togetherness” or firepower to overcome the Wolves. Minnesota just seems like they want it more.

  • @dojo1371
    @dojo1371 Месяц назад +11

    Mad Dog 😂.... "take it easy"

  • @yengvang8737
    @yengvang8737 Месяц назад +30

    There's still game 3 and 4 in Phoenix. I think the Suns can turned this series around.

    • @hooligan5381
      @hooligan5381 Месяц назад +2

      absolutely, they have to find their offense again tryna run a half court set against a team with two 7 footers is tough to do they have to get into their offense quicker

    • @adrianlopez7934
      @adrianlopez7934 Месяц назад

      How when offense with no defense has never won anything in this league

    • @jamesonedwardsii4943
      @jamesonedwardsii4943 Месяц назад +8

      Nah The Wolves are taking one of their home games maybe even a sweep. Chris Finch is a really good coach Vogel is okay at best. Finchy didn’t put guys in the best position to succeed he challenged his guys to get better at things they are uncomfortable at!

    • @nathanaelgion2762
      @nathanaelgion2762 Месяц назад +4

      The Wolves absolutely bullied them both games. Even when Ant and KAT both had mid games last night. The Timberwolves won by double digits. Timberwolves are too big, too deep, and play suffocating defense. I can see KD or Book going nuclear one game and winning maybe a game. But the Suns do not know how to play together as a team. This series is over

    • @deezpleez3832
      @deezpleez3832 Месяц назад +1

      Love the optimism, but respectfully the series is over. The Suns will probably get a win or 2, but that's about it

  • @spideyvirus
    @spideyvirus Месяц назад +2

    "Bradley Beal is ovverated" Is the truest statement! They had a great team to build on in 2021 when they reached the finals and they traded it all away for a bunch of old guys who cant defend🤣

  • @arealone7863
    @arealone7863 Месяц назад +1

    Bro them boys nees to put Bol Bol in to pull them bigs away from the basket

  • @martinjwelch
    @martinjwelch Месяц назад +4

    Get Bol Bol some minutes

  • @javianjohnson8746
    @javianjohnson8746 Месяц назад +3

    Timberwolves were definitely worthy of the #1 seed. Its so obviously that the best team in the west is between the Twolves and the Nuggets, not OKC

  • @leonanthony683
    @leonanthony683 Месяц назад +1

    Every year... "The series is over" Every time a team wins 2 games or wins convincingly.

  • @4ktJu
    @4ktJu Месяц назад +1

    that wolves team from 2 years ago was a completely different team 😭

  • @5luelight726
    @5luelight726 Месяц назад +26

    Phoenix’s style might work against other teams but not the Timberwolves. The Wolves have an identity and execute it very well. Phoenix don’t really have an identity and that’s the fault of their coaching.

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +2

      Agreed! Bad coaching. No point guard. No backup center. Weak bench. All of these factors matter. It's a miracle that the Suns won the 6th seed, given Booker & Beal missed a combined 40 games or so.

    • @eliseeden
      @eliseeden Месяц назад

      Or failure of players to buy in and play D.

    • @melvinhhcp3615
      @melvinhhcp3615 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@eliseedenVogel is a trash coach & has been for a looong time! He never was that guy.

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад

      Lmao what? The best the wolves 6 games straight untilk now 😂

    • @eliseeden
      @eliseeden Месяц назад

      @@Jaywon977 truth comes out in the PO’s. One of those reg season games the wolves were on the 2nd of a back to back.

  • @KingGazaRadio823
    @KingGazaRadio823 Месяц назад +35

    Unfortunately the Suns cannot beat the Timberwolves.

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад +1

      Lmao what ? So before these games .. you do know the suns won 7 straight right lmao

    • @KingGazaRadio823
      @KingGazaRadio823 Месяц назад +8

      @Jaywon977 your comment would be relevant if they still had the streak, which the Timberwolves STOPPED .. KD is my fav player, I'm stating facts. Do you not watch basketball or just oblivious to what's in plain sight ?

    • @doublez_
      @doublez_ Месяц назад +1

      @@Jaywon977if you’re referring to last season, aren’t there only 3 players from that team and a new coaching staff

    • @nikhiltrivedi8126
      @nikhiltrivedi8126 Месяц назад +1

      *Fortunately

    • @KingGazaRadio823
      @KingGazaRadio823 Месяц назад

      @nikhiltrivedi8126 🤣🤣 Antman is the new face of the league so I'm happy for him. Or will be the new face.

  • @croc313
    @croc313 Месяц назад

    Mad dog. Thanks for the Detroit pistons shout out

  • @tyrellcobb4665
    @tyrellcobb4665 Месяц назад +1

    What he talking about the Wolves from 2years ago. This is a different Wolves. That was KAT's team, this is Antman and Gobert's team.

  • @DigontoZahid-lc7kt
    @DigontoZahid-lc7kt Месяц назад +16

    Kevin durant is soo protected in the media its embarrassing

    • @kingba7749
      @kingba7749 Месяц назад +2

      I was finna say this. They just slaughtered LeBron yesterday, KD stay getting beaucoup passes.

    • @sharonbrent6919
      @sharonbrent6919 Месяц назад

      BS BRO KD AIN'T NEVER BEEN PROTECTED IN THE MEDIA. YOU MUST NOT BEEN WATCHING MEDIA FOR THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEAR'S

    • @Cwe-35
      @Cwe-35 Месяц назад +1

      KD is not protected in the media.
      They hate and disrespect him for his shortcomings

    • @DigontoZahid-lc7kt
      @DigontoZahid-lc7kt Месяц назад

      @@Cwe-35 no they dont lmao...

    • @Cwe-35
      @Cwe-35 Месяц назад

      @@DigontoZahid-lc7kt ESPN discredits KD 2 Rings with Warriors. They always mention he can’t win a championship without Curry/Warriors.
      They always saying his legacy in danger.
      KD is the most hated superstar ever.

  • @brandongordon2392
    @brandongordon2392 Месяц назад +3

    Minnesota right now are making great adjustments... Rudy isn't as flat footed the way he used to be defensively... Minnesota's depth is showing great intensity, Naz Reid, Nickell Alexander-Walker, Monte Morris... Jaden McDaniels dropped 25 points, the scary part bout this game was that KAT and Ant didn't play that well, they were okay at best and McDaniels stepped up... Rudy stepped up... Conley stepped up.. the depth that everyone questioned about Phoenix at the beginning of the year was ultimately going to be a factor for Phoenix's rise/downfall..
    Now I am not naive... I've seen Minnesota fail and lose due to their inconsistencies and blow a series they should've won, like Russo said, (and as a fan of this team, Saint Paul represent) We need to see them do it on the road which is possible due to the fact that they are tied with the best road record in the West (Alongside the Clippers) 26-15... if they can steal one from Phoenix at home, then I have full confidence to say that Minnesota will win this series... because as I learned, nothing is more dangerous in these playoffs than a team that can win on the road.

    • @michaelrodriguez2784
      @michaelrodriguez2784 Месяц назад +1

      And let's not forget about the maturity of Ant. He wasn't getting shots to fall but he was making good decisions with the basketball. He wasn't forcing shots or constantly turning the ball over. He led the team in assists and the team (and us in the crowd) were feeding off the energy he was bringing.

    • @kbrewers
      @kbrewers Месяц назад +1

      Imagine when we get to see the Naz Reid explosion incoming. It has to be inevitable. right? Any given night with these players. Man its insane, and the defense is just relentless in its pursuit. I dont think i have ever seen a team truly, with 3 legitimate all nba defense quality on the wings, being able to play on the court together. And then Rudy as the anchor, and Kat and Naz improving on that end, mainly due to effort and team cohesion and identity. I feel like a proud parent, when at the beginning of the season, very early on, i was like, this defense is gonna be a problem in May.

  • @CoffeandReviews
    @CoffeandReviews Месяц назад +2

    It was over before it started.

  • @Babymobb1430
    @Babymobb1430 Месяц назад +1

    “Suns got kd we got Jayden mcdaniels” is aging like fine wine right now

  • @joaopedrocavalcante3184
    @joaopedrocavalcante3184 Месяц назад +4

    The Timberwolves have potential to be the next Denver nuggets,

  • @danbilz2766
    @danbilz2766 Месяц назад +3

    The suns have no answers they are finished.. you can’t have three ball dominant ball players playing iso ball

  • @carson2money
    @carson2money Месяц назад +1

    Mad Dog never fails to expose himself as a basketball CASUAL

  • @Fishorelly
    @Fishorelly Месяц назад +2

    Timberwolves are making a statement with their defense

  • @Leowulfs
    @Leowulfs Месяц назад +7

    Weird, LeGoat gets criticism for losing the champions while having a bench that’s scored 17 points in TWO WHOLE PLAYOFF GAMES, a “superstar” that goes scoreless in the fourth quarter and has worse cardio than Jokic (who has man jugs), shooters that can’t hit a shot. Kevin Cupcake Durant is being blown out by a rookie while having another bonafide superstar in Booker and a star in Beal. Nobody’s saying a word? Durant is a zero ring player with no leadership so people don’t criticize him?

    • @dread.8110
      @dread.8110 Месяц назад +2

      Whose the rookie?

    • @nikhiltrivedi8126
      @nikhiltrivedi8126 Месяц назад +2

      Legoat > Kdisney. That’s not even a debate tho. Compare resumes and it’s not even close.

  • @Royalwar0305
    @Royalwar0305 Месяц назад +11

    I thought KD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT DUDE

    • @donaldpowell6725
      @donaldpowell6725 Месяц назад

      He was never that dude. Great scorer but he can't carry a team like Step and LeBron. If he can't get a chip outside GS, that's all his career will be about his time on that team. Lol

    • @Jaywon977
      @Jaywon977 Месяц назад +1

      How isn’t he ? Lmao he in year 17 averaging 27 on 50-40-90… while being the best scorer and best defender on the team .. bro literally guarding the center or the best player every game and his getting the best defender put on him ..let’s be fr

    • @sharonbrent6919
      @sharonbrent6919 Месяц назад

      I THOUGHT YOU SUPPOSE BEEN THAT DUDE TOO

  • @SonnyCapone
    @SonnyCapone Месяц назад +1

    As a Minnesota fan I feel like this is the second coming of Jordan and Pippen with Edwards and Mcdaniels on the floor together.. and they could be the reason this franchise changes forever just like what Jordan and pippen did for Chicago.. Minnesota always been a mini Chicago..

  • @carlobarley1985
    @carlobarley1985 Месяц назад +1

    Nurkic giving them empty calories, he a cone rn and that layup line

  • @burls7117
    @burls7117 Месяц назад +5

    Doggy said booker trying to hard and Beal is always overrated 🔥🔥🔥😂

    • @reinhardtkefa5867
      @reinhardtkefa5867 Месяц назад +1

      😂 I laughed my brains out doggy is a gem in the show

  • @lukaszwojciechowski9070
    @lukaszwojciechowski9070 Месяц назад +3

    SAS looking fly there 💧

  • @mercenary2k
    @mercenary2k Месяц назад +1

    Stephen A said the same thing in 2019 when Milwaukee was up 2-0 against Toronto and then Toronto won 4 straight. Then Stephen A said he was an idiot.

  • @LuxuryRights
    @LuxuryRights Месяц назад

    That suit is FIRE 🔥🙌🏿

  • @tigerhoods7927
    @tigerhoods7927 Месяц назад +5

    If you watched both suns games. You can tell KD isn’t comfortable when Ant guards him. It’s the weirdest thing man smh. Like he’s intimated, it’s very strange

    • @zeqa9
      @zeqa9 Месяц назад +1

      Cuz any is baby Jordan

    • @hooligan5381
      @hooligan5381 Месяц назад +1

      did you actually watch the game.. he scored on Ant multiple times in both games. Ant not his assignment either durant a forward tryna defend a guard was never his strong point don't sound like a hater

    • @silvergold2140
      @silvergold2140 Месяц назад +1

      KD is scared when Ant is on him.. maybe even pee peeing himself

    • @josephstelley2656
      @josephstelley2656 Месяц назад

      Ya and of course KD will score he’s one of the best ever at it but he is crapping his pants from Ant

    • @KingCarolina_
      @KingCarolina_ Месяц назад

      @@silvergold2140 Ant is not a better basketball player than KD yet. KD has been guarded by better defenders than Ant. Ant hasnt made an All Defensive team yet. Ant doesn’t scare any lethal shooter/scorer defensively, he scares them offensively despite being a two way player. And I think Ant is the best shooting guard in the NBA and a top 5 overall guard with Curry, Luka, Dame and Shai in no order.

  • @vaheed7518
    @vaheed7518 Месяц назад +6

    The Suns need a bus driver like Ant, not 3 bus riders.

  • @TWFM8215
    @TWFM8215 Месяц назад

    Can first take please get mad dog Russo on full time. He is so entertaining, and his knowledge of sports is unmatched. I’m a huge sports fan so Wednesday is my favourite 2 hours of TV for the week.

    • @AB1B1
      @AB1B1 Месяц назад +2

      🤣🤣

  • @samueldenton57
    @samueldenton57 Месяц назад

    This might be a really weird question but does anyone know when the majority of series end like what game?

  • @immanuel3694
    @immanuel3694 Месяц назад +3

    Stephen A and WIlbon called MJ to take that 23andme 😂😂😂

  • @martaviouspaul7117
    @martaviouspaul7117 Месяц назад +7

    Yes this series is over the lakers might get swept but they’re putting up some fight the Suns are getting blown out showing no fight whatsoever and Grayson Allen has been awful since he signed that contract

    • @tparris74
      @tparris74 Месяц назад +2

      He got hurt last night

    • @pinbarbecue1100
      @pinbarbecue1100 Месяц назад

      ​@@tparris74 he twisted his ankle last night and might be out for the series

    • @RoyallKing629
      @RoyallKing629 Месяц назад

      He just signed like a week ago 😂

    • @zyxtrr
      @zyxtrr Месяц назад +1

      suns are more likely to get swept then the lakers. they can’t even score, the wolves defense & rebounding is too much for them

    • @hooligan5381
      @hooligan5381 Месяц назад

      grayson allen just had the best season of his career, he literally signed that contract on the 15th this month it hasn't' even been 10 days how he not the same you sound like a hater lol

  • @slow_Jo
    @slow_Jo Месяц назад +1

    It's not a series until the home team loses. I'm a Wolves fan and I know with 20 years of nothing, we can never count anything out. Always gotta look at worst possible outcomes 😆

  • @troyg2458
    @troyg2458 Месяц назад +1

    If you have to take a pick between SA, Dog and Legs...take Legs every time.

  • @alex4863
    @alex4863 Месяц назад +4

    KD reputation is gonna mimic the 08 financial crisis.

  • @brettduncan15
    @brettduncan15 Месяц назад +2

    Nuggets Wolves and Celtics are the 3 contenders for the championship this year. Thunder also have a case

  • @getpaid007
    @getpaid007 Месяц назад

    Is anybody going to mention the Suns coaching?

  • @dbass131
    @dbass131 Месяц назад +2

    Frank Vogel is a terrible coach period. Why isn't Bol starting instead of Grayson Allen? If they're going to play big, the Suns have the personnel to counter that. Also if Devin Booker can't figure it out we do have Isiah Thomas. Thad Young, Bol, and Isiah Thomas could definitely help if the coach would play them. And if Ant and McDaniels are going off, we have Okogie and Little who are great defensive players. Vogel is just plain bad at making adjustments and won't utilize all the talent on this team...smh

  • @TylerAnderson-xl6hb
    @TylerAnderson-xl6hb Месяц назад +1

    Wolves have Jaden, NAW, ANT and Rudy. This defense is legit.

  • @neverfoldvlogs
    @neverfoldvlogs Месяц назад

    They’ve got too many bigs and a lot of fire power

  • @WolfMannKB
    @WolfMannKB Месяц назад

    SA shoulda went with a dark blue tie. Still clean my brotha 💪🏾💯

  • @wrigleyelston4794
    @wrigleyelston4794 Месяц назад +1

    What does postseason history have to do with anything??? How long did the Warriors last?