Minnesota Timberwolves @ Chicago Bulls

Minnesota Timberwolves (6–14 W-L, 5th in Northwest Division, 14th in Western Conference) @ Chicago Bulls (13–10 W-L, 2nd in Central Division, 6th in Eastern Conference)

Tip off: 7:00 PM Central

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Rondo tweaked his ankle during Monday's practice and will now sit out, as the Bulls don't want to risk aggravating the injury even further. He'll undergo additional treatment over the next few days, with his next opportunity to take the court on Thursday against the Bucks. Jerian Grant will draw the start at point guard in his place, and could be a cheap option in DFS contests for those needing some cost relief at the point guard position.

Timberwolves starting lineup & injuries:

PG: Ricky Rubio
SG: Zach LaVine
SF: Andrew Wiggins
PF: Gorgui Dieng
C: Karl-Anthony Towns

Nikola Pekovic: OUT
Nemanja Bjelica: GTD

Bulls starting lineup & injuries:

PG: Jerian Grant
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: Jimmy Butler
PF: Taj Gibson
C: Robin Lopez

Rajon Rondo: OUT
M. Carter-Williams: OUT

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game is on e!spn as well

>making the thread an hour early
reeeeeee

Did Rbo died?

I'm dead inside, if that counts for anything.

Any word on MCW's return? We need him back

I keep thinking that Snell trade never happened.

>Michael Carter-Williams (wrist, knee) will be re-evaluated on Friday, and the Bulls are hopeful that he can return next week.
MCW is recovering from a bone bruise in his left knee, as well as a sprain and bone chip in his left wrist. His return will be good news for the Bulls' backcourt depth, but he's an unlikely source of fantasy value while Rajon Rondo is healthy.
from rotoworld

>thibs isn't playing his stars 40mins a game
dooooood

>Bogans
>good veteran
ahahahaha good times.

yeah he died of a heart attack, RIP

TWolves to get BTFO again

>Defense vs Offense edition

>show replay of thib's return
>play music over it and can't hear any applause
bravo espn, good reporting

It's still super early to think about this but, the twolves have one of the worst 3rd quarters while the bulls do as well; who has the worse one today?

Game's also on WGN if you're able to get it.

dat airball

Loving robin's hook shot. That's some vintage bball right there

Oh fuck, this is completely one sided. Thibs must be fucking fuming.

Nice defense tpups. You'll be scary in 2-3 years when you're done breastfeeding

BLOWN THE FUCK OUT

>timberpups

jerian grant us thy 3 pointers

/nba/ 4 months ago:
>Wolves will be 6th seed, at worst! Towns is too good!

/nba/ currently:
Cockroaches hiding under the fridge

>You can actually hear Thibs losing his fucking mind right now

Niko still needs to put his weight up

It's pretty crazy how overrated they were
>bookies had their season wins at 40 games

Wait until the injuries come.

If he keeps going so hard, he's gonna have a fucking aneurysm on the floor

youtube.com/watch?v=HRhs1_Fgpek

When is MCW returning?

how can a team with 4 top 50 players be this bad though? (for the record I'm talking lavine, wiggins, towns, and rubio)

That should put the in the top half of teams in terms of talent from a numbers standpoint. Really makes zero sense why they're so bad

Is Jimmy Butler a top 10 player

I've got him at 9

Inconsistent in everything. No real veteran leadership to lean on.

>top 50 players

Good players aren't the only thing needed to win games bro

very bad in 3rd quarters
wiggins is a chucker whose only skill is to score but has gotten into a slump
towns plays too much hero ball
rubio cant shoot

>best swingman in the east
>not top 5

lol

They learned that 3rd quarter shit from thibs' days in Chicago

>bitch nigger mon-stars can suck my dick
I always thought space jam was a kids movie.

Sure they can score 60 points together (lavine, wiggins, KAT) but they need more help from people. Not enough team mates scoring at least 10 points.

He was a kid when it came out

...

What the hell does Thibs do at halftime that completely deflates his team? Yells at them and curses their family for birthing a failure?

Curry, Durant, Lebron, Harden, WB, Davis, Cousins, CP3, kawhii are all better than him.

then you have klay, draymongo, blake griffin, lowry, defrozen, kyrie, gasol, love, all debatably in the same tier as him.

I personally have him somewhere between 12-15th

dougie unshackled rn

Depends on what kind of coaching you think is effective

Is it thibs' hard love fuck you style?

Or the more timid "h-hey guys let's finish this 4th quarter without t-turn overs" hoiberg style?

FEROCIOUS FELICIO!

I'm a Bulls fan but I would have

Lebron
KD
Curry
Westbrook
CP3
Harden
Davis
Butler
Kawhi
Cousins
Giannis

now boarding air felicio

>Niko scores in the paint on a post move..

No wonder it's so cold in Chicago. Hell is freezing over boys..

>pups can't even help their man up properly
Kek is there anything they can't do wrong?

CP3 at this point in his career isnt better than Butler imo, even though advanced stats say he is. But advanced stats say he is better than all but Westbrook.

Kawhi and Butler are basically the same player, though Jimmy is a little better on offense while kawhi is a little better on defense so they could be interchangable at 8 or 9

Thibodeau has serious deficiencies as a coach

Slippy C

I feel like he'd be better as a player development coach instead of an actual coach

>dat mcdermott squeal

I don't get this twolves team. They don't push the ball, they don't play defense, they don't run plays, and they don't hustle. What the fuck is thibs even doing?

>Implying he wouldn't just whoop ass like Michael Jackson's parents

overworking them at practice is my guess

>overworking
>thibs

Oh no that don't sound like him at all

Kek
I think only butler liked thib's coaching style.

I wouldn't be surprised if he did that

>implying that's not important
He could easily slap someone who shoots

wasn't even out of bounds, what a load of shit

>Shitcago

JUST

Watching it on HD, he was

TWolves need to trade Rubio. He's just not doing anything worth keeping beyond this season.

>trading rubio
>implying anyone would want him
>can't shoot or score, only pass

time for some half time chicken nuggers, mmmm mmmm mmm!

>rondo

Believe it or not, Rondo can fucking shoot 3s all of a sudden.

I'm still in disbelief myself.

...

The Wolves are better with Rubio. Thibs is just retarded and doesnt let the only passer in the team be in position to pass. He'd rather have him sit in the corner

He will replace Sergio Rodriguez on the 76ers.

"Grilled" cheese and hot cocoa here
>tfw only have 3 cheese squares but I wanna make 4 sandwiches

I wanted to make some grill cheese but my microwave doesn't work

>bulls continuing to blow 20+ point leads
Never change.

Will Dieng and Deng ever play together?

>microwave
And I thought using a toaster was bad

Rubio for aaron Gordon

Who says no?

the magic
rubio is 26 while gordon is 21

SMASH GIBSON

everybody loves taj

Rubio doesn't even think about scoring when he drives

What exactly happened here?
Why is it going from 57-60 -> 62 -> 60?

oops forgot my picture

the turd quarter

NBA rigged confirmed

King Crimson has infiltrated the United Center.

Damn. What a fucking lob.

I was enjoying the game more without the commentary

Who is doing the play by play on ESPN?

there is no point in living

What is interesting is Minnesota statistically has the 2nd turdest quarter in the league.

Fucking shit about time >we get a whistle

If the bulls throw this, I might start doing a thibs inspired chimp out

>Watching E/SP/N

Who said I was? I'm watching this game on WGN.

Fuck wgn for not streaming. I can't wait to move back to illinois

robin lopez is elite

Gasol would've been posterized lel

Holy shit cuck anthony towns got rekt

>ricky rubio making jumpshots

i hate my life