Timberwolves @ Suns Friday game thread, November 21st, 2025

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oso 5 boards (2 offensive) 2 blocks 3 assists 3 steals in just 12 minutes is delicious

richards 4 boards (3 offensive) and 3 blocks in just 8 minutes is tasty too

we can combine them and their 20 minutes as one but ott uses them very differently - and oso is with the fire unit which is playing crazy good so he'll keep seeing minutes when we want to go fast
 

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As usual, Suns fans ready to jump off a cliff for little to no reason...
I see one person talking that way and nobody else. He had a crap game. It happens. I was more annoyed by his bad turnovers and about his “T”. He should know better and he’s lucky that didn’t cost us the game.

I am encouraged though that this team rallied without him. They did it without Jalen and Grayson to boot.
 

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He’s having a career year this season… still early of course, but Book is scoring and putting up big time assist totals on a regular basis.

He is NOT anywhere close to all time greats… But, he is an elite scorer who has developed the ability to also get the rest of the team involved.
We can debate his contract all day long… but most of us are thankful he’s remained a Sun all these years and at JUST 29 years old, I hope we have him for another 7-8 years!
Book is not having a career year. He’s been passed by several guards this and is well below average 3pt shooter for his position. Doesn’t mean he’s a shell of himself or anything.
 

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I see one person talking that way and nobody else. He had a crap game. It happens. I was more annoyed by his bad turnovers and about his “T”. He should know better and he’s lucky that didn’t cost us the game.

I am encouraged though that this team rallied without him. They did it without Jalen and Grayson to boot.
And who jumping off a cliff anyhow? I'm making valid criticisms of our highly paid superstar who will be mega important to our season. Not end of the world stuff.
 

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And who jumping off a cliff anyhow? I'm making valid criticisms of our highly paid superstar who will be mega important to our season. Not end of the world stuff.
you don't see how you kinda waited for one lousy game? that we won? while we're having an unexpected winning season with book leading the team in both points and assists?
 
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Jordan Ott gives a good description of what happened in the game and at the end, in particularly with Goodwin and Gillespie.

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you don't see how you kinda waited for one lousy game? that we won? while we're having an unexpected winning season with book leading the team in both points and assists?
I didn't wait for anything. I was able to watch last night so I had input about his performance. Don't get all conspiratorial over there.

Also, one lousy game? I admit I haven't seen him the entire year, but his plus/minus is 44 this year. That's hardly MVP status for a superstar while on the court. The actual MVP of the league is leading that statistic too, for anyone who just randomly wants to poo poo it. Simply put, he is what he is...he doesn't make others around him that much better like the SGAs of the league. I like that quality in a superstar. But, he is a fantastic complimentary player. No doubt. A real number 2. I get hung up on people thinking he's a 1, when he isn't.
 

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I didn't wait for anything. I was able to watch last night so I had input about his performance. Don't get all conspiratorial over there.

Also, one lousy game? I admit I haven't seen him the entire year, but his plus/minus is 44 this year. That's hardly MVP status for a superstar while on the court. The actual MVP of the league is leading that statistic too, for anyone who just randomly wants to poo poo it. Simply put, he is what he is...he doesn't make others around him that much better like the SGAs of the league. I like that quality in a superstar. But, he is a fantastic complimentary player. No doubt. A real number 2. I get hung up on people thinking he's a 1, when he isn't.
whatever you say bro - you're just trashing him more now - saying he doesn't make his teammates better when we just went over him leading the team in assists and the team is wiining - nobody got "conspiritirial" either you got defensive - it's all good man
 

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whatever you say bro - you're just trashing him more now - saying he doesn't make his teammates better when we just went over him leading the team in assists and the team is wiining - nobody got "conspiritirial" either you got defensive - it's all good man
Just stating my case bro. It's all good. I never said the team was going to crash and burn and that the world was ending. So, I cleared that up for those with reading comprehension issues.
 

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Book is not leading the team in assists, Collin is. In assists per 48 minutes, which is a better stat than the total.

What he IS leading the team in is turnovers.

i don't feel the need to respond to your book not leading the team in assists - you're hilarious

and primary ball handlers lead teams in turnovers - look it up

you can go after book all you want - he's got plenty of flaws but put more effort into it
 
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