Don't speed it up: Wolves sign Slo-Mo Kyle Anderson (2yr/$18M)

minimus · Post #21 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 4:49 am

For those who are interested, Kyle is 6'8" and has 7'2" wingspan.

With this signgign we have the most sexy, swagger player in NBA in Kermit and anti swagger, antihype Ky Anderson

packforfreedom · Post #22 » by **packforfreedom** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 4:58 am

awesome signing.

minimus · Post #23 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:01 am

If Anderson can facilitate and be point of consistency, this signing might end up a steal.

winforlose · Post #24 » by **winforlose** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:10 am

minimus wrote:If Anderson can facilitate and be point of consistency, this signing might end up a steal.

I am tempted to start him, what do you think?

Also Minimus, check out the trade thread for an interesting idea. I would love your feedback.

Tukkerwolf · Post #25 » by **Tukkerwolf** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:43 am

Really pleasantly surprised by this.

minimus · Post #26 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:49 am

winforlose wrote:
minimus wrote:If Anderson can facilitate and be point of consistency, this signing might end up a steal.

I am tempted to start him, what do you think?

Also Minimus, check out the trade thread for an interesting idea. I would love your feedback.

I am not sure if DLo and Anderson can coexist, but Towns-Anderson-MCD-Ant-Beverley starting unit is interesting as hell. As I said I see our inability to execute in crunch time as our biggest problem right now. When DLo controlled the tempo in clutch we were beating good teams, when he was off, our whole offense gets stagnant. I might be delusional but Anderson is kind of different dimension here. He is a veteran, he is versatile in offense and he is good enough to be weakest defender in lineup (read opponents will try to get matchup against him)

So I really don't know, I need to study his game a bit. But if we can slowly (haha this will be infinite source of jokes) inject some read-and-react game in our "run-at-highest-speed-and-react" game it will be a very important step forward

minimus · Post #27 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 6:44 am

Can anyone remember when we used MLE last time?

King Malta · Post #28 » by **King Malta** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 6:47 am

minimus wrote:Can anyone remember when we used MLE last time?

Was it Taj, or am I misremembering?

minimus · Post #29 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 7:03 am

King Malta wrote:
minimus wrote:Can anyone remember when we used MLE last time?

Was it Taj, or am I misremembering?

No, his contract was bigger than MLE. Aldrich?

Magoose · Post #30 » by **Magoose** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 7:14 am

Love it, one of my favourite FA targets. Slomo plays the game the right way. A lot of BBIQ coming to the Wolves.
Now please go after Jalen Smith.

minimus · Post #31 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 7:35 am

minimus wrote:
King Malta wrote:
minimus wrote:Can anyone remember when we used MLE last time?

Was it Taj, or am I misremembering?

No, his contract was bigger than MLE. Aldrich?

I am asking because for MANY years we have not been able to use MLE. It has been such a weird thing to me, but MLE level FA agents and MIN were always two distant things. It makes Connelly signing look as a really good investment

Folklore · Post #32 » by **Folklore** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 9:08 am

packforfreedom wrote:awesome signing.

...But why?

Seriously. Memphis just drafted a player who's his replacement so Kyle can walk. We draft Moore to backup Jaden right? because we want more minutes for Nowel so he can't play sg.

After looking more into Kyle, he's just a taller Josh to me. And now we have someone else eating minutes at the 3 and 4. I'm not sure why there's so many people down on Naz but we signed him overweight and he slimmed down. the man wants to get better. Naz is not a 5 (Naz and Kyle same height, Naz is heavier, maybe) and we used him as one because we didn't have a real Center and we still don't. Naz and Kessler together will work great.

minimus · Post #33 » by **minimus** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 9:34 am

Folklore wrote:
packforfreedom wrote:awesome signing.

...But why?

Seriously. Memphis just drafted a player who's his replacement so Kyle can walk. We draft Moore to backup Jaden right? because we want more minutes for Nowel so he can't play sg.

After looking more into Kyle, he's just a taller Josh to me. And now we have someone else eating minutes at the 3 and 4. I'm not sure why there's so many people down on Naz but we signed him overweight and he slimmed down. the man wants to get better. Naz is not a 5 (Naz and Kyle same height, Naz is heavier, maybe) and we used him as one because we didn't have a real Center and we still don't. Naz and Kessler together will work great.

Comparing Josh Okogie to Kyle? If Josh had at least 10% of Anderson basketball IQ and skill, he would be in all-NBA defensive team

TwolvesFanRome · Post #34 » by **TwolvesFanRome** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 9:52 am

Folklore wrote:
packforfreedom wrote:awesome signing.

...But why?

Seriously. Memphis just drafted a player who's his replacement so Kyle can walk. We draft Moore to backup Jaden right? because we want more minutes for Nowel so he can't play sg.

After looking more into Kyle, he's just a taller Josh to me. And now we have someone else eating minutes at the 3 and 4. I'm not sure why there's so many people down on Naz but we signed him overweight and he slimmed down. the man wants to get better. Naz is not a 5 (Naz and Kyle same height, Naz is heavier, maybe) and we used him as one because we didn't have a real Center and we still don't. Naz and Kessler together will work great.

K.A. is a real basketball player who can also shoot and provide assist/rebs...not just defense (very good defender) like Okogie...we must be serious :roll:

shangrila · Post #35 » by **shangrila** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 12:18 pm

Folklore wrote:
packforfreedom wrote:awesome signing.

...But why?

Seriously. Memphis just drafted a player who's his replacement so Kyle can walk. We draft Moore to backup Jaden right? because we want more minutes for Nowel so he can't play sg.

After looking more into Kyle, he's just a taller Josh to me. And now we have someone else eating minutes at the 3 and 4. I'm not sure why there's so many people down on Naz but we signed him overweight and he slimmed down. the man wants to get better. Naz is not a 5 (Naz and Kyle same height, Naz is heavier, maybe) and we used him as one because we didn't have a real Center and we still don't. Naz and Kessler together will work great.

Comparing him to Josh shows you don't know what you're talking about.

Shaka_Zulu · Post #36 » by **Shaka_Zulu** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 12:50 pm

Fantastic signing. Exactly what we needed.

TheZachAttack · Post #37 » by **TheZachAttack** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 2:26 pm

For Wolves fans looking for a comparable in terms of impact, think Kirilenko. Switchable, versatile of defense. Lots of turnovers, rebounds well for his position. Connector on offense that can also, especially on a 2nd unit create his own shot when things break down.

Folklore · Post #38 » by **Folklore** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:13 pm

TheZachAttack wrote:For Wolves fans looking for a comparable in terms of impact, think Kirilenko. Switchable, versatile of defense. Lots of turnovers, rebounds well for his position. Connector on offense that can also, especially on a 2nd unit create his own shot when things break down.

Kirilenko? If he was anything like AK he wouldn't be a bench player and would still be with his team. I can't wait to look back on this months from now.

TheZachAttack · Post #39 » by **TheZachAttack** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:19 pm

Folklore wrote:
TheZachAttack wrote:For Wolves fans looking for a comparable in terms of impact, think Kirilenko. Switchable, versatile of defense. Lots of turnovers, rebounds well for his position. Connector on offense that can also, especially on a 2nd unit create his own shot when things break down.

Kirilenko? If he was anything like AK he wouldn't be a bench player and would still be with his team. I can't wait to look back on this months from now.

Happy to. The comparison is based on style of unconventional positive impact. There’s a reason he’s a 20-30mpg key rotation player for good playoff caliber rotations. I certainly feel confident that my comparison stacks up better even in hindsight to your Josh Okogie comparison. I would go as far to say that Okogie and Anderson are almost polar opposites versus comparables.

Im not sure who you think AK was if you just don’t understand that the numbers and impact is similar with KA.

AK when playing with playoff rotations was a 27-30mpg player who averaged 11-12 ppg 4-5 rebounds 4ish assists and 2.5-3 stocks who takes 1-2 3’s per game in the low .30% range (AK was a 31% career 3 point shooter) and a low 50s efg%.

Pretty identical output. You do you though.

Folklore · Post #40 » by **Folklore** » Fri Jul 1, 2022 5:41 pm

shangrila wrote:
Folklore wrote:
packforfreedom wrote:awesome signing.

...But why?

Seriously. Memphis just drafted a player who's his replacement so Kyle can walk. We draft Moore to backup Jaden right? because we want more minutes for Nowel so he can't play sg.

After looking more into Kyle, he's just a taller Josh to me. And now we have someone else eating minutes at the 3 and 4. I'm not sure why there's so many people down on Naz but we signed him overweight and he slimmed down. the man wants to get better. Naz is not a 5 (Naz and Kyle same height, Naz is heavier, maybe) and we used him as one because we didn't have a real Center and we still don't. Naz and Kessler together will work great.

Comparing him to Josh shows you don't know what you're talking about.

If Josh was taller he'd have the same impact.