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Anthony Edwards says the Wolves are soft | Who is Tyrese Martin?
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Anthony Edwards and the Wolves lose to the sputtering Kings and are searching for an identity, and Dave DuFour and Andrew Schlecht discuss the problems that plague them. The Rockets continue to win on the back of Sengun in overtime, plus who is Tyrese Martin and how many points did he score against the Suns? James Edwards III joins the breakfast club to discuss the Knicks loss to the Mavs, what’s wrong with Mikal Bridges, and why did the Pistons give away Quinten Grimes? To end the show the guys answer a listener question about the NBA draft and what NBA teams are looking for.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Andrew Schlecht, James EdwardsExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson MoodySubmit your questions to The Athletic NBA Daily mailbag: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5939460/2024/11/25/nba-podcast-mailbag-athletic-daily/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What are the Wolves' current struggles?
Listen, Dave, Tyrese Martin. who, if you have heard his name before tonight, you are like an NBA G League sicko, and I applaud you. But Tyrese Martin, in 28 minutes tonight, was 8 of 10 from 3. He scored 30 points. Dave, he didn't score 30 points one time in college. That's amazing. Let alone... In the NBA, he had 33 total points in his NBA career up until tonight. He had 30 tonight.
Just an unbelievable showing from a guy that no one's ever heard of. That's awesome. They beat the Phoenix Suns with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal and Devin Booker in the lineup. And I have to give the credit to the Brooklyn Nets coaching staff and obviously the shooting of Tyrese Martin. But just the fact that you can just plug a guy in like this.
It shows that they have like a foundation of just a general offense that you can just plug guys into, which is really helpful. Not every team. I look at this roster and I think this Nets roster is clearly not what they want. This is clearly not the way they want to win, but they are winning this way because they have good coaching and they have a good developmental staff.
And those two things can carry you a long way. Eventually, they're going to completely pull the plug on this thing. They're going to go try to get the number one pick. But for now, it's just kind of fun. They're floating around 500 and we're getting to talk about Tyrese Martin somehow.
It's awesome. Great coaching. But Cam Thomas, you know, he's going to be out for a month. So, you know, we'll see if they can keep it up. I do love this team, though. Too good to tank. So they're going to have to figure something out. Guys, stick around after the break. We got James Edwards to talk about that Knicks loss and how how do they only score 15 points in the first quarter?
The NBA Daily Curse continues. So that means, of course, we've got James Edwards, New York Knicks beat writer at The Athletic on the show. Joining us since the Knicks got blown out last night, 15 points in the first quarter. James, this team has just been crushing offensively, but they saw switching defense last night and look like they hadn't seen one since opening night.
What the heck happened with them?
It's a fascinating thing with this team. If you look at their record, I think they're 10-8, 10-9, and half or close to half have come against teams that switch. Like you mentioned, Boston on opening night, they had no issue putting Drew on Cat. Another one that comes to mind is Houston. They had no issue putting Dylan Brooks on Cat and switching everything. And then tonight, same example.
When they play teams that not only just switch but play with some heart like those teams do, you're hard-pressed to find a team that plays harder than Houston, hard-pressed to find a team that plays harder than Boston, and even Dallas. Dallas has been crushing defensively too this year. They just look like they don't know what to do with the ball.
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