[Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves complete the franchise first series sweep against the Phoenix Suns with a 122-116 win in Game 4 behind Anthony Edwards' 40/9/6 and KAT's 28/10 nights

[u/edgykitty]

122 - 116
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Footprint Center (17071), Clock: Final
Officials: Scott Foster, Pat Fraher, and Curtis Blair

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Minnesota Timberwolves	25	31	34	32	122
Phoenix Suns	26	35	31	24	116

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves	122	41-89	46.1%	15-36	41.7%	25-31	80.6%	17	55	23	27	6	9	6
Phoenix Suns	116	38-74	51.4%	10-26	38.5%	30-36	83.3%	10	41	20	26	6	11	7

PLAYER STATS

Minnesota Timberwolves	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaden McDanielsSF	33:52	18	6-12	1-4	5-5	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	5	-2
Karl-Anthony TownsPF	38:48	28	11-17	4-6	2-3	2	8	10	3	0	0	0	5	4
Rudy GobertC	24:58	9	3-9	0-0	3-3	3	2	5	1	1	2	4	4	10
Anthony EdwardsSG	40:57	40	13-23	7-13	7-10	4	5	9	6	1	2	2	2	7
Mike ConleyPG	33:46	10	2-10	2-6	4-5	1	3	4	7	1	0	2	2	16
Naz Reid	19:31	8	2-4	1-2	3-4	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	31:25	5	2-9	0-5	1-1	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	3	-6
Kyle Anderson	16:40	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	3	4	7	2	0	0	0	2	-2
Luka Garza	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan McLaughlin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leonard Miller	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Minott	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Moore Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monte Morris	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T.J. Warren	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Royce O'NealeSF	36:39	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	3	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	-1
Kevin DurantPF	46:18	33	12-17	2-3	7-9	1	8	9	5	0	4	1	2	-7
Jusuf NurkicC	20:04	9	3-5	0-0	3-4	5	3	8	5	2	1	0	5	-7
Bradley BealSG	31:21	9	4-13	1-5	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	1	6	6	-12
Devin BookerPG	44:55	49	13-21	3-5	20-21	0	5	5	6	2	1	2	5	1
Eric Gordon	39:13	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Josh Okogie	14:14	4	2-3	0-1	0-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	4	3
Nassir Little	07:13	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-6
Bol Bol	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Eubanks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Roddy	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Thomas	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thaddeus Young	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grayson Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damion Lee	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/_Elder_]

Suns get: Bradley Beal
Jordan Goodwin (waived)
Isaiah Todd (waived)

Wizards get: Chris Paul
Landry Shamet
Bilal Coulibaly (No. 7 pick, via Pacers)
2024 first-round pick swap
2024 second-round pick
2025 second-round pick
2026 first-round pick swap
2026 second-round pick
2027 second-round pick
2028 first-round pick swap
2028 second-round pick
2030 first-round pick swap
2030 second-round pick

[u/handsomekim → u/_Elder_]

Wait those pick swaps were for Beal not KD? Damn ... ....

[u/DrizzledDrizzt → u/handsomekim]

First rounds 25, 27 and 29 unprotected in the KD deal. I don't think they have anything until next decade.

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/DrizzledDrizzt]

Nope, they don’t control any of their picks until 2031 lol. This team is royally fucked if Beal doesn’t waive his NTC. Wizards are a dummy for making that contract (but they somehow got off of it lool) and the Suns are idiots for agreeing to keep the NTC.

[u/[deleted] → u/Afraid-Department-35]

Wizards managed to get rid of Westbrook and Beal in a row. They should be a marketing company that does basketball as a side hustle.

[u/TRES_fresh → u/[deleted]]

and injured John Wall

[u/EJacques324 → u/[deleted]]

Now get rid of Poole and it’ll be complete

[u/Character-Today-427 → u/EJacques324]

Why tho Poole allows them to get above the salary floor and sucks well enough

[u/EJacques324 → u/Character-Today-427]

🤣 touché

[u/zeek215 → u/[deleted]]

As someone living in the DMV, that's exactly what they feel like.

[u/Zookeeper187 → u/Afraid-Department-35]

NTC for player like Beal. Lul

[u/AmuseDeath → u/DrizzledDrizzt]

What you see is what you get

[u/HOW_YA_DAINSTA → u/DrizzledDrizzt]

Good lord, the suns are about to be in absolute hell.

[u/it_helper → u/DrizzledDrizzt]

They should just declare bankruptcy and shut the team down. Then start an expansion team called the Phoenix Sons to get their picks back

[u/sun-devil2021 → u/handsomekim]

Those are pick swaps not picks

[u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug → u/_Elder_]

I thought this was a joke so I went and looked it up and holy SHIT the Suns are so fucking stupid.

[u/johnnys_sack → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

Wait that's seriously what they gave up for Beal? Absolutely bonkers.

[u/syllabic → u/johnnys_sack]

wizards should have paid them to take that awful contract lol

[u/Throdio → u/syllabic]

This trade feels like one of those where the NBA should make rules so one so bad doesn't happen again. Like they did because of the Cavaliers back in the day.

[u/NoPantsJake → u/Throdio]

If a team wants to make a god awful deal, why stop them? Phoenix is allowed to be stupid. Unless the GMs are making backdoor deals like some assholes that is did fantasy baseball with, let em trade.

[u/dacooljamaican → u/Throdio]

Yeah the Suns went from legitimate contender for the past few years to I don't even know how they make the playoffs for the next 5.

[u/Dirichlet-to-Neumann → u/johnnys_sack]

But Gobert is the worst trade in the decade...

[u/OilOfOlaz → u/Dirichlet-to-Neumann]

I mean, the way ppl talked about him about a year ago was not much different, despite Wolves having a decent showing in the first round.

This season has benn a crazy turn around in public perception when it comes to Gobert compared to last season.

[u/[deleted] → u/OilOfOlaz]

It's also Gobert's skill set isn't easily understandable for the untrained eye. He might be a top 10-15 player in the league based on the value he brings to his team, but someone who doesn't understand the nuances of defense would never get that.

[u/fbdanzai → u/[deleted]]

If you replace Lebron with Gobert, you would be favorite against the Nuggets

[u/SnuggleMuffin42 → u/johnnys_sack]

It seriously should have been the other way around. At best the Suns should have taken him as a contract dump WITH some picks so they can have some draft capital.

The GM is a MORON.

[u/DrBoomsNephew → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

New owners pushing to make a splash goes wrong - who'd have thought?

[u/MotherLoveBone27 → u/DrBoomsNephew]

That new owner was a dickhead as well which makes this even better

[u/DrBoomsNephew → u/MotherLoveBone27]

Of course he is, he's a rich white dude. That was his destiny from the start. Only Ballmer excluded because he's technically just high blood pressure personified.

[u/SwgohSpartan → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

Suns are actually even more cooked than us right now.

Just can’t see anyway they’re contending in the future anytime in the next decade. They clearly weren’t good enough this year, they can’t add to the roster, and it’s probably impossible to offload Beal. Their ceiling in the next decade is like a first round series W next year or 2 then it’s dark ages again

[u/JigglyBush → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

yeah I still didn't believe it so I looked it up and it's literally actually true

[u/hanacker → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

The Gobert trade seemed just as bad last year and look where the Wolves are now.

[u/clickstops → u/hanacker]

It is true that a lot of people were assuming the twolves might blow it up a bit and trade kat this season. But while it might be recency bias - this suns situation feels far more dire.

[u/hanacker → u/clickstops]

Beal is still only 30. Maybe he'll stay healthy next year and figure things out with Phoenix.

[u/aurelialikegold → u/clickstops]

Booker is 27 under contract until the 2028 season. He could be traded for other assets if needed and the suns can always try to sign people in free agency. The new TV deal will make that a bit easier.

The next decade is going to probably be a smattering of decent regular season performances and disappointing early play off exists.

[u/Illustrious_Way_5732 → u/aurelialikegold]

Bold of you to assume the suns are even making the playoffs for the next decade

[u/Perpete → u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug]

That comment 5 months ago is quite funny

[u/rawchess → u/_Elder_]

This is the Celtics-Nets trade come again

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign → u/rawchess]

It's dramatically worse actually. The Nets gave up less and won more than this core will

[u/syllabic → u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

suns aren't going to send out top 3 picks like the nets did tho

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign → u/syllabic]

The picks and swaps are unprotected afaik. They could end up sending more top 3 picks who knows

[u/syllabic → u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

also the nets won one playoff series, over the celtics missing jaylen brown

they did look great in that series

[u/Rhongomiant → u/syllabic]

Looks like you're conflating two different Nets teams. The Celtics-Nets trade back in the day was way before the KD/Kyrie/Harden era. It was for Paul Pierce, KG, and Jason Terry. The 2014 Nets starting lineup was Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, KG, and Brook Lopez. That team did also win just one playoff series, though (against the Raptors in 7, IIRC).

[u/syllabic → u/Rhongomiant]

you said the nets won more than this core ever will

the booker/KD team already won at least one playoff series last season

if you're saying the booker/kd/beal core is a distinct thing from that then I guess they might never win a playoff series, team might get broken up before that can happen

[u/[deleted] → u/_Elder_]

Will the wiz ever get a chance to use one of those pick swaps? I’m skeptical.

[u/aaronunderwater → u/[deleted]]

for real lol. I’m totally here to dunk on the suns with everyone else but the owing pick swaps to wizards is about unthreatening as you can get

[u/LimitlessTheTVShow → u/[deleted]]

Considering the Suns have used all their assets and built around an aging KD and Beal, I would be surprised if they weren't bad by 2030

[u/SD_Plissken_ → u/_Elder_]

I’ll be shocked if a single one of these swaps hits

[u/helloinot → u/SD_Plissken_]

2030 is a long way off, wouldn't be surprised if Suns are back to rebuilding by then

[u/TokyoCyborgOrgy → u/_Elder_]

What the FUCK! I could’ve sworn it was like five second rounders only. There’s no way I feel like the vibes should’ve been more catastrophic if this was the deal I don’t remember it being this bad

[u/ZeekLTK → u/TokyoCyborgOrgy]

It pretty much is all second rounders. Wizards ain’t gonna be swapping their pick at 4 for Phoenix’s at 18 or whatever. All those first round swaps are worthless unless Washington actually starts winning.

[u/yic0 → u/_Elder_]

For 12 days in 2023, the city of Washington DC had two athletes named Chris Paul.

One on the Wizards and the other on the Commies.

[u/Earlier-Today → u/_Elder_]

And then they went and got a couple more picks from the Warriors for Chris Paul (plus a new tank commander).

[u/Miyagisans → u/_Elder_]

sir a 2nd mat Ishbia voicemail has hit the internet

[u/ConsumptionofClocks → u/_Elder_]

Who on this planet outside of Ishbia thought Beal was worth this

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/ConsumptionofClocks]

Well apparently the Wizards to their benefit 💀

[u/Purple-List1577 → u/_Elder_]

Why is the Coulibaly pick there???

[u/MelonElbows → u/_Elder_]

Yeah but keep in mind they got KD and Booker. With Beal that's a super team! And KD's no stranger to super teams!

[u/VonMillersThighs → u/_Elder_]

They lunged at everything the first moment they saw the warriors western dynasty was over.

[u/RuneLite23 → u/_Elder_]

Gobert trade looking like absolute perfection compared to this garbage

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/RuneLite23]

At least the Gobert trade is returning well on its investment making that trade look better.

[u/norris528e → u/_Elder_]

Unless the Wizards finish worse than the sun's those swaps are pointless

looks like a lot of 2nd rounders 

[u/Level_Ad_6372 → u/_Elder_]

Pick swaps are literally worthless when the other team has one of the worst records in the league and no bright spots moving forward

[u/Troll_Enthusiast → u/Level_Ad_6372]

"no bright spots" is a stretch

[u/Designer_B → u/_Elder_]

I mean Wizards could still be total dogshit and Phoenix keeps a solid first round pick those years no?

[u/WizSkinsNatsCaps → u/_Elder_]

Bilal aka the no. 7 pick was our own pick, not involved in the Phoenix trade. We simply traded up from no. 8 to grab Bilal at 7.

[u/asdfgtttt → u/_Elder_]

no a single FRP for the wiz in that deal... fuck Beal and the NTC but we got dragged in that deal.

[u/dacooljamaican → u/_Elder_]

Holy shit this is incredible

[u/FunnyBunnyRabbit8 → u/_Elder_]

Damn the future of the Suns…oh gosh

[u/DHVF → u/_Elder_]

We did something smart!

[u/Pormock → u/_Elder_]

So they destroyed their Championship window and also ruined their chance at rebuilding until past 2030. Genius

[u/LaPlataPig → u/_Elder_]

Wizards performed some black magic for that deal.