Malik Monk has never won a playoff series in his career, so he knows that any shoddy speech from someone like that can be ridiculed.
“(The Timberwolves) haven’t won a playoffs (since 2004), so I don’t think they can talk,” Monk said of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ recent comments, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. “Basically, they’re in the same boat as us. They haven’t won any playoffs and we haven’t won any playoffs (since 2004), so you can’t talk about it. But he’s the only competitor. “
Monk responded to Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels’ comments after Sacramento beat Minnesota on March 1. McDaniels said he felt “pretty confident that we could beat them 4 times in a row if we played them. “
McDaniels would conceivably think his team would win in a playoff series, however, the Kings beat the Timberwolves in two of the three regular-season games.
The recent high was on March 1, which Sacramento won 124-120 in overtime. Monk made the difference in this game with 39 points on 16-of-29 shooting from the box and 5-of-8 from the back of the field. bench.
While players like Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox lead the way in Sacramento, this edition of Monk can unlock a deep playoff series, even in an intimidating Western Conference.
A first-round playoff series between the Timberwolves and Kings is at stake.
Minnesota leads the Western Conference but is only one game ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder and one game ahead of the Denver Nuggets. The Kings are in playoff contention with seventh place lately, however, they are only one game behind the Phoenix Suns. the sixth seed.
With the Timberwolves landing anywhere in the 3 most sensible spots, it’s possible that they’ll face Sacramento depending on how the play-in image plays out the streak.
If the two teams met, Monk would advance to the second round for the first time in his career, or Minnesota would go through for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
And then there will be shoddy speeches on the table.