On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to discuss D’Angelo Russell and the Wolves bouncing back with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night. The Wolves were driven by a combined 59 points on extremely efficient scoring from Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns, which papered over some other flaws that again reared their head. Topics discussed include: — DLo bounces back, and does it by playing the way he’s most comfortable — Cleveland had no answer for KAT — from...
Nov 14, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves continuing to falter in a loss to Memphis on Friday night and D’Angelo Russell continuing to trend in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, another episode about what isn’t working for this team — and thus, in turn, more intense conversation about something needing to change. — The numbers behind D’Angelo Russell’s continued struggles — Options for a starting lineup change, if a change is to come — Karl-Anthony Towns’ foul troubl...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to take stock of where the Wolves are 12 games into the season. The episode starts with a focus on Anthony Edwards and what has thus far seemed to have stood in the way of him taking the, expected by many, third year leap. The conversation than moves to the other key characters in the Wolves story this season, including Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert, Chris Finch and D’Angelo Russell. — Not forgetting that who and what Anthony Edwards ...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Herrington of The Daily Memphian to preview the Wolves playoffs rematch against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. It’s more of a big picture episode about where the Wolves are at, so as to get an idea of what they might bring to Memphis on Friday. Dane and Chris get into a variety of topics, including... — How Karl-Anthony Towns is handling being guarded by 4s this season after struggling last season, particularly against Memphis, when he was guarded...
Nov 10, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press to the Wolves recent struggles that have been fueled by a lack of physicality. Dane and Jace discuss the Wolves need of letting go of some patience in the name of urgency to correct the identity this team currently has. Numerous audio clips from Rudy Gobert, Chris Finch, Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards. Topics include: — Avoiding becoming a soft team — Balancing patience against urgency — Not playing with physicality — This team...
Nov 09, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves back-to-back over the weekend against the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets. The main focus of the conversation is how things will change, at least temporarily, while Rudy Gobert is in Health and Safety Protocols. Topics related to that include: — How did it look without Gobert on Saturday against the Rockets? — Who has KAT played best with while Gobert was on the bench through the first nine games? — D’Ang...
Nov 07, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press for a live show at Falling Knife Brewing Company. Before taking questions from listeners in the taproom, Dane and Jace spend the beginning of the episode taking stock of the first eight games of the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert pairing. Topics include: — The lacking effectiveness of the Towns-Gobert pairing on the offensive side of the floor — The relative effectiveness of the Towns-Gobert pairing on the defensive side ...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to recap Tuesday night’s Wolves loss against the Phoenix Suns. The conversation starts by digging into why the Wolves’ second unit has been producing at a higher level than the starters thus far, and how that is indicative of where this team needs to grow. Additional topics include: — 1st unit versus 2nd unit chemistry — The funk D’Angelo Russell is currently in — Needing to involve Karl-Anthony Towns in the offense more and in different ways — What...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s most recent column. A column that highlights what has and has not worked in the first seven games of the season for the Wolves and offers up potential tweaks that Chris Finch may lean into in these next seven games, as the quality of opponent is likely to ramp up. Topics include... — Assessing the team through the “easy” portion of the schedule — Where there are grounds for optimism when assessing the Wolves play in O...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves win over the Lakers on Friday and the loss to the Spurs on Sunday night. Dane and Chris get into what early trends of the season are starting to solidify — from the Naz Reid unit consistently cooking to the defensive issues on the perimeter and on the glass remaining persistent. Topics today include... — The first unit struggling to maintain a flow throughout the course of an entire game — A lack of defensive...
Oct 31, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane starts the show with a film review of Jaden McDaniels and then brings in Kyle Theige to help recap what stood out from the Wolves bounce-back win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. Specific topics include: — How involving McDaniels in the offensive flow seemingly improves his defensive output — Jaylen Nowell’s path from second round pick to microwave bench scorer, and having his name chanted at Target Center — Better ball movement leading to a night and day diff...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press to discuss the topic of the Wolves energy and effort, and how much the absences of Patrick Beverley and Jarred Vanderbilt might be contributing to the current voids in those areas — Without Pat Bev and Vando, where should that energy and effort be coming from on this roster? — Expecting the effort and engagement to change in the rematch against the Spurs and against the Lakers on Friday — Who will the juice come from in the s...
Oct 26, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s column on the Wolves’ underwhelming start to the season. The first four games of the season have left a lot to be desired from this new-look Wolves, so Dane and Britt try and dig into where those desires lie — and to try and figure out how rectifiable those issues are. Topics for today’s episode include: — How Finch has chosen to structure the Wolves, and where they might benefit from more structure — KAT’s calls to “...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to discuss what has transpired through the first three games of the season for the Timberwolves, and what stood out specifically in Sunday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before Chris joins, the episode starts with a film review of Jaylen Nowell’s first three games of the season. Nowell’s role has changed this year, and because of that we are beginning to get a better idea of where Nowell helps most. After that, extending on...
Oct 24, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night. The conversation focuses on what popped in this game and what ultimately fell flat. Along with commentary from Dane and Kyle, you will also hear audio clips from Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert in the locker room after the game. — Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell dictate the Wolves offense — Karl-Anthony Towns continues to struggle, but begins to come through in overtime — Will Towns b...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to recap the Wolves season opener. They discuss what they took in at Target Center on Wednesday and play clips of sound from the locker room after the game. The conversation moves through, for the most part, player-by-player in the starting and then gets into what the rotation and the bench looked like while sprinkled in to the starter mix. Topics include: — Gobert’s singular presence immediately driving winning, though in a slightly di...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press to discuss what they are looking for in the season opener against Oklahoma City. But to start the episode, the focus is on the often overlooked Jordan McLaughlin. Jace shares what he learned when writing his preseason feature story on McLaughlin. — The NBA moving away from traditional point guards — If DLo were to eventually depart, could McLaughlin take on a bigger role? — The stats for and against McLaughlin — How does the ...
Oct 19, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic live at Forgotten Star Brew Company to preview the Timberwolves season by looking at how the Wolves season might break right and how it could break wrong. And then they take listener questions. — How the season breaks right: Towns defends, DLo is Brooklyn DLo, Ant makes the leap, Gobert proves to be underutilized in Utah — How the season breaks wrong: Loaded Western Conference, Ant has too much on his shoulders, KAT and Gobert mi...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is join by Timberwolves beat writer Chris Hine of The Star Tribune to preview Anthony Edwards’ season by discussing the feature Chris wrote on Edwards in Sunday’s paper. From there, the conversation moves to a discussion about the first look at the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert pairing in Friday’s final preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets. — Why Edwards wanted to add weight in the offseason — Where will Edwards’ offseason work translate to the court this season — ...
Oct 17, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to go through the Wolves bench and give a “stock up” or “stock down” grade. The roles most open for change entering training camp were on the bench, meaning a preseason that exceeded expectations or underwhelmed could have shifted the bench pecking order entering the season. Dane and Kyle dig into where those shifts may have happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 14, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to react to the Wolves fourth preseason win, this time again over the Los Angeles Lakers. Naz Reid! Then, Dane and Britt try to zoom out by looking at John Hollinger from The Athletic’s Timberwolves season preview — so as to parse what elements they agree with and also the parts that were maybe a little too black and white. Topics include: — Naz Reid’s serious preseason splash — Almost every player who has played in preseason consistent...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The Pioneer Press to discuss the top of “things that could swing the Wolves season — for better or worse”. Dane and Jace each put together a list of five seemingly smaller things that could have a profound impact on how this Wolves season plays out, ranging from individual players, concept execution and even coaching. Some topics include: — The level of defender Anthony Edwards proves to be in a new concept — How health impacts a team that ran...
Oct 12, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of The Star Tribune to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns making his preseason debut on Sunday evening against Los Angeles Clippers. KAT’s debut takes a lot of the focus, but we also get into Naz Reid stringing together a few strong preseason performances and Bryn Forbes’ shooting standing out as a clear training camp. positive. — Tweaks to KAT’s style of play we noticed in seeing him for the first time down weight — Finch switching up defensive coverages by...
Oct 10, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined in Las Vegas by Kyle Theige. Dane and Kyle spent the day in Las Vegas watching the Wolves victory over the Los Angeles Lakers but also had the chance to watch Rudy Gobert’s fellow frenchmen, Victor Wembanyama, play in front of an American audience for the first time. This episode format is a little different than what we’ve done before. It’s an episode full of audio clips from Chris Finch and Wolves players. The goal was to try and capture how this Wolves group is...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the St. Paul Pioneer Press to give their takeaways from the Wolves preseason opener in Miami on Tuesday night. In a game that Karl-Anthony Towns Rudy Gobert and D’Angelo Russell all sat out, what stood out from the players who did play and got the chance to take on a bigger role? — Anthony Edwards functioning as the point guard in DLo’s absence — Jaylen Nowell getting the start and looking like the most talented bench guard on the roster — Naz...
Oct 05, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson live at Falling Knife Brewing Co. to discuss the Timberwolves season ahead and to take questions from the attendees of the live show. The conversation ranges from our growing understanding of the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert dynamic to pressing questions that linger about the season ahead. — What have we learned about the KAT-Gobert dynamic in the first week of training camp in spite of the absence of Towns — Who replaces the Patrick Beverley...
Oct 05, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of The Star Tribune to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns joining Timberwolves training camp on Monday after missing the first week of camp with an illness. Then, with the Wolves set to play the Miami Heat on Tuesday and the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, Dane and Chris get into what they’ll be looking for in the first week of preseason games. — Does Karl-Anthony Towns play? — Jaden McDaniels against real competition — Rotation hints — What they show schema...
Oct 03, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to give ten bold predictions for the upcoming season. Five picks each that go out on a limb, ranging from players getting traded to players setting single-season franchise records. — D’Angelo Russell contract extension? — Will Naz Reid be on the team all season? — Will the franchise’s single-season 3-point or block record be broken this year? — What are Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert’s odds of making All-NBA? — An unexpected pla...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss takeaways from the Wolves’ first week of training — ranging from Media Day into the weekend prior to Tuesday’s preseason opener. The final practice of the week on Thursday was the most telling. So Dane and Britt focus on what Micah Nori had to say to the media about the Wolves’ defensive concept changes this season, what Kyle Anderson had to say about acclimating himself into a new roster, and what Anthony Edwards had to say ...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The St. Paul Pioneer Press. The episode begins with Dane putting together the first breadcrumbs of what we can expect from the Timberwolves defense this season, with audio from Chris Finch and Rudy Gobert. Then, Jace joins to discuss Day Two of training camp, focusing on how the Wolves’ bench might shake out — specifically focused on Jaylen Nowell’s role. From there, Dane in Jace get into the upside of this roster, listing three key factors th...
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