On today's show, Dane starts out the episode by answering five questions from the Wolves mailbag before bringing in Dan Bowling from The Genesis Company to discuss Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez nearing the date in which they will become majority owners of the Wolves. The mailbag focuses on team building questions about the luxury tax and potentially needing to break up the roster a year from now. (Which are also questions that tie to ownership.) Then Dane and Dan discuss what minority ownership h...
Jul 24, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss his main takeaways from Las Vegas Summer League play and to also get into some talk on Jaden McDaniels' looming contract extension. Specific topics include... -- What popped in Leonard Miller's game, where are areas for growth? -- Josh Minott's second Summer League -- Another rough Summer League for Wendell Moore Jr. -- Would Brandon Williams make sense on a two-way? -- Jaden McDaniels as one of the most enticing young play...
Jul 15, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined in-studio by Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch. Dane and Chris Finch dive into all things Wolves, including... -- Why Finch believes a double-bigs look can work if the bigs are highly skilled -- Why it was important to keep Naz Reid, and what his role might look like -- What adding "structure" to the offense will look like -- Finch on Ant's star rising, and what all comes with that -- How Finch feels about Point Ant -- The impact of Mike Conley -- How Kyle Ander...
Jul 10, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined in Las Vegas by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves first Summer League game, focusing on Leonard Miller's debut and getting another look at Josh Minott and Wendell Moore Jr. After focusing on Summer League, Dane and Kyle dive into some numbers and film on Shake Milton and Troy Brown Jr. Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 08, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the Anthony Edwards max extension and the free agency signings of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Shake Milton and Troy Brown Jr. Specific topics include... -- What it means to have Ant locked up through 2023 -- The Wolves two timelines coming into focus, and blending -- Better understanding the salary cap plan -- Re-signing NAW on the cheap -- The optionality Milton and Brown Jr. provide -- Our guess at the rotation -- Luka Garz...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson to set the scene of where the Wolves are at as they enter the Free Agency window. The offseason topics covered include... -- The decision to waive Taurean Prince -- Deciding between Nickeil Alexander-Walker and using the full Mid-Level Exception -- Free agent options at MLE -- Free agent options for part of the MLE -- Leonard Miller and Jaylen Clark as the latest additions to Tim Connelly's youth movement side hustle -- Trading KAT, in this market!...
Jun 29, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to react to the news that Naz Reid re-signed with the Wolves. The episode runs through what the ripple effects of the Naz signing might look like. Including... -- Naz re-signing a sign of culture? -- What the Naz signing means for the Wolves cap -- What might Naz's role look like next season? -- If the Wolves were to go out and sign another free agent, what position might they target? -- Looking at Connelly's moves *since* trading for...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to give initial takes on the Wolves selecting Leonard Miller and Jaylen Clark. Dane and Britt dig into the film they've watched on Miller and Clark, while discussing how this draft night fits into Tim Connelly's broader plan. After that, they take a look at how the Western Conference -- namely Golden State, Memphis and Phoenix -- is evolving through the trade market. And finally some discussion of where Naz Reid could wind up if he en...
Jun 23, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick from The Pioneer Press to discuss Tim Connelly's comments to the media in advance of Thursday night's draft. Dane and Jace focus on Connelly's to potentially move up in the draft and his comments on the ramifications of the new CBA. Also some conversation on the salary cap and luxury tax coming in higher than expected, potentially opening up more room to truly run it back. Some specific topics include... -- What Connelly is prioritizing at pick 5...
Jun 21, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane starts the episode with a segment on the Bradley Beal trade and the nuanced value of trading star players on supermax contracts (similar to Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns). Then Dane is joined by Chris Hine from The Star Tribune to discuss Chris's interview with Naz Reid, on Reid's impending free agency decision. Specific topics today include... -- Why Beal was traded for so much less than what Gobert was traded for a year ago -- What does the Beal trade say about the c...
Jun 19, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to dive into what *this* offseason could like if the Wolves opt to run it back with the roster as currently constructed. After much recent focus on the 24-25 offseason, Dane and Britt dive into what bringing back last season's roster, including Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, would practically look like. Topics include... -- If the Wolves re-sign Naz and NAW, what additional spending power do they have? -- Potential "cheap" fre...
Jun 15, 2023•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Jon Krawczynski from The Athletic to take a moment between the end of the season and the beginning of the offseason to look at the state of the Wolves. Dane and Jon reflect on the difficult 2022-23 season and look ahead to more big decisions Tim Connelly and the front office have ahead for them. Specific topics today include... -- Reflecting on the fan frustration from this season -- Why the Gobert trade was a big decision that came with big expectations -- Com...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss how veterans Kyle Anderson and Mike Conley might not fit into the picture beyond this season for the Wolves -- due to how expensive this roster will be a season from now. Dane and Britt recap the importance of Anderson in his first year with the Wolves and the impact Conley had after being acquired at the deadline. Additionally, some discussion of how Taurean Prince, another veteran presence, could also fall victim to the W...
Jun 08, 2023•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson live at Falling Knife Brewing Company to take live listener questions on the Wolves and to talk a little NBA Finals. Finals talk first 20 minutes of the episode, live questions and Wolves talk starts at the 19:54 mark. Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show Dane is joined by Jack Borman and Tyler Metcalf from CanisHoopus.com to take a look at the Wolves' salary cap situation going forward through the lens of a hypothetical Karl-Anthony Towns for Scoot Henderson trade. Specific topics of the conversation include... -- How pressing is the Wolves' cap situation come 2024? -- How might the new salary cap rules through the new collective bargaining agreement force expensive teams' hands to make cost-cutting moves? -- Might Naz Reid and N...
May 30, 2023•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss how the playoffs have evolved their opinions on where the Wolves stand in the league's hierarchy. Much of the conversation surrounds what has driven winning in these playoffs and what elements of that style the Wolves might be able to emulate and what elements they might not be able to duplicate. Additionally, plenty of conversation about the Denver Nuggets ascension to the NBA Finals and who will be joining them there from...
May 27, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss Wemby to the Spurs, the feasibility of a KAT-to-Portland trade and the Conference Finals after Game 1s. Specific topics, in order, today include: -- The feasibility of a KAT to Portland trade -- How the Spurs might build a roster around Wemby -- Does Naz Reid make sense for the Spurs? -- How many players would you take over Jimmy Butler for the playoffs? -- What does Boston's path to winning look like? -- How the Lakers mat...
May 18, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Chris Hine, from the Star Tribune, to discuss Chris’ recent story on Anthony Edwards — a one-on-one interview, in which Edwards reflects on the season, lays out his plan for the summer, and describes how he’s trying to become the greatest shooting guard of all time by “catching his boy M.J.”. Some of the specific topics from the story that Dane and Chris discuss include... — What Edwards says his approach to late-game offense will be next se...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the NBA awards that came out this week — focusing on All-Defense (Jaden!) and All-NBA — before moving into conversation on what has shaped up to be an exciting and surprisingly competitive Round 2 of the NBA playoffs. Specific topics today include... — All-Defensive teams announced, and Jaden McDaniels not making one of the two teams — Reactions to All-NBA teams — The Denver Nuggets, the team Tim Connelly built, being the f...
May 11, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to dive into a Wolves offseason preview in the form of a two-part mailbag. In this episode, Part 2, the main topics Dane and Kyle dive into include... — Jaden McDaniels not making an All-Defensive team, and why that likely won’t impact his contract extension — Naz Reid’s future in Minnesota + Naz comps — Areas Anthony Edwards can grow alongside the two bigs — Chris Finch’s fit with this roster — Mike Conley and the future of the point...
May 10, 2023•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to dive into a Wolves offseason preview in the form of a two-part mailbag. In this episode, Part 1, the main topics Dane and Kyle dive into include... — Tim Connelly’s recent comments about the Washington job and how the Wolves enter the offseason with a question mark at the top — The Wolves salary cap and luxury tax flexibility this summer and how that might impact re-signing Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker — Many questions on ...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is again joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost, only this time to move on from the Wolves season and to focus on what has thus far happened in Round 2 of the playoffs. Dane and Britt start by discussing Sixers-Celtic, then move on to Suns-Nuggets and Heat-Knicks, before closing with Lakers-Warriors. — Sixers-Celtics (4:00) — Suns-Nuggets (21:00) — Heat-Knicks (43:00) — Lakers-Warriors (1:01:00) Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to recap the Wolves series against Denver and the Wolves season as a whole. From recapping the two bigs experiment to Ant’s ascension, topics today include: — Tidied-up under achievement is how the season ended — Recapping the nature of the two big — Ant as the primary focus, two bigs following suit — What was said at exit interviews — Parsing Connelly/Finch/Gobert’s comments on reason for optimism — What were the intractable issues o...
May 01, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane runs through Timberwolves exit interviews by playing the audio of the audio of Tim Connelly, Chris Finch and the five players who spoke to the media in end of season press conference form. After each of the interviews, Dane gives some thoughts and notes of what was said. If you’re looking for a specific person's exit interview audio, follow the timestamps below that roughly account for commentary and ad breaks... — Tim Connelly (4:00) — Jaden McDaniels (28:00) — Chris Finch...
Apr 28, 2023•2 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writers Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press and Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to reflect on the playoff series against the Nuggets and the season as a whole. To recap a wild season, Dane, Jace and Chris gather after Game 5 to reflect on it all. Some topics today include... — What we now know about Anthony Edwards after a second consecutive high-level playoff series — Reflecting on how this roster fits together now that we’ve seen a full season ...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to preview Game 5 of Wolves-Nuggets by discussing what we think might happen and by discussing what we feel will have to happen for the Wolves to pull off an upset. Specific topics today include... — No Kyle Anderson, so who rounds out the Wolves already thin rotation — Needing at least one bench guy to really contribute — Can Anthony Edwards do it again? — Needing Karl-Anthony Towns to also deliver, and ways he might be able to...
Apr 25, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKOR North to give instant reactions from the Wolves Game 4 win over Denver. Some specific topics today include... — Anthony Edwards, again, leveling up in a playoff game — Nickeil Alexander-Walker as an X-factor and the two game-saving 3s he hit in overtime — Switching KAT back onto Jokic and the impact that had — Needing to take advantage of the non-Jokic minutes in Game 5 — KAT taking on more of a Paul George role in the pecking order — Kyle...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined Ryan Blackburn of Mile High Sports to get the Denver perspective on this Wolves-Nuggets series as we sit at 3-0 three games in. -- What has surprised you most about what the Wolves have not been able to do in this series? -- I know you’ve spent the last week or so digging into the Wolves as an opponent, thinking about how this roster works/doesn’t work -- In theory, the biggest threats to the Nuggets in this window of a few years are… -- What do you make of this f...
Apr 22, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth for instant reactions from Game 3 and discuss the state of the franchise as this team is quickly approaching the offseason. Some topics today include... — Faith in Ant but not how the roster is constructed — Not where this team was supposed to be after trading for Gobert — The possibility of Tim Connelly leaving for the Wizards and what that would mean for the Wolves — Losing the minutes Jokic has been off the floor in this series — A...
Apr 22, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to give their immediate reactions from Game 2 and to share what was said to the media in the locker room postgame. Specific topics today include... — A tale of two halves — Anthony Edwards’ 41-point explosion — Karl-Anthony Towns struggles again in a meaningful way — What changed in the third quarter — The decision to have Rudy Gobert guard Nikola Jokic — Slowing Jokic, but not having answers for Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. — ...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
