On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss a handful of themes that surfaced in Tuesday's win over the Spurs, a game the Wolves played without Karl-Anthony Towns. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Playing without KAT (1:00) - The Ant + Naz Pairing (7:00) - Why Gobert's dunks on Wemby are a good sign for the playoffs (23:00) - The Wolves' template for offensive success (34:00) - Monte Morris + the Wolves' Two PG Look (40:00) - How can the Wolves break McDanie...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss what the Wolves can do over the fina 25 games of the season to convince they are true contenders. Dane and Jace do this by talking about what they need to see from the offense, defense and the rest of the West to have their belief continue to grow. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Will the offense be a fatal flaw? (5:00) -- How many games/series can the defense alone win for them? (14...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss how the Wolves looked in their return from All Star break, with a loss to Milwaukee and win over Brooklyn. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Not clicking on all cylinders out of the break, offense seeming a little delicate (2:00) -- Playing without Gobert: D still good, shifted rotation, Conley-Morris minutes (8:00) -- What to make of McDaniels effort topic (23:00) -- KAT fuels offense against Brooklyn, Ant t...
Feb 26, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson live at Falling Knife Brewing Company to discuss where the Wolves are entering the final stretch of the season and to take live listener questions at the brewery. If you'd like to support our partners... -- To enter the ticket giveaway, support the show by subscribing for $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA -- Want to advertise on the show? Reach out to DaneMooreProductions@gmail.com -- Try out Stone & Skillet and use code "DANE" for 2...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss Mike Conley's 2-year, $21 million contract extension and the luxury tax ramifications going forward for the Wolves. Dane and Jace also take this time to reflect on Chris Finch being hired at the All Star break three seasons ago and the success of that journey. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Conley's $ coming in lower than expected (2:00) - How the Conley extension impacts the Wolves ...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to bring insights from the locker room after the Wolves win and to just discuss the vibe of the team entering the All Star break. Also a segment on where the Wolves rank in a handful of categories pre-All Star break. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Takeaways from the locker room and the vibe of the team entering the break (1:00) - Where the Wolves rank on offense entering All Star (25:00) - Where the Wolves rank on defense entering All Sta...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson to reflect on the Wolves play over the last two weeks and ask the question: Are The Wolves Playing Their Best Basketball of the Season? Dane and Britt take a look at the Wolves recent play, especially against the Clippers and Bucks, and compare it to their previous best stretch of the season (November). Specific topics and timestamps below... - How does this recent stretch of play compare to November, the Wolves' previous best series of games? (1:0...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss what was behind the Wolves' win in Portland on Tuesday night. A lot of the focus on this episode is dedicated to Anthony Edwards and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, but also on a little strategic tweak that Rudy Gobert convinced Chris Finch to try out to improve the Wolves' 4th quarter offense. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Ant listed as questionable, scores 41 on a back to back (1:00) - NAW provides another spark in a game the Wolv...
Feb 14, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves' 21-point win in LA against the Clippers on Monday night. Also, some conversation on Monte Morris' debut and what it appears his role on this team will be. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Another dominant 3rd quarter that the Wolves won 40 to 19 (1:30) - Why the Clippers haven't been the matchup issue we thought they might be for the Wolves (9:00) - What was Monte Morris' role in his debut? (18:30) - Role of a buyout ...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from Minn Post to discuss the Wolves bounce back win over the Milwaukee Bucks that was fueled by their best offensive performance of the season. Also, more conversation on the Monte Morris acquisition. And then finally a reflection on the trade deadline a year ago and what the acquisitions of Mike Conley and Nickeil Alexander-Walker have meant to this Wolves team Specific topics and timestamps below... - What made Milwaukee their best offensive gam...
Feb 09, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Denver Nuggets beat writer Ryan Blackburn, who covered Monte Morris for many years in Denver. Dane begins the episode with a solo segment on where the Morris trade leaves the Wolves from a roster construction standpoint (assets and salary cap), and then Ryan joins to discuss who Morris is as a player. Or at least who he was as a player two years ago in Denver. Specific topics and timestamps below - Where the Morris deal leaves the Wolves from a roster construct...
Feb 08, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves blowing yet another 4th quarter lead, this time against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. Dane and Chris dig into the themes behind the Wolves propensity to crumble, but also how this crumble had a somewhat different theme. Specific topics and timestamps below... - What is are the themes of these blown leads? (2:00) - At 22 and 23 years old, Edwards and McDaniels being expected to play ...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss how the Wolves looked more like the early-season version of themselves in the win against Houston on Sunday night. Dane and Jace also get into what went wrong in the loss to Orlando -- another team that can match the Wolves' size. Plus, some Conley Corner with Jace, where he gets into his most recent one-on-one interview with Conley. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Wolves looking like...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards being selected as All Stars and to do a Wolves trade deadline preview. Specific topics and timestamps below... - KAT's production when Ant has been out or struggled fuels his All Star case (1:00) - Who could have Gobert made it over? (9:00) - How Ant has become a no-brainer All Star (13:30) - What are the assets the Wolves have available to trade? (21:00) - Players to potentially trade for (36:30) - ...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to loosely discuss the All-Star cases got Towns, Edwards and Gobert. Additionally, Dane and Britt get into Britt's most-recent column on the Wolves' SloMo Conundrum. And then they wrap up the episode with some trade deadline talk. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Where KAT is showing his value this season (2:00) - Ant against lesser teams (7:00) - Gobert as a merit All-Star but not All-Star Game All-Star (10:00) - SloMo and F...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss his feature story on Nickeil Alexander-Walker and how he has rejuvenated his career in Minnesota since being acquired at last season's trade deadline. Dane and Chris also get into some of the small salary cap implications of the league informing teams that the salary cap for next season will be slightly lower than previously projected. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Chris' feature story o...
Jan 31, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss the Wolves beating the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road and without Mike Conley. Specific topics and timestamps below... - What was different about the late-game offense? (1:00) - A game with a playoff feel from the players and coaches (15:00) - Finch adjusts rotation to have more shooting on the floor at all times (24:00) - How big of a need is backup PG given the Wolves limited assets? (28:3...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Alex Speers from The Athletic's Oklahoma City Thunder Podcast (Down To Dunk) to get the Thunder perspective on how the Wolves and Thunder matchup. Dane and Alex look back at the three prior Wolves-Thunder matchups, look forward to Monday's matchup between the two teams and discuss what a potential Wolves-Thunder playoff series might look like. But before the Wolves-Thunder conversation, Dane begins the episode solo to give five takeaways from the Wolves' win in...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves wins against the Wizards and Nets in a back-to-back. Lots of conversation on recent trends, including KAT's recent dominance and the fourth quarter struggles. And much more. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The Wolves are 27th in 4th Q offense. What's behind that? (1:30) - KAT's recent dominance and his 3-point volume increasing (25:00) - The KAT-Naz-Anderson-NAW-JMac lineup (35:00) - Ant not playing well lately (45:00...
Jan 26, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss how the Wolves are taking steps to move on from the Charlotte loss. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The vibe at practice this morning in Washington DC (1:00) - How the Wolves have played without Mike Conley, who is sick today (4:00) - Nickeil Alexander-Walker's growth and how he has fared in a starting role (20:00) - Is more midrange shots from Ant part of the solution to turnovers (32:00)...
Jan 24, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss how the Wolves squandered Karl-Anthony Towns' 62-point night in a home loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Numerous audio clips from Chris Finch's postgame press conference and from the players in the locker room. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Got caught chasing points (1:30) - Will this game help increase KAT's 3-point volume? (10:00) - Becoming last season's team when Conley sits (22:0...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the Wolves loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dane and Britt get into how the Wolves and Thunder have matched up thus far this season and how the Thunder have arguably been the opponent who have given the Wolves the most problems. Plus, some conversation on the Wolves' ongoing issues surrounding turnovers. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Is the turnover issue this season similar to the rebounding issue in 2021-22?...
Jan 21, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss the Wolves win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night and to dig into two topics Jace has written about recently -- the Wolves need to play with more pace and Mike Conley. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Another chapter in Conley's career of winning (1:00) - How Gobert + Conley provide a high floor (6:00) - Becoming a higher volume PnR team (24:00) - Ant's two very different hal...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige for a live show immediately following the Wolves win in Detroit on Wednesday night. Dane and Kyle get into what worked and what didn't against the lowly Pistons and take listener questions. - Gobert's provides stability against bad opponents (2:00) - A big McDaniels game. No fouls! (17:00) - KAT shooting 71% from 3 over last 5 games (21:00) - Needing to improve the non-Ant minutes (27:00) - NAW provides a spark (31:00) - Live listener questions (44:...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine to discuss Chris' recent article on what Anthony Edwards has done to drive up the volume of free throws he is taking this season. Dane and Chris also get into just how much better the Wolves No. 1 defense has been than even other top-5 defenses in the NBA. Also some conversation on the Wolves schedule lightening up a bit over the next few weeks -- and how that lays out a roadmap to the Wolves potentially finishing as the No. 1 seed...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the Wolves' very impressive and fairly surprising handling of the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. Dane and Britt run through the specifics of why the Wolves seem to matchup better with the Clippers than expected. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- How different do we now feel about how the Wolves matchup with the Clippers? (1:00) -- Wolves matching up well with heavy-iso teams, like the Clippers and Celtics (6...
Jan 15, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss all things Wolves-Celtics from Wednesday night's loss in Boston. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- The travel, schedule and fatigue before Boston (0:15) -- Ant being the guy who gets them there, but also problematic late in games (9:00) -- What went well to push the Wolves to force OT (28:00) -- The importance of McDaniels and setting reasonable McDaniels expectations? (35:00) -- Observations from the locker room (43:00) -- Ander...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined in Orlando by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss how the Wolves played to their big identity against Orlando, dominating the interior of the floor on both ends with Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. Specific topics listed below... -- McDaniels shutting down Banchero -- Towns and Gobert's most dominating game in tandem -- Can KAT bottle up this type of performance and duplicate it? -- Recapturing the fly around mentality on defense -- Our reaction to Finch and...
Jan 10, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss how many teams the Wolves are better than in the West. Dane and Jace do this by going through the West to list what teams they think would beat the Wolves in a playoff series. Then they look at the question another way by listing the teams in the West that they think will have a better record than the Wolves for the rest of the season. Also some more conversation about the Dallas matchup and a ...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined in Dallas by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves losing a game in the clutch to Dallas on Sunday night. This episode begins by focusing on the end of the game in Dallas -- what worked, what didn't -- and then goes into the broader question of "where can this team get more offense". Dane and Chris also take stock of the Wolves now 14 games into their brutal 16-game stretch in their schedule Specific topics below... -- A clutch game the Wolves did...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
