On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson for an in-person episode immediately following the Wolves preseason win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Des Moines, Iowa. Dane and Britt discuss takeaways from the game that are related to bigger, season-long topics. Topics discussed include... - Anthony Edwards debut and how he fit into the Wolves ball movement offense - Naz Reid in a bigger role - Starting to really buy into the Josh Minott hype - NAW and Dillingham both struggle in their showcase...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to remember that the Wolves in fact did have the 8th overall pick in this summer''s draft and are adding Rob Dillingham to the mix this season. So the episode focuses on Dillingham exclusively for the first half of the episode, then Dane and Kyle run through a sequence of specific questions on Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo and how they might force this team to evolve. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Remembering Rob Dillingham is in fa...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss what the Wolves' offense will look like this season. Specific topics and timestamps below... - They're going to play faster (4:00) - A higher volume of shooting and cutting (24:00) - How do they want Randle to function? (38:00) - How feasible is a top-10 offense? (53:00) If you'd like to support our partners... -- We're excited to have Stone and Skillet back as a sponsor this season. Order your own Stone + Skille...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to give some takeaways from the Wolves' preseason opener and to wrap up the first week of Wolves training camp. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Josh Minott looked really good (4:00) - DiVincenzo and his shooting flash immediately (15:00) - NAW and Garza get the backup PG and C minutes (28:00) - Dillingham's play popped, took a step from Summer League (37:00) - Seems like it's going to be a 10-man rotation (44:00) - Ant tweaking his jumpsho...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the many wrinkles of the KAT trade. In this episode, Dane and Britt focus the relationship of Chris Finch and Julius Randle, and the importance of that connection. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The Finch-Randle connection + how Finch might use Randle (4:00) - How other All-NBA players have fared after moving teams (28:00) - Could the Aaron Gordon Trade in Denver be a Randle Trade comp? (36:00) - How DiVincenzo m...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 7 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 Finch's first comments on the KAT trade, after the deal went final on Wednesday afternoon. Dane and Chris also get into how the ripple effect of the KAT deal might impact Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert specifically. Topics and timestamps below... - The KAT trade has been finalized (2:00) - Finch on how it shifts their style of play (7:00) - Finch on the finances of the deal (18:00) - Finch on...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane begins the episode solo giving a couple takeaways from the Wolves' first day of training camp. After that, we play the audio from Dane's appearance on The Knicks Film School Podcast with Jonathan Macri. -- Training Camp Day 1 Takeaways (1:00) -- Getting the Knicks perspective on the KAT trade (16:00) If you'd like to support our partners... -- We're excited to have Stone and Skillet back as a sponsor this season. Order your own Stone + Skillet english muffins at: https://ww...
Oct 02, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige in-person at Target Center to give immediate reactions from the Wolves' first Media Day without Karl-Anthony Towns in a decade. A lot of clips from players and coaches discussing the task at hand without KAT and some first thoughts from the players on how they all think Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo will fit in. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Finch and Connelly discuss building a team around Ant (2:00) -- Naz Reid standing to benefi...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss what they think of the Karl-Anthony Towns trade to the New York Knicks. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- My experience covering KAT (1:00) -- Why did they do this trade now? (15:00) -- How will this move impact winning this season? (25:00) -- What were the risks associated with keeping KAT? (36:00) -- How much does this save money versus creating financial flexibility? (47:00) -- What do we think Finch thinks of this deal? (57:0...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to Chris Finch's thought process entering Timberwolves training camp. Dane and Britt discussed Parts 1 and 2 of Britt's conversation with Finch on Monday's show, so in today's episode they discuss Parts 3 and 4 -- which focuses on the below topics... -- KAT building on his success in the playoffs (6:00) -- What does leveling up for Ant look like this season? (28:30) -- The transition from Kyle Anderson to Joe Ingles (48:00) -- Accommo...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige for an episode dedicated to answering the burning questions that remain entering training camp. Dane and Kyle start the episode discussing the questions they have entering training camp, before opening it up to the audience on the YouTube live stream for questions they want answered mailbag-version. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- How will the Wolves go about strengthening the KAT-Ant pairing on offense? (3:00) -- Can Rudy Gobert maintain...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the excellent Q+A Britt conducted with Chris Finch and published at MinnPost. Britt's conversation with Finch covers of wide range of topics, but for this episode Britt and I tried to focus on the following topics... -- How KAT and Ant can re-establish some better offensive chemistry this season (12:00) -- Can the Wolves go bigger this season, more often leaning into Naz Reid at the 3? (28:00) -- Needing the defense to spar...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 29 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 questions they hope to get answered in Wolves training camp. Chris also starts the episode by giving an update on the book he has been writing on Anthony Edwards. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Chris gives an update on his Anthony Edwards book (1:00) -- How did the Team USA experience impact Ant? (6:00) -- How much is "more KAT" the answer to improving the team offense improving? (9:...
Sep 12, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to look back at the Wolves summer. Dane and Kyle move through the summer in reverse order -- starting with the Olympics, through Summer League, draft night and all the way to the season ending in Dallas on May 30th. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Team USA wins gold w/ Ant as a main character (5:00) - Team France and Gobert win silver and Gobert's volatile playing time (16:00) - Summer League debuts for Dillingham + Shannon Jr. (31:00) - A...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss Team USA Ant and his ascension on and off the court. Also, with Jarrett Allen signing an extension today, some conversation on what might a Rudy Gobert extension might look like. Plus, more mailbag questions on Rob Dillingham, Jaden McDaniels and ramping up for next season. Specific topics and timestamps below.. - Team USA Ant (3:30) - Other Wolves in the Olympics (15:00) - With Jarrett Allen extension today, what might a Rudy Gobert exte...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost. Dane and Britt bounce around from discussing the first weekend of Olympic hoops to the Tyus Jones signing and to discussing Rob Dillingham's strong close to summer league, before they answer some mailbag questions. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Gobert's different role w/ Wemby and France (3:00) - Team USA: Ant as 6th man + KD shines (11:00) - Where does Phoenix fit in the West with Tyus Jones? (22:00) - Looking at West wi...
Jul 29, 2024•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to reflect on what popped from the Wolves at Summer League. Dane and Britt hit on the expected suspects there, and then also discuss how and where Joe Ingles and PJ Dozier might mix in at the end of the bench/rotation with these younger summer league players. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Rob Dillingham's surprising summer league, in what he did and did not do (7:00) - Minott (26:00), Shannon (35:00), Clark (42:00). Miller...
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige in Las Vegas to give more summer league takeaways after the Wolves squad moves to 2-0. Of course, more talk about Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr., but also focus on Jaylen Clark and Daishen Nix, who both impressed in Sunday night's game. Specific topics and timestamps below... - A more aggressive Rob Dillingham in Game 2 (4:00) - Terrence Shannon Jr. looking like one of the best players in summer league (16:00) - Jaylen Clark and his return ...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige in Las Vegas to give their early Summer League impressions, after the Wolves' Game 1 win over the Pelicans. Lots of discussion on the new rookies (Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr.) the current roster players (Leonard Miller and Josh Minott) and the two-way guys (Daishen Nix, Jaylen Clark and Jesse Edwards). Plus, some discussion of Anthony Edwards with Team USA at the end of the episode. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Terrence Shan...
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves signing Joe Ingles and PJ Dozier to replace Kyle Anderson, Monte Morris and Jordan McLaughlin. Specifically, a lot of focus on what Ingles might bring in comparison to Anderson. Then, Dane and Kyle take a look at the Wolves' Summer League roster, discussing the possibility of a few of these players being in the Wolves' rotation later this coming season or a season from now. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Ingles and D...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson to roundup what has happened thus far with the Wolves' offseason -- from the draft to speculative offseason moves -- and to compare how the Wolves' roster has evolved in comparison to other contenders in the Western Conference. Specific topics and timestamps below... - How the Wolves roster is evolving compared to other Western Conference contenders are evolving (1:00) - Getting Britt's perspective on the Dillingham and Shannon acquisitions (10:00)...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves unexpectedly active night one of the NBA Draft. Dane and Kyle discuss how Tim Connelly and his front office got creative with a way to add talent to their very expensive roster by acquiring Rob Dillingham and by keep the No. 27 pick that became Terrence Shannon Jr. Specifics topics and timestamps below... - How and why the Wolves pulled off the out-of-nowhere trade for the No. 8 pick (1:30) - What Rob Dillingham could bring tha...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Tyler Metcalf from No Ceilings to discuss some prospects the Wolves could select in this week's draft. With the Wolves having both the 27th and 37th pick, Dane and Tyler rip through a handful of names that could be on the Wolves by the end of the week. Specific names and timestamps below... - Isaiah Collier, USC (9:00) - Baylor Scheierman, Creighton (23:30) - Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois (32:30) - Enrique Freeman, Akron (38:00) - K.J. Simpson, Colorado (41:00...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige for a Wolves offseason primer by answering five questions that will help clarify the Wolves direction this summer. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The basic setup for the Wolves' straight forward offseason (3:00) - Comparing the Wolves after making the conference finals to the 18-19 Blazers and the 22-23 Celtics (7:00) - What's the development plan for the Wolves "JV" guys? (22:00) - Draft focus: Developmental piece or more proven/older pi...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to look back at the season the bigs had and discuss what we're looking for from them next season. Dane and Kyle recap the bigs by discussing areas in which Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and Naz Reid improved, plateaued and regressed this past season. Also some discussion about Leonard Miller and Luka Garza at the end of the episode. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Karl-Anthony Towns season recap: improvements, plateaus and regressions (...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss what has stood out watching these NBA Finals through a Wolves lens. Dane and Britt talk about what Boston has been able to do against Dallas that the Wolves were not able to execute. Also Britt provides some perspective at the end of the episode on growing up watching Jerry West. Specific topics and timestamps below... - What Boston has been able to do against Dallas that the Wolves were not able to execute (3:00) - Do the ...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to recap the season the Wolves wings had -- focusing on Jaden McDaniels, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Kyle Anderson. Dane and Jace focus on an area where each of those wings improved, plateaued and regressed this season. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Jaden McDaniels season recap: improvements, plateaus and regressions - Nickiel Alexander-Walker season recap: improvements, plateaus and regressi...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane and Kyle are joined by Wolves beat writer Jon Krawczynski from The Athletic to dig into Jon's story detailing the latest surrounding Wolves' ownership and to reflect on the season as a whole. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Michael Bloomberg joining the Lore-Rodriguez ownership group (4:00) - Arbitration for ownership and what that might look like (13:00) - Plans for a new arena and regional sports network in Minnesota (16:00) - How to cover it and what to believe...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to do our season recap of the guards position. In the guards recap, Dane and Chris focus on Anthony Edwards, Mike Conley, Jordan McLaughlin and Monte Morris. And before bring Chris in, Dane opens the show discussing Tim Connelly's new contract to remain the Wolves President of Basketball Operations. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Tim Connelly's new contract that delays his ability opt-out (1:00) - C...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to wrap up the Wolves season and discuss commentary from Tim Connelly and Chris Finch at today's exit interviews with the media. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- What does the process of "we'll be back" look like for the Wolves? (2:00) -- What role does Finch play in improving the Wolves' offense? (10:00) -- How can KAT help this team keep growing? What's his ceiling? (27:00) -- Kyle Anderson's free agency (35:00) -- This te...
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