The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to share their immediate reactions from 2022-23 Minnesota Timberwolves Media Day. In addition to both Tim Connelly and Chris Finch, fifteen players spoke at Media Day, so Dane and Kyle parse out the most telling comments made from Monday’s media availability. Today’s topics include:— Tim Connelly’s long-term view of the current roster.— D’Angelo Russell’s role during a contract year.— Easing Rudy Gobert into his new situation.— Candid comments from a handful of new acquisitions (most notably Austin Rivers, Kyle Anderson, and Eric Paschall).Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneTry out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to set the scene for Timberwolves training camp, which is set to start next Monday. Topics today include...— Running through the 20 players under contract for training camp— Discussing the potential for players to be cut/waived in favor of a player on a two-way contract or training camp deal— Players in contract years— Recapping how the Wolves’s coaching staff and front office evolved over the summer— The players we’re most excited to hear from at Media DaySign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s recent Q+A with Chris Finch. Britt and Finch hit on many, many topics in their 70-minute conversation, so Dane and Britt try to highlight telling takeaways. Essentially, this is an episode of peeling apart the layers of what Finch told Britt so as to be able to find breadcrumbs that could help forecast the season ahead. Here were a few of the major topics covered...— Finch’s hints at how the Karl-Anthony Towns Rudy Gobert fit will mesh, both on offense and defense— What is lost by letting Patrick Beverley and Jarred Vanderbilt go, and how their roles can be replicated— Finch on how the new roster construction impacts D’Angelo Russell— The ways Finch wants to further unlock Anthony Edwards— Finch’s thoughts on new roles for the role playersSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneTry out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss which Timberwolves players found their way onto CBS Sports and ESPN’s top 100 lists. Dane and Jace go position-by-position to discuss where Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell rank amongst their positional peers. And discuss whether or not Jaden McDaniels has a case to be one of the top 22 small forwards in the league this season.— Questions comparing Gobert to Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo— Is it ridiculous that Zion Williamson ranks above KAT at power forward?— Is KAT at 20 on CBS Sports’s overall list too low? Is KAT 13th on ESPN’s overall list too high?— How does Ant compare to Donovan Mitchell, Zach LaVine and Bradley Beal (all of whom rank above him)? How does Ant compare to Jordan Poole and Tyler Herro (who rank below him)— D’Angelo Russell not making CBS Sports’s top 100 list or their top 22 point guard list. What is the case to have DLo be in those ranking above players like De’Aaron Fox, Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton?Try out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout.If you’d like to participate in our Prize Picks promotion, Prize Picks will give you a $100 signup bonus if you use the promo code “DANE” when creating an account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of The Star Tribune to discuss his career as an openly gay sportswriter. Chris has worked as a traveling beat writer since 2009, for The Chicago Tribune covering Notre Dame football and the Chicago Blackhawks, and most recently for The Star Tribune as a Minnesota Timberwolves reporter. His job has taken him all over the country covering hundreds of players in his career. Two of those players from Chris’s beats — Andrew Shaw of the Blackhawks and Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves — entered the public eye for videos that displayed homophobic language. In this episode, Chris describes the repair work he saw Shaw do in Chicago and the repair work he hopes Edwards can do in the Minnesota community.You can read Chris’s story with Andrew Shaw here. And you can read the reporting Chris has done in the wake of Edwards’s comments here, along with his interview with Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Thiege to discuss the burning questions they have in advance of Timberwolves training camp. What do we not know now that we may be able to learn about through access in training camp and by watching the games this preseason? Questions include...— How exactly will the Target Centers (KAT + Gobert) experiment work?— Where Does Jaylen Nowell fall in the playing time pecking order compared to Austin Rivers and Bryn Forbes?— How will Chris Finch’s rotation play out?— What will Chris Finch have to say about how aggressive the defensive scheme will be now that Rudy Gobert is in the mix?— Is Jaden McDaniels worth it?— How’s everyone’s jumper looking (specifically Kyle Anderson and Jaden McDaniels)?— Who is in charge of the locker room?— How often is D’Angelo Russell initiating the offense vs. how often Anthony Edwards is initiating the offense?Try out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout.If you’d like to participate in our Prize Picks promotion, Prize Picks will give you a $100 signup bonus if you use the promo code “DANE” when creating an account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today's show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss how the integration process of Rudy Gobert might play out this fall, both on the court and off the court. Dane and Jace discuss what they've seen from Gobert in FIBA play this summer, and get into what they think is and is not relevant from that play when compared to the NBA game. Additionally, some talk about how Gobert the person might integrate into the Wolves personality pecking order. Also some discussion of how the hurtful comments Anthony Edwards made about the LGBTQ+ might impact how he fits into the locker room as a leader this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Andrew Schlecht — who covers the Oklahoma City Thunder for The Athletic — to discuss the Wolves and Thunder matching up twice in the first three games of the regular season. Not a game preview, but in light of the schedule coming out, this conversation serves as a way to think about how the two teams matchup with each other.— The Wolves soft schedule to start the season— How do OKC fans feel about opening the season in Minnesota? Do they think the Wolves are good?— The Chet Holmgren homecoming angle— Understanding who exactly is gonna start/be in the rotation for the Thunder?— Who guards who? How are the Wolves going to matchup with the Thunder and how will the Thunder chose to matchup with the Wolves— Will Finch put Gobert on Holmgren, and if so, would that be what the Thunder would prefer (pulling Gobert away from the basket)?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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the elements of this new Timberwolves team that we are most interested in/excited to see once the season rolls around. Some of those topics include...— What players on the roster will serve as a connective tissue that enhance the new roster— How the Wolves matchup against the Western Conference elites early on in the season— The ways Finch might go about increasing Gobert’s role in the offense— Kyle Anderson as the 6th man, and who he will be able to play alongside— What Towns has prioritized in the offseason, so as to be able to fit into his new role/position— How much attention the Wolves will receive in the national mediaSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined in-studio by Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell. The early parts of the conversation cover the changes to the Wolves roster and organization this offseason — from the Rudy Gobert trade, to how this roster might fit together from a basketball standpoint and to the status of Russell being in a contract year. Other topics include:— Russell’s view on the fit of Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns— The nature of having four serious offensive weapons in the starting lineup— The lack of continuity Russell has had in his career, and the value he sees in being in one place for an extended period of time— Playing in a contract year— Reflecting on the Memphis series— Chris Finch’s style of coaching and the brand of basketball he wants his team to play— The emergence of Jaden McDaniels and Jaylen Nowell— A loaded Western Conference— The excitement surrounding the teamSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.