The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Sunday night was The Anthony Edwards Game, and the Minnesota Timberwolves are now 2-1 since the All-Star Break. On the backs of their No. 1 overall pick, the Wolves are currently floating on a good vibe. So we discuss: How Edwards looked like a dunking Luka Doncic for a night With Karl-Anthony Towns double-teamed, Edwards needed to score effectively and defended for the Wolves to win — and he did both. The similarities between Edwards and Carmelo Anthony and the value of a volume shooter in the analytically-driven modern NBA Shot distribution between KAT and Ant Will the KAT double teams go away once the roster is healthy? How much value is there in the Wolves broadly having the same roster for 12 months? What impact is roster continuity having on this group a year since Gersson Rosas cleaned house? Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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.

The Minnesota Timberwolves defensive scheme is officially changing under Chris Finch. We saw the early signals of change in the first game after the All-Star break against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday and saw a whole new level of change against the Portland Trailblazers on Saturday. On today’s pod we get into the breadcrumbs of the change and why it’s important. The Wolves history of awful team defense in Karl-Anthony Towns’ career Finch believing a “bend but don’t break” defensive philosophy is not best for this roster (audio included) Finch’s willingness to use KAT as a perimeter defender and how that shifts the Wolves defensive balance KAT’s excitement level for doing something defensively he’s always felt he could do but has never been asked to do (audio included) Juancho Hernangomez and Jaylen Nowell making cases to be a part of the rotation going forward Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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 podcast, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of The Athletic to discuss a Timberwolves for what feels like the first time in what feels like forever. After getting blown out by the Hornets and then blowing out the Pelicans, how has the way we view this team evolved? We discuss: How the Jaden McDaniels and Jaylen Nowell Show carried the Wolves over the Pelicans Drafting the Wolves prospects from the last three draft classes. Where do Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels and Jarrett Culver rank in the Wolves’ youthful hierarchy How would John Collins’ skillset fit on the Wolves? And what might it cost to acquire him? What might the Timberwolves’ offense begin to look like all-in on Karl-Anthony Towns? How might that impact KAT’s defense? Embracing the first good vibes in a long time Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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.

After entering the All-Star break with a 33-point loss to the Charlotte Hornets, naturally, the Minnesota Timberwolves started their second half of the season with a 30-point blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. On today’s pod we get into why the Timberwolves are going for it — trying to win in the second half of the season — in spite of their 7-29 record at the break. We discuss: How I’ve been hearing the Wolves are “trying to win” during the second half and are “buyers” entering the trade deadline Why they can pursue wins while simultaneously dancing around the elephant in the room that is their 2021 lottery pick Jaylen Nowell, Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid refusing to miss as the Wolves second-unit propelled the victory Our first glimpse at KAT embracing Chris Finch’s KAT-centric offense Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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.

At the halfway point of the season, Jace Frederick of The Pioneer Press joins the pod to discuss what happened in the second quarter of the season and what might lie ahead after the All-Star break in the third quarter of the year. Today’s topics include: What players individually stood out during the second quarter of the season — for good or bad — and what should we take from that production? Jaden McDaniels numbers falling off; Ricky Rubio’s shooting improving; etc What players might stick out during the third quarter of the season, and what can we estimate the rotation might look like? How will the trade deadline impact who is and is not playing over these chunk of games? -Why might the Karl-Anthony Towns trade talk be premature? Looking back and laughing at our preseason predictions 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 pod, Britt Robson of The Athletic joins the show to take stock of the first half of the Timberwolves season. Robson discusses what has unfolded in the first 36 games and what may transpire leading up to the trade deadline. 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.

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 33-point loss to the Charlotte Hornets going into the All-Star break was an unacceptable finish to an unacceptable first-half of the season. On today’s pod, we discuss why the plan for what the Wolves are building needs to be adjusted. How a ‘Process’ doesn’t make sense when you have Karl-Anthony Towns and traded your first-round pick Why Wolves fans have the right to be upset and pushback against the plan for how this team is being rebuilt Comparing Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball’s numbers halfway through their rookie years Why D’Angelo Russell is the better player to compare against LaMelo. And how LaMelo’s numbers already mirror peak-DLo in Brooklyn Is LaMelo who the Wolves hoped DLo would be? Would Ant and LaMelo be having the same years if they were on different teams? Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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 Sunday night, the Timberwolves lost their 8th consecutive game and are now 1-10 since Karl-Anthony Towns returned to the lineup. On today’s pod, we discuss how much blame KAT holds for that losing. Has a losing culture similar to ‘The Process Sixers’ set in? How the Wolves have actually played worse in the 11 games since KAT returned than they did in the 11 games prior to KAT’s return What sort of blame does KAT hold not only for this recent streak of losing but for the losing dating back to last season? The Wolves have lost 30 of the past 34 games KAT has played in. Thinking back to the Dario Saric days after The Jimmy Butler Trade What would it have looked like if the Timberwolves traded for Chris Paul back in 2019, before he was traded to the Thunder? Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have now lost seven consecutive games — four under Ryan Saunders and three under Chris Finch. And Saturday night’s loss to the Washington Wizards — the first game of Malik Beasley’s twelve-game suspension — highlighted how much is going to change with Beasley’s out of the lineup. Along those lines, on today’s pod we discuss:- Finch’s decision to lean into defense with Beasley out of the mix The Wolves started Karl-Anthony Towns, Jarred Vanderbilt, Josh Okogie, Anthony Edwards and Ricky Rubio.- The new lineups potential to both be more effective defensively — and it did look competent on that end in the first half — and to really kill the offense’s spacing- The opportunity guys like Jarrett Culver, Jaden McDaniels and Anthony Edwards have to further asset themselves offensively in Beasley’s extended absence Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/joinSign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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 podcast, I am joined by Britt Robson of The Athletic to discuss his most recent column on the topic of “culture” and how the losses accumulating and the Chris Finch hiring process line up with Gersson Rosas’ initial plan. We discuss: How Rosas was hired to be the anti-Thibs How the familial vibe has been contradicted by roster a coaching turnover What the cultural plan is going forward How the upcoming traded deadline might be approached from a standpoint of prioritizing (or not prioritizing) continuity If the Wolves were to trade one of their top-4 players (Towns, Russell, Edwards and Beasley), who would make the most sense How does Ricky Rubio fit into the grand plan? Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA 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.