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 the Eastern Conference. Some specific topics today include:

-- How our perception of the Wolves has evolved since they have been eliminated

-- A new style of roster construction that has won in these playoffs

-- Team culture vs. super-teams

-- The value of continuity in today's NBA

-- Reflecting on Denver's season as a whole

-- Why Boston-Miami feels up for grabs

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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 matchup with Jokic

-- Does LeBron on Jokic make some sense?

-- The DLo/Herro/Poole archetype in the playoffs

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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 season

— How Edwards is growing, and has room to grow, in his ability to read opposing defenses

— Ant’s “superpower” of getting to the rim

— What chasing MJ looks like

— Working out with Gobert in France and McDaniels in Minneapolis

— What does being in “the best shape” look like for Edwards

— Edwards eligible for max contract extension this summer

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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 favorite to win the Finals

— James Harden and the concept of the volatile star player

— Broader thoughts on Nuggets-Suns, Sixers-Celtics, Lakers-Warriors and Knicks-Heat

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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 guard position

— Nickeil Alexander-Walker as a long-term piece

— Miscellaneous question topics

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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 trading Karl-Anthony Towns or Rudy Gobert

— Listing cheap free agency options to shore up shooting and physicality

— What KAT can work on to counteract small defenders

— Comparing Towns and Gobert to other double-big looks around the league

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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)

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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 of the season, and which of those issues can be solved internally vs needing to find answers for externally?

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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 (44:00)

— Mike Conley (1:07:00)

— Rudy Gobert (1:27:00)

— Karl-Anthony Towns (1:56:00)

— Taurean Prince (2:04:00)

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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 of it

— What difference would have Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid have made in this series?

— Fun stories and memories from the 2022-23 season

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