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 on how Nickeil Alexander-Walker has used reading to be a more consistent person and basketball player (6:30)
- What Finch saw in NAW while coaching him in New Orleans (25:00)
- NAW as the Wolves' Alex Caruso (30:00)
- The nominal cap implications of a slightly lower salary cap for next season (35:00)
- How the 65-game threshold for making All-NBA might increase Ant's likelihood of making an All-NBA team (40:00)


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Chris Hine On his Nickeil Alexander-Walker Feature Story

Dane Moore interviews experts from around the league on the state of the Minnesota Timberwolves and latest NBA news.

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On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss what went into the Wolves being able to blow out the Denver Nuggets in Game 6. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The defense returns + How they guarded Jokic differently (1:00)
- Jaden McDaniels, a barometer for the Wolves' offense (25:00)
- Rudy Gobert's gravity returned (31:00)
- What changes having Mike Conley in the lineup (37:00)
- KAT stepping up in an elimination game (49:00)

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A Wolves Blowout Win In Game 6 w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss Nikola Jokic taking over and the Wolves dropping Game 5 in Denver on Tuesday night. Dane and Kyle discuss key themes in the loss and also some things that went well for the Wolves that they can potentially build on for Game 6. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The Wolves having nothing for Jokic in Game 5 (1:00)
- Denver loading up on Ant and slowing him down (11:00)
- Does the Wolves' defense need to fuel their offense? (22:00)
- How much did they miss Conley and who filled in for him? (29:00)
- Things that went well for the Wolves: finding Gobert on the roll; slowing Murray; the non-Jokic minutes; KAT getting going in the 2nd half (38:00)

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Nikola Jokic Takes Over + Game 5 Immediate Reactions w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to give immediate reactions to the Wolves Game 4 loss to the Nuggets and discuss what Finch and the players had to say to the media postgame. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- How Denver used Aaron Gordon differently in Games 3 and 4 (1:00)
- What fueled KAT's struggles in Game 4? (12:00)
- The game-turning sequence at the end of the first half (21:00)
- The non-Jokic minutes + the overall bench performances (25:00)
- Gobert being left open on the roll this series and rarely getting the ball (40:00)
- Ant's big offensive performance + looking ahead to Game 5 (53:00)

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Themes From The Wolves' Game 4 Loss w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige and Britt Robson live at Dual Citizen Brewing Company to react to Game 3, look ahead to Game and take live listener questions from the audience. Sorry, no specific topics and timestamps for this episode.

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Will The Wolves Bounce Back in Game 4 w/ Britt Robson + Kyle Theige, Live at Dual Citizen Brewing

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige after Game 3 to give some immediate reactions to the Wolves' one-sided loss at Target Center on Friday night. Dane and Kyle get into what was missing on offense and defense, the impact of the officiating and Ant's energy and aggressiveness not being there. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- What was missing from the Wolves' defense in Game 3? (0:30)
- The impact of the officiating (9:00)
- Ant's energy not being there, while Denver's was (22:00)
- What was missing from the Wolves' offense in Game 3? (33:00)
- The environment at Target Center (48:00)

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Chris Hine On his Nickeil Alexander-Walker Feature Story

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