On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Chris Hine from the Star Tribune. Chris was on the road with the Wolves for the Wolves’ California road trip, so he shares some of the sights and sounds from the Wolves road trip. And then Dane and Chris get into Chris’ feature story on Jaylen Nowell and his “basketball whisperer,” Spencer Levy, who has been helping Nowell through a contract year. Topics today include...

— Chris shares sights and sounds from the Wolves four-game California road trip

— How Mike Conley’s role and impact has grown over the last week

— Chris shares some details on Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s personality he’s gathered behind the scenes

— Rudy Gobert stepping up on both sides of the ball since the All-Star break

— How Jaylen Nowell has brought in a personal coach to help him through an up and down contract year in Minnesota

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