On today's show, Dane is joined by Denver Nuggets beat writer Ryan Blackburn, who covered Monte Morris for many years in Denver. Dane begins the episode with a solo segment on where the Morris trade leaves the Wolves from a roster construction standpoint (assets and salary cap), and then Ryan joins to discuss who Morris is as a player. Or at least who he was as a player two years ago in Denver. Specific topics and timestamps below
- Where the Morris deal leaves the Wolves from a roster construction standpoint (1:00)
- How would you describe Monte Morris as a player? (14:00)
- How Morris fared as Jamal Murray's replacement in 2021-22 (21:00)
- What makes Morris an efficient scorer? (26:00)
- What does Morris lack defensively? (31:00)

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What The Wolves Are Getting In Monte Morris? w/ Ryan Blackburn

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 who stood out, what we learned and what's next following the Wolves Game 1 win in Denver on Saturday night. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- What stood out in Game 1?: Ant's 43, Naz Reid's 4th quarter, Conley's competitiveness and late-game execution (1:00)
- What did we learn in Game 1?: The Finch/Nori dynamic, defensive priorities, Murray not 100%, etc
- What's next? The opportunity of Game 2 and the test of sustaining

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Immediate Reactions To The Wolves Game 1 Win In Denver w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Ryan Blackburn from Mile High Sports to get the Denver perspective on the Wolves-Nuggets Round 2 Series. Dane stress-tests many of the topics he has been talking about all week through Ryan's Denver lens. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- Why Aaron Gordon is Denver's X-Factor in this series (4:00)
- The battle of Jokic, Murray and MPJ vs. The Wolves defense (13:30)
- The Wolves on the offensive glass as a weapon (25:30)
- The importance of the benches in this series (29:00)
- What the late-game offense/defense battle might look like (34:00)

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The Denver Perspective On The Wolves-Nuggets Series w/ Ryan Blackburn

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the status of the Wolves entering Round 2 and the value of the chemistry the seem to have right now. Dane and Britt also get into four key factors in the Wolves-Nuggets series. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The Wolves chemistry, and how it's showing up with an expectation of winning (1:00)
- What goes into the Wolves effectively defending Nikola Jokic? (27:30)
- What goes into the Nuggets effectively defending Anthony Edwards (40:00)
- McDaniels' temper and managing the Murray matchup (49:30)
- The importance of Naz Reid's impact off the bench (57:30)

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The Wolves' Chemistry + Four Key Factors In Wolves-Nuggets w/ Britt Robson

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss what was said after practice by Wolves players and Wolves assistant coach Micah Nori about the Wolves-Nuggets series. Dane and Chris discuss the update on Chris Finch's health and get into what the players mentioned as weapons and weaknesses in this series. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The latest on Chris Finch's health + his ability to coach in this series (3:30)
- Sure helps to have Mike Conley when your head coach is out of commission (11:30)
- Weapons the Wolves have in this series, starting with Ant (19:00)
- How the Wolves will try to use Gobert as a defensive weapon in this series (26:00)
- Weak points the Wolves may have in this serious, including Gordon on the O glass, guarding MPJ as a spacer and transition D (34:00)

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What Wolves Players and Coaches Are Saying About The Wolves-Nuggets Series w/ Chris Hine

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to take a first stab at previewing the Wolves-Nuggets second round series. Dane and Jace try to set the stage for the series by trying to find the keep factors that will begin to define this matchup. Specific topics and timestamps below...
- The status of this Denver team entering Round 2: Murray and KCP health; how they looked against LA; etc (1:00)
- How the Wolves matchup with Denver: KAT on Jokic; Who guards MPJ; Gordon on the O glass; Does KCP guard Ant; How much does Conley play; etc (7:00)
- Denver as the ultimate test for the Wolves' late-game offense (22:00)
- Jokic vs. non-Jokic minutes: How those fared during the regular season; Who guards Jokic when KAT is off the floor; KAT as a weapon in non-Jokic mins; Gordon-at-the-5; etc (32:00)
- How much better can Murray be than Booker was? (42:00)
- Naz Reid as a weapon they didn't have last year (49:00)


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What The Wolves Are Getting In Monte Morris? w/ Ryan Blackburn

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