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You're going to see a ton of different familiar faces changing in and out with the daily wolves. We got a whole new team here. And I'm just looking forward again to talking Minnesota Timberwolves basketball 119 to 92 loss to the timber wolves. We're going to recap the game with Atlanta magic.
What went wrong kind of in that game recap everything as well as a couple other things for you guys on today's show. Kind of what the wolves need to do moving forward. They got some big games. They're making LA trip on the West Coast.
There's some late games here. We got the additions to the whole bench being transformed, which we'll get into along with Anthony Edwards and his MVP play. Long intro guys. Good to have you on.
Joe, I got to ask you first to start off with. You watch the game the other day. The fans listening right now. I know they don't want to reflect on the game.
Hopefully now they get a couple of you know they got a day or so to like get over the game. But what are you taking from the game that you want fans to know? I mean, I feel like games like this are just sort of going to happen. Sometimes magic or a good team.
A lot of young guys kind of like coming into their own. I mean, Anthony Black only played two minutes. I know he's been having like a huge season, but Desmond Bain gets 30 on us. Paolo has a good game.
Lots of good contributions off the bench. I mean, it's not like we played terribly. There's been a lot of games this season where it's been the turnovers or I mean, we didn't shoot very well from three. I mean, that's the biggest thing I saw is when we're going up against a magic, like a not good three point shooting team, a huge thing is going to be we just have to outshoot them.
They went nine for 34 and you look at that and you're like, oh, the wolves must have done better than that. But then we went and shot nine for 40. So it's just, I mean, can't win them all. We're doing pretty well right now.
I mean, got some steam after the all-star break. But I mean, yeah, rough one, obviously not fun to watch and kind of have to sit with for this long. But I don't know, I wouldn't say like anything too devastating came out of that one. Tim, you hear the 3.0% of the shot nine for 40 from three.
A lot of things weren't going Minnesota's way. I felt like sometimes like this team's a good three point shooting team. So for them to struggle, that's a big problem. Like you said, Orlando, Anthony Black goes out early, gets a hip injury.
You're thinking Minnesota has this advantage now because that's a really good player. I mean, he is one of the candidates to be the win, MIP, this year here, really good defender too. So I'm thinking, man, Anthony Edwards is going to have a really good game because like he's one of the guys are going to throw at him. And then Minnesota just struggles with everything I thought like, they couldn't buy a bucket just in general points in the paint to guys 60 points for the Orlando magic.
Minnesota only at 38. That's just, I mean, you just can't have that. And especially when you have guys getting in foul trouble, Anthony Edwards early in the game, getting in foul trouble, I felt like the tone of the team changed around that time. And you just felt it.
I felt it watching on TV. Tim, what did you feel watching through your TV? Yeah, you know, I think they started out fine. Anthony Edwards was phenomenal in that first quarter.
You know, ultimately, I think when you have a game when Jane McDaniel says three points and Dante, even Chenzo has zero points, it's going to be really hard to win the game. Nobody came to join the party with Anthony Edwards. That's a problem. You can't have that.
And unfortunately, one of the characteristics of this team is when it starts to go their way. The effort slips too, which makes it really difficult to climb out of a hole, because when you're playing defense and forcing turnovers, it makes, you know, climbing back into the game a little bit easier. So ultimately, it's one of those where I thought it was a frustrating night. Some guys didn't have it.
And they just kind of punted the game. Unfortunately, they're in the second half, didn't quite have it coming out. It's going to happen. They're really frustrating.
And we're at the point of the season where you think we're past it. So every time it happens, it kind of feels like a gut punch. But it's also one of those things where you have to consider the playoffs. This thing can happen in the playoffs too.
How many times do you see a blowout game because a team doesn't have it on a given night and they come back, makes some adjustments and are coming out firing to get those guys that maybe didn't have it the night before going that next night? So I get it. Well, it's found. It's really hard to look past this one.
And honestly, I don't expect you to. But it's one of those where we just got to move on. We're still the three seed used to let a game down. We're still the three seed.
All you got to do is focus on the next one and come back at it. I think like you said, that is a huge focus just being the three seed. I think at this point, Minnesota is probably too far out of the second seed spurs and definitely out of the first seed Oklahoma City Thunder. So tonight, if you're listening to this or today, I guess if you're listening to this, the Thunder and Nuggets face off tonight, that's a really big game for Minnesota.
I mean, it's one of those rare times that they're pulling for the Thunder. Like you have to root for them if you're a Timberwolves fan because they're just right behind us in the standings. They have to hurry who's questionable with ankle. Things are going to heat up and it's like now we're scoreboard watching where it's the Rockets, the Lakers, the Nuggets moving forward.
It's going to be crazy to see the wind up here. Also, I thought Dante was off last night. He's been so good lately, but Dante was off the game. Jayden and those thing they said on the broadcast, they averaged 28 or 20 points or something combined for the game and they were basically scoreless for most of that game.
Like that's an issue. If you're going to lose the game, if two of your starters, I mean, think about that's 28 points you're counting for. I just felt like they were all at a rhythm and the team, again, it's one of those games. Like you said, guys, it just happens in the NBA.
It's not something to worry about. I'm like, I'm not worried about that loss at all. It's just you can't buy a bucket. It is what it is.
You got to move on to the next game. What about kind of going into the next thing here? Moving forward, we just talked about a little bit with scoreboard watching Joe. They're going out to LA to have a game against the Lakers tomorrow night.
It's a 10 p.m. Central time tip off super late. Then they have to play the Clippers. It's a back to back.
What do they need to do for Joe to make noise, keep their spot the number three seed. We just got to keep the foot on the gas. I mean, I feel like that's been the biggest thing, like especially pre-all start break when we were dropping some of those games that we really shouldn't have been. And I feel like now we've been doing a better job of it and have a great game against nuggets, great game against the Raptors, like doing pretty well.
And obviously the Lakers and Clippers, Lakers more so than the Clippers, but they're both like solid teams. Lakers, we could end up seeing in the playoffs, not too far from here. I mean, I feel like just the rest of March in general, it's going to be really important to just keep going, keep at it. At the end of the month, we've got Detroit, Houston, and Boston all back to back.
So it's not going to be like February, how we had that break and had quite a few more winnable games. It's going to be tough, but like you guys have been saying, we're in the three seed. We're doing really well right now, at least in my opinion, got some favorable playoff match ups if we're in this spot. I mean, the West is always going to be tough.
It's never going to be an easy series, but I think we just got to keep our foot on the gas, keep the effort high. And I mean, if Ant can keep playing the way he's been playing, then I'm feeling pretty good about the rest of this month. What's, I'm going to get your thoughts too, as well, Tim, on like the matchups, if we were to end up with a couple of the matchups, but before we get into that, we'll be right back at this quick break. How's it going guys?
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Any of the matchups, what do you think about that? Yeah, you know, I think the NBA would be a little bit disappointed to get wolves Denver in Round One. Ultimately, it would be an epic series. I think both teams are really good.
Both teams are capable of going very deep and even having a punter's chance at maybe beating an OKC if the bounces go their way. So ultimately, I'd hate to see Denver early. I respect that team and the fan base a lot. I'd love to see them later in the playoffs, but at the end of the day, you're going to have to be a good team to progress to the tournament.
Houston is a team that I would pick the wolves to win that series, but it's nothing to scoff at. I mean, they have the personnel to really get into the grill of a lot of our players. They have the matchup for Julius Randall and he can cause some trouble there. And you know, Thompson is an incredible defender to put him on ads and be able to have the athleticism strength and ability to keep up with them step for step.
I like our ability to find offense and match with other defense over the course of seven games, but it's going to be a grinded out matchup. That leaves the Lakers. The Lakers to me are a type of team that I absolutely despise in the playoffs. They're top heavy.
They have zero depth, no rim protection, lacking a perimeter option to be able to slow down a three level score like Anthony Edwards or any three level score you'd see in the playoffs. They're a team that I, my mouth would be watering. I'd get, they have Luca and you know what? Luca is capable of stealing a series.
That's important to get that out there. Yes, he's capable of that. But there's not a team I'd rather play and that includes even starting to get into the play end of teams that I'd rather play the Lakers. Excuse me, I'd rather play the Lakers than most teams.
It's just when you don't have rim protection, you don't have perimeter defense, it is going to be really hard to guard Anthony Edwards. And I like matchups where Anthony Edwards is going to run wild. I think too, the other day when you speak the plan to different teams in there, I mean, I would even probably be more scared of the Phoenix Suns than the Lakers. I feel, did you see those comments the other day?
I know fans probably listening have seen it, but Dylan Brooks comments about facing the wolves and having his number, everything like that. Joe, I think those comments are just, they're crazy, right? But like, here's the thing too, about the timbre was playing the Suns earlier in the year. We didn't have a bench, we just had Nasrita at that point.
Our bench is completely different. This team has found themselves, Anthony Edwards is playing better. And I guess I feel like this team after the ulcer break always starts putting pieces together every single year, Dylan Brooks will be coming back in the next few weeks here. Do you think, what do you think about those comments, Joe, and how do you feel if they were to match against the Suns?
I feel like it's just a Dylan Brooks thing. I mean, at this point, like what else can you expect from him? Yeah. I mean, we beat the Suns.
I mean, I think the Suns were better off when they had KD on their team, especially in a playoff matchup. And we took care of them. I mean, we swept them. So I'm not, I don't know, I'm not too worried about the Suns.
Honestly, I mean, obviously any team in the West at this point, if you're winning games in the West, you're a really solid team. But the Suns are kind of just playing with House Money. Like coming into the year they were not looked at as a team, I was going to make any noise at all. I mean, with guys like Dylan Brooks have a dude like Iga Doro come up and be able to give you really solid minutes behind Mark Williams.
Like they have a good team, but I feel like in today's NBA and especially in today's West, like having Devin Booker and then other guys were playing really well right now, but aren't necessarily the most consistent scorers or most consistent contributors, especially once you get to the playoffs. I feel like they're a fun team and it's cool that they've been doing this well up to this point. But I don't really see them as a team that like presents as real of a threat as the other teams that we've been talking about. It's gonna be, I'm just ready to see it.
Like I want the playoffs here tomorrow. I'm getting like, and see, but also I love the end of the regular season when it's every single night. It feels like it could change you from the three C to the five seed, the five C to the AC like everything's close and jumbled up. And then like you said, Minnesota has all these big matchups now.
They have one of the hardest guddles in the NBA remaining. And I'm curious, see what do they look like against the Pistons? They look like against Boston who now has Jason Tatum back. What do they look like against the Suns?
That game's huge. I talked about the Suns. They're right behind the walls. What if they get hot for some reason that game?
If you think about it, that could be a really big game if it comes down to certain things or you can get that separation need be as well. So I think like if you're a fan, like this is the best time, you're gonna see it, you're gonna learn a lot about the team in the next handful of games here. And I'm excited guys. Let's get into the bench editions as well.
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We got Banch Guys Kyle Anderson, Bones, IO. Now we have a bench. It's not just Nas Reed. I think Mike Conley being kind of that coach down the bench and Finge accepting it guys.
That's been huge. What do we make of the bench now and how different is this team to moving forward because we have death? Yeah. Part of why I thought the Timbels were so hard to play against last year and the year before is they can play multiple ways defensively.
They can play a traditional drop. They can play with athleticism and be heavy switching. This year there's been a little bit of a delay in getting everything to work without a really good bear. That's been a major storyline the entire year.
And it's gotten better. I would say early on that Nas Randall pairing was borderline disastrous. And it's getting better and better. Kyle Anderson kind of playing on that 10 to 15 minute Jayling Clark role or he gives you a little bit more size, more NBA experience.
And someone who can actually handle the ball a little bit more but direct traffic out there be a communicator which is a huge thing defensively. I don't think we had enough communicators and connectors out there. So I think getting Kyle Anderson in that limited role, it's not the same role I think he had a couple years back. What it allows us to maybe have that optionality on defense to toggle coverage and give teams different looks.
And that's just going to be way massive improvement for us. That makes us so much harder to play against. Again, it's more depth. So guys wanted to play as many minutes.
And guys are maybe they were being pushed into roles they weren't comfortable with. But now they kind of get to zero in on what they're really good at. Everyone knows what they're doing. And I'm just kind of looking for how we go out there and play these last remaining games.
I think you're going to really start to see it coming together. Kyle wasn't out there this past loss. And it just gives us team an element that we didn't have a skill set we didn't have. And that's big.
I think I think Kyle Anderson it's like it's really interesting seeing him now on the team because there's a bit more of a log jam with the skill set that he provides. Because when he's playing alongside Cat and go bare, there's like no play making in that front door, no floor setting at all. But now with Randall being in that spot, there's a lot more of a crossover with kind of the things like you said Tim, I think it'll be different for some fans seeing him come back because he's not going to be playing as much. He's not going to be getting the touches he was getting.
But just having another guy who is experienced who knows this system who these guys trust and have been around a lot. I think just more guys who we feel like we can feel good about having on the floor. I think Kyle Anderson is one of them. And a big thing too.
Two years ago we didn't have as many shooters. If you kind of go back in the time machine, we traded for Monte Morris because Jordan McLachlan was really struggling shooting from deep. And the externality of that is we had to play Kyle Anderson with multiple non shooters. I don't think that that is going to be an issue this time around.
It's just a different team. Sherry is going to play with Rudy. And that's because him and Rudy have a lot of chemistry on both the defensive end and linking up for as a lot of threat. But it's a different team, more shooting, more athleticism.
And I think it really fits him in that 10-15 role better than it ever did. It makes just so much sense to when you need a defense on that second unit to get a guy who can come in and play defense for you who can, because now it's right at him where great when they were here previously together when they played together in the minutes that they played. And so I think moving forward, now you have that security. Instead of having always to go with Julie's Randall and Nas Reed, you have Kyle Anderson.
You can have Kyle cover that defensive lapses up. We're worried in the beginning of the year what happens if you don't have Mike Connelly. They need another ball handler because Don Tays is not really a ball handler. Yes, Antes, but Don Tays is not really the starting point guard.
They find that out. Rob doesn't work out. Well, now you have Bones who can handle the ball. You have IO who can handle the ball.
And now you have Kyle Anderson who can also handle the ball. He's a ball handler. So it gives you tons of different options. And a guy who Chris Finch really likes and Kyle Anderson.
So Millier with it. He knows the team, everything like that leader just vocal in the locker room. I think it's just huge. What he's going to really do for this roster.
And it just gives you that Swiss army knife of you can play him in any lineup pretty much and you can do everything. You can go big with them. You can have him play the big on a smaller lineup if you want to. He has the physicality to match up with bigger guards like Luke Adancha, which we've seen before.
Like there's so many different unique things now. And I feel like this team has finally come together where they can like they can offer a matchup problem now or a counter punch to so many different lineups that they didn't have in the beginning of the year guys. That's going to be big in the playoffs. Let's just say Bones Highland two struggles at some point in the playoffs.
He's a streaky player. We talked about this other day, Tim, I'll just between the two of us but like you could lean theory in theory to just defense now. You have guys like if you're if you have to play Mike Conley in the playoffs just for a game or something like so be it because you know Mike can come in and he's not going to turn the ball over. He's not going to score necessarily.
He's going to come in and get some assist but he's not going to be a negative and he's going to be a better defender than Bones Highland. It's just is what it is. Then you have Kyle Anderson. You're playing guys like Jalen Clark, which you have not saying you're going to play him but you have that ability.
You can really lean on a lineup that's based around defense and then you're telling him hey just go out there and play defense and stall until we can get our starters back in and that's something that I think is really unique with Kyle Anderson and Lox's. I'll play defense. Kyle can play defense. Mike like there's so many different things now and you have these metrics that you can put in any scenario with Mike and Kyle.
It doesn't matter if they don't play every day. They're just at this point. They're too polished. They're too perfected in their careers and they're going to come in and they're going to play smart minutes.
That's going to be really big for the timbers. We'll move forward. Anthony Edwards as well before we wrap up. We're going to talk about him.
Give him his flowers. He's been playing like an MVP. You've seen it. He's been actually a special man.
He's coming with only 30 points a game doing it all. What do you like about his game and how did he take his game to another level this season? I think the big thing I mean we've seen it over like last season especially was the big jump. Just the three-point shooting is just insane now.
Not like leading the league like he was last year but still shooting at I mean in March so far he's shooting 10 threes a game pretty much and shooting 31 percent on those three. It's like if you would have told me when we drafted him that he was even going to shoot six and a half threes a game at 40 percent like at any point I would have been really happy with especially with his explosiveness. I mean it just creates a whole new dynamic where not only do you have to be big enough to like contain him when he's driving you have to have like good enough hands and good enough quickness to stay with him because I mean we saw in the clipper game he'll really pull from anywhere. He'll shoot it if he has a sliver of daylight and he's the best I think he's the best clutch or in the NBA right now.
He's like I think third in clutch points but in terms of like that kind of upper echelon he's leading in clutch true shooting percent. I think I got it somewhere here. Yeah he's shooting like 68 percent true shooting in the clutch which is just absolutely ridiculous and I think especially as we're getting closer to playoff time like that's exactly what you need. We've seen what he can do in a playoff series but to have him building this type of momentum before we even get there I think it's massive.
Yeah I think with with with ant it's like we look at the other day for people who miss us as well and Carmelo Anthony came out and said Anthony Edwards is the best player in the NBA right now. That's what he truly believes then Candace Barker as well on Amazon Prime and in their pregame was talking about it and she said that she agrees with them that she thinks Anthony Edwards is the best player over everyone in the league right now. That is crazy that we're getting this praise in Minnesota. That's how special he is.
He's not even his prime yet. I think that's what fans need to realize like this kid is going to get better and better. He's just a two-way talent. He's just amazing and the clutch play that is pure could be like that is an empty.
That is something that the greats truly do. So I'm really excited to see what Ant Man does in the playoffs at the end of the season here. I think with ant too it's like he added the mid-range game which he didn't have last year which we struggled against the Thunder and he didn't like anything he just did does like and he picks up and he wants to commit to. He becomes elite at it and once I posted this I can't tweet out or post out about this like recently within the last week I was like Anthony Edwards has graduated now to un-guardable because like what I have seen him do this year with adding the mid-range now he has the three-point shot he's finishing at the rim at a higher percentage he can do everything like he's un-guardable now he finally has figured it out and I feel like he reads the double teams that in elite level he doesn't turn it over like he used to he doesn't get like even gets blitzed when he comes across the half court line he knows what to do now like he's learned all the coverages in the game I can see it slowing down for the kid and it's just like that's scary for the league it should be and it should if you're if you're a fan if you're listening whether you're an NBA fan or a Tim will fan like this kid is starting to put it all together that's why he's so special right Tim oh man I mean two years ago he started to showcase a mid-range game with that turnaround jumper it kind of went away or it wasn't as efficient almost like he spent the entire summer with Steph Curry learning our shoot threes but you just had a feeling that that mid-range is gonna come back and boy did it come back and not only did it come back but it came back in a strategic manner he now has spots on the floor he can get to that is always something he's lacked in these deep even in these deep play-up runs he's kind of just been winging it like he's been learning how to read defenses he's so athletic that he's going to score no matter what you do but now he's starting to truly understand how I can get to certain spots on the floor and he's starting to perfect shots in certain areas that he can get to depending on the coverage and he's not done getting better he's going to continue to fine tune that I mean look at sga what he did in his age 24 to age 26 seasons where he always had that talent to the point okay see he had to shut him down just to preserve the okay see tank job you're kind of starting to see aunt recognize where his spots are on the floor and it's just gonna get better and better I think like I was just gonna I was just gonna say before I go real quick I think to add to that all I want to say is like we're seeing now too from aunt instead of like scoring progressively like over the entire game um he's he's like oh I'm gonna get my teammates involved now early I don't have to score a ton and maybe he'll go into halftime only half four points he'll still end the game with like 30 like that's something that we didn't see with aunt before now you're thinking realize I have to get my teammates involved how do I get them going or he'll do the thing where he starts the first quarter off he's like I'll go out and get a first quarter then I'm gonna cool off because I need to make sure I get my teammates involved so we can win Dante Jadon always got to hit shots then I know at the end of the game I'm so clutch I'll carry them to the win I'll do my thing and I can go no problem you need me to score 18 in the fourth quarter I got you like get on my back that is crazy that he has now got to the point where he knows he can get his at any single moment that's special that's why he's growing too okay Joe sorry man no yeah no worries I just wanted to say like I think the fact that he's playing at a near MVP level and we're still able to say that he's putting things together and that he's just figuring things out I think it just shows how much more room there still is to grow and I mean with a guy with his athleticism his shooting his just hustle that he shows especially in these playoffs series like there truly is no limit to what he can end up being for this team and so I just think it's an exciting time to be a world's fan and an exciting time to just continue watching him grow you never out of it if you have Anthony Edwards on your team I just want to touch on one quick thing something that people might bring up as a negative as an emphasis numbers are going down but what I'd like to just point out is if we're playing hockey he'd be breaking assist records because he has so many second assists by collapsing the defense getting the ball into swing swing and that's time seeing him from him so I'm not as surprised as his assist numbers are down and I don't think that's a good reflection of what he's doing I think he's really understanding his gravity and even like you know last night or excuse me yesterday afternoon how many shots are missed off of his past attempts so if you kind of slow it down and look at the passes leading up to a score you're going to notice that Ant is the person that usually starts that swing swing leading to an open shot that that is a really good point I think that's something like for people who made it to the end of this episode like that's a gold mine of what you just brought up something that like I haven't really thought about too much but now I'm going to be watching for it a ton going forward again this guy's feeling is we don't know what it is yet becoming so clutch adding the mid-range game becoming like just becoming a closer which we didn't have in the playoffs last year how many games did we see when they went to the Western Commons finals against the Mavericks when they went the other year against Oklahoma City how many games was like Minnesota hanging in there all these games but they just put it put it away they couldn't in clutch moments do these things they have a killer now this guy's a closing guy and in the playoffs this year again in the beginning the season I did not think he had graduated from that but now I think he has he has become unguarded and this year that is why if you're going into the playoffs it is scary if you're facing the Timberwolves because we do we know ant brings this game up but we now we haven't seen at this level what he's going to truly happen and how do they stop him because what you're seeing right now is if he wants it he can go get it imagine the playoffs him being like more aggressive than what he is right now yeah like you know how I brought up earlier like oh I can still I'll still get 30 at the game but when the playoffs he's gonna be like well I'll just get 40 45 50 like whatever like that's the level of aggression that he goes up to even in the envy or this all-star game we see him clutch shots put the team on his back confidence force things the OTs go in become the most clutch player when MVP of the all-star game like okay Cunningham gets 40 points we saw his comments I gotta go out 40 like Wendy's talking crap but before the all-star game it's on like I gotta get MVP now because Wendy's saying something like that competitiveness is why you should be excited about him he really wants it I mean I'm sure he's tired of going to the West finals get eliminated he talked about the other day too I posted a YouTube video guys of all he don't care about MVP he don't care about being an all-star starter all he wants to do is win a title he literally talked about that he doesn't need any accolades he just wants to win the NBA championship that is all he wants but it's been a ton of fun talkable about what you guys we're going to wrap it up here appreciate everyone for joining as always you find our social media pages on the screen for those listening around all your social platforms if you just search the daily wolves and anywhere you get your podcast search the daily wolves podcast we appreciate everyone for joining and it's always the wolves