Talking Timberwolves and more with St Paul Central great Juriad Hughes

On this episode of The Coach & The Culture podcast, recorded Oct 24, 2025 (before the game vs The Los Angeles Lakers), Coach Frank and Lance (from Yes!Trees) is joined by St Paul Central Hall of Fame basketball great Juriad Hughes. The trio discusses the Timberwolves 118-114 opening night road victory over the Portland Trailblazers, which of course means plenty of Anthony Edwards talk. Then they discuss the Julius and Jaden on court relationship as well as the expected rotation minutes and contribution of TJ Shannon and Jaylen Clark. They also discuss Coach Finch's choice of Bones Hyland over Rob Dillingham to start the 4th quarter and why it's not necessarily time to pull the plug on young Rob. The episode continues with a little talk about what we would and wouldn't like to see in the game vs LA (We saw ALL the stuff we didn't want to see). Closing out the episode is talk with Juriad about his playing career, his "ONE LEVEL SPORTS" training and mentorship company and his World Champion track star son at the University of Arkansas. Give a listen to a fun conversation filled with Timberwolves anaylsis and trips down memory lane with the 1989 Mr Basketball runner-up! (Yes, he was snubbbed lol)