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

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves' win over the Warriors on Friday night -- their fourth win in a row that has been fueled by defense. Dane and Kyle focus on Anthony Edwards breaking back out, everyone guarding more collectively and how the Wolves feel like they're a little more in control than they were earlier in the season. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Ant is back -- but in a more patient sort of way (3:00)

- "Everyone is guarding," even Reid and Randle (27:00)

- McDaniels back to being a weapon (38:00)

- A game they felt in control the whole way (48:00)

- Finch managing Randle's role and minutes through struggles (57:00)

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Anthony Edwards Is Back + Everyone Is Guarding w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss what went wrong in crunch time against the Warriors on Sunday night. Dane and Jace focus this episode on the two areas this Wolves game went wrong -- by not getting back defensively in the 3rd quarter and by playing too much hero ball in the 4th. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- What went wrong in crunchtime + Who Conley could/should have closed instead of (2:00)

- The Warriors strategy was to run the Wolves -- another Randle + Gobert issue (20:00)

- How should the Wolves be feeling 25% of the way into the season (39:00)

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What Went Wrong In Crunch Time Against The Warriors? w/ Jace Frederick

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss Britt's most recent column on the Wolves finding their defensive identity over the last few weeks. Dane and Britt talk a lot about shifts in identity and mentality that could shift the Wolves off of the status quo. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Do the Wolves have a defensive identity now? (3:00)

- Can the Wolves adopt NAW's mentality as a collective? (20:00)

- What would Randle's Aaron Gordon transformation look like? (27:30)

- Finch talks Ant's crunch time decision-making growth, despite the GSW game (57:00)

- Finch talks closing lineup hindsight (1:12:00)

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Is The Wolves Defensive Identity Enough? w/ Britt Robson

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night that was fueled by the defense, Jaden McDaniels and Julius Randle. Also some conversation about how Anthony Edwards is being guarded, Dillingham's return to the rotation and the schedule ahead. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Winning of late by trading some offense for a lot more defense (1:00)

- One of the best McDaniels games, continuing a clear upward trend for him (22:00)

- An effective Randle-doing-Randle-things game, and why that was needed (32:00)

- What Ant needs to do against this type of defensive attention (45:30)

- How Dillingham looked in his return + the schedule ahead (1:03:00)

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A Wolves Win Fueled By Defense, McDaniels and Randle w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick to discuss the Wolves win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night. Dane and Jace focus on the Wolves pattern of winning low-scoring games with elite defense. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Same script: A low-scoring win, but signs of offensive life (1:30)

- The weapon of always have two of Gobert, McDaniels and Alexander-Walker on the floor (21:00)

- McDaniels continuing to be a menace, and filling up the stat sheet of late (29:00)

- What fueled Ant's game on offense? (40:00)

- Some rotation tweaking, Dillingham and Conley share the floor (47:00)

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Wolves Takedown Spurs With Same Low-Scoring Script w/ Jace Frederick

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss what this season's Wolves team is like off the court and KAT coming to town. Dane and Chris begin by talking about Chris' story he wrote last week on the Wolves' players-only group chat -- an important tool for clearing the air that often replaces players-only meetings. Also some conversation and clips about Karl-Anthony Towns' return to Target Center on Thursday night. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- How the Wolves used their team group chat to get out of their early season funk (2:00)

- How is this team different off the floor + Ant's new leadership role (19:00)

- KAT is coming to town, reflecting on the KAT Era (34:00)

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What Is This Wolves Team Like Off The Floor? + KAT Is Coming To Town w/ Chris Hine

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns' season thus far in New York and how the Wolves might opt to matchup with not only Towns but Jalen Brunson and the rest of the Knicks. Also some conversation about Jaden McDaniels' play of late and Naz Reid's role in a KAT-less Wolves World. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- KAT in NY: A "cheat code" on O + better than the narrative suggests on D (3:00)

- Who will guard KAT and who will guard Brunson? (19:00)

- Everything about McDaniels' game is pointing upward (43:00)

- What needs to happen for Reid to take off in KAT's absence? (60:00) 

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How Will The Wolves Matchup With KAT And The Knicks? w/ Britt Robson

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves loss to the Knicks in Karl-Anthony Towns' return to Target Center on Thursday night. Dane and Kyle start by getting into accountability and the role Chris Finch plays in this team that does not seem to be held accountable for the persistent issues that are getting in the way of their success. Also plenty of discussion on KAT -- how he played in the game and how the optics of the trade are currently very poor. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Has Finch not been able to hold the team accountable or has the team been incapable of being held accountable? (1:00)

- The KAT matchup: How they were guarding him when it worked and didn't (25:00)

- The complete lack of an offensive identity (41:00)

- The need for spacing + how the Randle part of this is getting hard to believe in (55:00)

- The optics of the KAT trade currently being awful (1:12:00)

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Wolves Get Smoked In KAT's Return w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Jace Frederick, from the St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss the Wolves' losses to Golden State and Atlanta in their last two games. Brutal first halves against the Warriors and Hawks have the Wolves seeming lost and forced to search for something to get them back on rhythm. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Closing with Reid and Randle instead of Gobert + what that highlights (1:00)

- Ant's refs beef, where his head is at overall + how that's impacting his game (22:30)

- The Mavs matchup + are the Wolves still a "can beat anyone on any given night" team? (48:00)

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Ant and The Wolves Seeming Lost w/ Jace Frederick

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss what went into the Wolves' Christmas day win over Dallas. The conversation starts with Anthony Edwards, and his strong start to the game setting the tone. Dane and Kyle then get into how the Wolves are putting Julius Randle in better positions and how Luka Doncic's injury may open up some space at the top of the Western Conference. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- Ant's game: The strong start + late-game duel with Kyrie (1:30)

- A rotation shift that has Randle put in a different/better situation to succeed (30:00)

- With Luka seriously hurt, is the top of the West a little more open? (49:00)

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The Wolves Christmas Day Win w/ Kyle Theige

On today's show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick from the St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss the Luka Doncic and De'Aaron Fox trades, and how that impacts the Western Conference -- specifically through a Wolves lens. Dane and Jace also discuss the Wolves losing Karl-Anthony Towns, and comparing the fanbase fallout from that trade to the Dallas fans' fallout from the Doncic trade. Specific topics and timestamps below...

- The Doncic trade through a Wolves lens (1:00)

- The KAT trade and the Luka trade + how that impacts fanbases (11:30)

- The Fox trade making the West more dense + how that impacts the Wolves (34:00)

- Needing to replace injured-Julius Randle's production to stay afloat in the West (53:00)

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Where the Wolves fit in the West after the Doncic + Fox trades w/ Jace Frederick

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