

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast
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Dane Moore interviews experts from around the league on the state of the Minnesota Timberwolves and latest NBA news.
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May 18, 2023 • 1h 34min
Britt Robson On The Feasibility of a KAT-to-Portland trade, Wemby to San Antonio + The Conference Finals
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss Wemby to the Spurs, the feasibility of a KAT-to-Portland trade and the Conference Finals after Game 1s. Specific topics, in order, today include:-- The feasibility of a KAT to Portland trade-- How the Spurs might build a roster around Wemby-- Does Naz Reid make sense for the Spurs?-- How many players would you take over Jimmy Butler for the playoffs?-- What does Boston's path to winning look like?-- How the Lakers matchup with Jokic-- Does LeBron on Jokic make some sense?-- The DLo/Herro/Poole archetype in the playoffsSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2023 • 1h 4min
Anthony Edwards' Pursuit of MJ + How He Plans To Approach The Summer w/ Chris Hine
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Chris Hine, from the Star Tribune, to discuss Chris’ recent story on Anthony Edwards — a one-on-one interview, in which Edwards reflects on the season, lays out his plan for the summer, and describes how he’s trying to become the greatest shooting guard of all time by “catching his boy M.J.”. Some of the specific topics from the story that Dane and Chris discuss include...— What Edwards says his approach to late-game offense will be next season— How Edwards is growing, and has room to grow, in his ability to read opposing defenses— Ant’s “superpower” of getting to the rim— What chasing MJ looks like— Working out with Gobert in France and McDaniels in Minneapolis— What does being in “the best shape” look like for Edwards— Edwards eligible for max contract extension this summerSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2023 • 1h 46min
Britt Robson On All-Defense/NBA, How Connelly Built Denver + Round 2 Talk
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the NBA awards that came out this week — focusing on All-Defense (Jaden!) and All-NBA — before moving into conversation on what has shaped up to be an exciting and surprisingly competitive Round 2 of the NBA playoffs. Specific topics today include...— All-Defensive teams announced, and Jaden McDaniels not making one of the two teams— Reactions to All-NBA teams— The Denver Nuggets, the team Tim Connelly built, being the favorite to win the Finals— James Harden and the concept of the volatile star player— Broader thoughts on Nuggets-Suns, Sixers-Celtics, Lakers-Warriors and Knicks-HeatSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2023 • 1h 35min
Wolves Offseason Mailbag Part 2 w/ Kyle Theige: No All-D for McDaniels, Naz's Future, Ant, Finch, PG of the Future + More
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to dive into a Wolves offseason preview in the form of a two-part mailbag. In this episode, Part 2, the maintopics Dane and Kyle dive into include...— Jaden McDaniels not making an All-Defensive team, and why that likely won’t impact his contract extension— Naz Reid’s future in Minnesota + Naz comps— Areas Anthony Edwards can grow alongside the two bigs— Chris Finch’s fit with this roster— Mike Conley and the future of the point guard position— Nickeil Alexander-Walker as a long-term piece— Miscellaneous question topicsSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2023 • 1h 22min
Wolves Offseason Mailbag Part 1 w/ Kyle Theige: Connelly Future, Free Agency/Trades, Double Bigs
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to dive into a Wolves offseason preview in the form of a two-part mailbag. In this episode, Part 1, the maintopics Dane and Kyle dive into include...— Tim Connelly’s recent comments about the Washington job and how the Wolves enter the offseason with a question mark at the top— The Wolves salary cap and luxury tax flexibility this summer and how that might impact re-signing Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker— Many questions on trading Karl-Anthony Towns or Rudy Gobert— Listing cheap free agency options to shore up shooting and physicality— What KAT can work on to counteract small defenders— Comparing Towns and Gobert to other double-big looks around the leagueSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2023 • 1h 24min
15 Minutes On Each Round 2 Series w/ Britt Robson
On today’s show, Dane is again joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost, only this time to move on from the Wolves season and to focus on what has thus far happened in Round 2 of the playoffs. Dane and Britt start by discussing Sixers-Celtic, then move on to Suns-Nuggets and Heat-Knicks, before closing with Lakers-Warriors.— Sixers-Celtics (4:00)— Suns-Nuggets (21:00)— Heat-Knicks (43:00)— Lakers-Warriors (1:01:00)Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2023 • 1h 35min
Britt Robson On Recapping The Wolves Season
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to recap the Wolves series against Denver and the Wolves season as a whole. From recapping the two bigs experiment to Ant’s ascension, topics today include:— Tidied-up under achievement is how the season ended— Recapping the nature of the two big— Ant as the primary focus, two bigs following suit— What was said at exit interviews— Parsing Connelly/Finch/Gobert’s comments on reason for optimism— What were the intractable issues of the season, and which of those issues can be solved internally vs needing to find answers for externally?Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2023 • 2h 12min
Exit Interviews Sound and Notes All In One Place
On today’s show, Dane runs through Timberwolves exit interviews by playing the audio of the audio of Tim Connelly, Chris Finch and the five players who spoke to the media in end of season press conference form. After each of the interviews, Dane gives some thoughts and notes of what was said. If you’re looking for a specific person's exit interview audio, follow the timestamps below that roughly account for commentary and ad breaks...— Tim Connelly (4:00)— Jaden McDaniels (28:00)— Chris Finch (44:00)— Mike Conley (1:07:00)— Rudy Gobert (1:27:00)— Karl-Anthony Towns (1:56:00)— Taurean Prince (2:04:00)Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2023 • 1h 11min
Reflecting On The Playoff Series And The Season As A Whole w/ Jace Frederick and Chris Hine
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writers Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press and Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to reflect on the playoff series against the Nuggets and the season as a whole. To recap a wild season, Dane, Jace and Chris gather after Game 5 to reflect on it all. Some topics today include...— What we now know about Anthony Edwards after a second consecutive high-level playoff series— Reflecting on how this roster fits together now that we’ve seen a full season of it— What difference would have Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid have made in this series?— Fun stories and memories from the 2022-23 seasonSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2023 • 56min
What Needs To Happen For The Wolves To Win Game 5 w/ Chris Hine
On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to preview Game 5 of Wolves-Nuggets by discussing what we think might happen and by discussing what we feel will have to happen for the Wolves to pull off an upset. Specific topics today include...— No Kyle Anderson, so who rounds out the Wolves already thin rotation— Needing at least one bench guy to really contribute— Can Anthony Edwards do it again?— Needing Karl-Anthony Towns to also deliver, and ways he might be able to find his production— The job Nickeil Alexander-Walker has done on Jamal Murray— What Alexander-Walker’s future with the Wolves might look like beyond this season as he enters restricted free agencySign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/Dane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices