The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss the Wolves win in Dallas on Monday night. A win that hinted at both the additional ways the Wolves can maximize Rudy Gobert and the idea that sometimes not playing him can be okay too. An array of topics in today’s show...— Gobert shows, at least for a game, that he can contribute to the Wolves’ fly-around identity— How Dallas played Gobert off the floor with a 5-out look, and how the Wolves’ adjusted— Why KAT will be a critical counter-punch to opponents going small against the Wolves— How much was Kyrie’s 4th quarter ambush about the Wolves’ defense?— Ant becoming increasingly undeniable on offense— To what extent will the Wolves miss DLo’s shooting?— What is it the Wolves want out of Conley?— The Gobert-Conley pick and roll chemistry— What to do about the Gobert post ups?— How might KAT fit with Conley compared to Russell?— The jam-packed Western Conference standingsSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune, who has been on the road with the Wolves since the acquisition of Mike Conley, to discuss what Chris has gathered from his interactions with Conley thus far. Dane and Chris discuss, on and off the floor, what the roster shift from D’Angelo Russell to Conley might look like. Topics include...— Initial reactions to Conley, from his debut in Memphis to how he seems to be acclimating to his new surroundings— If Conley helps, how it will likely be on the margins — which have been a critical weak point for this Wolves team this season— What has gone into the Wolves’ recent regression on defense— How Conley might fit into the Wolves’ toggling defensive schemes— What do we think the rotation will look like going forward?— Chris’ thoughts on Rihanna’s halftime performanceSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to react to the Wolves’ activity at the trade deadline and to how the Western Conference power shifted at the deadline — for this season and beyond. Topics today include...— How the style of play might change in D’Angelo Russell’s absence, and who on the roster could benefit most from that change— If Patrick Beverley is bought out by Orlando, he would have interest in returning to Minnesota, but would he make sense on this Wolves roster?— What does inaction on Naz Reid and Jaylen Nowell suggest?— How the Wolves might fit in the greater landscape of the now new Western Conference— How does KAT fit into all of this?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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to give initial reactions to the D’Angelo Russell for Mike Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and three second-round picks trade that went down Wednesday evening. Plenty of discussion on the motivations for the move. And then the Wolves also played a game Wednesday night in Utah, so Dane and Kyle got into that as well.— Detailing what the Wolves got back for DLo, outside of just Conley the player— An important difference in Conley’s offensive game, and how that could benefit Gobert— How this trade changes what the Wolves might be able to do this upcoming offseason— Does this deal make a Naz Reid extension more likely— Where does Nickeil Alexander-Walker fit in, and how does that impact Jaylen Nowell?— Going through DLo’s tenure in Minnesota— Recapping the Wolves win in Utah, highlighted by big performances from Jaylen Nowell and Josh MinottSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Timberwolves beat writer, Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press to discuss the Wolves’ debacle of a 34-point loss in Denver on Tuesday night. And then Dane and Jace take one more stab at the trade deadline, discussing what the team needs might be down the stretch run of the season and whether or not it is wise to invest resources to acquire that need.— What led to the Nuggets 33-to-2 run in the first quarter?— How might the Wolves weigh players returning from injury when considering trades the deadline?— Was Rudy Gobert acquired to make the Wolves a contender or to first make the franchise more relevant?— Why the Wolves could regret not giving Naz Reid and extension and why the Wolves could regret not trading Reid— Will deadline moves be about winning now or about winning years down the road?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

On today’s show, Dane takes a final look at the three Wolves players whose names have been most floating around the trade deadline rumor mill, in D’Angelo Russell, Naz Reid and Jaylen Nowell. Dane takes a look at what the future for those three players might look like from not only a trade standpoint but also from the standpoint of a potential contract extension.— Does keeping Nowell on the team and in the rotation make more sense now that he no longer needs to play point guard?— Nowell talks at shootaround about how playing point guard this season has been difficult and about the perspective he’s bringing into the trade deadline and free agency this summer— Why a Naz Reid contract extension is contingent upon what goes down at the deadline from a salary cap standpoint— A hypothetical D’Angelo Russell trade that (potentially!) could bring an asset back to Minnesota while also preserving the DLo salary slotSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined in Denver by the DNVR Nuggets crew to discuss how the Wolves and Nuggets are matching up in this back-to-back and how they might matchup if they draw each other in the playoffs. But before Wolves-Nuggets talk, Dane starts solo, discussing the return of Jordan McLaughlin and how JMac being back in the rotation might change some things. Topics include...— How the Wolves fared in Jordan McLaughlin’s absence— Looking at who JMac had success with last season so as to estimate where his impact might be most felt now that he’s returned to the rotation— How much sense does it make to play JMac next to Jaylen Nowell or D’Angelo Russell?— Looking at how the Wolves and Nuggets matchup, with an eye on the postseason— Of course some Bones Hyland talk, trying to better understand Hyland’s vices and virtuesSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to discuss Anthony Edwards not being chosen as a Western Conference All-Star and to get into the Wolves’ win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. Much of the focus from the win against the Warriors is dedicated to Naz Reid, which naturally leads to a conversation about what his future with the Wolves might be as the trade deadline looms. Other topics today include...— Anthony Edwards not being chosen for the All-Star game— The Wolves’ other core: Ant, Jaden and Naz— Naz Reid’s development story— Making the case for and against trading Naz Reid at the deadline— How would Bones Hyland fit if he were added at the deadline?— The Wolves seeming to have let go of the idea that “it’s early”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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Timberwolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to look at the Wolves through the lens of how they matchup against the other expected Western Conference playoff teams. Dane and Jace also get into the latest on Karl-Anthony Towns’s injury timetable and discuss the one fly in the ointment left in Anthony Edwards’s offensive game. Topics include...— Reacting to Tim Connelly’s public comments on the process of navigating KAT’s calf strain— Discussing what Rudy Gobert needs in support defensively to be the most impactful version of himself, regardless of how the opponent tries to attack them— Ranking the expected Western Conference playoff teams from who the Wolves should most want to catch in a playoff series to who they should least want to catch in the playoffs— Going through the flaws in Ant’s offensive game that he has worked through over the first 2.5 years of his career and the one element of his offensive game that still needs to be ironed outSign 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

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to talk about how the Wolves’s defense was exposed by the Kings’s 5-out offense in overtime on Monday night, all while acknowledging that result came in the backdrop of a marvelous January. A marvelous January specifically fueled by the now-unambiguous leap of Anthony Edwards. Topics today range from...— Detailing how the Kings’s 5-out offense exposed the Wolves’s defense and what the Wolves can do to counter spread offenses going forward— Going through what playoff teams in the West might try a spread offense against the Wolves in a playoff series— Anthony Edwards’s excellent January and the growth he’s showing that isn’t fully captured by the box score— Rudy Gobert playing more in the dunker spot— What has fueled D’Angelo Russell’s greatly improved shooting this season, comparing it to the Tyler Herro role in Miami— Where the Ant-DLo-Rudy trio has improved defensively, overtime of the Kings game notwithstanding— What Chris Finch means when he says Jaden McDaniels has “shit in his blood” and the lower-key growth we’ve seen from the Wolves’s other 2020 first round pickSign 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