The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to preview the Wolves and Nuggets first round matchup. Naturally, this episode also includes plenty of discussion of the Wolves play-in win over the Thunder as well. As we sprint into the postseason, Dane and Britt try and cover all the bases.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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to discuss the Wolves officially making the playoffs. Dane and Kyle get into what went into the Wolves 25-point win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night before looking ahead to the matchup against Denver — which somehow begins in like 36 hours. Topics today include...— The Wolves actually tapping into their big identity to take down the undersized Thunder— Nickeil Alexander-Walker getting the start and being the X-factor in his ability to slow down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander— A defensive game plan catered to shutting down what the Thunder do best— How Mike Conley makes the Wolves make more sense— The Wolves short rotation and bare bones bench— Looking ahead to the Denver matchupSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane previews the matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder by first giving updates from Thursday’s practice on the health of Rudy Gobert and Anthony Edwards before bringing in Andrew Schlecht who covers the Thunder for The Athletic to get some of the Thunder perspective. Topics today include...— Rudy Gobert talks about his back injury and availability for Friday— The balance between attacking the offensive glass and getting back in transition— Playing through likely KAT doubles in the post— What to expect from Ant after the performance in LA— The Thunder perspective from Andrew Schlecht— What will the inflection points of this loser goes home matchup be?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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined in LA by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves losing the play-in game to the Lakers on Tuesday night. Despite being short-handed, it felt, at least for three quarters, that the Wolves had enough to win. Dane and Chris breakdown how the Wolves built the lead and then ultimately let it slip away. Topics today include...— The offense completely drying up in the 4th— What role KAT’s foul trouble played + KAT’s overall performance— Anthony Edwards being completely missing in action the entire night— Another excellent Conley game— Having almost no one off the bench to go to— What should the level of desperation be for the 8 seed?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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost after the Wolves final game of the regular season. Obviously no shortage of items to get to from the beating the Wolves gave themselves in the first half and the beating they handed out to the Pelicans in the second half. Topics today include...— Is McDaniels a more consequential loss than Gobert?— With McDaniels’ season over, some discussion on what his extension talks might look like this summer— Do the Wolves really “have to trade Gobert”?— KAT having no part of the Wolves dysfunction, and an opportunity for him to shine— How will the Lakers matchup with KAT and Ant?— Conley showing his underrated versatility since getting to Minnesota— Does this team still have enough talent to be frisky in a playoff series?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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane gets into the Wolves’ “active hands” against the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 82 and tries to apply some context on what went down between Rudy Gobert and Kyle Anderson, and how they’re going to need to move forward through the altercation and without Jaden McDaniels. Because Chris Hine got stranded on the road after the Wolves’ win over the Spurs, Dane goes solo on this one. Topics today include...— Can Gobert and Anderson make it work going forward?— What role did Gobert’s back spasms play in everything that went down?— The latest sign of this team being inexperienced and immature— McDaniels breaking his hand and replacing his role going forward— Ant has always been able to guard in the fourth quarter, but they now need him to guard for all four quarters with McDaniels out— Why it feels like KAT now feels like he has to drive the bus on offense, and how he’s begun to show he can again do that— Anderson now needing to play the 3, which will be new— Thinking ahead to the Lakers matchupSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson and Kyle Theige live from Falling Knife Brewing Company to discuss where the Wolves sit 80 games into the season at 40-40. Dane, Kyle and Britt start by discussing Britt’s most recent column about the Wolves consistently being .500 this season, and whether or not that can change here in the final week of the season and into the play-in/playoffs. Then they take questions from listeners live from the taproom. A whole array of topics are covered as we enter the final stretch of the regular season.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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss what went into the Wolves win in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. The episode starts by focusing on how the Wolves closed the game, with Rudy Gobert on the bench, and how it worked. From there, most of the focus was Karl-Anthony Towns and his bounce back game after only having eight points on three shots against Portland on Sunday. And finally some two games to go standings talk.— Not closing the game with Gobert and even Towns at times— Where the Wolves went to Towns offensively to get him back on track— Overall thoughts on the offensive fit of the Towns, Gobert and Edwards fit, now after those three have played 24 games together— Where the Wolves may fall in the play-in and who the optimal play-in opponent would beSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss a loss so bad to the Portland Trailblazers that you can’t help but deeply question the trajectory of this team as currently constructed. With that, topics today include...— Were the 52 games the Wolves played without Karl-Anthony Towns at all relevant to solving the puzzle at hand?— Why this season has made conversations about a potential Karl-Anthony Towns trade not seem inappropriate— If you have to play offense one way with Gobert, can KAT, Ant and Rudy all do it together?— Are the Wolves pot-committed to a bad hand?— With lots of negative focus on Towns and Gobert, how much of this season is also on Edwards and Finch?— Chris discusses what went into getting the quote from Gobert about the officiating when he was in Phoenix on WednesdaySign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to discuss the Wolves’ bizarre loss against the Lakers on Friday night and the role the illness this team is dealing with is making it very difficult to understand what they are (or are not). Topics today include...— Was that the October Wolves or are they just sick?— Where we’ve most seen the impact of the flu going around the team— The bizarre Anthony Davis ankle roll sequence and how that seemed to turn the game— How do the Wolves go about replacing Naz Reid’s offense in the second unit?— Injecting ball movement back into the offense— Schedule and standings entering the final weekSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.