The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane begins with a solo recap of Monday night’s 4-point Wolves win over the Miami Heat that extended the Wolves current winning streak to four games. After digging into five themes from the win over Miami, Dane is joined by Tony East who covers the Indiana Pacers for SportsIllsutrated.com to preview Wednesday night’s matchup in Indiana. Topics include...— What went in to Rudy Gobert taking zero shots from the field against Miami— The point guard play from D’Angelo Russell and Jordan McLaughlin, focusing in on Jordan McLaughlin’s 3-point shot making a bounce back— Karl-Anthony Towns propelling the Wolves in the first half and then picking up five fouls in the second half and fouling out for the third time this season— Anthony Edwards waking up in the second half and driving the Wolves comeback— Previewing the Indiana matchup, focusing on the Edwards and McDaniels against Haliburton and Mathurin matchup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris of the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves recent winning streak that has served as litmus test for optimism or pessimism, given that their opponents over the streak have not been at full strength and due to the fact that late-game execution has remained an issue. Dane and Chris all discuss the idea of sacrifice in the starting lineup, and how winning, despite some of the flaws in the wins, may be able to foster that necessary sacrifice sinking into the group.— The mood of the Wolves’ locker room after the win in Philadelphia— Glass half full: Something to be said about just getting a win— Glass half empty: The win in Philadelphia came with an “avalanche of mistakes” in the fourth quarter, said Chris Finch— The factors that fuel making sacrifice a difficult concept in the NBA— Do the recent wins coming against teams not at full strength cheapen the merit of those wins?Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige for an episode that focuses on the context, for better or worse, that applies to the beginning of the Rudy Gobert experience in Minnesota. Through a Gobert lens, Dane and Kyle focus on Saturday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid on Sunday, and how the Wolves now have Gobert to throw at the Embiid matchup. A portion of the episode also focuses on anecdotes from Kyle’s interview with Jim Petersen on the Flagrant Howls podcast.— How the Wolves might go about countering Embiid with Gobert— What we learned from Embiid’s 59-point performance earlier in the week that could help the Wolves in their game plan for the Sixers— Where the Wolves can best utilize Gobert offensively— Some context to the tweet about Edwards not passing to GobertSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss bright spots that have materialized for the Wolves over their two wins thus far this week. In that, a lot of the early focus of the episode is on Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell, who traded off having big games in the wins, and then also Rudy Gobert, who seems to slowly be finding himself. Dane and Britt also get into a few of the questions Britt answered in his mailbag column over at MinnPost.— Gobert beginning to fit in on both sides of the ball— What stood out from big performances from Ant and DLo, outside of their scoring output— Finch beginning to make some schematic changes— How the Wolves are navigating the leadership void left by Patrick Beverley— If DLo were to be traded, in what ways might that be an empty scapegoating— The job Tim Connelly has in front of himSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to look into the numbers behind the first 14 games of the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert experiment. Dane and Jace look at how Towns and Gobert have thus far graded out on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball analytically, and discuss how fair those catch-all metrics have been to the still relatively small sample size. Before Jace joins, Dane starts the episode with a solo film review of Kyle Anderson’s recent play.— Kyle Anderson film review— What is going into KAT grading out as a 26th percentile defender thus far this season?— What is going into KAT grading out as a 94th percentile offensive player thus far this season?— What is going into Gobert grading out as a 65th percentile defender thus far this season?— What is going into Gobert grading out as a 66th percentile offensive player thus far this season?— What might crunch time offense look like once the Wolves start finding themselves in crunch time situationsSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine of the Star Tribune to discuss D’Angelo Russell and the Wolves bouncing back with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night. The Wolves were driven by a combined 59 points on extremely efficient scoring from Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns, which papered over some other flaws that again reared their head. Topics discussed include:— DLo bounces back, and does it by playing the way he’s most comfortable— Cleveland had no answer for KAT — from Lamar Stevens to Robin Lopez and even to Evan Mobley— Jaden McDaniels string together impressive defensive performances, but foul trouble has remained a nightly issue— Ant follows up a strong Friday performance on ESPN with an uninspiring effort in Cleveland on Sunday evening— Wolves almost let 24-point lead slip away after getting too comfortableSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves continuing to falter in a loss to Memphis on Friday night and D’Angelo Russell continuing to trend in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, another episode about what isn’t working for this team — and thus, in turn, more intense conversation about something needing to change.— The numbers behind D’Angelo Russell’s continued struggles— Options for a starting lineup change, if a change is to come— Karl-Anthony Towns’ foul trouble back with a vengeance and the residual impact of that fouling— After being the worst defensive rebounding team in the league last season, the numbers say the Wolves have somehow gotten even worse at finishing possessions— Why Cleveland will be a particularly difficult test on SundaySign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to take stock of where the Wolves are 12 games into the season. The episode starts with a focus on Anthony Edwards and what has thus far seemed to have stood in the way of him taking the, expected by many, third year leap. The conversation than moves to the other key characters in the Wolves story this season, including Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert, Chris Finch and D’Angelo Russell.— Not forgetting that who and what Anthony Edwards does or does not become is the linchpin of the Wolves’ future— What has stood in the way thus far of Edwards making the Ja Morant-like 3rd year leap— Will the Wolves ever move to a more Edwards-focused offensive structure? If so, when?— Towns’ different styles through his career, and what style of KAT this Wolves roster might need— Who do the Wolves miss most between Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley?— What could changing DLo’s role look like? Would a change, if they made one, need to come in the form of the trade?Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Herrington of The Daily Memphian to preview the Wolves playoffs rematch against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. It’s more of a big picture episode about where the Wolves are at, so as to get an idea of what they might bring to Memphis on Friday. Dane and Chris get into a variety of topics, including...— How Karl-Anthony Towns is handling being guarded by 4s this season after struggling last season, particularly against Memphis, when he was guarded by smaller players— The fit of the Towns and Rudy Gobert pairing thus far— How the Wolves are now, on paper, the bigger and more physical team in this matchup, but haven’t played that way thus far this season— What went into Ja Morant’s third year leap that is not yet happening for Anthony Edwards in his third yearSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of the Pioneer Press to the Wolves recent struggles that have been fueled by a lack of physicality. Dane and Jace discuss the Wolves need of letting go of some patience in the name of urgency to correct the identity this team currently has. Numerous audio clips from Rudy Gobert, Chris Finch, Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards. Topics include:— Avoiding becoming a soft team— Balancing patience against urgency— Not playing with physicality— This team not doing the little things while last year’s team did— Needing a tone-setter. Who could that be?— How much should we believe in the Wolves’ top-10 defensive rating?— How might the Wolves fare against the Suns and Grizzlies this week?Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneUse Code Dane25 to get 25% off- https://trylgc.com/Dane #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices