The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves’ back-to-back wins over the weekend against Phoenix and Cleveland. The episode focuses more on Saturday night’s win against Cleveland and what exactly transpired in the second half to come back from 14 points down to win despite no Rudy Gobert in the second half and D’Angelo Russell being benched for the final 16 minutes of the game.— The Cleveland win filled with energy, effort and continuity; the things that have plagued this team all season— How should we feel about the best game of the year happening with KAT out, Rudy getting injured and DLo benched?— Finch explains DLo’s benching in favor of Jaylen Nowell— Naz Reid and Luka Garza stepping up in a big way once Gobert got hurt, playing a different style than Gobert plays— Has the Ant hip injury become old news?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 of SKORNorth to take a look at the landscape of the Western Conference and Anthony Edwards’ chances to make the West’s All-Star team. Additionally, some conversation on Ant’s lingering hip injury and what Karl-Anthony Towns’ injury timetable is looking like. Topics today include...— Picking Western Conference All-Stars— Who is in the mix with Ant for the final All Star spots in the West— Some conversation on Ant’s lingering hip injury and KAT’s “significant” calf strain— The Wolves having played the majority of the season without a backup point guard— Wendell Moore Jr. and Josh Minott, and why they haven’t been in the rotation this 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 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 to discuss the consistently inconsistent Minnesota Timberwolves after their second loss to the Detroit Pistons in the last six games. Topics today include...— The Wolves’ propensity to not take “inferior” teams seriously— Why it’s hard to believe the Wolves will make the same second half push they did last year— Comparing Anthony Edwards’ bizarre hip injury to his bizarre knee injury last season— Is Ant the “most valuable” player on the Wolves’ roster?— The three guards vs. two bigs options this team has— Is Jaylen Nowell’s stay in the rotation coming to an end?— Looking ahead to Phoenix and Cleveland this weekend— Would GMs rather start a team with Anthony Edwards or Evan Mobley?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 Jace Frederick of The Pioneer Press to take stock of where the Wolves stack up at the halfway point of the season. Now, 41 games into the season, where do the Wolves rank on the offensive and defensive sides of the floor? Dane and Jace look at the margins of where this team could take a step forward and what areas have a chance to take a step back in the second half of the year. Topics today include...— Where the Wolves rank on the offensive side of the ball— Where the Wolves rank on the defensive side of the ball— How the return of Karl-Anthony Towns might impact how the Wolves numbers evolve in the second half of the season— A look at some individual player numbers at the halfway point— What archetype of player would be best to add at the trade deadline and/or in the buyout market?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 Timberwolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune, who was on site in Houston Sunday night, to discuss the Wolves win over the Rockets. Topics today include...— The scene in Houston after the Wolves fourth consecutive win— Rudy Gobert being a tone-setter, and his teammates needing that from him— Falling down by 20 in the first half due to the same issues of rebounding, turnovers and effort, but bouncing back in the second half— What is the value of having had veterans around Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels for the entirety of their young careers? Would McDaniels or Edwards have developed differently if raised in a young environment like Houston?— Taking a look at 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 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 a handful of different topics that have materialized for the Wolves over the course of this now 3-game winning streak that followed the Wolves 6-game losing streak and low point of the season. Topics for this episode include...— What went into Rudy Gobert’s 25 and 21 performance against the Clippers— Comparing the time it took Conley and Gobert to find chemistry to the time it’s taking Gobert and his new teammates to find chemistry— Kyle Anderson’s near-perfect fit on this roster— Austin Rivers on what went into re-working his shot mechanics over the summer— Guarantee dates coming up for Reid, Nowell, Rivers and Knight— D’Angelo Russell’s shooting number over the past eight weeks— What’s the status of Anthony Edwards’ hip injury that kept him out of the second half on Friday night?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 at Falling Knife Brewing Company by Britt Robson of MinnPost to do a live show. The conversation begins by discussing the new level Anthony Edwards has seemed to reach over these last six weeks in the absence of Karl-Anthony Towns. Dane and Britt also get into Jaden McDaniels’ seemingly underrated value and some general takeaways from the past few games before bringing in a third mic for listeners to come ask questions.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 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 Timberwolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss what went into the Wolves win over Denver on Monday and what from that game could sustain going forward. Specific topics include...— What went into better ball movement against Denver and the importance of keeping that movement going forward— Nowell and the bench group of Garza/Knight/Ryan/Rivers stole important minutes. What from that group can sustain?— Putting Kyle Anderson on Nikola Jokic and playing Rudy Gobert in a spy role off a non-shooter— Can they play “Spy Rudy” when D’Angelo Russell is in the lineup?— What will Taurean Prince’s return to the rotation mean for the group?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 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 Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to help paint the picture of the Wolves’ players-only meeting that followed the loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, their sixth consecutive loss. Dane and Chris describe the scene in the locker room after the game and play audio clips from the locker room from Rudy Gobert, Naz Reid and Chris Finch.— Describing the postgame scene after the loss to Detroit— Playing the audio of some of the viral quotes that surfaced from the locker room so as to provide context of tone— Finch suggesting the possibility of major role changes to shake things up— Where the Wolves go from here— If the Wolves were going to make a major move, what even are the options?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 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 make bold calls for the Wolves in the new year, and to recap the Wolves loss in Milwaukee on Friday night. The bold predictions segment includes recapping how our bold predictions from the preseason have fared, and then of course includes what our new bold predictions for the rest of the season will be. The conversation about the Bucks loss naturally revolves around the lack of rebounding in that game and how that remains a constant issue for this Wolves team.— Recapping our bold predictions for the season from September— New bold predictions for the 2023 portion of the season— The tale of two halves in the Bucks loss— What might be behind the Wolves defensive rebounding issues when Anthony Edwards is on the floor even though his individual rebounding numbers are way up over the last monthSign 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.