The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson live at Falling Knife Brewing Co. to discuss the Timberwolves season ahead and to take questions from the attendees of the live show. The conversation ranges from our growing understanding of the Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert dynamic to pressing questions that linger about the season ahead.— What have we learned about the KAT-Gobert dynamic in the first week of training camp in spite of the absence of Towns— Who replaces the Patrick Beverley and Jarred Vanderbilt leadership by fire role?— What player on the current roster is most likely to make a Vanderbilt-like leap from last season?— What player currently on the roster is most likely to not make the regular season roster?— Many more questions from listenersSign 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 Chris Hine of The Star Tribune to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns joining Timberwolves training camp on Monday after missing the first week of camp with an illness. Then, with the Wolves set to play the Miami Heat on Tuesday and the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, Dane and Chris get into what they’ll be looking for in the first week of preseason games.— Does Karl-Anthony Towns play?— Jaden McDaniels against real competition— Rotation hints— What they show schematically on defense— How does Ant gaining 10 pounds this offseason show up in his game?— MoreSign 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 to give ten bold predictions for the upcoming season. Five picks each that go out on a limb, ranging from players getting traded to players setting single-season franchise records.— D’Angelo Russell contract extension?— Will Naz Reid be on the team all season?— Will the franchise’s single-season 3-point or block record be broken this year?— What are Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert’s odds of making All-NBA?— An unexpected player inserting themselves into an important bench role— Chris Finch as Coach of the Year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss takeaways from the Wolves’ first week of training — ranging from Media Day into the weekend prior to Tuesday’s preseason opener. The final practice of the week on Thursday was the most telling. So Dane and Britt focus on what Micah Nori had to say to the media about the Wolves’ defensive concept changes this season, what Kyle Anderson had to say about acclimating himself into a new roster, and what Anthony Edwards had to say about adding muscle mass this summer and his All-Defensive Team aspirations this season. A lot of discussion about the defensive concept as that comes further and further into focus, along with talk about our growing understanding of how the rotation might play out.Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneTry out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The St. Paul Pioneer Press. The episode begins with Dane putting together the first breadcrumbs of what we can expect from the Timberwolves defense this season, with audio from Chris Finch and Rudy Gobert. Then, Jace joins to discuss Day Two of training camp, focusing on how the Wolves’ bench might shake out — specifically focused on Jaylen Nowell’s role. From there, Dane in Jace get into the upside of this roster, listing three key factors that would need to click for the Wolves to be a 55- to 60-win team this season. What is the Wolves’ path to taking Phoenix Suns-level leap? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to share their immediate reactions from 2022-23 Minnesota Timberwolves Media Day. In addition to both Tim Connelly and Chris Finch, fifteen players spoke at Media Day, so Dane and Kyle parse out the most telling comments made from Monday’s media availability. Today’s topics include:— Tim Connelly’s long-term view of the current roster.— D’Angelo Russell’s role during a contract year.— Easing Rudy Gobert into his new situation.— Candid comments from a handful of new acquisitions (most notably Austin Rivers, Kyle Anderson, and Eric Paschall).Sign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneTry out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige from SKORNorth to set the scene for Timberwolves training camp, which is set to start next Monday. Topics today include...— Running through the 20 players under contract for training camp— Discussing the potential for players to be cut/waived in favor of a player on a two-way contract or training camp deal— Players in contract years— Recapping how the Wolves’s coaching staff and front office evolved over the summer— The players we’re most excited to hear from at Media DaySign 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 of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s recent Q+A with Chris Finch. Britt and Finch hit on many, many topics in their 70-minute conversation, so Dane and Britt try to highlight telling takeaways. Essentially, this is an episode of peeling apart the layers of what Finch told Britt so as to be able to find breadcrumbs that could help forecast the season ahead. Here were a few of the major topics covered...— Finch’s hints at how the Karl-Anthony Towns Rudy Gobert fit will mesh, both on offense and defense— What is lost by letting Patrick Beverley and Jarred Vanderbilt go, and how their roles can be replicated— Finch on how the new roster construction impacts D’Angelo Russell— The ways Finch wants to further unlock Anthony Edwards— Finch’s thoughts on new roles for the role playersSign up today for a 14-day free trial of Aura’s digital security at Aura.com/DaneTry out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Jace Frederick of The St. Paul Pioneer Press to discuss which Timberwolves players found their way onto CBS Sports and ESPN’s top 100 lists. Dane and Jace go position-by-position to discuss where Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell rank amongst their positional peers. And discuss whether or not Jaden McDaniels has a case to be one of the top 22 small forwards in the league this season.— Questions comparing Gobert to Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo— Is it ridiculous that Zion Williamson ranks above KAT at power forward?— Is KAT at 20 on CBS Sports’s overall list too low? Is KAT 13th on ESPN’s overall list too high?— How does Ant compare to Donovan Mitchell, Zach LaVine and Bradley Beal (all of whom rank above him)? How does Ant compare to Jordan Poole and Tyler Herro (who rank below him)— D’Angelo Russell not making CBS Sports’s top 100 list or their top 22 point guard list. What is the case to have DLo be in those ranking above players like De’Aaron Fox, Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton?Try out Land & Lore’s men’s skincare line at Land-Lore.com, and use the promo code “DaneNBA” for 15% off at checkout.If you’d like to participate in our Prize Picks promotion, Prize Picks will give you a $100 signup bonus if you use the promo code “DANE” when creating an account. 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 his career as an openly gay sportswriter. Chris has worked as a traveling beat writer since 2009, for The Chicago Tribune covering Notre Dame football and the Chicago Blackhawks, and most recently for The Star Tribune as a Minnesota Timberwolves reporter. His job has taken him all over the country covering hundreds of players in his career. Two of those players from Chris’s beats — Andrew Shaw of the Blackhawks and Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves — entered the public eye for videos that displayed homophobic language. In this episode, Chris describes the repair work he saw Shaw do in Chicago and the repair work he hopes Edwards can do in the Minnesota community.You can read Chris’s story with Andrew Shaw here. And you can read the reporting Chris has done in the wake of Edwards’s comments here, along with his interview with Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices