Dane Moore
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With the Wolves getting knocked out by Oklahoma City and San Antonio these last two seasons, asked Naz Reid about what they need to do to be able to catch those teams. "Probably just the moodiness. You look at both of those teams and they're playing for one another, they're excited to be on the floor with one another, they're a team where they're selfless... I think we have more than enough talent... But just being less moody. I think that's just the name of the game for us, just being less moody and more selfless."
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Asked Rudy Gobert what surprised him about Victor Wembanyama when they were teammates during the Olympics. "A few weeks ago he asked me what kind of filter I had in my house for water. It just tells you how his mind is. I try to talk to the young guys here about the food they eat and stuff like that. But I don't get those type of questions." Ant hasn't asked you about water filters? "Never. Not yet. I pray for that day."
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Chris Finch said he thinks it's a joke that Rudy Gobert was not even named as a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year this season. Gobert was asked after the game if that snub gave him more juice in tonight's game. "No extra juice. I know who I am. Not the first time I get disrespected, probably not the last. I'm gonna keep being myself. If they wanna disrespect greatness, take it for granted, whatever, sooner or later they'll realize the impact."
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Chris Finch said after Game 5 that Terrence Shannon Jr.'s minutes were limited in Game 5 due to gameplan mistakes. Finch was asked at practice today how he goes about helping Shannon clean that up. "I don't clean that up. He cleans it up. It starts with gotta be ready, he's gotta be engaged, he's gotta be fully committed to that side of the ball... The only way I can clean him up is to sit him on the bench, right? That's the only way I can clean it up. He knows what we need from him right now. So he's gotta be ready, and he's gotta be ready to execute defensively. There's no reason that he shouldn't be a good defender with his body type, with his athleticism, and he's a pretty smart player."
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When asked about Victor Wembanyama's 12 blocks in Game 1, Chris Finch said that at least 4 of the 12 were goaltends, and that it was "alarming" that Wembanyama wasn't called for a single goaltend. "When we looked at em, at least four of them were goaltending... To me, it's a little alarming that none of them were called. Here's a generational shot blocker, who is 7'6", who goes after everything, and there's no heightened awareness that these blocks could be goaltends... So let's just say there were four, that's eight points. You know the value of eight points in an NBA game? It's massive. That's also 33% of his blocks were goaltending uncalled. If I were to give you a 33% raise, you'd like that, right?"
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Anthony Edwards said the Wolves came out cool in Game 2 and got blown out because of that. "I told the guys after the first game, the natural tendency for teams that steal the first game, the away team, they get blown out Game 2. So we can't come out cool. And we came out cool. And what happened? We got blew out. My mama used to tell me, 'a hard head make a soft ass'."
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Asked Tim Connelly about draft night 2024, when the Wolves traded a 2031 top-1 protected 1st round pick and a 2030 1st round pick swap for Rob Dillingham. "We took a swing on a young player we really liked. Didn't work out here like we had hoped. I think Rob is gonna have a heck of a career. But you have to be creative... If we mess up, we'll mess up loudly. We're gonna try to be as aggressive as possible."
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Denver was sending a second defender at Anthony Edwards when he crossed court in today's game. Asked Ant, who used to be really frustrated by that look, about playing through that type of aggressive coverage. "I'm not mad at all because, at the end of the day, my 4 is better than they 3. We're playing 4 on 3."
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Pretty much the entirety of Anthony Edwards's postgame media was him talking about his frustration with the way teams are putting two on him, taking away his opportunities to be a scorer and forcing him to get off the ball. "It's not how I want to play, of course. I'm only 23, I don't wanna just be passing the ball all night... But the way they're guarding me, I think I have to." How hard is it to stay engaged when they do that? "Super hard, super hard, super hard, super hard. Because I'm wired to score the ball."
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The Wolves have nine players under contract next season for a total of $190M. That leaves about $30M in space beneath the 2nd apron. Functionally, and if ownership is willing to pay another hefty tax bill, that $30M is the Wolves spending power this summer to... - Re-sign Ayo Dosunmu - Re-sign their other free agents (Hyland, Conley, Anderson, Clark) - Make a player-for-player trade where they take back more money than they send out - Use tax MLE ($6M) to sign a free agent - Use $10.8M trade exception from Conley trade (but that would hard cap them at 1st apron, which is $13M below 2nd apron)
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Here's Ayo Dosunmu talking about what he's reading in pick and roll coverage and why he's taking more midrange shots in Minnesota after those were prohibited in Chicago. "In Chicago, midrange shots was really prohibited. It was 3s and layups, no midrange shots unless it's the end of the shot clock. Here, we got Rudy, he's setting big screens. So if you can set up pick and roll, you come off Rudy, you open." Dosunmu took 4 "long" midrange shots in 45 games in Chicago this season before being traded to Minnesota. And he's taken 12 in 15 games for the Wolves. Dosunmu has also nearly doubled the frequency in which he's taking shots from floater range. Dosunmu took 86% of his shots in Chicago at the rim or from 3. In Minnesota, he's becoming a three-level scorer. And his eFG% has stayed almost exactly the same.
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Here's Chris Finch on the 65-game rule for end of season awards. "For me, it might be simple: If you're worthy of the award and you haven't played 65 games, you should still get the award, but maybe you don't get the trigger to the money that goes with the award. I think that's one of the things that's not talked about. Some of these awards are gonna go to players -- not to say that they're not necessarily deserving -- but they're gonna get these awards and they're gonna get the financial bonus that comes with these awards and maybe they're not quite of the standard that would normally demand that... I'm all for the rule. It has to exist. We have to protect the fans. But I also feel like we gotta be smart enough to figure this out... To me, the money piece seems to be the obvious trigger."
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Anthony Edwards talked about the officiating for the entirety of his postgame media. Here's a piece of what he said.
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The Wolves are clearly playing faster since acquiring Ayo Dosunmu. Asked Anthony Edwards about the impact Dosunmu has had on the pace the Wolves are playing with lately. "I'm not a fan of playing fast. But when I'm in with them, I don't have a choice because I want the ball, and they gone. The only way I can get the ball is to be next to them... They super fast with the rock."
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Chris Finch when asked about his communication with Donte DiVincenzo following his injury cited Jayson Tatum's comments. "Jayson Tatum's comments I thought were super classy, kind and compassionate. Mean a lot. I know Donte has heard them. And he's been such a great example of what's possible."
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Asked Naz Reid about Jaden McDaniels' comments about Denver not having any good defenders and why that's a way Jaden tries to motivate himself. "I mean, he's guarding the best player every night. So I think for him it's kind of a mentality thing, just to keep himself engaged, keep himself going... It's probably just for his own good. Everybody has their own techniques and intangibles that keep themselves inside the game. And I think that's one of them for him."
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