Britt Robson On The Timberwolves At The Halfway Point + Looking Ahead To The Trade Deadline

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

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🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson of MinnPost to discuss Britt’s most recent column that takes stock of where the Timberwolves now stand at the halfway point of the season and looks ahead to the looming trade deadline in February. Topics discussed include: — How this Wolves team has proven to be the opposite of what we expected in terms of offensive and defensive effectiveness — Reacting to what went wrong in a New Orleans game that did not effectively bring the energy or tap into the Wolves’ typical identity — KAT’s postgame commentary on needing to “not listen to the media” — Looking ahead to a critical trade deadline, making the case for specific moves and not being afraid to stand pat — How an ownership group that may want to make a splash could influence the trade deadline — The significance of the Timberwolves hiring Marquise Watts as their new Chief Experience Officer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Danebor NBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire podcast coming at you Wednesday afternoon after the Timberolds lost on Tuesday night
0:22.6	in New Orleans to the Pelicans. It was the 41st game of the season. So I have Britt Robson
0:28.4	here of Minpost who today just wrote a kind of midseason report on where these wolves sit,
0:35.7	41 games in this season. It's obviously something we've
0:38.9	talked about extensively over the course of this year, that this team has developed an identity
0:45.8	that is kind of the exact opposite of what we anticipated coming into this season, a very
0:53.6	strong defensive team and underwhelming offensive team.
0:58.0	And as I was reading your piece and knowing you,
1:01.7	the one thing that stood out to me that we've also talked about previously
1:05.0	is that you said that this is your favorite team
1:08.3	that you've covered since the 2003, 2004, Timberwolves, Kevin
1:11.7	Garnett, go to the Western Conference finals. I spent some time yesterday, just going through
1:16.9	historically looking at the record of teams over the year, halfway point, the other half way,
1:22.1	like the first half versus the second half, and also just where they ranked in terms of defensive
1:26.8	rating. And your just where they ranked in terms of defensive rating.
1:35.7	And your favorite NIST chart directly correlates to how good the team is in defensive rating.
1:36.1	The best defensive team over the past, what would that be 18 years, was the 0304 Timberwolves.
1:42.2	And this is the second best defensive Timberwolves team in that stretch of time.
1:48.7	And even more fun defensive.
1:50.5	Well, that's my question to you.
1:52.3	Is it something more that makes you like this team as much as you do than the fact that
1:59.8	they're just simply good at defense.
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