This is the day and more NBA podcast, brought you by Blue Wire Podcasts.

I'm recording today with Britt Robson of Minpost.

A little time stamp of, you know, where we're at when we're recording this is Wednesday afternoon, uh, before the wolves play

the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday evening. So if something, anything happened in, in that game,

that is of meaning. No, no, we are currently blind to that as, as we sit here recording today.

So, Brit, you wrote your weekly column this week today on Wednesday rather than Tuesday.

So that's where we're recording today.

Yeah.

And this time decided to focus on the Timberwolves defense this season,

which I thought was not only an interesting topic,

but an interesting time because the defense has been better at certain parts of the season

than it is right now coming off of a good game.

I would note that.

But I think that kind of strengthened your point in that you wanted to talk about this team

now, what, 13 games into the season, having really exceeded your expectations defensively.

What went into this topic for today's call?

Well, part of it is, I think the fan base is really cynical

right now. And I think no. And I think that, um, for a while, I was flummoxed because, um,

I really had good, a good vibe about this team and team and really thought that they would get out of the gate a lot faster than they have.

And so that kind of, you know, you get a deer in the headlights look like, hey, wait, if I misread this or what's going on, you know.

And so, you know, I wrote a column one of the times,

either the last time or the time before,

...