Jake Fischer Of Bleacher Report On The Timberwolves Connections To The NBA's Tanking Era + His New Book, Built To Lose

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Dane Moore

Sports News, Sports, Basketball, News

4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On today’s show, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report joins to highlight the many Timberwolves-related anecdotes from his new book “Built To Lose: How The NBA’s Tanking Era Changed The League Forever”. The ties from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Houston Rockets and even to the acquisition of Andrew Wiggins and selection of Karl-Anthony Towns are abundant. Sachin Gupta’s role in The Process with Sam Hinkie The impact the lottery odds flattening might have had on the Timberwolves not tanking this season Flip Saunders motivations going into the 2015 Draft in regards to Jahlil Okafor versus Karl-Anthony Towns And much more If you would like to purchase Jake’s book, you can do that from our friends at SubText Books here. Create a BetUS account with promo code "Dane125" at: https://bit.ly/DaneMooreBetUS Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the day more NBA podcast, brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts,
0:18.6	and I just recorded a great conversation with Jake Fisher of Bleacher Report on his new book on the era of tanking in the NBA.
0:26.8	Jake shared a ton of Timberwolves and Timberwolves adjacent anecdotes that I think you all enjoy.
0:32.0	It was a great episode.
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