Time for another team. I'm absolutely fascinated to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves

It one of three teams in the West Oklahoma City

We already hit Denver another that was outside of the top hierarchy, but it made major additions

Minnesota in the form of the Jimmy Butler trade and during me to talk about it first time guests

It's some I've hung out with plenty during the NBA finals a great reporter out of Minnesota

John Kuzinski the AP. How are you John? Hey Nate. How's it going man?

I'm really excited for this been a long time

The Meyer of the podcast and everything so let's let's have some fun. Yeah, I think we're talking before we started recording

About how this NBA season had gone a little bit longer transaction season in large part due to the

Carrierving news and carry it was reported I think by Chris Haynes that the two wolves are one of four teams

He might consider the other being Miami, New York and the Spurs seems like

Minnesota has the most assets in theory of any of those teams and and of course Cleveland and Minnesota have a

Trade history as well doesn't look like though that's something that has gotten any traction

What have you heard about it those discussions if indeed there even were any?

Yeah, Nate well when when it first came out that the news kind of broke that Kyrie was looking to get out of Cleveland

And that the timber wolves were on the list of places that he would prefer to go

Even though he doesn't have a no trade and he can't really steer himself any particular direction

I think that the reaction internally within the organization and really in this community at large was like holy cow

The timber wolves are not a team that is used to being on the short list of

destinations for a multiple time all star Olympian

Championship level player it you're just entering his prime

I mean this is long been a market that is has been shunned by

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