The Path To A Respectable Timberwolves Defense w/ Brendan Hedtke

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Dane Moore

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4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Brendan Hedtke of CanisHoopus joins the pod today to discuss the potential paths for the Timberwolves to take this summer to become a respectable defense next season. What can Gersson Rosas add to this roster and what can Chris Finch adjust to make the Wolves’ defense good enough to make the playoffs? We discuss: The Wolves history of being a below-average defensive team, specifically over the six seasons Karl-Anthony Towns has been on the roster Where do the Wolves need to rank defensively to make the playoffs next season? Should the Wolves consider adding a true rim-protecting center? What are the paths to doing that? Why Jaden McDaniels’ best position may be small forward instead of power forward Sign up for Dane's Patreon ($5 a month) at: Patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA Create a BetUS account with promo code "Dane125" at: https://bit.ly/DaneMooreBetUS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Dane Moore MBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts and our presenting sponsor, Betus.com coming in a Tuesday evening.
0:23.1	On tonight's show, I'll be joined by Brendan Headkey of Canis Hoopis to discuss the Timberwolves
0:26.5	charting a path to being a respectable defense next season. Brendan wrote a piece on that topic
0:31.6	that you can check out over at Canis, and the two of us are going to work through the topics
0:35.6	he covered in that piece. But before I bring Brendan in, I've got some quick NBA playoffs thoughts.
0:40.8	And if I could sum those up in one sentence, it would be bet on the nets.
0:45.5	I was looking this afternoon at the odds for the Bucks Net series over at Betus.com.
0:50.5	And Brooklyn is minus 420 to win that series.
0:53.1	They're already up 2.0.
0:54.3	If you're not familiar with betting odds,
0:56.3	that means you would need to bet $420 to win 100,
0:59.9	which means if you think the Nets have a greater than 81% chance of winning that series,
1:04.4	that you should bet on them.
1:07.0	And, yeah, I mean, how do the Brooklyn Nets not have a greater than 81% chance of winning that series?
1:12.3	They're up 2-0.
1:13.0	They've got to win two of the next five games.
1:14.8	I mean, next question.
1:17.2	Brooklyn is also only minus 110 to win the championship right now.
1:20.7	And I'm taking that one too.
1:22.5	Essentially those odds say that the Nets have a 50% chance of winning the championship.
1:26.4	And the field has a 50% chance of winning the championship and the field has a 50% chance
1:28.0	of winning the championship. And I'm taking Brooklyn there too. On the other side of the bracket,
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