Say what you will about Bill, Ryen, or the Ringer, but hearing them hype this team is pretty awesome
themoertel
I blammed
kcoe24
The one thing i wish people would do when discussing Kat accepting the robin role and letting this be Ants team is acknowledge how much Kat loves Ant and believes in him. They often talk like Kat had no choice but to accept that this is Ants team but thats just not really true. Kat was clearly willing to take that step back for Ant because it was Ant and the respect he has for him and the bond that they share. If Kat didn’t feel that way about Ant even if you think Ant was the better player it could’ve been messy and the infighting could have happened.
SuperVaderMinion
Bill’s been giving this team a lot of love this year, but I wish he’d acknowledge how much better KAT’s defense is, he’s always talking about how the Wolves are hiding him better.
JustSeriousEnough
I loved this segment. You have to give Bill Simmons credit, since the Celtics game early in the season when the Wolves beat them in OT, he’s been pretty vocal about him being bought in on the Wolves being legit.
I think we’re getting to the point where it is quite clear the Wolves are the class of the West. But we haven’t seen a team before going from ineptitude and small playoff showings of 1st round exits to then becoming NBA champions. Usually, you need to have that playoff experience where every round the playoff lights get brighter and brighter. Teams without that bright light experience, you just don’t know. I’ve been a fan of the Wolves and I have a belief that ANT will rise to intergalactic levels even without that experience…but we/everyone has no actual evidence to suggest how the Wolves will be in those environments.
RedEyeBadGuy
It’s just funny how things have changed from a year ago. Not even just the Gobert trade but they were talking about how teams need size now days to win but yet just a year ago we were stupid for trying to mesh Towns and Gobert together bc we would be too big.
Upper_Ad_4147
Sure, but which players did he compare to which cast members from Young Guns 2?
raki016
I love this.
I’ve been listening to Bill for a decade now and this is the first year he’s been absolutely positive with the Wolves.
And I think crucially, watch all other opinion makers change their tune over the next few weeks as they regurgitate this take.
D-Drones
They start out by talking about the Wolves, but the real gold is later on at the 1:07:00 mark talking about Lebron’s future in a year or two:
Bill: “like [LeBron] could just be like ‘hey I like what Minnesota is doing, I’m just going to join the Timberwolves.’”
Ryen: “You really think he would do that?” Bill (simultaneously): “…like just come off the bench”
Bill: “I don’t know, I think he wants rings.”
Ryen: “I don’t know if he would do it.”
Bill: “I think he wants rings.”
I don’t care whether LeBron decides to join the Wolves in a year or two, and this isn’t about that. The point is that now when a conversation comes up about a veteran who just wants a ring, the first thing a national NBA podcast thinks of is “he better go to the Timberwolves, but he’d need to come off the bench.”
Inject that directly into my veins
Slim-Ticket
What time in the pod do they start talking about the Wolves?
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Say what you will about Bill, Ryen, or the Ringer, but hearing them hype this team is pretty awesome
I blammed
The one thing i wish people would do when discussing Kat accepting the robin role and letting this be Ants team is acknowledge how much Kat loves Ant and believes in him. They often talk like Kat had no choice but to accept that this is Ants team but thats just not really true. Kat was clearly willing to take that step back for Ant because it was Ant and the respect he has for him and the bond that they share. If Kat didn’t feel that way about Ant even if you think Ant was the better player it could’ve been messy and the infighting could have happened.
Bill’s been giving this team a lot of love this year, but I wish he’d acknowledge how much better KAT’s defense is, he’s always talking about how the Wolves are hiding him better.
I loved this segment. You have to give Bill Simmons credit, since the Celtics game early in the season when the Wolves beat them in OT, he’s been pretty vocal about him being bought in on the Wolves being legit.
I think we’re getting to the point where it is quite clear the Wolves are the class of the West. But we haven’t seen a team before going from ineptitude and small playoff showings of 1st round exits to then becoming NBA champions. Usually, you need to have that playoff experience where every round the playoff lights get brighter and brighter. Teams without that bright light experience, you just don’t know. I’ve been a fan of the Wolves and I have a belief that ANT will rise to intergalactic levels even without that experience…but we/everyone has no actual evidence to suggest how the Wolves will be in those environments.
It’s just funny how things have changed from a year ago. Not even just the Gobert trade but they were talking about how teams need size now days to win but yet just a year ago we were stupid for trying to mesh Towns and Gobert together bc we would be too big.
Sure, but which players did he compare to which cast members from Young Guns 2?
I love this.
I’ve been listening to Bill for a decade now and this is the first year he’s been absolutely positive with the Wolves.
And I think crucially, watch all other opinion makers change their tune over the next few weeks as they regurgitate this take.
They start out by talking about the Wolves, but the real gold is later on at the 1:07:00 mark talking about Lebron’s future in a year or two:
Bill: “like [LeBron] could just be like ‘hey I like what Minnesota is doing, I’m just going to join the Timberwolves.’”
Ryen: “You really think he would do that?”
Bill (simultaneously): “…like just come off the bench”
Bill: “I don’t know, I think he wants rings.”
Ryen: “I don’t know if he would do it.”
Bill: “I think he wants rings.”
I don’t care whether LeBron decides to join the Wolves in a year or two, and this isn’t about that. The point is that now when a conversation comes up about a veteran who just wants a ring, the first thing a national NBA podcast thinks of is “he better go to the Timberwolves, but he’d need to come off the bench.”
Inject that directly into my veins
What time in the pod do they start talking about the Wolves?