If everyone tries to copy us we are in for the best era in basketball I wanna see defense be focused all around the league just let us get a chip first
freebee007
Our D is just too strong for anyone to handle us. This is going to be the standard going forward for a championship contender in upcoming seasons
LonesomeWulf
This was a fun podcast to listen to. Please come true.
SelfDestructIn30Days
How are they going to try to emulate a front line with a DPOY next to a 7 foot All-NBA unicorn who shoots 50/40/90, then have another 50/40/90 big man off the bench?
Wolves are kind of like Golden State where they have a weird set of talent, those types of players just aren’t available for the rest of the league.
Mirizzi
OKC and Boston will be excellent challenges if we close this series out. Both teams are athletic enough and have multiple ball handlers as well as shooters to handle pressure better than Denver or Phoenix.
Our defense is the great amoeba though, we can morph to whatever fucks the opponent up the most, and I trust Finchy and co to figure out what that is.
Paytonc51
Thing about our defense is there’s no X’s and O’s around it. Not saying it’s unbeatable, but teams are going to have to battle for 48 minutes
SoupyWolfy
I love that all these talking heads are not just saying, “I think Minnesota wins this series”. Instead they’re going as big as possible…
Basketball is about to change. Ant is the new MJ. They are sweeping the champs and winning the championship.
raki016
One game at a time
shrinkray21
I’ll be honest, as a Bill Simmons listener, this feels a bit like the kiss of death. Bill gets wayyyyy ahead of his skis quite a bit.
Not in the sense of Denver will win the series, but more in the sense that this series is far from over and tons can still change in the narrative.
fetchingcatch
If everyone could three top tier big men including a DPOY, a likely generational two way player, a solid starting PG, and three+ all defense switchable wings/guards with a three point shot they’d be just like Minnesota.
yvmms
I’ve noticed Simmons is wrong a lot. He’s a great writer but his podcast trades are not too great
Loukoal117
I dont care about a sweep. I just want to win the series. Its Wednesday, game 3 is Friday….I know, I’ve seen 90% of Wolves games this year and that COULD happen, but let’s chill.
Target center is gonna be rocking though. Its gonna be sick.
PhantomSpecialist3
I suspect Denver isn’t as good as they are hyped up to be. They honestly struggled against the Lakers and had 2 game winners to save their asses. Lost to a bad team at the end of the year and missed the 1 seed. Maybe the Wolves really are going to end them but I admit, the Minnesota fan in me says slow down… lol
Hypnosix
This meme gets more and more relevant as the playoffs wolves advance in the playoffs
I’m having a great time watching this team, but I assume most of you must be very young or have a short term Minnesota sports memory. 6 impressive wins, and y’all are talking like this team has already won 5 championships and cemented a dynasty.
There are still 10 wins to go for THIS year’s championships. A couple of cold shooting nights (or hot opponents) and a series can turn very quickly. Dynasty talk can turn into “bitch about the refs” or “fire the coach!” chatter very quickly.
TheSkeletones
As a Minnesota sports fan, I’m so fucking traumatized into thinking it’s gonna end at the worst possible time, so it’s weird to think that no, this is legit, and the whole league has taken notice.
CicadaHairy
As a Wolves fan I love the attention this team is getting but the Thunder seem kind of slept on. They’re doing it against worse opponents, but they’re also undefeated in the playoffs and haven’t looked close to uncomfortable
ppvremsleep
Nuggets will be seen as a period between eras, Timberwolves combination of size, athleticism, shooting, strong defense is the next evolution.
Nash Suns started to redefine the league, Warriors perfected more, got a super team. Nuggets were the market correction for smaller teams playing run and gun.
The Timberwolves are the more athletic, Ant better than Jamal, even more size than Nugs upgrade we should’ve seen coming but didn’t. Joker himself put us and Bill in a weird trance of invincibility.
Now instantly everyone pointing to the Wolves as the more likely next dynasty and not Nugs, and we don’t feel people online are overreacting.
CantaloupeCamper
Bill Simmons getting in on the ground floor here…
funkstrong
The media loves to do this shit. Start making huge sweeping statements. SAS said we’re going to win it all. They’re going to be the same ones stirring up controversy when we lose a game. Its tiring.
eeeedlef
“I was unequivocally wrong about how to build a successful basketball team.” becomes “Basketball is about to change as we know it.”
SprayLeft3220
Murray didn’t get suspended so yeah it will be definitely a sweep.
Formal_Junket_1585
Cant wait to see what he says when we beat Boston in 5
spiderman96
Teams are going to have to adjust their rosters to have an answer for our bigs
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God I hope so. Im so ready for it.
If everyone tries to copy us we are in for the best era in basketball I wanna see defense be focused all around the league just let us get a chip first
Our D is just too strong for anyone to handle us. This is going to be the standard going forward for a championship contender in upcoming seasons
This was a fun podcast to listen to. Please come true.
How are they going to try to emulate a front line with a DPOY next to a 7 foot All-NBA unicorn who shoots 50/40/90, then have another 50/40/90 big man off the bench?
Wolves are kind of like Golden State where they have a weird set of talent, those types of players just aren’t available for the rest of the league.
OKC and Boston will be excellent challenges if we close this series out. Both teams are athletic enough and have multiple ball handlers as well as shooters to handle pressure better than Denver or Phoenix.
Our defense is the great amoeba though, we can morph to whatever fucks the opponent up the most, and I trust Finchy and co to figure out what that is.
Thing about our defense is there’s no X’s and O’s around it. Not saying it’s unbeatable, but teams are going to have to battle for 48 minutes
I love that all these talking heads are not just saying, “I think Minnesota wins this series”. Instead they’re going as big as possible…
Basketball is about to change.
Ant is the new MJ.
They are sweeping the champs and winning the championship.
One game at a time
I’ll be honest, as a Bill Simmons listener, this feels a bit like the kiss of death. Bill gets wayyyyy ahead of his skis quite a bit.
Not in the sense of Denver will win the series, but more in the sense that this series is far from over and tons can still change in the narrative.
If everyone could three top tier big men including a DPOY, a likely generational two way player, a solid starting PG, and three+ all defense switchable wings/guards with a three point shot they’d be just like Minnesota.
I’ve noticed Simmons is wrong a lot. He’s a great writer but his podcast trades are not too great
I dont care about a sweep. I just want to win the series. Its Wednesday, game 3 is Friday….I know, I’ve seen 90% of Wolves games this year and that COULD happen, but let’s chill.
Target center is gonna be rocking though. Its gonna be sick.
I suspect Denver isn’t as good as they are hyped up to be. They honestly struggled against the Lakers and had 2 game winners to save their asses. Lost to a bad team at the end of the year and missed the 1 seed. Maybe the Wolves really are going to end them but I admit, the Minnesota fan in me says slow down… lol
This meme gets more and more relevant as the playoffs wolves advance in the playoffs
https://www.reddit.com/r/timberwolves/s/NuSSIpgDUy
I’m having a great time watching this team, but I assume most of you must be very young or have a short term Minnesota sports memory. 6 impressive wins, and y’all are talking like this team has already won 5 championships and cemented a dynasty.
There are still 10 wins to go for THIS year’s championships. A couple of cold shooting nights (or hot opponents) and a series can turn very quickly. Dynasty talk can turn into “bitch about the refs” or “fire the coach!” chatter very quickly.
As a Minnesota sports fan, I’m so fucking traumatized into thinking it’s gonna end at the worst possible time, so it’s weird to think that no, this is legit, and the whole league has taken notice.
As a Wolves fan I love the attention this team is getting but the Thunder seem kind of slept on. They’re doing it against worse opponents, but they’re also undefeated in the playoffs and haven’t looked close to uncomfortable
Nuggets will be seen as a period between eras, Timberwolves combination of size, athleticism, shooting, strong defense is the next evolution.
Nash Suns started to redefine the league, Warriors perfected more, got a super team. Nuggets were the market correction for smaller teams playing run and gun.
The Timberwolves are the more athletic, Ant better than Jamal, even more size than Nugs upgrade we should’ve seen coming but didn’t. Joker himself put us and Bill in a weird trance of invincibility.
Now instantly everyone pointing to the Wolves as the more likely next dynasty and not Nugs, and we don’t feel people online are overreacting.
Bill Simmons getting in on the ground floor here…
The media loves to do this shit. Start making huge sweeping statements. SAS said we’re going to win it all. They’re going to be the same ones stirring up controversy when we lose a game. Its tiring.
“I was unequivocally wrong about how to build a successful basketball team.” becomes “Basketball is about to change as we know it.”
Murray didn’t get suspended so yeah it will be definitely a sweep.
Cant wait to see what he says when we beat Boston in 5
Teams are going to have to adjust their rosters to have an answer for our bigs