Are the Timberwolves a Sleeping Giant? | ALL NBA PODCAST
Adam Mares and special guests Jon Krawczynski joins to discuss Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves, who have won 7 of their last 9. Can they pull it together for a big playoff run in the crowded Western conference? Next, Bobby Karalla sits down with Adam to discuss post Luka life for the Mavericks and how Anthony Davis will fit on this team.
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00:00 – Intro
2:06 – Jon Krawczynski joins us to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves.
02:24 – Timberwolves beat the Rockets in a statement win and Anthony Edwards performance
5:04 – Are Minnesota and Houston the two most physical teams in the West?
07:24 – Can the Timberwolves make the conference finals again this year?
09:50 – Injury update on Julius Randle and Donte Divincenzo
15:02 – Coach Chris Finch has tried some line up changes recently
16:01 – How good can Rob Dillingham be?
18:48 – Kevin Durrant was ALMOST trade to the Timberwolves yesterday!
24:55 – Bobby Karalla joins to discuss post Luka life for the Mavericks.
25:50 – Mavs have bounce back win against Celtics on a vintage Klay Thompson performance
29:15 – What will the Dallas Mavericks offense look like with the addition of Anthony Davis?
35:40 – What are the new strengths that AD helps bring to the Mavs?
41:44 – Are Anthony Davis, Derek Lively, and PJ Washington the most formidable defensive front court in the NBA?
50:07 – The best NBA games this weekend
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40 Comments
First….and no. Yall must be having a sleo news day. Nobody talking about the T-Bewbs AT ALL
No. Their offense is too stagnant when it’s time to execute in late game . Not enough spacing.
Missing Fred is really hurting the rockets Jabari would be nice too, but the rockets need a true blue point guard
Wolves? Fake mj? Lmfao. Is this a joke? Bro worse player in the clutch and very inneficient. Why you think they're barely in play-ins. For now..
I’m not confident in the Mavericks, I think they will be in the play in and probably lose in the first round. Minnesota is scary because Ant can score 40 on 20 shots or 20 points on 30 shots. They sink or swim with him because he’s their main offensive engine.
Jon K, one of the best in the business. Wolves are on the up swing, and aside from OKC the West is stacked up. MN Could end up anywhere from #4-#10 lol
Not sleeping giants but a tough matchup for a lot of teams. With Ant they are always dangerous
This pod has always been OKC haters. I'm honestly sort of surprised reading these comments, like they've been consistently hating on them for 2 seasons now. But one host is a nuggets fan so what do you think
Go timber wolf
Donte and Ant are the new splash brothers
Denver have NO chance with 🐺… I love how stupid and bad is Denver organization. I love first or second round EXIT. Love it 😁🎉
No Fred and Bari meant our team was too sloppy to blitz Ant.
I don’t think this was an even fight and assumed T Wolves would lose easily if the strategy was soundly executed.
I was wrong and it looks like Houston is severely unstructured without Fred and Sengun. They need BOTH players to keep a steady organized majority of game. The clutch is always a toss up.
Still can’t believe Ant isn’t in the 3 point contest he must have turned it down
Oklahoma city is way more physical than both these teams.
Randle is gonna be out of the league if he doesnt swallow his pride and set his ego aside.
Good take on the new improved Mavs.
Julius is averaging a pretty efficient 20 points per game and his defense has actually been really good since he started getting settled into the scheme. There are matchups where giving Naz more minutes is going to be smart, but having him in the lineup is absolutely beneficial. I really don't understand why everyone thinks he's somehow the problem when every objective metric shows he's a positive player when healthy, so taking him out of the starting lineup is just dumb
i signed up to playbackTV, it was really easy too
Its weird that mares a denver fan loves minny so much
KD with Antman would be insane. I could see it happening in the future maybe.
randle needs to stop thinking he’s 1B. There’s Ant, and then everyone else.
Dude. Buy a new camera already 🤦♂️
I truly believe the wolves will be a different beast in the playoffs. Ant is a playoff riser. I still don't see anyone beating the Thunder, but the Wolves are going to be fun come playoff time.
Thank you for have Johnny K on!! He knows the pulse of the Wolves!
They are indeed. Underestimated big time for a few reasons. One, they just had a really disappointing start. I think most thought they would be battling with OKC for the top spot in the WC right now, and the reason they aren't is because of the KAT trade. I don't even think they're where they are because they lost KAT, I think they're where they are because what that did to the team's chemistry. Towns was a huge glue guy for the roster, former face of the franchise until Edwards kind of took that from him.
Lately, they've been looking a bit more like that team that kicked Phoenix's ass, and put Denver away in the best series of the year last year.
There's questions about Julius Randles mentality coming off the bench?! Do y'all have amnesia! He literally quit on the knicks in the playoffs because they wouldnt pass him the ball. The amount of people that give this guy quadruple chances boggles my mind, he's a bum and trading for him was an all time mistake.
Moving KAT's $220M = Smart
—— 🐺 20 to 28 years old ——
Ant 23 (signed until 2029)
Naz 25 (will be re-signed)
Jaden 24 (signed until 2029)
Donte 28 (signed until 2027)
NAW 26 (possibly walks?)
Rob 20 (rookie deal 1st year)
Clark 23 (two-way contract)
TSJ 24 (rookie deal 1st year)
Luka 26 (team option 25-26)
Minott 22 (team option 25-26)
Miller 21 (team option 26-27)
Most of them will be on the
2025-2026 opening day roster.
— Possible 2025 Draft Picks —
Detroit Middle 1st (KAT trade)
Utah Early 2nd (D-Lo trade)
definitely sleeping tho
37:50
We had the Minnesota Timberwolves last playoffs which the Luka-Mavs demolished 😂
Mavs and Wolves make the WCF and then trade their best player 😹
Cant be sleeping on Jaylen Clark to work himself on border rotation.
Randle is not the answer lmao they are better without him
Wolves are super dangerous.
Anthony Edwards, Donte D, NAW Clark, Conley and Dillingham give them the deepest back court in basketball.
Going to be the best defense in the playoffs
Don’t most teams run floppy actions now? Confused at the point of that comment.
OKC is by far the most physical team in the league. wtf ya’ll talking about?
I see Jon K I click simple as that 🐺🐺🐺🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅
I wish Naz would start but Finch loves Julius
I rather lose Randle than Naz if we dnt bet in the future
Julius Randle is a part of a trade package to the Suns for KD.
Trade gobert