The Minnesota Timberwolves had a roughs tart, but behind Anthony Edwards’ ascension to an All Star caliber player, the Timberwolves are in the running for a top 4 seed in the Western Conference.
Not only has Anthony Edwards been on fire, but Rudy Gobert is showing everyone why Minnesota traded for him in the first place. Additionally, Kyle Anderson and D’Angelo Russell have both been contributing at an extremely high level. If Karl-Anthony Towns can come back and be reintegrated seamlessly, this team could be a threat.
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I really think this team can still come out of the West. The two teams I’m most scared of are the Clippers and Warriors-due to the ability to shoot/defend at a high lvl along with the ability to go small(I do believe we can beat small ball though).
Analytics shows McDaniels is currently the best on ball defender in the league to date.
You know someone loves the NBA when they need to point out "calendar year".
build everything on AE
The fact that the team is playing better when their best player is out due to an injury speaks more about how poorly the coaching staff prepared the game plans than anything else.
WE JUST BEAT THE WARRIORS LET'S GOOOOOOO
my god I love D'Lo's stroke…..
I’ve been saying this for a minute but I think the Wolves are best off moving KAT and handing the keys off to Ant
Give your best player the ball? Wow never thought of that before…
The way yo included Trevor Keels is hilarious
Ant has not been a good playmaker. Stop this. Dlo is the brains of the offense, he not just a shot maker
3:55 Trevor keels really snuck in there
I have been saying since the season started they should move KAT in order for Edwards to be the clear #1 and for Gobert to be effective on the court. KAT lack of foot speed makes their defense terrible and if the ball isn't in his hands and he has to spot up all the time it throws his rhythm off. This stretch without him is proving this point and this video right
Kyle Anderson can have two points but be very critical in a game. Been a huge fan when Spurs had him. SLOW MO!
They are getting sold? Awesome. Let's face it: The only thing, that will might this franchise, is a new owner.
Slo-Mo!!!!!!
People been sleeping on Kyle Anderson and Naz Reid for so long I hope they get homecourt advantage so people recognize them more
They need to trade KAT asap! Get some dudes who aren't traffic cones on defense
Anderson reminds me of Boris Diaw
wonder if it will become <ANT & KAT>, or <ANT or KAT>. KAT's great at shooting. It could work..
Rudy trade is a diseaster!
Anthony Edwards is a MVP candidate 🔥
Edwards is a Allstar.
D Lo is the odd one out, I’d suggest Wolves trade him for a 3&D Wing who can compliment KAT and Gobert
Oh? Playing 1 in 4 out, like a modern NBA team, is better than playing 2 in and 3 out?
That's the only reason the Wolves are playing better.
If Rudy Goes down, and Towns assumes the 1 in role, they improve too.
NAZ REID.
Honestly I think this team will be better with Kat in the mix because their main issue is finding another person to score. If Anderson goes back to the bench, it helps drastically with the bench guys playing really well. If you watch what they have been doing with the minutes and the rotation they've been using, ant stays in the whole first quarter, gobert and dlo sit with five to seven minutes left of the first then come in early to start the second quarter, it's been a pretty good mix and that's probably helped with their success more so then just playing better offense. There were times when the bench was better then the starters in the beginning of the season and that was because of Kyle Anderson. Now that the team has somewhat found their identity, plugging Kat in isn't as hard as people think. It gives the offense another way of attacking and makes them that much more dangerous. Also in the beginning of the season Kat and gobert were working very well, similar to Anderson and gobert, with each other so he's basically a better scoring version of Kyle Anderson, just with not as great passing. It was Edwards that was struggling to understand spacing and with the ball in his hands more, he figured out why and how to use spacing. He's still getting better though so I'm saying this has officially become ants team unlike last season where it still went through towns.
The Anderson + Gobert PnR looks so goofy and it's great!
AntMan is a Great player he can DEFINITELY be a MVP what he brings catapults the Timberwolves to Greatness no doubt! AntMan is solid. The NBA franchise should do right by AntMan.
just trade kat for a ton of good players and you have a good team
Ant was ROBBED of an all-star selection. And to those who say -"All you complaining about snubs gotta realize you have to remove someone who made it to make room for your 'snub'" – so I'll gladly oblige. Ant-man over PG13 – especially this season, and the recent tear Ant has been on. Next, Ant over JJJ – I don't even think that needs an explanation.
Key is Diangelo russell
This team desperately needs a vet presence…a true PG too. Get it done Wolves.
The TWoles live and die by Anthony Edwards. Ant needs o stop taking shots on an off night
They're playing like the Grizzlies before the Grizzlies went into their slump