Where Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Terrence Shannon Jr. improved most with Locked On Illini
hello and welcome to lockdown wolves podcast today on the show a conversation with sunny Verma of lockdown Ali we’re going to talk all things teren shanon Jr what his role was at Illinois what he improved on most over his two seasons at the University of Illinois and also what I expect shanon to do at the NBA level also hit some other wolves and notes it’s all up coming welcome in you are locked on wolves you are locked on Timberwolves your daily Minnesota Timberwolves podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hello and welcome to lock out wolves podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day my name is Ben Beacon I’m the host of locked on wolves today’s episode is brought to you by Game Time download the game time app create an account and use the code lockedown NBA for $20 off your first purchase terms of plot happy Thursday everybody today on the show conversation with me and sunny Verma of locked on Elion we’re going to talk about teren Shannon Jr in college a fun conversation a couple things that I didn’t realize uh that that he feels like our strength of Terence Shannon uh and he backs up a lot of what we talked about the last couple weeks in terms of his defense what actually more of an optimistic look at his defense than I had on the show back after the Wolves drafted him we’ll also talk about what he could do in transition what he could do in the half court and talk a little bit about what I think his role will be uh basically I asked Sunny a handful of questions Sunny asked me some questions we’ll do all that and then at the end of the show I got a couple other wolves dos and notes that came out I’ll give my take on a couple of things here uh from the last couple of days here so all that’s upcoming a big thank you off the top for making lockedown wolves your first list in every day of course this show is free and available everywhere including YouTube as well as all of your favorite audio platforms you can also watch on the lockdown Sports Minnesota app on Roku and Amazon Fire TV you also follow on X at lock. T wolves and also at B Beacon with 2bs 2 e cken all right we’re going to jump right into my conversation with sunny let’s get to that here without further Ado all right as promised conversation crossover between lockdown wolves and lockon elii uh myself Sunny Verma we’re going to talk a little bit of Terence shanon Jr and uh what he brought to Illinois when he was there and then we’ll talk about his potential role in the NBA will he be in the Wolves rotation what will he do for the ti rules this year so um I I mean Sunny so Terence Shannon spent what his final two years at Illinois he spent three years at Texas Tech couple years at Illinois he was a relative unknown unless you’re a hardcore college basketball fan until he got to Illinois um and then really kind of exploded you look at his two years with the Ali and he had barely averaged in double figures his last year Texas Tech in 2122 the scoring spiked uh certainly his his second to last year with Illinois but then of course this year he’s one of the best players in the country over the first few months and I guess like for wolves fans for listeners who didn’t follow him closely in college or maybe only saw him maybe when he played against the Gophers what what should Timol fans know about Terence Shannon Jr what do you see from him as a player or what did you see from him over his two years at Illinois uh I think you have I talked about this actually on my own show whatever team that was lucky to draft him should know that what whatever his potential is he’s going to reach it because he’s not one of those people that’s going to become Lac aasal once he signs that contract and just kind of you know go with the flow type of thing no he was a guy who was constantly the star of all of Illinois’s like the official University social media campaigns because they film him basically shooting uh jumpers at 5: in the morning you know seven in the morning the guy was a complete Workhorse and as you talked about essentially every single year in his career he continued to get better there was a different facet of his game that continued to get better the guy is super athletic you know he’s had an NBA body for two seasons now in college basketball which kind of uh leads into why he was so successful he was just bigger and stronger than most of the guys that he was going up against and so you know if we’re talking about you know what kind of guy he is it’s just that he’s a pure Hustler and he’s a guy who’s won’t leave anything out on the floor we’ll leave everything out on the floor sorry yeah no and that’s and that’s great to hear I mean that’s that’s something that like if if if fans are just looking at highlight reels or scouting reports online they’re not necessarily going to get all of that which is exactly you know what what fans want to hear is that he’s going to reach because you look at I I know he’s a five-year college player who’s a little bit older in terms of NBA prospects but somebody who averaged 23 points a game last year 17 points a game the year prior like clearly there’s massive potential there and and so to hear that he’s somebody who’s going to reach that potential at least work to reach that potential is huge what would you say from year uh year one at Illinois which was his fourth year college basketball to year two at Illinois what was his biggest growth point like what do you think he did you know that much better in his final year than he did in his first year at Illinois I mean it was dis shooting uh he did the NBA draft camps last year and that’s kind of the feedback that he got that he needed to work on his three-point shooting a little bit and there’s some questions about his back so his first first couple of Seasons at Texas Tech he missed significant portions of the season because if he had some sort of back issues now you wouldn’t known it know this but like Illinois has one of the best uh uh strength and fitness guys in their locker room and so his name’s Adam Fletcher he basically took Terence Shannon and for the two seasons Terence had almost zero issues with his back so it looks like that is kind of healed and so um basically it was just B his shooting uh from three three-point land uh the from the corners that’s kind of what because he always had the NBA body he’s got NBA Defense NBA strength NBA athleticism but in order to you know the NBA has kind of become a three in D League and the key part of Shannon developing was the three part and that’s kind of what he did last season yeah and to your point First St Illinois he shot 32.1% from three last year 36.2% and if you just glance at his numbers his last year Texas Tech he shot 38% but the volume was a lot lower he he attempted uh just like sheer volume of Threes almost twice as many as first Illinois versus his last year Texas Tech so it you know the 38% is a little bit misleading but then last year he attempted nearly three times as many threes as he is last year at Texas Tech and he was still north of 36% so if that continues to progress to the NBA three-point line that’s obviously a huge and the wolves are are banking on that and and you mentioned the NBA body that’s kind of the first thing I’ve said when I’ve been asked about what he brings to V brings to the Timberwolves what they’re looking for it’s that he looks the part he looks like he can be you know at the very least a solid perimeter Defender maybe be able to guard at the point of attack a little bit and should be an absolute Terror in transition it seems like that could be his his biggest impact initially at the NBA level and and correct me if I’m wrong but he did a ton of damage in transition both from Beyond The Arc and also at The Rim that’s what he was best at in the college level once he got a quick rebound there was no nobody better in the league in transition of just kind of putting his head down and attacking the rim I mean he scared a lot of the guys uh basically defending him and I think that’s what he’s going to kind of do ultimately in the NBA he’s a guy who his defensive numbers fell a little bit his senior year but that’s only because he was asked to carry so much on the offensive end uh he was the focal point you know we had him guard the best guy also being our number one option uh you know to score the basketball in the NBA when you have guys who are you know Anthony Grant and no one’s going to ask Terence Shannon to score even double figures the idea I’m assuming is going to be hey you know make a basket here and there you know grab the outlet rebound go do your thing what you just did in college but most importantly and I know you guys were one of the best defensive teams in the league already last year he’s going to if you tell Terrence hey expend most of your energy guarding and harassing the guy that you’re defending that night he’s going to absolutely excel in that role and that’s why I think he’s going to be a Minnesota Timberwolf fan uh fan favorite very quickly yeah so I actually you mentioned two things I was goingon to ask you about and I guess let’s let’s talk about the defense first because you kind of finished there um I was gonna ask you what your overall Impressions were for him on defense I think I saw at least one scotting report out there when I was kind of uh cramming on Teran Shannon around the time of the draft that he uh there was some concern that maybe the effort wasn’t always there at Illinois where maybe it was it was greater at least maybe year one in Illinois or back to Texas Tech years and to your point it sounds like some of that could be because he was carrying so much of the load offensively he was such a high usage player on offense for Illinois um and then you know just looking at the numbers I like to look at steel raid as a good indicator of defensive activity and the steel rate was certainly down last year over where it was year one in Illinois but would you chalk most of that up to a carrying a huge load on offense and B having a really difficult assignment night in and night out really on both ends of the floor but also defensively exactly right um he was always when it was time you know if there’s a minute and a half left in the game in a close game he’s the guy guarding their best player and for the most most of the time you know he ended up on the winning end like he’s just that guy uh C you know throughout the game sure sometimes things happen and again when you’re carrying the load offensively uh his numbers may have struggled a little bit and truth be told Illinois’s defense in general this past season wasn’t very good we were number one in offense for most of college most of the college basketball season but the defensive end really started sliding once the month of J January hit and so his numbers includeed but I don’t think it’s an effort issue necessarily and I truly think that once he gets to the next level and he’s told by the coach hey just focus on defense I think he’s gonna absolutely uh excel at that role that that’s great to hear I mean like you said this ear a few minutes ago like the wolves do have multiple point of attack Defenders who um he’s not going to be they’re not going to ask him to go guard you know insert like he’s not gonna guard John Morant one night and Kevin Durant the next or whatever it’s you know they’ve got Jade McDaniels who uh you know an all defensive team calber player rudig go be obviously is not guarding on the perimeter but he’s on the floor so there’s he’s papering over if guys get beat on the perimeter but Jade McDaniels to kill Alexander Walker Anthony Edwards are all Plus Perimeter Defenders and then you know you add in some of the other length that they have even guys like Carl towns who can who can switch on the perimeter and stuff like that it’s just really it’s length and athleticism and again an NBA body offensively we talked about what he does in transition you talked about his his Improvement as a three-point shooter in the half court so not in transition when when things slow down there in the half court it seems like he had the ball in his hands a ton was he really initiating a lot of offense was it a lot of shooting out of pick and roll or what or how would you describe his half court game uh with Illinois I actually wouldn’t say he had the ball all that often unless it was one of those in transition you know again that’s kind of give the ball to Terren and move out of the way let him go get a basket if you take a look I think he averaged almost nine free throws a game uh La in his last season in shooting almost 80% the whistle follows him wherever he goes he’s very good at initiating contact and getting to the free throw line and when he gets there uh he tends to hit them Brad Underwood always like to joke around all season long that all year long he never ran a single play for for tar chanon Jr you know it was it was simply one of those where either through sheer hustle he got involved with the play he developed a catch and shoot three-pointer uh in his final season at Illinois so it’s one of those where it’s perfect for Minnesota because you have so many weapons as it is and he’s not really going to get in the way of a guy like Anthony Edwards it’s basically he’ll be able to fill whatever Niche you’re looking for on the offensive side and for me when I watch the NBA I do love guys who can get contact you know who can get fouls on the opposing uh team and you know get them in foul trouble and that’s something Terren has always been really really good at yeah and and I’ve kind of been talking about H his fit with Minnesota and we’ll get into this here in a second a little bit more in depth but I mean they’re not going to ask him to do too much it’s going to be hey knockdown threes play in transition play good defense and if he does reach that ceiling that you alluded to at the beginning of the conversation like uh if there’s a good chance he reaches that it’s obviously still a very high ceiling and every team can use a score Off the Bench and you know two three years down the road I mean like n Alexander Walker is a free agent next year so that his role could increase as we move forward let’s get into that next let’s talk about his fit with Minnesota and uh Sun’s gonna we’re going to turn the tables here he’s gonna ask me a few questions about Terence shanon Jr as a pro we get to that here next today’s episode of lockdown wolves is brought To Us by our friends at game time game time is an authorized ticket Marketplace of Major League Baseball which makes getting tickets faster and easier prices on the game time app actually go down the closer it gets to the first pitch with killer last minute deals all in prices views views from your seat and their lowest price guarantee game time takes the guesswork out of buying MLB tickets you can find any sort of ticket you’re looking for It’s Not Just Sports either up to 60% off 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segment sunny but uh take it away sure but uh first and foremost let’s kind of give me a quick Cliff note on the last maybe two seasons of the Minnesota Timberwolves just so line fans who are now becoming Minnesota Timberwolves fans and those of you who are new Timberwolves fans definitely follow Ben at lockon Timberwolves give us a little cliff notes of what kind of team Teran Shan Jr is suiting up for yeah I mean two years ago going in the The Wolves were coming off of like if you go back two years they were coming off of a season where they were the sixth seed in the west they lost to Memphis in the first round they had made the playoffs uh for the first time in a long time the second time in 19 years at the time which is crazy um and there was a lot of optimism going into last season but the Year got off to a bit of a tough start they made the Rudy go bear trade so there was you know for anybody that follows the NBA or even doesn’t it was widely thought it was a massive overpay for a guy who’s about to be 30 playing two bigs with Rudy goar and Carl 30 towns but still Anthony Edwards is so exciting and everybody thought like hey what what could this be well goar was banged up after playing in Euro Basket in the summer of 22 and carony towns hurt his calf at Thanksgiving and missed 60 plus games the team still ended up winning 42 games getting the eighth seed after the playing tournament but had to play the Denver Nuggets in the first round lost to the eventual eventual Champion nuggets in five games in 2023 last season a lot of people’s expectations had come back down for the Wolves it was effectively the same roster coming back and uh you know traded a bunch of draft picks they didn’t have any incoming rookies that were going to play and so there were a lot of people down on the Wolves going into last season I was I was up on them in that I thought that they would be a playoff team I didn’t think they’d win 56 games I thought they would win around 50 which was still still more optimistic than most people I thought they were probably the four or five seed in the west they ended up winning the getting the third seed and they were in the number one spot most of the Season easily could have had the top seed in the west um were relatively healthy other than cat missing carony towns missing about a month uh in the spring with a knee issue uh but Anthony Edwards took the leap he became an All-Star well I guess it was the second All-Star season um and was was fantastic Jaden McDaniels was great defensively Rudy goar won defensive player of the year and it was really all about those players Rudy getting comfortable cat staying healthy and adopting a new role as a four and somebody who’s guarding a little bit differently on defense being asked to do some different things but the offense struggled a little bit it was middle of the pack for most of the Season defensively they were the best team in the league it was uh actually the only the second time in the last 20 years that there’s been a gap that big between the best defense and the second best defense in the league in terms of defensive ratings they were dominant defensively but the offense was a little sluggish at times lacked a little bit of pop and uh you know defense is kind of their identity so as we’re going to talk about Terence Shannon’s kind of a perfect fit this is a team that won 56 games the top you know seven of the top eight guys in the rotation will be exactly the same next year barring something shocking in the next few weeks of the offseason so this team should win mid-50s games they should compete for the top seed and are a legit finals Contender going into next season so was Terence Shannon Junior’s name kind of on your guys’s draft board you know in all the mock drafts and whatnot is that the type of player you guys were kind of looking for I think so and I was well for a couple reasons I you know certainly I think it was actually ESPN one of their last mocks did have him going to Minnesota there were a couple mocks that had him there he was one of I think 10 or 12 players I previewed leading into the draft that the Wolves may be interested in um I think partly because he’s an older college player and this is already a playoff team they don’t want to spend a ton of time developing somebody who’s who potentially could be a rotation piece right away um and because he brings a transition like we talked about this last segment the Wolves did not play fast enough at times last year and they were a good shooting team like they were the had the third best team three-point percentage in the league but they didn’t take enough threes so a guy who’s going to be a volume three-point shooter play fast and also have the the body type and athleticism uh and hopefully want to to play really well defensively and kind of slot right into that mentality that they had on defense it’s kind of a perfect fit in that sense now nobody had on their bingo card that the Wolves would trade up on draft night to to pick eight and take you know Rob enam from Kentucky and so I think we were all kind of thinking like all right who are they going to take at 27 they’ll certainly be a rotation piece now you know we could talk about exact role I think he’s goingon to be kind of on the edge of the rotation but um he fits in line with what they need which is size on the wing they love size on the wing they needed more shooting more volume shooting from outside the arc and they needed to play faster and continue that defensive mentality and I I think teren Shannon Jr should check all those boxes so do you foresee him being a rotational guy in his first year I think he’ll be right on the edge I I think the wolves have you know seven of the top eight guys are back from last year that’s not going to change uh Rob Dillingham would be certainly a rotation guy they’ve basically already said he’s our backup point guard so that’s eight um and then Joe Engles they just signed and and I mean he didn’t sign in Minnesota for the minimum to not play and and he’s basically gonna take that Kyle Anderson role slow-mo who uh was kind of that point forward Off the Bench he he’s going to fill in that role so that gets you to about nine guys and typically in an NBA season your rotation that sees heavy minutes is closer to nine but usually you’re going to have 10 guys that play So I I really think it’s tan Shannon Jr and a couple of guys who have been around that are still younger players that will be kind of vying for those those 10th B minutes if you will some nights it might be 14 minutes if guys are in foul trouble if somebody’s banged up or misses or sits on a back-to-back maybe he plays 20 minutes some nights depending on the opponent in the matchup he may get a DN PCD and not see the floor at all um I think it’s him it’s Josh Minot who’s going to be a third-year guy um out of Memphis who’s a different player he’s more of a uh he’s not as much a a perimeter threat as he is a Defender and a rebounder and just a little bit of a bigger body um I think those two are probably and then Leonard Miller who’s a little bit more of a point forward type really plays four five four five so I think it also could change based on the matchup but I think they’ll give him every opportunity to earn a slot in the rotation and he’ll certainly at some point next year be part of the wol rotation even if it’s not opening night he’s going to be an important part of what of what this team’s trying to do what was the initial response from T woles fans when uh you know at the conclusion of night one of the NBA Draft when they came home with Gillingham and uh you know Channon I think over womenly positive I mean the the cost to move up to eight to take Dillingham was not too prohibitive it’s you know a pick Swap and a a 2031 pick and by that point like hopefully this team’s been to the finals and it won a championship right like that’s the goal and so this team’s also over the second apron not to get two in the weeds and NBA cap nerd stuff but like the short version is the Wolves can’t sign anybody in free agency for more than the minimum and so the only way you’re going to make this team better over the next couple of years is through the draft and they don’t have very many picks because they traded the ball for Rudy goar SO trading up with a future asset seven years down the road to take a guy who is a consensus Lottery Pick and one of the best offensive players in the draft in Dillingham and still getting a guy who was in the running for you know Player of the Year in December who average 20 plus points per game and and fills fills some holes off your bench coming out of that night with guys who even casual college basketball fans knew who both those guys were and so coming out of the draft with those two players and that much more offensive punch and upside because again this is a team that went to the Conference Finals I mean they were three wins away from the finals last year and the offense was middle of the pack at best it was it was at times 18th 19th in the league in terms of offensive rating so to get get two offensive players and at least in the case of Shannon somebody who’s not going to hurt you defensively and may help you is a big win so I guess you know usually when colleges uh their players are drafted it tends to be on teams that are played poorly the season before Ali fans are a little spoiled in this case uh you know now being newly fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves how close exactly would you say you guys are to winning that ultimate NBA championship yeah I mean honestly I think it could have happened last year I think it a combination of having never been there and and I mean nobody on the Timberwolves had played that deep in their career I I mean uh I think Conley got to the Conference Finals once and goar had never been there and so like just from a a a fatigue standpoint which sounds like a copout but it’s a very real thing when you’re used to playing till May one and you’re playing till June one um I mean I think that played into it and obviously Luca donic had a crazy series and they ran into a buzs saww and tough matchup for Minnesota LCA donic really was this team’s going to be basically the same and the only guys that like obviously Mike connley being a year older isn’t great and uh um Rudy goar being a year older I mean he’s still in his early 30s but cat’s in his prime Anthony Edwards jadeen McDaniels those guys are only getting better and so I think expectations next year are going to be in those mid-50s wins it’s going to be 55 57 59 wins and a top certainly a top four seed in the west and the West is tough it didn’t get any easier over the offseason but this is absolutely a 50 plus with team it’s absolutely a homecourt team that has a shot at the finals and if Anthony Edwards he took the leap from like borderline Allstar to like all NBA caliber player last year and if he takes the leap to I I don’t think there’s any doubt he’s got the ceiling of a top three player in the league I don’t think there’s any question about that if he can do that next year this immediately is a finals Contender you know I think it is anyway but it’s it’s a very serious one and is right up there with everybody else I mean other young teams in the west like Oklahoma City and and Minnesota are going to be around for a while then you’ve got teams that are trying to retool and reload that are a little bit older it’s going to be a lot of fun uh but I mean you’re right like a guy who play who is as good as teren Shannon was in college doesn’t often go to a team that’s already ready to compete for a championship and and that’s exactly the type of Team he’s going to all right so there you have it great conversation with sunny at lock down Alina I thought it was really good perspective on what Terence Shannon did defensively at Illinois you know I had seen a couple different Scot inter reports that kind of Knocked what he’d done the steel rate was down but the context of guarding the best player and also being the top option even if the ball wasn’t in his hands a ton and I’ve talked about that before he wasn’t initiating a ton of offense for the alii last year last two years he was a beneficiary in transition they ran stuff for him to get uh you know come off of pin downs and get shot attempts and things like that so I mean it’s certainly understandable if there was a bit of uh some slippage in terms of his one-on-one defense and if he could just wreak havoc and and and that actually has been I talked about this on the basketball party last week on on the Wednesday basketball party that we do here on lockdown wolves and I’ve talked about it on regular lockdown wolf show as well uh if he’s able to kind of dial in and be the guy that does every that sorry that doesn’t do it not that does everything but the guy who knows his role and is all over the place and just like wreaking havoc on both ends of the floor getting steals getting out in transition getting dunks getting Trail threes in transition uh sprinting to the Corner getting three-point opportunities there uh you know getting to the free throw line it’s a thing that Sunny brought up a couple different times is his ability to uh to get to the free throw line as well he didn’t shoot the ball great at The Rim in college but that’s something that can that I think can grow and also if he’s drawing fouls that matters a little bit less as long as he’s getting to the free throw line but again Lower usage type guy at the I should say lower usage just less opportunities less volume of opportunities at the NBA level when he’s on a team with Anthony Edwards Carlon to and others um so completely completely agree with a lot of what what Sunny said I thought it was interesting Insight on his defense but also the mentality the fact that he clearly improved uh throughout his career at Illinois even if it was only those two seasons compared to what he did at Texas Tech for three years I think that’s that’s uh really important to note in really really good context I think for wolves fans um and hopefully gave some some good context for Li fans on on locked on L as well about the Wolves all right um couple quick wolves notes that are out there from I guess mostly from Wednesday the first one was Team Canada finalized their Olympic roster which I thought was uh nothing really surprising there except for a couple wolves related notes now they’re it’s a really good team we knew that Nik Alexander Walker is on the team and A Familiar name that is not is Andrew Wiggins he had with drawn initially right before Camp began the Warriors called it Mutual but various reports have reported that golden state was the party driving the decision as often is the case when players are no longer in international competition but there’s other guys who who aren’t on the team like Zack Edy shayen sharp Benedict Maan from the Pacers Leonard Miller also uh was in their training camp never was really considered to make the team which makes sense given how stacked this team is I mean seriously they’ve got SGA they’ve got Jamal Murray Nik Alexander Walker Andrew neard RJ Barrett Lou Dort I’m just reading these in the order on Hoops rubers not in any particular order Dylan Brooks uh Melvin ehem Trey Lyles Kelly alen Dwight poin and Kim Burch so every one of those guys except for uh AE which I think I’m saying right um has played in the NBA and then you know Wiggins Edy sharp mat and Miller all um all not um not going to be on the roster notably this is also as as much as a fixture as they’ve been in recent years on the international scene they haven’t actually been in the Olympics since 2000 like this is this is the only time um since 2000 they’ve been the than the Olympics because they’ve they’ve they finally improved to that point intern on the international stage to qualify for the Olympics so interesting exciting that Alexander Walker’s there and of course we know Joe Engles is playing for Australia we know that uh Rudy Gober is played for France I don’t think I’m missing anybody else besides Anthony Edwards obviously played for Team USA I don’t have any thoughts by the way on Anthony Edwards interview about him saying like it’s just ant being ant like T wolves fans have seen this before it’s not a headline for wolves like ant saying he’s the best player and he wants all the shots but then also in the same interview saying yeah of course I’m gonna pass to Stephen KD because those guys are great like none of that is surprising so let’s not act like I don’t think any wolves fans are acting like they’re surprised uh nobody should be like too offended by that because it’s just a be Ant and all the guys on the team don’t care like it’s just it’s whatever um and then the other thing is the Timol promoted Matt Lloyd to GM of course Matt Lloyd was was the senior VP of basketball operations he had ran the front office in Orlando he was their interim GM had also been their VP basketball ups and prior of that was in Chicago with the bulls uh back mostly when the Bulls were good or at least I should say I think it was more tibs era type uh Bulls teams so Matt Lloyd was a finalist for the Charlotte role earlier this uh I guess it would have been in spring when they were interviewing or was right around the end of the season and uh he did not get the job there but then he was offered a role and this is according to John krinski over at the athletic uh Matt lyd turned down a basically the role he had in Minnesota to go to Charlotte decided to stay and um and he gets he gets the title he gets the title bump from senior VP abass swaps the general manager also in the threat on Twitter John krinski reports that he is now officially number two behind Tim Connelly who of course is president of basketball and uh sashin Gupta is executive VP of basketball operations which as he also notes it’s collaborative doesn’t really matter in terms of hierarchy even though it is Connelly Lloyd Gupta um so congrats to Matt Lloyd seems to be somebody that a lot of people respect he’s someone who gets brought up uh occasionally I mean like uh rillo Ryan rillo on his Show when he talks about bask he always talks about Lloyd along with Connelly for whatever that’s worth and I don’t agree with all rill’s opinions but he’s obviously in on some level and and um interesting that he always brings him up uh for take that for what it’s worth so little bit of wolves news there to leave you with Friday show I’m going to get you ready the Wolves actually play basketball tomorrow the well some version of the tber Wolves at least five to six to seven rostered players you know five current guys including the two rookies including Jaylen Clark we get to see uh two-way play twoa Sunny Jesse Edwards we get to see we talked about him if you miss Wednesday show I talked about him quite a bit uh the the big Center on a two-way deal he’ll play in summer league and then also um obviously Dean Nicks who was on a two-way deal last year some familiar names from the Ia wolves I talked a lot about it this week but I’ll give you kind of my my last takeaways heading into summer league on Friday they play Friday afternoon I believe Sunday so over the weekend they’ll have a couple games before my next show on Monday so I can kind of unpack those first two games key takeaways things I liked and didn’t like but Friday will’ll get you ready leave you with kind of like what to watch for and especially with a focus on the the Josh monuts the um leard Millers the two rookies and uh Jaylen Clark who you know haven’t seen him play so we gotta be we got to be fair to him but like interested to see what we see out of him too so a lot to get to on Friday that’s what we’ll do on Friday a big thank you for making lockdown wolves your first listen every single day of course 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