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Minnesota Timberwolves & craft beer podcast by Dan Hylton and Josh Dye.

Seeing the forest for the trees since 2020.

Available everywhere, tweets probably Dan.

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Let's GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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So it seems like it may have been a good year for Josh and I to bet $100 on Chris Finch for Coach of the Year at +2800 odds.

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*yawn* (streeetch)

so....anything new, #Timberwolves fans?

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@Y0Leo What is that they say about when a guy's highlight reel consists of one highlight?

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@A1WolfDay1 @dosnetlive ha - and it ended worse than that: 2/$45MM. This deal, 4/$80 for Jakob Poeltl. 4/$130 for VanVleet...Crazytown out there.

I feel so good about how the Wolves navigated free agency.

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Bruce Brown counterpoint: he's ok but players are *always* over-valued season after they appeared in the finals, watched by all.

Again, he's fine, but if Jokic isn't on his team we're not really talking about him in the same way. We call this "the Timofey Mosgov effect."

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@A1WolfDay1 @dosnetlive 😛
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Not that we're recording podcasts about it or anything, but everybody else is still kinda stuck on Vince #1 and Josh was at Vince #3 about four months ago.

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@A1WolfDay1 @dosnetlive ah. If I thought we were >>that close<< I'd be there. As it is, I'm interested less interested in rentals; more interested in assembling as much of a roster as is possible that will be here through Ant's/Jaden's prime, in pursuit of that elusive "continuity."

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@A1WolfDay1 @dosnetlive I'm sure we're not far off from each other's opinions. I'm just saying that there is a "Brown tax" right now. Guys on finals rosters is where I would look *last* if I'm working hard to keep salaries in line.

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@A1WolfDay1 @dosnetlive I mean, so did Matthew Dellavedova! I'm just saying that we tend to inflate the value of *every* player that doesn't shit the bed on the biggest stage. Not a terrible accomplishment to be sure, but being on a team with Jokic or peak LeBron helps a guy look good.

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Come on, man, Naz Reid!

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Why it makes sense to sign Naz Reid, even though you now have three centers and one who is a backup making $14MM/year, a thread:

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4/ If the Wolves are better this year (many reasons to believe they will be) Rudy and KAT will increase their trade value DURING the season. For both, it is currently about as low as it's gonna be.

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3/ you basically CAN'T have Rudy and KAT both on the team once KAT's supermax kicks in, so a replacement for....(KAT?) waiting in the wings makes sense.

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just because you have three centers now doesn't mean you have three centers by the trade deadline, or at the beginning of next season

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Not that we're recording podcasts about it or anything, but everybody else is still kinda stuck on Vince #1 and Josh was at Vince #3 about four months ago.

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@JrHamsandwich I just discussed with staff and we are all in agreement that yes, DLo is definitely a professional basketball player

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dat us @FallingKnifeBC. I swear we weren't blocking anybody's view.

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@4arlandria @jakepaynting @canishoopus @robtodd22 @DaneMooreNBA @brittrobson @JaceFrederick @Kyle_Ratke @KyleTheige @TheJeffBissoy @JonKrawczynski not a huge Oubre guy...I'm increasingly in favor of surrounding Ant w/low-usage, smart vets that enable him.

I think of this as a win-win as we don't need guys taking shots away from either Ant or KAT and low-usage players (even smart, effective ones) tend to be undervalued.

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@flea333 @Lakers Counterpoint: totally do all this