The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press. Dane and Jace discuss how the vets (Gobert, Anderson and Conley) picked up flat performances from Towns and Edwards in what ended up being a close game against the Blazers. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Gobert + vets deliver on backend of back-to-back (2:00) - Kyle Anderson's effectiveness ret...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer, Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves' losses to the Kings and Clippers over the weekend. Dane and Chris then close the episode by putting together what they think would be the Wolves best/easiest path for playoff matchups and what the worst/toughest path would look like. Specific topics and timestamps below... - How concerned...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to reflect on the Wolves month of February. Dane and Kyle reflect on where the Wolves excelled or grew in the month of February and look ahead to March. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Where the Wolves excelled in February (2:00) - A fun, challenging schedule ahead (10:00) - Why the Wolves have 42 wins before March (22:00) - The value of bei...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Brenden Nunes of SacTown Sports to discuss what a Wolves-Kings playoff series might look like. But first, the episode starts with Dane discussing some key themes from the Wolves' win over the Grizzlies on Wednesday night. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Themes from the Wolves win over the Grizz: Ant on JJJ, McDaniels bounces back, a quiet Gobert game (4...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to discuss a handful of themes that surfaced in Tuesday's win over the Spurs, a game the Wolves played without Karl-Anthony Towns. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Playing without KAT (1:00) - The Ant + Naz Pairing (7:00) - Why Gobert's dunks on Wemby are a good sign for the playoffs (23:00) - The Wolves' template for offensive...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss what the Wolves can do over the fina 25 games of the season to convince they are true contenders. Dane and Jace do this by talking about what they need to see from the offense, defense and the rest of the West to have their belief continue to grow. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Will...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss how the Wolves looked in their return from All Star break, with a loss to Milwaukee and win over Brooklyn. Specific topics and timestamps below... -- Not clicking on all cylinders out of the break, offense seeming a little delicate (2:00) -- Playing without Gobert: D still good, shifted rotation, Conley-Morris minutes (...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson live at Falling Knife Brewing Company to discuss where the Wolves are entering the final stretch of the season and to take live listener questions at the brewery. If you'd like to support our partners... -- To enter the ticket giveaway, support the show by subscribing for $5 a month:  https://www.patreon.com/DaneMooreNBA -- Want to advertise on the s...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss Mike Conley's 2-year, $21 million contract extension and the luxury tax ramifications going forward for the Wolves. Dane and Jace also take this time to reflect on Chris Finch being hired at the All Star break three seasons ago and the success of that journey. Specific topics and timestamps below...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to bring insights from the locker room after the Wolves win and to just discuss the vibe of the team entering the All Star break. Also a segment on where the Wolves rank in a handful of categories pre-All Star break. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Takeaways from the locker room and the vibe of the team entering the break (1:00) - Where the...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson to reflect on the Wolves play over the last two weeks and ask the question: Are The Wolves Playing Their Best Basketball of the Season? Dane and Britt take a look at the Wolves recent play, especially against the Clippers and Bucks, and compare it to their previous best stretch of the season (November). Specific topics and timestamps below... - How d...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss what was behind the Wolves' win in Portland on Tuesday night. A lot of the focus on this episode is dedicated to Anthony Edwards and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, but also on a little strategic tweak that Rudy Gobert convinced Chris Finch to try out to improve the Wolves' 4th quarter offense. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Ant listed...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves' 21-point win in LA against the Clippers on Monday night. Also, some conversation on Monte Morris' debut and what it appears his role on this team will be. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Another dominant 3rd quarter that the Wolves won 40 to 19 (1:30) - Why the Clippers haven't been the matchup issue we thought they mi...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from Minn Post to discuss the Wolves bounce back win over the Milwaukee Bucks that was fueled by their best offensive performance of the season. Also, more conversation on the Monte Morris acquisition. And then finally a reflection on the trade deadline a year ago and what the acquisitions of Mike Conley and Nickeil Alexander-Walker have meant to thi...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Denver Nuggets beat writer Ryan Blackburn, who covered Monte Morris for many years in Denver. Dane begins the episode with a solo segment on where the Morris trade leaves the Wolves from a roster construction standpoint (assets and salary cap), and then Ryan joins to discuss who Morris is as a player. Or at least who he was as a player two years ago in Denver. Sp...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss the Wolves blowing yet another 4th quarter lead, this time against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. Dane and Chris dig into the themes behind the Wolves propensity to crumble, but also how this crumble had a somewhat different theme. Specific topics and timestamps below... - What is are the themes...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss how the Wolves looked more like the early-season version of themselves in the win against Houston on Sunday night. Dane and Jace also get into what went wrong in the loss to Orlando -- another team that can match the Wolves' size. Plus, some Conley Corner with Jace, where he gets into his most re...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards being selected as All Stars and to do a Wolves trade deadline preview. Specific topics and timestamps below... - KAT's production when Ant has been out or struggled fuels his All Star case (1:00) - Who could have Gobert made it over? (9:00) - How Ant has become a no-brainer All Star (13:30) - What are...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Britt Robson from MinnPost to loosely discuss the All-Star cases got Towns, Edwards and Gobert. Additionally, Dane and Britt get into Britt's most-recent column on the Wolves' SloMo Conundrum. And then they wrap up the episode with some trade deadline talk. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Where KAT is showing his value this season (2:00) - Ant against l...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss his feature story on Nickeil Alexander-Walker and how he has rejuvenated his career in Minnesota since being acquired at last season's trade deadline. Dane and Chris also get into some of the small salary cap implications of the league informing teams that the salary cap for next season will be slight...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss the Wolves beating the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road and without Mike Conley. Specific topics and timestamps below... - What was different about the late-game offense? (1:00) - A game with a playoff feel from the players and coaches (15:00) - Finch adjusts rotation to have more shooting on th...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Alex Speers from The Athletic's Oklahoma City Thunder Podcast (Down To Dunk) to get the Thunder perspective on how the Wolves and Thunder matchup. Dane and Alex look back at the three prior Wolves-Thunder matchups, look forward to Monday's matchup between the two teams and discuss what a potential Wolves-Thunder playoff series might look like. But before the Wolv...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Kyle Theige to discuss the Wolves wins against the Wizards and Nets in a back-to-back. Lots of conversation on recent trends, including KAT's recent dominance and the fourth quarter struggles. And much more. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The Wolves are 27th in 4th Q offense. What's behind that? (1:30) - KAT's recent dominance and his 3-point volume in...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Chris Hine from the Star Tribune to discuss how the Wolves are taking steps to move on from the Charlotte loss. Specific topics and timestamps below... - The vibe at practice this morning in Washington DC (1:00) - How the Wolves have played without Mike Conley, who is sick today (4:00) - Nickeil Alexander-Walker's growth and how he has fared in...

On today's show, Dane is joined by Wolves beat writer Jace Frederick from the Pioneer Press to discuss how the Wolves squandered Karl-Anthony Towns' 62-point night in a home loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Numerous audio clips from Chris Finch's postgame press conference and from the players in the locker room. Specific topics and timestamps below... - Got caught chasing points (1:30) - Will this g...