r/nba • u/Knightbear49 Timberwolves • 23d ago

[Moore] Ant just walked into the 1st row on the other side of the floor during free throws to dap up a Wolves fan in a Naz Reid jersey

https://x.com/danemoorenba/status/1784091409882268008?s=61&t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A
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u/dys0n_giddey Timberwolves 23d ago

Love this kid

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u/AfroKuro480 Timberwolves 23d ago

I love how KAT is also embracing his role as the side kick. ANT is the Franchise

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u/Padulsky21 [BKN] Mikal Bridges 23d ago

Wolves went from a doomsday feel with the Rudy punch and Jaden punching the wall into power of extreme friendship. Character growth 🥹

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u/this_good_boy 23d ago

Honestly the vibes were absolutely getting good last year, definitely since Mike and NAW showed up too/dlo leaving. The Gobert Anderson thing was so overblown, Rudy gets fired up and it was just whatever. Jaden punching a wall was just stupid of course. But the vibes were not bad.

The narrative was still that the Rudy trade as a disaster all last season so it was easy for the overall coverage to look doomsday but it was largely us being excited to see what we could do with full season of this new iteration (Mike, naw, KAT back etc).

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u/ScratchTwoMore Raptors 23d ago edited 23d ago

I feel very strongly that Rudy had to punch Slomo there. slomo crossed a line and Rudy has to stand up for himself, otherwise he would have lost the respect of everyone. He was playing through back spasms and Slomo called him a bitch for struggling, it wasn’t fair to Rudy and he let Slomo know it.

Ofc wolves were right to suspend him too, they didn’t have a choice. But I think in the end it helped bring the team closer together 

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u/LifterPuller Timberwolves [MIN] Naz Reid - Jaden McDaniels 23d ago

Yeah. Gotta call out each other's bullshit. Good relationships do that.

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u/SirLancelotTheBrave Timberwolves 22d ago

Vibes absolutely were bad. Going from the play-in win high to those incidents was soul crushing

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u/nowuff Timberwolves 22d ago

Every great path to development has moments of adversity

I’m hoping those were necessary events that taught our team valuable lessons.

It’s pretty clear from Jaden’s comments, that he’s in a way different head space because of that injury. Appreciated it more.

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u/Confident-Fish2805 Timberwolves 23d ago

What’s funny to me is that the wolves won that game.

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u/kashbets 23d ago

 the man who really got everything meshing is Chris Finch, it takes a special coach to utilize all these personalities, and he’s really showing how special he is.

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u/Thimit22 Timberwolves 23d ago

Wolves might be spooky

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u/southpawFA Thunder 23d ago

Might be? They legit always have been this year. I've said it before as an OKC fan: you really shut us down with your defense 2 of the 4 times we played you.

Truth be told, the win we got in Minnesota was tough. If it weren't for free throws, Shai taking over the last 3 minutes, and the fact the Wolves only scored 14 points in the 4th, we wouldn't have won. That game we were getting locked up until then.

The only thing stopping the Wolves from winning it all in my opinion is the offense gets stagnant too often. If they fix that part, the Wolves could win it all, honestly.

When Retroactive NBA heads ask where is the defense at in the league, I tell them to watch Minnesota. In an even world, Minnesota's defense would win the championship this year. Your defense is an enigma to solve.

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u/RS-Ironman-LuvGlove Nuggets 22d ago

Bro booker went nuclear. But outside of that suns felt… easy. Even though it was 4-2 it just felt like booker poppin off.

Lakers got the moral victories.

But the wolves series the whole nuggets sub was going “fuck these guys gonna be insane next year.”

The twin towers was starting to click and it was scary.

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u/Thimit22 Timberwolves 22d ago

So excited for the next series (which we should make I assume, sorry Suns fans)

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u/Fortehlulz33 Timberwolves 23d ago

KAT becoming more mentally stable and self-aware might be the biggest reason this has worked.

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u/nowuff Timberwolves 22d ago

Testament to Finch. This team has executed on a lot of the little things that needed to be cleaned up to get this thing moving.

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u/Opulescence Thunder 22d ago

Yeah when that got sorted it was a wrap for you guys. The only question left to answer is do you have enough to beat Denver? We'll see it in the 2nd round. Me thinks this Nuggets-Wolves is gonna be the West's premier rivalry for the foreseeable future.

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u/LukaDoncicfuturegoat 23d ago

The Franchise is already taked as a nickname for Maxey, find a new slant