June 26, 2025 • 22 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the recent media tour of the Minnesota Timberwolves' new owners, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Lore, highlighting both the positive messages they are conveying and the potential red flags regarding their commitment to the team and funding for a new arena. He also delves into the Timberwolves' draft pick, Joan Beringer, analyzing his potential to develop under Rudy Gobert's mentorship and the implications for the team's future roster strategy.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
The Minnesota Timberwolves new owners Alex Rodriguez and Mark Glory
are on their media tour, but I'm gonna explain why
there are a few red flags throughout their media tour,
and then I'm going to explain why new Timberwolves draft
(00:28):
d the seventeenth overall pick in the twenty twenty five
NBA draft, Johann Bereje. Everyone's talking about go Beer mentoring him,
but could he mentor Rudy Gobert.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
All of that on.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Today's show, But first I need to tell you about
Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis, because they transformed our
bathroom in forty eight hours, and I want you to
have the same convenience and satisfaction as we received in
our household. Because we were looking at different possibilities. Eight
(01:13):
week project here, ten week project. There's six week projects,
but you've got to outsource the mold.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And hire somebody else. We didn't want any of that.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
We wanted our entire project to get done in one area,
and Five Star Bath Solutions promised that they could do
it all, and they did it all. If you're watching
on YouTube, take a look at these before and after pictures.
Before we had a blue floor, a blue step and
ugly shower mold in the shower, handrails everywhere, a brown vanity,
(01:45):
a disgusting sink, and it just needed an overhaul. And
five Star bath Solutions of Minneapolis overhauled our bathroom in
forty eight hours. We had our bathroom back in two days.
New floor, new tub, news around. We went from one
sings to two sings, new counter, thomps and new vanity
(02:08):
and a new mirror. Our bathroom is satisfying. We love
it and we show it off. Before it was embarrassing
and disgusting. Free consultations available and affordable payment plans. Five
Star Beth Solutions of Minneapolis offers it all. All right,
Let's talk about Alex Rodriguez and Mark Lori. There's articles,
(02:33):
there's interviews with Dane Moore in his NBA podcast. There's
articles on the Athletic with John Krasinski and on Star
Tribune dot Com with Chris Hein. They are going on
their media tour and right now the message is all positive,
(02:54):
as it should be.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
It's not about the money. We're gonna build a new arena.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We're not going to step in and step on Tim
Connolly's toes. Everything they are saying is all positive. Everything
they are saying is exciting Timberwolves fans. But I think
we need to be careful and take a look at
the red flags as well. And I think we also
(03:21):
need to ask the question of does the idea of
something always live up to the satisfaction of something, because
I don't know how often the idea matches the satisfaction.
(03:41):
In John Krasinski's article on the Athletic, here's a quote
by Mark Lorii.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It says this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
In the startup world, I've always been driven by the mission,
not the money. And mercenaries are driven by money. And
I think anybody who would even contemplate moving the team
as clearly a mercenary. The only reason would be for money, right,
And that's just not us.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Are you sure? Are you sure that the mission is
not money?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
When you start a company like Mark Lowie started Wonder
and it is now evaluated at a seven billion dollar business,
is the mission not the money? What is the end goal?
It is all about the money for owners, for athletes,
(04:49):
for fans. There's just a recent article written about is
sports affordable anymore? It's sports becoming impossible as prices increase
to enter the gate and concessions are completely outrageous. Are
(05:09):
we sure it's not about the money, Because the truth
of the matter is it is whether it's a second apron,
whether you're paying too many taxes. At the end of
the day, the question that needs to be answered and
(05:31):
will be answered, is do we want to pay for
this or how much do we want to pay for this?
Because it's not about the money. Sounds great at the beginning,
but when you're writing those checks and they're way more
expensive than you want them to be, then it does
(05:51):
become about the money. Alex Rodriguez and Mark Lowie's quotes
sound like owners that are trying to play the pr
game and say the right thing at the right time.
They are now stepped in as the official owners of
(06:12):
the Timberwolves, and now they are saying everything to comfort
Timberwolves fans.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We're gonna build a new arena. It's not about the money.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
We are never gonna move the team. But the question
that needs to be looked at, which will ultimately be
the reason why the team is moved at all, is
(06:44):
the question of where will the Timberwolves play long term?
Because the Target Center is the second oldest arena in
the league, and there is no question about it.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It is outdated and that it just does.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Not accommodate the NBA fan or athlete compared to other
NBA arenas around the league.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It is outdated.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
And Chris Heine in his Star Tribute article had this written.
It says, Laurie and Rodriguez have repeatedly squashed the notion
that they would ever move the team out of Minnesota.
Alex and I said this from the beginning. We are
never moving the team, Laurie said. Laurie said, while they
(07:43):
haven't discussed the pacifics of where the funding would come
from for this project, they were prepared to fund it privately.
Now it becomes about the money because LORII and Rodriguez,
who bobbed the team for one point five billion, who
(08:06):
also had other minority stakes like Michael Bloomberg and the
former CEO of Google involved in the payment or buying
of the Timberwolves, are they really going to fund a
new stadium that could cost over one billion plus dollars
(08:33):
Minnesota sportsfan dot com. I don't think that Mark Louri
and Alex Rodriguez are the other rich people now involved
in the Timberwls organization wants to privately fund a new
one billion dollar plus arena, and he's right, they are
not going to privately fund. So what will determine the
(08:57):
future of the Timberwolves organization is going to be how
much state involvement government involvement that the owners can get
when building a new stadium. Going back to the Vikings
days when the Metrodome fell apart, they're playing at TCF
(09:23):
Bank Stadium now Huntington Bank Stadium. There were long discussions
and possibilities that the Vikings were going to be the
team that moved to Los Angeles instead of the Saint
Louis Rams because it took a long time for everything
(09:50):
to come into agreement on getting a new stadium built
where it is currently built. So these the processes take
a lot longer and are much more difficult than Alex
Rodriguez and Mark Laurie would imagine. Because they are not
(10:13):
going to privately fund their own arena. When you can
try to make something happen with the state, there is
zero percent chance of them privately funding their new arena.
The one great sign for the Timberwolves and I'm excited
(10:36):
about their ownership. I should be very vocal about this
because I think Rodriguez and Laurie do bring a young
exuberance and excitement to an organization.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I don't think Glenn Taylor.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Was as bad as everyone wants to say he was,
because he bought the team and prevented them from moving
to New Orleans when they.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Were one step away from moving out of this state.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Glenn Taylor paid Kevin Garnett when he wanted to be
the highest paid.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Player in the league, and that alone.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Generated an NBA lockout in the nineteen ninety nine NBA season.
So as much as Kevin Garnett hates Glenn Taylor, Glenn
Taylor was the one that paid him, and Glenn Taylor
was the final signature to send Kevin Garnet to Boston.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And received his first championship.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So I'm not as down on Glenn Taylor, although he
has made a pluth orum mistakes throughout his timeline as
Timberwolves owner. But I am also excited about the Timberwolves
new ownership group. The one thing that I think Timberwolves
(12:12):
fans can really find solace in the fact that the
Timberlves aren't going to move is that for years the
NBA has wanted to expand and develop franchises. They want
(12:34):
to bring back the Seattle SuperSonics, and they want to
bring in an organization en franchise to Las Vegas, just
like the NFL did.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
So that could be.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
The biggest protection for the Timberwolves moving to a Las
Vegas or to a Seattle because of the NBA's future
goals with adding more franchises. So what they said Lori
(13:13):
and Rogriez all sounds good is not about the money.
We're gonna let Conny.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Do his thing.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
We love the relationship between Connolly and Finch and Edwards
and we don't want to mess that up or break
up break it up, but let's just give it some
time and let's really wait and see what kind of
owners these two are going to be. The One thing
(13:43):
that we know they're going to be is active because
even when they were minority owners, when this whole deal
is getting figured out, they were at playoff games home
and away and you could see their excitement on the sidelines.
They bring an excitement and an energy that Glenn Taylor
(14:03):
couldn't because he's almost ninety years old. So that's the
thing that's a guarantee, and I am excited about the ownership.
But I think it's also fair to look at this
thing objectively and say, Okay, the things you are saying sound.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Too good to be true.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
You are not going to be the perfect owner, although
that is exactly how you are trying to present yourself
to the Timberwolves public.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
All right.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Topic two, Johann Beget France Center. Timberwlls select him with
the seventeenth overall selection in the NBA Draft. And to
begin the episode, I said, could Johann bereget mentor Rudy Gobert?
(14:57):
And the reason why I say that is this Sam Viccini,
he is a senior writer at The Athletic on the
NBA NBA Draft, host of a game theory podcast. He
writes this, this is like the easiest pick in the world.
Bearje is a real developmental player. He's an incredible athlete,
(15:21):
like an unbelievable athlete. Six foot eleven, seven foot five wingspan,
super long arms, great hands, catches everything in his area,
moves like a wing, moves at a level that no
one big in his class really achieves. He's just very raw.
It's gonna take some time. There is legitimately no better
(15:42):
player for Bearjet to learn from in the NBA than
Rudy Gobert, because this is the exact archetypes. This is
exactly what it is. So I think this is a
great pick from Tim Connelly. I think it makes a
ton of sense and I'm a huge fan of what
they've done.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Here.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Here's where Beget could meantor Gobert. It says this like
an unbelievable athlete six foot eleven seven five foot wings, beds,
super long arms, great hands, catches everything in his area.
How many times do we see Rudy Gobert attempt to
(16:24):
catch a pass and it bounces right off of his
ping pong paddles of hands.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Rudy gobar cannot catch a pass, and when.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
He does, there is divine intervention happening because Gobert rarely
catches the pass. The only pass is Gobert catches in
the paint.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Are touch lob passes.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
So what gets me excited the most about Beget is
the fact that he can catch and maybe, just maybe
some of his catching acumen can transfer over to his
stellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert. Now I say that tongue in
(17:19):
cheek because I'm mostly kidding and Rudy Gobert will be
a great mentor for Johann Beje, but ultimately the goal
he's going to be eighteen years old in October. He
turns nineteen in November, when the NBA season basically starts.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
He's raw.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
He's an upcoming talent and most likely will not get
consistent playing time for a few years. The goal that
I think the Timberwolves are trying to achieve with bear
is that he eventually replaces Rudy Gobert and he becomes
(18:12):
what the Dallas Mavericks have with their center corps, guys
that can move, set picks and rolls and dunk and
also guard positions one through five. Gobert can guard guards
and does a very good job of that, but when
(18:35):
Golbert guards players out on the wing, he needs to
use his length to block shots and contest shots, so
he needs to play like two or three feet off
these guys. These guys can get open three point shots
with a simple step back three. Bear Je can guard
(18:56):
one through five without necessarily giving up that space because
of his natural athleticism.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
So the goal for.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
The Timberwolves moving forward is when Anthony Edwards turns twenty six,
to twenty seven and Gobert is gone.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Beget fills in.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
The role of Rudy Gobert and becomes a five that
can run the floor, that can dunk, that can catch passes,
and that can defend position one through five in a
switch heavy defensive scheme because that is the NBA. There
is no more fighting over screens or fighting underscreens. It's
(19:39):
a constant switching of the defense. And you see it
almost every single position where players are not guarding the
guy that they were intending to guard, because the NBA
is heavily reliant on switching and guarding different players that
(20:01):
are out of your position. So it's an interesting draft
pick and is a pick that hopefully we see the
fruit of in a few years. The advantage of selecting Barge.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Is that.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
He is a center, so the timber walls are not
going to be reliant on a skill like dribbling the
ball or shooting a fade away and scoring the ball.
Transitioning into or translating into becoming an NBA player that
can score, or just asking you to block shots and
(20:48):
dunk the ball and guard guys. That's the easiest thing
to translate into the NBA. The hardest thing to translate
into the NBA is scoring the basketball at a high level.
The easiest thing block shots, defend players, and dunk it.
Hopefully bear Jet can do that because he's got the
(21:08):
athleticism to do it and he's got the length to
do it, two things that should easily translate into becoming
a very good basketball player. So we'll see what happens.
We'll see if the Timber's making any trades this offseason.
It seems like the big trade they were trying to
(21:29):
finesse was Kevin Durant, which.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Is a no go.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
So it'll be interesting to follow and fascinating. Fascinating to
see if the Timberwolves have any backup options on their
radar on other organizations that they can bring in and
hopefully take the roster to another level. So thanks for watching.
(21:57):
Remember five Star Best Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Check them out. I help you all have a good day.
The Minnesota Timberwolves new owners Alex Rodriguez and Mark Glory
are on their media tour, but I'm gonna explain why
there are a few red flags throughout their media tour,
and then I'm going to explain why new Timberwolves draft
(00:28):
d the seventeenth overall pick in the twenty twenty five
NBA draft, Johann Bereje. Everyone's talking about go Beer mentoring him,
but could he mentor Rudy Gobert.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
All of that on.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Today's show, But first I need to tell you about
Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis, because they transformed our
bathroom in forty eight hours, and I want you to
have the same convenience and satisfaction as we received in
our household. Because we were looking at different possibilities. Eight
(01:13):
week project here, ten week project. There's six week projects,
but you've got to outsource the mold.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And hire somebody else. We didn't want any of that.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
We wanted our entire project to get done in one area,
and Five Star Bath Solutions promised that they could do
it all, and they did it all. If you're watching
on YouTube, take a look at these before and after pictures.
Before we had a blue floor, a blue step and
ugly shower mold in the shower, handrails everywhere, a brown vanity,
(01:45):
a disgusting sink, and it just needed an overhaul. And
five Star bath Solutions of Minneapolis overhauled our bathroom in
forty eight hours. We had our bathroom back in two days.
New floor, new tub, news around. We went from one
sings to two sings, new counter, thomps and new vanity
(02:08):
and a new mirror. Our bathroom is satisfying. We love
it and we show it off. Before it was embarrassing
and disgusting. Free consultations available and affordable payment plans. Five
Star Beth Solutions of Minneapolis offers it all. All right,
Let's talk about Alex Rodriguez and Mark Lori. There's articles,
(02:33):
there's interviews with Dane Moore in his NBA podcast. There's
articles on the Athletic with John Krasinski and on Star
Tribune dot Com with Chris Hein. They are going on
their media tour and right now the message is all positive,
(02:54):
as it should be.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
It's not about the money. We're gonna build a new arena.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We're not going to step in and step on Tim
Connolly's toes. Everything they are saying is all positive. Everything
they are saying is exciting Timberwolves fans. But I think
we need to be careful and take a look at
the red flags as well. And I think we also
(03:21):
need to ask the question of does the idea of
something always live up to the satisfaction of something, because
I don't know how often the idea matches the satisfaction.
(03:41):
In John Krasinski's article on the Athletic, here's a quote
by Mark Lorii.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
It says this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
In the startup world, I've always been driven by the mission,
not the money. And mercenaries are driven by money. And
I think anybody who would even contemplate moving the team
as clearly a mercenary. The only reason would be for money, right,
And that's just not us.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Are you sure? Are you sure that the mission is
not money?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
When you start a company like Mark Lowie started Wonder
and it is now evaluated at a seven billion dollar business,
is the mission not the money? What is the end goal?
It is all about the money for owners, for athletes,
(04:49):
for fans. There's just a recent article written about is
sports affordable anymore? It's sports becoming impossible as prices increase
to enter the gate and concessions are completely outrageous. Are
(05:09):
we sure it's not about the money, Because the truth
of the matter is it is whether it's a second apron,
whether you're paying too many taxes. At the end of
the day, the question that needs to be answered and
(05:31):
will be answered, is do we want to pay for
this or how much do we want to pay for this?
Because it's not about the money. Sounds great at the beginning,
but when you're writing those checks and they're way more
expensive than you want them to be, then it does
(05:51):
become about the money. Alex Rodriguez and Mark Lowie's quotes
sound like owners that are trying to play the pr
game and say the right thing at the right time.
They are now stepped in as the official owners of
(06:12):
the Timberwolves, and now they are saying everything to comfort
Timberwolves fans.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We're gonna build a new arena. It's not about the money.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
We are never gonna move the team. But the question
that needs to be looked at, which will ultimately be
the reason why the team is moved at all, is
(06:44):
the question of where will the Timberwolves play long term?
Because the Target Center is the second oldest arena in
the league, and there is no question about it.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It is outdated and that it just does.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Not accommodate the NBA fan or athlete compared to other
NBA arenas around the league.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It is outdated.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
And Chris Heine in his Star Tribute article had this written.
It says, Laurie and Rodriguez have repeatedly squashed the notion
that they would ever move the team out of Minnesota.
Alex and I said this from the beginning. We are
never moving the team, Laurie said. Laurie said, while they
(07:43):
haven't discussed the pacifics of where the funding would come
from for this project, they were prepared to fund it privately.
Now it becomes about the money because LORII and Rodriguez,
who bobbed the team for one point five billion, who
(08:06):
also had other minority stakes like Michael Bloomberg and the
former CEO of Google involved in the payment or buying
of the Timberwolves, are they really going to fund a
new stadium that could cost over one billion plus dollars
(08:33):
Minnesota sportsfan dot com. I don't think that Mark Louri
and Alex Rodriguez are the other rich people now involved
in the Timberwls organization wants to privately fund a new
one billion dollar plus arena, and he's right, they are
not going to privately fund. So what will determine the
(08:57):
future of the Timberwolves organization is going to be how
much state involvement government involvement that the owners can get
when building a new stadium. Going back to the Vikings
days when the Metrodome fell apart, they're playing at TCF
(09:23):
Bank Stadium now Huntington Bank Stadium. There were long discussions
and possibilities that the Vikings were going to be the
team that moved to Los Angeles instead of the Saint
Louis Rams because it took a long time for everything
(09:50):
to come into agreement on getting a new stadium built
where it is currently built. So these the processes take
a lot longer and are much more difficult than Alex
Rodriguez and Mark Laurie would imagine. Because they are not
(10:13):
going to privately fund their own arena. When you can
try to make something happen with the state, there is
zero percent chance of them privately funding their new arena.
The one great sign for the Timberwolves and I'm excited
(10:36):
about their ownership. I should be very vocal about this
because I think Rodriguez and Laurie do bring a young
exuberance and excitement to an organization.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
I don't think Glenn Taylor.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Was as bad as everyone wants to say he was,
because he bought the team and prevented them from moving
to New Orleans when they.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Were one step away from moving out of this state.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Glenn Taylor paid Kevin Garnett when he wanted to be
the highest paid.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Player in the league, and that alone.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Generated an NBA lockout in the nineteen ninety nine NBA season.
So as much as Kevin Garnett hates Glenn Taylor, Glenn
Taylor was the one that paid him, and Glenn Taylor
was the final signature to send Kevin Garnet to Boston.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And received his first championship.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So I'm not as down on Glenn Taylor, although he
has made a pluth orum mistakes throughout his timeline as
Timberwolves owner. But I am also excited about the Timberwolves
new ownership group. The one thing that I think Timberwolves
(12:12):
fans can really find solace in the fact that the
Timberlves aren't going to move is that for years the
NBA has wanted to expand and develop franchises. They want
(12:34):
to bring back the Seattle SuperSonics, and they want to
bring in an organization en franchise to Las Vegas, just
like the NFL did.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
So that could be.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
The biggest protection for the Timberwolves moving to a Las
Vegas or to a Seattle because of the NBA's future
goals with adding more franchises. So what they said Lori
(13:13):
and Rogriez all sounds good is not about the money.
We're gonna let Conny.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Do his thing.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
We love the relationship between Connolly and Finch and Edwards
and we don't want to mess that up or break
up break it up, but let's just give it some
time and let's really wait and see what kind of
owners these two are going to be. The One thing
(13:43):
that we know they're going to be is active because
even when they were minority owners, when this whole deal
is getting figured out, they were at playoff games home
and away and you could see their excitement on the sidelines.
They bring an excitement and an energy that Glenn Taylor
(14:03):
couldn't because he's almost ninety years old. So that's the
thing that's a guarantee, and I am excited about the ownership.
But I think it's also fair to look at this
thing objectively and say, Okay, the things you are saying sound.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Too good to be true.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
You are not going to be the perfect owner, although
that is exactly how you are trying to present yourself
to the Timberwolves public.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
All right.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Topic two, Johann Beget France Center. Timberwlls select him with
the seventeenth overall selection in the NBA Draft. And to
begin the episode, I said, could Johann bereget mentor Rudy Gobert?
(14:57):
And the reason why I say that is this Sam Viccini,
he is a senior writer at The Athletic on the
NBA NBA Draft, host of a game theory podcast. He
writes this, this is like the easiest pick in the world.
Bearje is a real developmental player. He's an incredible athlete,
(15:21):
like an unbelievable athlete. Six foot eleven, seven foot five wingspan,
super long arms, great hands, catches everything in his area,
moves like a wing, moves at a level that no
one big in his class really achieves. He's just very raw.
It's gonna take some time. There is legitimately no better
(15:42):
player for Bearjet to learn from in the NBA than
Rudy Gobert, because this is the exact archetypes. This is
exactly what it is. So I think this is a
great pick from Tim Connelly. I think it makes a
ton of sense and I'm a huge fan of what
they've done.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Here.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Here's where Beget could meantor Gobert. It says this like
an unbelievable athlete six foot eleven seven five foot wings, beds,
super long arms, great hands, catches everything in his area.
How many times do we see Rudy Gobert attempt to
(16:24):
catch a pass and it bounces right off of his
ping pong paddles of hands.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Rudy gobar cannot catch a pass, and when.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
He does, there is divine intervention happening because Gobert rarely
catches the pass. The only pass is Gobert catches in
the paint.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Are touch lob passes.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
So what gets me excited the most about Beget is
the fact that he can catch and maybe, just maybe
some of his catching acumen can transfer over to his
stellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert. Now I say that tongue in
(17:19):
cheek because I'm mostly kidding and Rudy Gobert will be
a great mentor for Johann Beje, but ultimately the goal
he's going to be eighteen years old in October. He
turns nineteen in November, when the NBA season basically starts.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
He's raw.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
He's an upcoming talent and most likely will not get
consistent playing time for a few years. The goal that
I think the Timberwolves are trying to achieve with bear
is that he eventually replaces Rudy Gobert and he becomes
(18:12):
what the Dallas Mavericks have with their center corps, guys
that can move, set picks and rolls and dunk and
also guard positions one through five. Gobert can guard guards
and does a very good job of that, but when
(18:35):
Golbert guards players out on the wing, he needs to
use his length to block shots and contest shots, so
he needs to play like two or three feet off
these guys. These guys can get open three point shots
with a simple step back three. Bear Je can guard
(18:56):
one through five without necessarily giving up that space because
of his natural athleticism.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
So the goal for.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
The Timberwolves moving forward is when Anthony Edwards turns twenty six,
to twenty seven and Gobert is gone.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Beget fills in.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
The role of Rudy Gobert and becomes a five that
can run the floor, that can dunk, that can catch passes,
and that can defend position one through five in a
switch heavy defensive scheme because that is the NBA. There
is no more fighting over screens or fighting underscreens. It's
(19:39):
a constant switching of the defense. And you see it
almost every single position where players are not guarding the
guy that they were intending to guard, because the NBA
is heavily reliant on switching and guarding different players that
(20:01):
are out of your position. So it's an interesting draft
pick and is a pick that hopefully we see the
fruit of in a few years. The advantage of selecting Barge.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Is that.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
He is a center, so the timber walls are not
going to be reliant on a skill like dribbling the
ball or shooting a fade away and scoring the ball.
Transitioning into or translating into becoming an NBA player that
can score, or just asking you to block shots and
(20:48):
dunk the ball and guard guys. That's the easiest thing
to translate into the NBA. The hardest thing to translate
into the NBA is scoring the basketball at a high level.
The easiest thing block shots, defend players, and dunk it.
Hopefully bear Jet can do that because he's got the
(21:08):
athleticism to do it and he's got the length to
do it, two things that should easily translate into becoming
a very good basketball player. So we'll see what happens.
We'll see if the Timber's making any trades this offseason.
It seems like the big trade they were trying to
(21:29):
finesse was Kevin Durant, which.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Is a no go.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
So it'll be interesting to follow and fascinating. Fascinating to
see if the Timberwolves have any backup options on their
radar on other organizations that they can bring in and
hopefully take the roster to another level. So thanks for watching.
(21:57):
Remember five Star Best Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Check them out. I help you all have a good day.
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