How The Timberwolves Built the Best Team in Basketball 

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As a celtics fan there is no team I fear more than minnesota

Reminds me of a young warriors team. No super team construction, just straight up putting the right pieces together.

I honestly believe that this team, if they Do end up beating the Nuggets, will be in the finals. And if porzingus isn't back, I honestly think that they will sweep the Celtics

OKC and Minnesota in the WCF would be awesome

Wolves are monsters! Best lineup in the NBA.

Good video. As a longtime Wolves fan, this describes the journey well. The numbers say they're 16th at offense but thats without KAT for a lot of the regular season, so they're actually much better than it seems on offense with KAT back now. "He's the best offensive player on the team" - Ant

I’ve been a fan of the wolves since their beginning and it’s been extremely challenging for much of it. It’s such a weird feeling now to have this team turn into such a strong team. This isn’t a feeling that us wolves fans are accustomed to!

Great stuff ! Keep it up! Love the content. Wolves are legit

Really well done vid🔥

Great video man. I love your commentary. I wish you would make these videos longer and go more in depth. I believe the video essay format (40ish minutes) would benefit you alot

It's a good time to live in Minnesota

Reminds me of old spurs when tony parker moved to starting roll. Made a great team even gooder.

Anthony edwards will be the best player on team usa

After watching that last game against Denver, I’m definitely a believer. They looked like a pack of rabid Dobermans out there

Ppl forget mike conlley also was 1st team all D a few yrs in his time. Whole roster ia D focused.

Timberwolves is America's team.

Very true, I’m not sure they are a small market team though. Their media market share is bigger than Detroit, Denver, Orlando, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Miami, Portland, Milwaukee, etc…

Great take from a Minnesota Timberwolves fan

Shouldve mentioned Gersson Rosas, hes the GM that picked this team back up to begin with drafting Ant and Jaden

As a Nuggets fan, these boys are hungry & out for revenge...

I still rememeber the talk about Ant and If he really wants to play Basketball, if his heart is even in it

The Twin Cites is the 14th largest metropolitan area in the country. They have six professional teams (Vikes, Wolves, Twins, Wild, Lynx, United). People need to stop calling it a "small market."

The Timberwolves made nba basketball watchable again because they play defense. There are teams that come around once in a decade that are all time great defensive teams such as the ‘04 Pistons. Minnesota is that team this decade

Its the Anthony Edwards factor that propelled the Wolves to a championship caliber team and Mike Conley

no one gonna say nothing abt ants hair in the thumbnail😂

Never wouldve thought the Twolves would be this good before 2030

As Minnesota sports fan this is really the only hope I have

I agree with you that Minnesota is the best team in basketball. They are started to look like a potential dynasty. However, Jokic is not the best offensive player ever. This overhype train of Jokic needs to stop. He is talented, yes, but overhyped and overrated. Honestly, the Nuggets SHOULD NOT HAVE WON IT LAST YEAR. Let me repeat, they should not have won it last year. They got all favorable matchups. The T-Wolves were missing Reid and McDaniels last year or else they would've lost in the 1st rd. In the 2nd rd vs the Suns, CP3 got hurt in game 2 which the Nuggets would've lost at home. Without CP3 advantage Nuggets. Then in the Conference Finals, they played the Lakers wo they own. Then in the Finals they got an undersized Miami Heat, not the Celtics or the Bucks and there you have it a title with an asterisk. This year they get the Wolves who are better and healthy. Here's my hot take: if they can't reconstruct this roster to beat teams like Minnesota and OKC, then Jokic won't ever get back to the Finals let alone win one. Remember Houston is coming and so is Wemby. Shoutout to Wemby for leaving the Nuggets with that L late in the season, costing them the 1 seed, forcing them to play Minnesota now and getting exposed for who they are.

It’s all up to the rest of the teams ..How they react against this wave ..That nugget games showed it .

Lmaoo most reactionary video ever, you better hope they win the series

Crazy how this generations Jordan was staring us in the face the whole time

Let's wait till after the OKC Series

Remember everyone was saying gobert trade was worst in history ? Where are they now

Can I pet that dawggg

I was one of the very few who thought it was a good move to trade for Rudy. My reasoning was that KAT was a bad defender at Centre and thought moving him to power forward would improve him. Defensively cause he doesn't like to stand and bang with other more physical centres. Add to that his 3 point shooting can bail him. i seen the version, and i thought it was gonna pay off if they stuck with it, i was proven right

The wolves are finally winning by talking their namesake and playing like wolves is something as a wolves fan I never thought I'd see

Watch a full Minnesota game and it makes sense. They're the only team I've watched that consistently press while defending. I remember how novel it seemed... they just wear down and over stimulate opponents.

Wolves have 8 players in the top 50 for defensive win shares. 5 in the top 20. Gobert at 1, Ant at 4. They're an all-time team, defensively. And better than the numbers indicate, offensively, too... because they're a lot better on offense now that KAT is back.

Pretty evident that this wasn't made by someone who actually followed the T-Wolves all those years

honestly ive never seen that much length move this well in a system defense. Even Rudy gets out to the perimeter and the only mismach is Conley on a 4-5 and Kat / gobert on a very shifty 1. Other than that they literally could switch everything except they dint even need to because they navigate screens so well. Absolutely ridiculous compared to most teams who concede advantages in the pick in roll game every time doen the floor.

They’re pack of hungry wolves.

Calling pat bev a valuable piece huge overstatement

Minnesota/Minneapolis is the 13th largest market among nba markets. Bigger than denver, miami, etc. not really a small market as everyone likes to think

First off, Minnesota is not a small market team,, and if there was a Team That has had more Heartache than Minnesota, I sure would like to know who, The fans really deserve this, And I think this is the year the WOLFIE'S Take the Title

I am waiting for the ring to come before I could say the 2024 Twolves are the best team.

This video might have been released a little early 😂

Can the current timberwolves beat the 2017-2018 warriors? Just a question

I'm a Twolves fan and this might age well but honestly it a bit to early... like a month early. Still a lot of ball to be played.

Dumping Andrew Wiggins was critical

I remember when Rudy got traded there and everyone trashed him for it

Till last year all of you were saying we should blow it up remember lads?

I am Wolves fan from the beginning and I’m so sick of hearing about our history of futility. This team doesn’t give a shit about that and you shouldn’t either. It’s such a meek mentality to dwell on the past. This team has proven to be a great defense all year and has been at the top of the western conference standings for most of the year so act like it. Damn

They’re doing great but these post are a bit too early. Let’s see them win the championship this year first!

This is Minnesota though we can’t get our hopes up. Let’s stay humble

Who’s here after game 3? As a wolves fan that sucked

How? By trading for Rudy Gobert and having an amazing coach

Everybody want to act tough when they’re up

Bruh dont crown them yet!

It's clear that going back 2 back is hard. You need to improve as a whole team because NBA is unpredictable

They're just like the 2021 Celtics. Sweeping the Nets big3, beating Milwaukee and Miami but lost against Steph. Let's just observe

World champions? NBA Champions !

Possibly the best offensive player in history falls to pieces when defense is actually played says something. Stop with all this best in history. It only works with no context.

If the wolves sweep the nuggets, they are winning the championship. Ofc unless a main player gets injured. But if they are at full strength there’s literally no one stopping ant or Kat it seems, and there’s no attack apparently that can even get past their defence. They literally seem like what the nuggets were like last year. They find a way, the nuggets can’t do that this year and it was pretty obvious by how much worse they were against LA. And I don’t think anyone has confidence in any teams from the east. The Celtics are good, but are they really? Especially against a team like the wolves who play real defence. Even the 2022 warriors weren’t this good at defence. And I really can’t say the Celtics have developed that much since 2022 or last season, the east is just weak asf, so they are the best weak side team.

If the Wolves bring at least 3-5 chips over the next 10-15 years to MN the whole "it took a few years longer" mentality is irrelevant. With Ant and Gobert already having babies & a couple more on the way by the time Ant-Man is getting ready to retire their kids would be old enough to get drafted and continue the domination of the Wolves. If they win this year I wonder if it makes MN attractive at all to Lebron and his son.

How they built the best team? They drafted Anthony Edwards.

bro yall sleeping as soon as i saw the lakers spanking the nuggest and then looking at timberwolves roster yeah they are literally built to beat the nuggets even if healthy but im not saying timerwolves win the chip

Even if they win a chip they still have up too much for Rudy. Additionally he’s getting paid too much. He is not that valuable. He’s been great for the Wolves and will be a big part of them winning if it happens but they are really good without him. We just witnessed that game 2.

Drafted Ant Edwards and KAT and they are an amazing pair. Thats it.

Hey it's no secret why Minnesota is being so successful and it's because their front office is the exact opposite of the Lakers front office they make all of the right decisions while the Lakers ( Jeannie and Rob palinka) are absolutely horrible at making decisions good luck to Minnesota hope they win the championship because the Lakers definitely doesn't deserve to.😎

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World championship? World championship of what? The United States?

What about okc? Also Denver can still win

They spent the most cap money in the NBA on their team this year. That is how they built the most expensive(best) team this year. If the Wolves do not win the Larry then it is an upset.

Thanks for shi**** on us and complimenting us is the same video I think 🙄

Your thumbnail is awful. I don't understand why you changed Anthony Ewards hair. In the thumbnail his hair looks similar to a Jayson Tatum or Lamelo ball hairstyle with the loose curls look. In comparison to Ant-Man actual hair which has a lot tighter curl pattern, such as a Shai Gilgeous Alexander or Keyonte George. Moreover the thumbnail begs the question do you think “nappier” hair like texture/pattern is unappealing and therefore you changed AE hair to create a more attractive thumbnail?

World champion of what? World champion of america?

the celtics bro????

Beat ruins the vid for me

Best offensive player of all time? WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKIN? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jokic is the best offensive player OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. That is all. lol

No hate on the team, I think it’s cool to see them almost surge out of nowhere and look poise to win it all. I just don’t like Anthony Edwards. Idk what it is, but him off the court gives asshole vibes. He says he just wants to kill whatever is in front of him. I mean, yea it’s whatever right? Shit talking and ego is a major thing in competitive sports but that seems a little extreme or is that just me? I know he’s young but kids look up to him. Idk bout y’all, but I don’t want kids running around saying they want to kill whatever is in front of them. Either way, I hope they do well and I hope Edwards matures and realizes he has a lot of influence on the next generation.

Did not age well

This was a lazy video. The small market line is old, tired, and applied randomly (inconsistently) by analysts to some teams. It means nothing when there is a salary cap/luxury tax. Also, that they "came out of nowhere" line isn't true at all, you've just been sleeping on them. They have been at the top of the western conference most of the year

They're very good but not yet the best cuz they're not champion They're not even done with the nuggets

Calling them the best team in basketball before they win a championship much less a WCF is a little much for me 😂

Pausing at 40sec to attempt to answer the question how the Wolves did it before you tell me: Dumb luck and dumb luck after bad luck.

First 15 seconds includes a false claim lol. Trash

We just spent 20 years being the laughing stock of the league. Nobody laughing now

the timberwolves, silently are the best team in the lat 18 years.. is dude on drugs?

Now they need new logos and uniforms and colors…. Terrible

no one gonna say nothing abt ants hair in the thumbnail😂