Wolves Wired

Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier open with a little trivia: The Minnesota Timberwolves have two of the league's 50/40/80 players. Who are they? Then they dive into KAT's big game against Boston, what Marcus Georges-Hunt's role is and moves the Wolves could make to round out the point guard position.

Tim Faklis, Zach Bennett, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier return to the studio following a festive holiday break, and things get a bit... spicy! After a lively opening dialogue, the guys are joined by Dave Benz (15:00), who is trapped in New York once ESPN took the Timberwolves-Celtics game. 

Tim, Dane and Zach are joined by Britt Robson (The Athletic) and Andy Grimsrud (A Wolf Among Wolves) to talk about the first half of the season as a whole. 

Tim and Zach meet up at Tim's apartment to talk about the win over the Denver Nuggets. They also dive into the fan reaction to the start of the season, and eventually discuss the Zone Coverage Timberwolves Holiday Roundtable. 

The guys are joined by Lucas Seehafer (Zone Coverage, A Wolf Among Wolves), and discuss Saturday's loss to the Phoenix Suns. They also dive into the upcoming schedule, discuss Andrew Wiggins' shooting struggles, and Jimmy Butler's apparent back injury. 

Tim, Zach, Dane, and David discuss the Timberwolves overtime loss to the 76ers, discuss Dane's feature on Zone Coverage, and get into what positions really mean in the modern NBA. 

Zach Bennett, Tim Faklis, David Naylor and Tom Schreier break down the Dallas game, discuss Tom Thibodeau's coaching tactics and minute distribution and announce a winner of the iTunes rating contest (44:00).

Tim, Zach, and Dane discuss the loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the win against the Los Angeles Clippers, and what consequences might come from Tom Thibodeau's rotations.   

Zach Bennett makes his triumphant return to Wolves Wired, joining Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier to dish on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers games and DeAndre Jordan trade scenarios.

Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier break down the Timberwolves meltdown against Washington. Then Dave Benz joins (21:00) to talk about Anthony Davis being ejected in Minnesota's win over the New Orleans Pelicans and Tyus Jones' ascent in Jeff Teague's absence.  Finally, Dane discusses his article on Tom Thibodeau's offensive and defensive strategies (49:00), and why they appear to be outdated. 

With Tim Faklis taking the day off to prepare for his band's show today, David Naylor, Dane Moore and Tom Schreier examine the Timberwolves 12-8 record game by game. 

Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier discuss the Timberwolves collapse against the Detroit Pistons before evaluating each player on the roster. Programming note: Wolves Wired will not record on Thanksgiving, so the next show will be next Monday. 

Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier discuss Nemanja Bjelica's efforts in the Timberwolves win over the Spurs, Dane's article on Taj Gibson and how minutes will be distributed going forward.

Chris Herring joins Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier to discuss the synergy between the Timberwolves stars, then the guys discuss the Phoenix loss and preview the week ahead.

Tim Falkis, David Naylor, Dane Moore and Tom Schreier react to the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-101 loss to the Golden State Warriors and predict how they'll do in the next three games.

Chris Reichert joins Tim Faklis, David Naylor, Dane Moore and Tom Schreier to discuss the Timberwolves relationship with their G-League affiliate in Des Moines for 17 minutes, then Dave Benz calls in from the Bay Area to dish on the Wolves' hot start.

Jamal Crawford joins Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier in studio for a wide-ranging discussion on his career, his life outside of basketball and what he thinks of the Timberwolves season so far. 

Chris Ballard joins Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier to discuss his story on Jamal Crawford (first 15 minutes), then they discuss the wins over Miami and New Orleans and preview the week ahead.

Tim Faklis, Dane Moore, David Naylor and Tom Schreier break down the bad losses to the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons and their bounce-back game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sports Illustrated's Rob Mahoney joins Tim Faklis, David Naylor, Dane Moore and Tom Schreier to discuss his piece on the start of the Timberwolves season (first 15 minutes). Then the guys go on a deep dive on the first three games and preview the upcoming slate of games against Indiana, Detroit and Oklahoma City.