Chris Ryan

Like, I needed something that was two-way, a little pacier, a little bit more aggressive, and it was really fun.

Just the other night, they had a great post-game clip with Ant, and he was like...

Io came in, and now I have to run because he just takes off with the ball.

And he's like, I like to play slow, but it is fun to get a little bit more of a brisk pace back.

And just watching him out there, the two-way play is awesome.

But this is an example of a guy who I feel like has helped me rediscover the Timberwolves when I'm watching them because this is a version of the Timberwolves that I feel like I was maybe missing for the first half of the season.

But it's just like most Chicago Bulls wind up getting traded to the Kings.

They spend their entire careers in this sort of like two-team purgatory of failure.

And this has just been great to watch him go to a Western Conference contender.

I think they're like five or six and two since they got him.

And he seems to be growing into the role there.

And I really enjoy watching him and Ant specifically play together.

Okay.

This was my actually number one draft pick when you gave me this assignment.

This is Stefan Castle.

In my extensive college basketball viewing of the last couple of years, which is really like, I'm lying, I don't watch a lot of college hoops, but Castle was a guy I did watch at UConn and was like, this guy's going to be really good.

He's awesome.

And it turns out I was right.

It turns out the San Antonio Spurs were right.

I have really loved watching him blossom as a playmaker, which has been kind of surprising given the depth they have at guard.