Jon Krawczynski

And so I do think that

they do have to be... They've raised their standard, and so now they have to be ready for the expectations that are thrust upon them.

And the reality is that they are a cut below the Spurs and the Thunder.

And so how do they go about trying to make that up?

Because I do think they're... They were disappointed in the regular season with their approach to the game, and I think that they were complacent and maybe a little immature about the regular season, and that came back to bite them a little bit in the playoffs.

I also think...

Chris Finch is the best coach that has ever coached the Timberwolves.

And I think that there were a couple of things that he could have done better in the Spurs series to maybe tighten that up a little bit more as well.

And so when you do start to achieve this regular success...

you do have to be cognizant of the standard that is being raised, and they have to go into this summer, and I believe they are, with the idea that big things need to change if they are not going to go the other way and say, hey, look, the Spurs and Thunder are too good.

Let's retool.

We'll kind of tear down and go back at this in a couple years, which they're absolutely not going to do with Anthony Edwards on this team.

Okay, so is there an ant clock?

I mean, there always is, right, Ryan?

I mean, anytime you have a top 10 player in the league, I think there's always pressure on the team that has him to continually surround him with the right pieces to give him a chance to be competitive, right?

You know, and look at the long term and say, I can win here and win at a high level.

I think that Tim Connolly, Matt Lloyd, everyone in the front office has done a great job so far in surrounding him with talent and getting him to two Western Conference finals and to, you know, the second round, three straight years.

So, yeah.

There's nothing within Anthony Edwards that looks at this and says, it's hopeless.

We can't win here because he's been right on the doorstep a couple of times.