Jon Krawczynski

talk to some of these players and kind of soak up a little bit of this. And Ant's like, man, I don't got time for this. I mean, you told Barack Obama to stand down. And like, I mean, this guy does not get flattered by anything, doesn't get in awe. And we talked to him and the first things out of his mouth were, Nikola Jokic, bruh, oh my God.

talk to some of these players and kind of soak up a little bit of this. And Ant's like, man, I don't got time for this. I mean, you told Barack Obama to stand down. And like, I mean, this guy does not get flattered by anything, doesn't get in awe. And we talked to him and the first things out of his mouth were, Nikola Jokic, bruh, oh my God.

And like he went on for a minute just talking about how good Jokic is, how impossible it is to stop him, and just the sheer insanity of his skill level and what it's like to try and figure him out. And so I just, it really struck me in that locker room that you just never hear players, especially these guys, talk with that kind of respect and reverence for another person.

And like he went on for a minute just talking about how good Jokic is, how impossible it is to stop him, and just the sheer insanity of his skill level and what it's like to try and figure him out. And so I just, it really struck me in that locker room that you just never hear players, especially these guys, talk with that kind of respect and reverence for another person.

And like he went on for a minute just talking about how good Jokic is, how impossible it is to stop him, and just the sheer insanity of his skill level and what it's like to try and figure him out. And so I just, it really struck me in that locker room that you just never hear players, especially these guys, talk with that kind of respect and reverence for another person.

And they could not stop gushing about Nikola Jokic.

And they could not stop gushing about Nikola Jokic.

And they could not stop gushing about Nikola Jokic.

Yeah. I remember Ryan right after the trade kind of, I, I even hit you up kind of on the side and, and we're just kind of talking through things a little bit. And, and,

Yeah. I remember Ryan right after the trade kind of, I, I even hit you up kind of on the side and, and we're just kind of talking through things a little bit. And, and,

Yeah. I remember Ryan right after the trade kind of, I, I even hit you up kind of on the side and, and we're just kind of talking through things a little bit. And, and,

The immediate messaging, both publicly and privately, from the Timberwolves after the cat trade was, this is a long-term play to give us the flexibility that we need to build around Anthony Edwards to get out of that second apron eventually, to open up some more team-building mechanisms that the CBA prevents us from having when we're in that apron.

The immediate messaging, both publicly and privately, from the Timberwolves after the cat trade was, this is a long-term play to give us the flexibility that we need to build around Anthony Edwards to get out of that second apron eventually, to open up some more team-building mechanisms that the CBA prevents us from having when we're in that apron.

The immediate messaging, both publicly and privately, from the Timberwolves after the cat trade was, this is a long-term play to give us the flexibility that we need to build around Anthony Edwards to get out of that second apron eventually, to open up some more team-building mechanisms that the CBA prevents us from having when we're in that apron.

And with Carl Anthony Towns' contract, that was going to be almost really difficult to do and still put a good team around Ant. And so there was the larger picture of long-term planning, making sure everything is sustainable going forward for the next four or five years. But also, there was a belief internally that with this trade, Gideon Randall and DiVincenzo, four towns,

And with Carl Anthony Towns' contract, that was going to be almost really difficult to do and still put a good team around Ant. And so there was the larger picture of long-term planning, making sure everything is sustainable going forward for the next four or five years. But also, there was a belief internally that with this trade, Gideon Randall and DiVincenzo, four towns,

And with Carl Anthony Towns' contract, that was going to be almost really difficult to do and still put a good team around Ant. And so there was the larger picture of long-term planning, making sure everything is sustainable going forward for the next four or five years. But also, there was a belief internally that with this trade, Gideon Randall and DiVincenzo, four towns,

they thought that they might be a little more versatile going into the playoffs matchup-wise. Maybe they're a little tougher. And maybe they actually do have a chance to, in the immediate future, still be as successful as the team that went to the Western Conference Finals. And I think early on, it certainly wasn't there.

they thought that they might be a little more versatile going into the playoffs matchup-wise. Maybe they're a little tougher. And maybe they actually do have a chance to, in the immediate future, still be as successful as the team that went to the Western Conference Finals. And I think early on, it certainly wasn't there.

they thought that they might be a little more versatile going into the playoffs matchup-wise. Maybe they're a little tougher. And maybe they actually do have a chance to, in the immediate future, still be as successful as the team that went to the Western Conference Finals. And I think early on, it certainly wasn't there.