Can The 1st-Place Timberwolves Actually Win The CHAMPIONSHIP?!

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For years - scratch that, for decades - the Minnesota Timberwolves have been an NBA afterthought. The type of team that exists to merely fill out the schedule. But that's all changed this season, because with a well-built - if unorthodox - roster, the Timberwolves look every bit the contender their record and place in the standings suggest they are. The Wolves are for real, and you should get used to it.
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  • @GSal6
    @GSal64 ай бұрын

    I hope these boys go far. I love an underdog story

  • @landobuzzing6664

    @landobuzzing6664

    4 ай бұрын

    Underdog story? They’re the 1st seed in the west😂😂😂

  • @gavinklein4998

    @gavinklein4998

    4 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@landobuzzing6664there is no respect for the timber wolves

  • @cerebralfanatic

    @cerebralfanatic

    4 ай бұрын

    @@landobuzzing6664clearly talking about the Timberwolves franchise as a whole

  • @TacoDudeYum

    @TacoDudeYum

    4 ай бұрын

    @@landobuzzing6664 u stupid lol, they are underdogs still. The media doesnt respect the wolves cause of their history, these aint the old wolves no more tho

  • @graysonschmitz6464

    @graysonschmitz6464

    4 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@landobuzzing6664and haven’t been higher than the seventh seed since 2004.

  • @heinzbucksandcastle2053
    @heinzbucksandcastle20534 ай бұрын

    1989=that is how long we have waited to see this team.

  • @duyvuitton6019
    @duyvuitton60193 ай бұрын

    On point analysis. Not only do the T'Wolves have a chance to win, but MJ's son Ant (Google up side-by-side photo of both) at only 22 years old is already poised to rule the league for awhile as he continues to get better. The GM they acquired from Denver has made brilliant personel moves as expected and should continue to do so. I think the stars for a dynasty is aligning?

  • @homedogg1233
    @homedogg12334 ай бұрын

    All they need is to trade for a shooter or a PG and they will be just fine. The offense is the only thing holding them back rn

  • @japethegrape1146

    @japethegrape1146

    4 ай бұрын

    You mean a back up point guard? Because Minnesota Mike is a staple

  • @JandoJV

    @JandoJV

    4 ай бұрын

    tyus jones

  • @jerrystraka7856
    @jerrystraka78564 ай бұрын

    As of today.... The Wolves have THE weakest strength of schedule for their remaining games. Number 30. The weakest.

  • @nathanaelgion2762

    @nathanaelgion2762

    4 ай бұрын

    Had 16 games in a row against legit playoff and championship contenders. Went 9-7 through that stretch. 10 of those 16 were on the road too. Wolves have only lost 2 games at home. I have no doubt Wolves are finishing a top 3 seed. Could very well stay #1 and break their franchise record of 58 wins.

  • @jerrystraka7856

    @jerrystraka7856

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nathanaelgion2762 yea. We just finished the 2nd toughest strength of schedule. And that Celtic game was a classic way to finish....... just would have liked the win

  • @rickysubie

    @rickysubie

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@jerrystraka7856 we were short handed too. The refs were a factor at the end of the game too.

  • @jerrystraka7856

    @jerrystraka7856

    4 ай бұрын

    @@rickysubie exactly. Rudy and Conley sat.. I like the way Finchy is handling things. He's dealing with NBA egos and seems to have a good grasp. Love watching this team when they share the ball 🏀

  • @richborn6700

    @richborn6700

    4 ай бұрын

    Plus we have only lost two in a row ONE TIME since March 31st

  • @gelatokey
    @gelatokey4 ай бұрын

    WOLVESSS BACKKKKK

  • @hotboydel7018
    @hotboydel70184 ай бұрын

    They need better role players in my opinion but I’m here for Ant dawg to get a championship

  • @BennyC023

    @BennyC023

    4 ай бұрын

    Naz Reid

  • @calmerthoughts

    @calmerthoughts

    4 ай бұрын

    we will respect jordan mclaughlin

  • @09lowkey
    @09lowkey4 ай бұрын

    They're in the perfect position to contend for a title, but I don't see them actually winning a championship yet. They're 1st in the West, but we saw this a few years ago with a different team that featured Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert. Difference being I think this team as a more synergetic roster and Ant is better than Donovan Mitchell at was at the time. Also have to consider they gave the champ Nuggets the hardest time in the playoffs last season. But ultimately I don't see them beating the established contenders in the later rounds of the playoffs.

  • @hyabberhane

    @hyabberhane

    4 ай бұрын

    We sure Ant>Mitch?

  • @justingahona1106

    @justingahona1106

    4 ай бұрын

    @@hyabberhanefor sure

  • @Chiefssuperfan

    @Chiefssuperfan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@hyabberhaneyes tf

  • @brandonsukalski8618

    @brandonsukalski8618

    4 ай бұрын

    Completely different. For one, Utah had no one even close to being equivalent to KAT. Secondly the Utah Jazz farmed the regular season with usually the best offense in the league and Gobert kept them respectable defensively. However, when they got to the playoffs the Jazz's lack of quality perimeter defending limited their ceiling. The Timberwolves are the opposite. They are top of the West becasue of how good their defense is. Jaden McDaniels is the best perimeter defender in the league, and when Edwards is switched on, he is elite on the defensive end. Offensively, Anthony Edwards is a playoff riser. He is averaging 32 PPG in the playoffs, and if you watched the Denver series last year or the Gummybears series the year before, you can see that AntMan gets what he wants in the playoffs. This is not to say that I think the Timberwolves are going to make it out of the west, but I think comparing this TWolves team to that Utah Jazz team simply because two of the players are the same is lazy.

  • @analchocolate

    @analchocolate

    4 ай бұрын

    @@brandonsukalski8618Thank you!!!! Not only is this is a very surface level (and terrible) comparison, we have to remember just how injury riddled and weird that 21 season is. In 2024, the timberwolves are doing this back to regular nba and fully healthy teams across the whole league

  • @Daveyjdigital
    @Daveyjdigital4 ай бұрын

    We are going to win it

  • @leopoldoesquibeljr428
    @leopoldoesquibeljr4284 ай бұрын

    They just need more time to gel. Hopefully the next half season is enough. It's like iron, the more you hammer them, the more they get tough.

  • @leechang7832
    @leechang78324 ай бұрын

    Stay healthy and keep playing.

  • @manuelr1079
    @manuelr10794 ай бұрын

    Okc and Minny can give us a surprice also magic

  • @gideonamankwah6491
    @gideonamankwah64914 ай бұрын

    They can. The question is will they?

  • @Cameraman4TheTrenches
    @Cameraman4TheTrenches4 ай бұрын

    We definitely winning this year

  • @nbapbaupdate8338
    @nbapbaupdate83384 ай бұрын

    Nuggets or Clippers in Western Conference Finals

  • @sadtwolvesfan
    @sadtwolvesfan4 ай бұрын

    Naz Reid

  • @Flair3777
    @Flair37774 ай бұрын

    I'd like to see them get out of the first round.

  • @Riles3152
    @Riles31524 ай бұрын

    I need to see how they perform in the postseason. Regular season and postseason are 2 different animals. Are they ready to beat Denver or the Clippers in a 7 game series? Nuggets have championship winning experience. Clippers although they've underachieved and been derailed by injuries, have playoff experience. I'm not buying the Minnesota hype, YET.

  • @japethegrape1146

    @japethegrape1146

    4 ай бұрын

    2-0 against them with a win against both, we’re here

  • @landobuzzing6664
    @landobuzzing66644 ай бұрын

    Hell f-ing nahhhh not a chance in hell

  • @nydibs
    @nydibs4 ай бұрын

    No, not with this offense. Chris Finch needs to hire an offensive coordinator or something

  • @THCBOT
    @THCBOT4 ай бұрын

    We can win the championship it’s all on Kats gameplay come playoffs

  • @kill1052
    @kill10524 ай бұрын

    No Minnesota team can win a championship, except the lynx....

  • @jasonapplebaum9871
    @jasonapplebaum98714 ай бұрын

    Timberwolves are the current day 2014-15 hawks

  • @nbapbaupdate8338
    @nbapbaupdate83384 ай бұрын

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  • @marquiebuenaseda6402
    @marquiebuenaseda64024 ай бұрын

    No. Mostly up to 2nd rd of the playoffs

  • @gfuah1499
    @gfuah14994 ай бұрын

    They're gonna win it all..... In the west. 😂

  • @marksines1246
    @marksines12464 ай бұрын

    the only piece they need or at least improve is there offense, aside from any creating his own shot in the clutch when defense really shrink and teams scouted each other well, once they shut down ant it’s a struggle, if mike can regain his right handed floater or towns shows up in the playoffs they ain’t going deep

  • @user-vu2xd1fi3u
    @user-vu2xd1fi3u4 ай бұрын

    Hell nah.kat sorry AF haha but he think he good when he makes an easy basket hahah

  • @blackclover9095
    @blackclover90954 ай бұрын

    1st also to take the exit

  • @abeljohnbormate1212
    @abeljohnbormate12124 ай бұрын

    who would have thought they gonna be good with KAT.

  • @imdarealani

    @imdarealani

    4 ай бұрын

    I did.

  • @Chiefssuperfan

    @Chiefssuperfan

    4 ай бұрын

    Me. Yall just hate on KAT

  • @s6xtrillion1

    @s6xtrillion1

    4 ай бұрын

    Kat is a bucket always has been.. U don’t know ball.

  • @deezpleez3832

    @deezpleez3832

    4 ай бұрын

    Basketball fans with a brain knew the wolves were gonna be good with KAT.

  • @notyouraveragejoe230
    @notyouraveragejoe2304 ай бұрын

    nah

  • @ricomamaril7532
    @ricomamaril75324 ай бұрын

    Clippers still there

  • @riccardoferrazzo8283
    @riccardoferrazzo82834 ай бұрын

    Nah. They will melt at the first good team. Rudy Gobert is a liability on offense and has many weaknesses on defense that can be exploited preparing a game well. KAT has played 2 serious games in his life, and in those games his decision-making was borderline ridiculous. These are the second and third best players of the team. Usually these kinds of teams do not work well in the playoffs. The only potential upside: Ant being much more mature and ready than what he seems to be at the moment.

  • @jotangs4311

    @jotangs4311

    4 ай бұрын

    Copy and paste take by a casual who would have thought

  • @riccardoferrazzo8283

    @riccardoferrazzo8283

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@jotangs4311 Ok 😂. I have seen live a France-Spain final of EuroBasket one year ago. The defensive strategy of Spain? Let gobert receive the ball. He threw it to the fans 5 times in a game. Cannot wait to see it in the first half of game 2 of the second round. I also saw KAT losing by himself play-in with turnovers, bad shots, and defensive mistakes a couple of years ago. I saw a way younger Mike Conley arriving injured to the post season several times when he was in Memphis. Finally, I have never seen Ant in a serious playoffs game. So, yeah, not casual. But many questions about the 4 best players of this team.

  • @jotangs4311

    @jotangs4311

    4 ай бұрын

    @@riccardoferrazzo8283 if you wanna nitpick about every team it’s easy. If you watched the Denver series the only thing that happened is that we were injured badly and had no chemistry. This year we have chemistry and hopefully we will be healthy. KAT at the four is is mismatch vs 90% of teams on offence

  • @riccardoferrazzo8283

    @riccardoferrazzo8283

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@jotangs4311are you referring to that series in which Denver won the first 3 games by 10-20 points each without even sweating? And in which Minnesota ended up fighting with each others during timeout? I can accept the injury argument, but good teams can put up a fight (see Denver 2-3 seasons ago with Murray out). Bad teams collapse badly, like Minnesota did. But hey, let's see.

  • @riccardoferrazzo8283

    @riccardoferrazzo8283

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@jotangs4311the good thing, this year there is a lot of mediocrity in the league, except for Denver and Boston. So maybe Minnesota can win taking advantage of the fact that the league is kinda in a transition phase after Lebron's and GS's eras.

  • @Max-kw2hp
    @Max-kw2hp4 ай бұрын

    Second round of playoffs is max what they can achieve.

  • @joseginogonzalezortiz9126
    @joseginogonzalezortiz91264 ай бұрын

    I can't wait to see some team upset this good looking in regular season. If you're all being honest with yourselves. They won't even beat Clippers with a healthy Kawhi. When they face nuggets, they will be embarrassed.

  • @penn0116

    @penn0116

    4 ай бұрын

    They just beat the clippers, with a healthy Kawhi. Also, the Nuggets don't like playing the wolves. We match up well with them, better than just about any other team. But keep hating. Rather have my team as the underdog.

  • @JigsawBell-rx9yb
    @JigsawBell-rx9yb4 ай бұрын

    No. Clippers can beat them in the Playoffs. Clippers only lost because Zubac was out.

  • @yogmdjfg7080
    @yogmdjfg70804 ай бұрын

    nah they need 1 more piece like a forward like siakam

  • @Chiefssuperfan

    @Chiefssuperfan

    4 ай бұрын

    Why do we need him? Kat been solid and Naz Reid off the bench is a dawg

  • @mikegee6523
    @mikegee65234 ай бұрын

    No they can’t / won’t

  • @kjv.95
    @kjv.954 ай бұрын

    nope

  • @gmdwill
    @gmdwill4 ай бұрын

    They’ll make the WCF, but will still lose to the Nuggets

  • @Chiefssuperfan

    @Chiefssuperfan

    4 ай бұрын

    I mean we do dont do bad vs Jokic

  • @senkuu16

    @senkuu16

    4 ай бұрын

    Nuggets are trash

  • @turbshit

    @turbshit

    4 ай бұрын

    denver is not as good as they were last year

  • @5luelight726

    @5luelight726

    4 ай бұрын

    If fully healthy they’ll beat the nuggets in a series. Remember they gave the nuggets some difficulty and that was with KAT missing 70+ games of the season, No Mcdaniels & no Naz Reid playing.

  • @gmdwill

    @gmdwill

    4 ай бұрын

    I didn’t say they’d get swept. They just won’t beat the Nuggets

  • @SauASerrano
    @SauASerrano4 ай бұрын

    lol the dog days of the nba at its finest

  • @JorgeMedina-ih4qt
    @JorgeMedina-ih4qt4 ай бұрын

    No. Okc is better, they have so many turnovers

  • @AkagiRedSun
    @AkagiRedSun4 ай бұрын

    Both wolves and clippers have 3 All-Star caliber players but only 1 is capable of playing that level during playoff

  • @Filipinoslayer
    @Filipinoslayer4 ай бұрын

    they are cool except for KAT haha he is made of cringe

  • @senkuu16

    @senkuu16

    4 ай бұрын

    Lakers is the definition of cringe, lol

  • @richborn6700

    @richborn6700

    4 ай бұрын

    Cringe or no cringe a bucket is a bucket

  • @Filipinoslayer

    @Filipinoslayer

    4 ай бұрын

    @@senkuu16 unfortunately that support unit horrible

  • @Filipinoslayer

    @Filipinoslayer

    4 ай бұрын

    @@richborn6700 okay 👍🏻 hahah bucket full of cringe 🤣

  • @rickymorales795
    @rickymorales7954 ай бұрын

    nope, trade KAT and they will be.

  • @Chiefssuperfan

    @Chiefssuperfan

    4 ай бұрын

    kat been ballin wdym

  • @rickymorales795

    @rickymorales795

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Chiefssuperfan he been ballin every year "they say", but where did it get em, without Antman? You'll see what I mean in the playoffs.

  • @deezpleez3832

    @deezpleez3832

    4 ай бұрын

    dumb take. Trade KAT then the offense struggles.

  • @danilobanaag1354
    @danilobanaag13544 ай бұрын

    The wolves are just like the jazz a few years back. Ant playing like dmitch and gobert being gobert. Good in the regular season then trash during playoffs

  • @richborn6700

    @richborn6700

    4 ай бұрын

    Jazz had ZERO perimeter defense. Minnesota been #1 Defense most of the season because they shored up the deficiencies Utah had. They have defenders like McDaniels, Alexander Walker, Kyle Anderson, even Ant who is a better defender than Mitchell ever was. Why is it everyone thinks because we have Gobert and Conley were literally just the Jazz? They don't have two 7 footers on 50/40/90 splits holding it down defensively as well.

  • @imranxalamin
    @imranxalamin4 ай бұрын

    stop, please.

  • @terrancekrolak4759
    @terrancekrolak47594 ай бұрын

    No. Timberwolves still suck. They are soft

  • @dav1dcraft074
    @dav1dcraft0744 ай бұрын

    They’re going nowhere in the post season. They have two of softest big man in the league

  • @nathanmiller5152
    @nathanmiller51524 ай бұрын

    Naz Reid

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