How The Timberwolves Built the Best Team in Basketball

After dominating the Denver Nuggets the first two games, it's safe to say after a twenty year rebuild the Minnesota Timberwolves have finally arrived. With a young superstar in Anthony Edwards, the DPOY in Rudy Gobert, the long tenured backbone in Karl Anthony Towns, and the best defense in basketball, today we cover how the Timberwolves went from a laughing stock to be the best team in the 2024 playoffs.

[@swishcountyproductions]

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[@MonzonMedia]

Sure! Let’s go T-Wolves!

[@mandingo9471]

Reminds me of a young warriors team. No super team construction, just straight up putting the right pieces together.

[@blackhand8299]

lol no, people downplay Gobert and Kat, they're monsterous and its weird no ones calling them a superteam. They were just disfunctional, they just needed Ant to develop more into a leader on and off the court. Smallball is overrated thats why almost no one saw them coming

[@ErnieBert-eg8kd]

Organically assembled teams always fare better than super teams. Super teams never stay together long.

[@bigbangbasketball]

This could be the next dynasty 🔥

[@liljs4189]

@@bigbangbasketballnot when the west is as stacked as it is now and with rising stars, there’s probably not going to be the same champion’s back to back the next couple of years

[@freebrady5823]

As a celtics fan there is no team I fear more than minnesota

[@kalyankonduru5831]

why? we dont match up that bad and we know how to beat them I have confidence plus ur not a real Celtics fan if ur scared of the wolves lmao

[@newname9064]

Wolves would destroy the Celtics they way they playing now. Celtics need to worry about the Knicks.

[@kalyankonduru5831]

@@newname9064 no they won’t just cause the Celtics are playing shitters doesn’t mean they will forget how to play bball

[@TimAllen-fs2rg]

​@@kalyankonduru5831well the Timberswolves beat the Celtics in mlps and the Celtics won in OT in Boston ...I would say Minnesota also knows how to beat the Celtics

[@cerebralfanatic]

Them knicks looking alright buddy worry bout them boys first 😂

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Good video. As a longtime Wolves fan, this describes the journey well. The numbers say they're 16th at offense but thats without KAT for a lot of the regular season, so they're actually much better than it seems on offense with KAT back now. "He's the best offensive player on the team" - Ant

[@oakshrorgaming]

I honestly believe that this team, if they Do end up beating the Nuggets, will be in the finals. And if porzingus isn't back, I honestly think that they will sweep the Celtics

[@BrendanSlob]

They're just so much bigger than OKC physically. Gobert has absolutely bullied Chet in past games where Chet passed the ball out rather then try Rudy in the post because he had been rejecting him before. They have no one who can bump in the post with Rudy or KAT.

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Celtics even without Porzingis are still dangerous. They'll give Minnesota the toughest challenge, no question. They could beat them but it'll be really tough without Porz. Horford is not match for these three bigs.

[@nydibs]

@@TheGreatness-gg1jx - yeah, both games they played against each other went into OT this season, Celtics are very good and a little underrated right now

[@Creaky_]

@@nydibs Hard not being underrated in the east tbh.

[@milk__teee]

@@TheGreatness-gg1jxthey’ll give them a Challenge but what defence has the Celtics come up against that is that good? And what defenders do they have that good legitimately stop ant or kat? I’m not a Celtics or wolves fan. But we do all agree that jokic usually is able to get anything off no matter the circumstances right? He can usually get the pass off or a random shot that goes in. Do you legitimately think the Celtics could somehow beat the wolves if they continue to even just put on 75% of what they did against the nuggets in game 2? I really don’t think so. So unless the wolves get a freak injury or every player forgets how to do their main job (scoring for ant and kat, and defence for the rest of their players) then they are already favourites no matter what.

[@nicolem3616]

I’ve been a fan of the wolves since their beginning and it’s been extremely challenging for much of it. It’s such a weird feeling now to have this team turn into such a strong team. This isn’t a feeling that us wolves fans are accustomed to!

[@ethan4346]

I agree! Born and raised in MN, the team has never looked this scary! Even in the KG days, everyone knew we weren’t getting past Kobe. Now, we got the squad built to help our star in AntMan 🎉

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Longtime Wolves fan here, for decades. This is a surreal feeling. Not only could we win the ring, but it's even a possibility we could be the 1st team in history to sweep every playoff series. Not likely, but imagine what a story that would make for a franchise with such a troubled history.

[@Ze_Moose]

Ahh the days of KG, Sprewell, and Cassell bring back memories. I honestly can't believe we have a better team than that. Young too

[@richborn6700]

Just be glad New York is doing well so Sprewell stops bringing his bad luck to Target Center. Whenever we've been the playoffs the last couple of years Latrell attends and gets camera attention, and then we lose.

[@WilkoSuave]

OKC and Minnesota in the WCF would be awesome

[@hanzpanzerkampfwagen4817]

Y’all not giving love to DALLAS Maverick , at all.

[@999lilo]

Think u mean mavs and wolves*

[@Jbird1988]

Can't rule out Dallas forsure.

[@julianthesmooshyhusky8976]

After watching that last game against Denver, I’m definitely a believer. They looked like a pack of rabid Dobermans out there

[@frederickdelius1106]

Reminds me of old spurs when tony parker moved to starting roll. Made a great team even gooder.

[@don7680]

Wolves are monsters! Best lineup in the NBA.

[@Daveyjdigital]

Anthony edwards will be the best player on team usa

[@haakonlien7107]

lol bruv u all over the place. Wolves back

[@DankDoggo]

Agreed. He has the mindset of someone with a killer instinct.

[@benzobagz]

can still lose to Canada eh bud

[@christopherpeterson7212]

Very true, I’m not sure they are a small market team though. Their media market share is bigger than Detroit, Denver, Orlando, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Miami, Portland, Milwaukee, etc…

[@tomcain6992]

Great video man. I love your commentary. I wish you would make these videos longer and go more in depth. I believe the video essay format (40ish minutes) would benefit you alot

[@therealstephencurry9]

It's a good time to live in Minnesota

[@samretka1718]

Great stuff ! Keep it up! Love the content. Wolves are legit

[@jochenklausberger9076]

I still rememeber the talk about Ant and If he really wants to play Basketball, if his heart is even in it

[@kcmichelson4528]

Ppl forget mike conlley also was 1st team all D a few yrs in his time. Whole roster ia D focused.

[@sparksup327]

As a Nuggets fan, these boys are hungry & out for revenge...

[@scottm8914]

Really well done vid🔥

[@helmmatthews2096]

The Twin Cites is the 14th largest metropolitan area in the country. They have six professional teams (Vikes, Wolves, Twins, Wild, Lynx, United). People need to stop calling it a "small market."

[@liljs4189]

No one knows what any of those teams are, and they’re nowhere near as big as other cities and it isn’t like the majority of the city is into that sport either

[@richborn6700]

@@liljs4189 People know the Twins, Vikings, and Timberwolves. Minneapolis is the 11th largest media market in America.

[@itzfusionplex4266]

Shouldve mentioned Gersson Rosas, hes the GM that picked this team back up to begin with drafting Ant and Jaden

[@Doc569]

The Timberwolves made nba basketball watchable again because they play defense. There are teams that come around once in a decade that are all time great defensive teams such as the ‘04 Pistons. Minnesota is that team this decade

[@liljs4189]

Man shut ur old ass up teams been playing defense forever youre just hating😂

[@rooferonhigh7124]

Great take from a Minnesota Timberwolves fan

[@reilym979]

Its the Anthony Edwards factor that propelled the Wolves to a championship caliber team and Mike Conley

[@Leo12226]

As Minnesota sports fan this is really the only hope I have

[@kjwdog7453]

Twins on fire right now but probably a fluke😢

[@EJJPlays]

It’s all up to the rest of the teams ..How they react against this wave ..That nugget games showed it .

[@buddhavaro]

Timberwolves is America's team.

[@WTC-1990]

I was one of the very few who thought it was a good move to trade for Rudy. My reasoning was that KAT was a bad defender at Centre and thought moving him to power forward would improve him. Defensively cause he doesn't like to stand and bang with other more physical centres. Add to that his 3 point shooting can bail him. i seen the version, and i thought it was gonna pay off if they stuck with it, i was proven right

[@bigbangbasketball]

Never wouldve thought the Twolves would be this good before 2030

[@jaymata1218]

Watch a full Minnesota game and it makes sense. They're the only team I've watched that consistently press while defending. I remember how novel it seemed... they just wear down and over stimulate opponents.

[@IlluminatiSecretsRevealed]

I agree with you that Minnesota is the best team in basketball. They are started to look like a potential dynasty. However, Jokic is not the best offensive player ever. This overhype train of Jokic needs to stop. He is talented, yes, but overhyped and overrated. Honestly, the Nuggets SHOULD NOT HAVE WON IT LAST YEAR. Let me repeat, they should not have won it last year. They got all favorable matchups. The T-Wolves were missing Reid and McDaniels last year or else they would've lost in the 1st rd. In the 2nd rd vs the Suns, CP3 got hurt in game 2 which the Nuggets would've lost at home. Without CP3 advantage Nuggets. Then in the Conference Finals, they played the Lakers wo they own. Then in the Finals they got an undersized Miami Heat, not the Celtics or the Bucks and there you have it a title with an asterisk. This year they get the Wolves who are better and healthy. Here's my hot take: if they can't reconstruct this roster to beat teams like Minnesota and OKC, then Jokic won't ever get back to the Finals let alone win one. Remember Houston is coming and so is Wemby. Shoutout to Wemby for leaving the Nuggets with that L late in the season, costing them the 1 seed, forcing them to play Minnesota now and getting exposed for who they are.

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Wolves have 8 players in the top 50 for defensive win shares. 5 in the top 20. Gobert at 1, Ant at 4. They're an all-time team, defensively. And better than the numbers indicate, offensively, too... because they're a lot better on offense now that KAT is back.

[@joburke10]

Let's wait till after the OKC Series

[@kjwdog7453]

Worry about the mavs😬

[@khangsingchopel6443]

@@kjwdog7453worry about Denver 🤫

[@Killajmj]

Crazy how this generations Jordan was staring us in the face the whole time

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

The truth likes to hide in plain sight!

[@Zach_CR]

honestly ive never seen that much length move this well in a system defense. Even Rudy gets out to the perimeter and the only mismach is Conley on a 4-5 and Kat / gobert on a very shifty 1. Other than that they literally could switch everything except they dint even need to because they navigate screens so well. Absolutely ridiculous compared to most teams who concede advantages in the pick in roll game every time doen the floor.

[@hansdykstra3869]

The wolves are finally winning by talking their namesake and playing like wolves is something as a wolves fan I never thought I'd see

[@tobiadebiyi7490]

Lmaoo most reactionary video ever, you better hope they win the series

[@swishcountyproductions]

Lol

[@dennybarlau8065]

First off, Minnesota is not a small market team,, and if there was a Team That has had more Heartache than Minnesota, I sure would like to know who, The fans really deserve this, And I think this is the year the WOLFIE'S Take the Title

[@thecomickeeper5127]

Remember everyone was saying gobert trade was worst in history ? Where are they now

[@RyanL-re9yw]

This video might have been released a little early 😂

[@swishcountyproductions]

Lol

[@legcoolkid]

no one gonna say nothing abt ants hair in the thumbnail😂

[@meandsushi]

I am Wolves fan from the beginning and I’m so sick of hearing about our history of futility. This team doesn’t give a shit about that and you shouldn’t either. It’s such a meek mentality to dwell on the past. This team has proven to be a great defense all year and has been at the top of the western conference standings for most of the year so act like it. Damn

[@maxbe5544]

Minnesota/Minneapolis is the 13th largest market among nba markets. Bigger than denver, miami, etc. not really a small market as everyone likes to think

[@khangsingchopel6443]

Denver I believe but Miami? wtf dawg hell nah 😂

[@brandonmunro1332]

I remember when Rudy got traded there and everyone trashed him for it

[@fleezuschrist]

Can I pet that dawggg

[@mulkixoriyo]

They’re pack of hungry wolves.

[@jessiearac911]

Can the current timberwolves beat the 2017-2018 warriors? Just a question

[@khangsingchopel6443]

That would be a clean sweep 😂

[@PLF...]

Pretty evident that this wasn't made by someone who actually followed the T-Wolves all those years

[@trebledc]

I am waiting for the ring to come before I could say the 2024 Twolves are the best team.

[@justsomeone5148]

Calling pat bev a valuable piece huge overstatement

[@Rei-bg3rf]

It's clear that going back 2 back is hard. You need to improve as a whole team because NBA is unpredictable

[@chouavue9056]

I'm a Twolves fan and this might age well but honestly it a bit to early... like a month early. Still a lot of ball to be played.

[@jdbb3gotskills]

This is Minnesota though we can’t get our hopes up. Let’s stay humble

[@aniketkesarkar9967]

Till last year all of you were saying we should blow it up remember lads?

[@arkknight92]

They’re doing great but these post are a bit too early. Let’s see them win the championship this year first!

[@hibbo1351]

Dumping Andrew Wiggins was critical

[@gerkkanks007]

They're just like the 2021 Celtics. Sweeping the Nets big3, beating Milwaukee and Miami but lost against Steph. Let's just observe

[@markfarrens7733]

Everybody want to act tough when they’re up

[@BussinRob]

Who’s here after game 3? As a wolves fan that sucked

[@edgardoMurnia]

How? By trading for Rudy Gobert and having an amazing coach

[@moety2]

Possibly the best offensive player in history falls to pieces when defense is actually played says something. Stop with all this best in history. It only works with no context.

[@smnbrgss]

If the Wolves bring at least 3-5 chips over the next 10-15 years to MN the whole "it took a few years longer" mentality is irrelevant. With Ant and Gobert already having babies & a couple more on the way by the time Ant-Man is getting ready to retire their kids would be old enough to get drafted and continue the domination of the Wolves. If they win this year I wonder if it makes MN attractive at all to Lebron and his son.

[@Hater20X]

Did not age well

[@jowner1]

Bruh dont crown them yet!

[@donjadon]

World champions? NBA Champions !

[@jeffreyaquino4146]

How they built the best team? They drafted Anthony Edwards.

[@NickWixx]

Drafted Ant Edwards and KAT and they are an amazing pair. Thats it.

[@milk__teee]

If the wolves sweep the nuggets, they are winning the championship. Ofc unless a main player gets injured. But if they are at full strength there’s literally no one stopping ant or Kat it seems, and there’s no attack apparently that can even get past their defence. They literally seem like what the nuggets were like last year. They find a way, the nuggets can’t do that this year and it was pretty obvious by how much worse they were against LA. And I don’t think anyone has confidence in any teams from the east. The Celtics are good, but are they really? Especially against a team like the wolves who play real defence. Even the 2022 warriors weren’t this good at defence. And I really can’t say the Celtics have developed that much since 2022 or last season, the east is just weak asf, so they are the best weak side team.

[@Traviseen]

They spent the most cap money in the NBA on their team this year. That is how they built the most expensive(best) team this year. If the Wolves do not win the Larry then it is an upset.

[@Mektek19]

Even if they win a chip they still have up too much for Rudy. Additionally he’s getting paid too much. He is not that valuable. He’s been great for the Wolves and will be a big part of them winning if it happens but they are really good without him. We just witnessed that game 2.

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Best offensive player of all time? WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKIN? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jokic is the best offensive player OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. That is all. lol

[@gregoryjones7712]

bro yall sleeping as soon as i saw the lakers spanking the nuggest and then looking at timberwolves roster yeah they are literally built to beat the nuggets even if healthy but im not saying timerwolves win the chip

[@terrencefields5265]

Hey it's no secret why Minnesota is being so successful and it's because their front office is the exact opposite of the Lakers front office they make all of the right decisions while the Lakers ( Jeannie and Rob palinka) are absolutely horrible at making decisions good luck to Minnesota hope they win the championship because the Lakers definitely doesn't deserve to.😎

[@tuthiii]

World championship? World championship of what? The United States?

[@RayLee-ln5by]

Your thumbnail is awful. I don't understand why you changed Anthony Ewards hair. In the thumbnail his hair looks similar to a Jayson Tatum or Lamelo ball hairstyle with the loose curls look. In comparison to Ant-Man actual hair which has a lot tighter curl pattern, such as a Shai Gilgeous Alexander or Keyonte George. Moreover the thumbnail begs the question do you think “nappier” hair like texture/pattern is unappealing and therefore you changed AE hair to create a more attractive thumbnail?

[@rentii1261]

This was a lazy video. The small market line is old, tired, and applied randomly (inconsistently) by analysts to some teams. It means nothing when there is a salary cap/luxury tax. Also, that they "came out of nowhere" line isn't true at all, you've just been sleeping on them. They have been at the top of the western conference most of the year

[@Realnamekodapat]

World champion of what? World champion of america?

[@cortlandia1044]

Jesus loves you

[@CyrusJones-on3uv]

Thanks for shi**** on us and complimenting us is the same video I think 🙄

[@recoveringsam8675]

What about okc? Also Denver can still win

[@owenhevner7749]

Beat ruins the vid for me

[@khangsingchopel6443]

Calling them the best team in basketball before they win a championship much less a WCF is a little much for me 😂

[@danilthorstensson8902]

Who’s the best team right now then?

[@kaisotto3200]

its becoming more evident rn, no doubt

[@khangsingchopel6443]

@@danilthorstensson8902 Denver showing up to play hahaha until they are knocked out those are the defending champs yall spoke too soon 😭😂

[@kalyankonduru5831]

the celtics bro????

[@TimAllen-fs2rg]

Who ?

[@kalyankonduru5831]

@@TimAllen-fs2rg ur mom

[@gerkkanks007]

They're very good but not yet the best cuz they're not champion They're not even done with the nuggets

[@blackwolfie8326]

the timberwolves, silently are the best team in the lat 18 years.. is dude on drugs?

[@zachwebster7048]

We just spent 20 years being the laughing stock of the league. Nobody laughing now

[@401Orishas]

It's well worth it especially after Lakers left Minneapolis with our 5 chips

[@youngmaddogg5230]

First 15 seconds includes a false claim lol. Trash

[@slobberkissintl3548]

Pausing at 40sec to attempt to answer the question how the Wolves did it before you tell me: Dumb luck and dumb luck after bad luck.

[@linktown-blue907]

No, they had a vision for this team and executed perfectly

[@johnwallmvp]

The luck came from winning the draft lottery in 2020. Since then, every move has been calculated by Rosas/Gupta -> Connelly/Gupta.

[@BIG_Z_69]

Now they need new logos and uniforms and colors…. Terrible

[@lordbuttlington9523]

No hate on the team, I think it’s cool to see them almost surge out of nowhere and look poise to win it all. I just don’t like Anthony Edwards. Idk what it is, but him off the court gives asshole vibes. He says he just wants to kill whatever is in front of him. I mean, yea it’s whatever right? Shit talking and ego is a major thing in competitive sports but that seems a little extreme or is that just me? I know he’s young but kids look up to him. Idk bout y’all, but I don’t want kids running around saying they want to kill whatever is in front of them. Either way, I hope they do well and I hope Edwards matures and realizes he has a lot of influence on the next generation.

[@meandsushi]

Wow you are a meek and judgy person and probably should stop watching the Wolves. I don’t find anything wrong with Ant saying he wants to kill whoever is in front of him. He means it figuratively. Maybe you should tell your kids that he doesn’t mean he literally wants to kill people

[@Lebronjims2]

it's just you buddy

[@legcoolkid]

no one gonna say nothing abt ants hair in the thumbnail😂

[@eloyzamora4461]

Only you