The Timberwolves Make SNEAKY Signing...

So today we begin with the Timberwolves make sneaky signing as the Timberwolves went ahead and signed a young up and coming forward who is the first player from Nicaragua to play in the NBA. This player is tough, a big time rebounder and has get this 24 double doubles in 31 G League games over the past season and a half. I'm telling you. Good organizations, even if the moves seem a little bit small, are good organizations for a reason. Welcome back to the Minnesota Timberwolves Digest. As always, North America, I'm Dave DuPont, and I bring you the latest Minnesota Timberwolves news, trade reports, trade rumors, and of course, a whole lot of commentary. Today, we're going to talk about this up-and-coming new Minnesota Timberwolves, Norchad O'Meara. And of course, you all should be a little bit familiar with him because he had a drink of water with the Timberwolves during training camp. And actually did play in six preseason games for the Timberwolves. We're going to get into why this is truly a sneaky good move by good old Tim Connolly. Here's what he's done so far, at least in the 11 games he's played in the G League this season, averaging 16 points a game and 9.4 rebounds. We all can agree. The big issue for this Timberwolves team at this point, outside of, of course, Anthony Edwards' injury, is rebounds. So we're going to get into all these great things that he can bring to the team in just a little bit. We're also, a little bit later, going to talk about what LaMelo Ball did last night as the Timberwolves ended up beating the Bucks. At home, 112 to 100, not terribly surprised, but I did want to give LaMelo a little bit of love at the front of the podcast today because he is the fastest player in NBA history to reach 1,003 points, made 34 points last night. Six three-pointers made in the game. Look, at this point, I would love to get everybody's opinions about LaMelo Ball on this Minnesota Timberwolves team. What are your thoughts about LaMelo? Personally, I absolutely love the energy on this team versus last season with Julius Randle there. It's a fresh, if you will, it is a bit of fresh air for this Minnesota Timberwolves team. Now, we'll talk more about LaMelo and what went down against the Milwaukee Bucks in just a little bit, but here's the reunion we're going to get into today. Six Timberwolves preseason games. He was actually waived October 17th and then reportedly just signed a two-way agreement with the Timberwolves today. We're going to get into where he went to college, plural. And a wide variety of other things as well. But before we do that, I did want to take a quick minute. What a special shout out to our sponsor, Kalshi. On Kalshi, you're trading directly against other users, not the house like traditional sports books. You're buying yes or no contracts on the outcomes of events across sports, politics, or even the weather, for example. Now, I went ahead and set up a special Contract with Kalshi for the Minnesota Timberwolves. This is what I did. And this is for the Timberwolves to win the NBA Cup. Now, I made this particular contract with Kalshi after Anthony Edwards went down. You could see what $25 could potentially turn into. So if you are interested, do make sure to check out the Uh, description and link and comment and use code digest NBA to get, get this $55 added to your account instantly when you trade your first $25. All right. So when we talk about, uh, Nor Chad, I think one of the things to consider thinking about him, and I mentioned this at the opening that, you know, good organizations make good small moves. And if you put enough good small moves together, well then you end up with a roster that has Bones Highland on it and you're only paying him like 2.5 million bucks. You saw what Trey Lyles did last night for the Timberwolves as well. He had 12 points. And we're only paying him like around $3 million a year. These small moves absolutely matter in the era that we are currently living in, in the National Basketball Association. So to bring another player that can actually deliver and has numerous strengths, and of course, one of those strengths being his ability to actually rebound the ball, certainly makes a lot of sense. For this Minnesota Timberwolves team, love to get your thoughts, your opinions about Norchad as well. Go ahead and drop them in. Now, here's his field goal percentage. I thought you guys might be interested in that. So, I guess one of the questions to consider is, will he earn, if you will, real NBA rotation minutes? Now, I think as the roster currently stands, it's going to be hard for him to actually get on the court. But we did see TJ is dealing with a hip injury now. And if like Jalen or if Clark were to actually go down for an extended period of time. This is a good player that could actually step in and play in a similar role. Now, certainly not at Clark's defensive level yet, but certainly hasn't been given the opportunity to do it either. He's great at rebounding. That is something he has proven so far throughout his G League career. And I think we would see a lot of that actually come forth with this Minnesota Timberwolves team as well. Love to get your thoughts, your opinions. This is one comment. Diamond in the rough. Please, he is at best a rotation player. Hey, look, at this point. Until proven otherwise, of course, he's a rotation player. And yes, he has been inconsistent. And probably the most amount of minutes you could expect him to get with the big club is between 10 and 12 minutes. All of those things I agree with. However, it's about player development. One of the great things that the Timberwolves organization has done over the past five years is develop players. Not necessarily head coach Chris Finch's strength, but in the G League, certainly that has turned into something for the Timberwolves to look at. All right, so super quick, last night, LaMelo, 34 points in the Big Timberwolves victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. It's a victory, excuse me, that quite frankly, I expected the Timberwolves to actually get last night. We play the Rockets next, and then I believe the Pels after that. So a tough game coming up tomorrow night. But LaMelo 34, Io played extraordinarily well with 19. Jaden had 13. Rudy had a double-double, 10 for 10. It was good. He seemed to be playing a little bit better. And I commented a little bit about Trey Lyles and Bones Highland a little bit earlier. And these small pieces absolutely matter. Which is one of the reasons I actually wanted to do today's podcast about a new small piece which has just joined the Minnesota Timberwolves because of his ability to actually rebound the ball. These things are going to matter, especially if he ends up playing in any sort of meaningful games down the stretch when other players are out. All right, love to get your thoughts, your opinions, North America. Sorry about the cold, still fighting it. That's all I've got for you today. Please drop your comments in. As always, for the Timberwolves Digest, I'm Dave DuBois wishing you all. A tremendous rest of your sports viewing day.