Chris Finch REVEALS The Timberwolves Master Plan...

So today we begin with Chris Finch reveals the Timberwolves master plan and get this, it actually involves playing hard during the NBA preseason. Today we're going to talk about what Finchie actually covered during the Timberwolves media day. Welcome back to the Timberwolves Digest. As always, North America, I'm Dave DuBois and I bring you the latest Minnesota Timberwolves news, trade reports, trade rumors, and of course, a whole lot of commentary. We're going to get into what head coach Chris Finch actually said during media day in just a little bit. But before we do that, as a Minnesota Timberwolves fan, or just a fan of the National Basketball Association, do you actually trust head coach Chris Finch to actually take the Timberwolves to an NBA title? North America, I want to know what your thoughts and opinions are. Please go ahead and drop them in. Also, if you are new to the Timberwolves Digest, thanks so much for stopping on by, please go ahead and subscribe. And of course, if you like the pod, well then go ahead and like the pod. So we're going to get into Chris Finch's comments in just a second, but I did want to point this out. This is what Chris Finch has actually done as the Minnesota Timberwolves head coach. And we all know that for a Timberwolves team, which quite frankly struggled for a very long time throughout its history, this is actually pretty good. Now you might not always agree with the moves that head coach Chris Finch makes, but I do think that there is an adult actually leading this basketball team. All right, so a couple likes or dislikes. We're going to go back to the beginning and a lot of the fundamentals Finch explained. Now this was a quote from his media day. He went on to say the following, which is stuff that we've been able to not ignore, but move through quicker with so much continuity in the roster the last few years. Level set some stuff, expectations and standards for those new guys. Now the Timberwolves have officially five significant new players on the roster this particular season. And I guess if you were to include IO, that number would actually be six. Now this next statement that head coach Chris Finch actually made just totally floored me and we're going to get to that next for you. I think one of the best preseasons that we had was a couple of years ago during the 23-24 season Finch noted. I think that was the year we got off to a pretty hot start like 17 and 14 and our team in the preseason gave me a little bit of the same vibes this season. So we're going to get into a couple other things that head coach Chris Finch said during the media day as well. But I would love to know your thoughts because what Chris Finch is saying here is he believes that this team is actually going to show up during preseason. I want to know if you think that's a reality or is that just some sort of smokescreen. I understand what he's saying though. Since you have all of these new parts, it is important to actually use the preseason to help this team actually if you will find its groove. That is what head coach Chris Finch is saying. Hey super quick special shout out to our sponsor on the Timberwolves Digest and that of course is Calshi. On Calshi you're trading directly against the 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. Hey so here's an example of something that I put together. This actually is a yes contract on the Timberwolves actually on a five percent yes chance of winning the NBA title. You can see how much I put in and what the payout actually looks like. So look Calshi is a great is a sponsor of the Timberwolves Digest as you all know. 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All right so back to Finch absolutely love Finch and his comments and personally I do think head coach Chris Finch could lead this team to the NBA finals. I've got to believe that if he can take them all away there and get through that difficult western conference I think Finch and I'm not being myopic could actually lead this Timberwolves team to the promised land in other words an NBA title. A lot has to go right from an injury perspective for that actually to happen but I do believe Finch at this point hasn't given me any reason to believe he's not the right guy. All right so the regular season is where you find your identity and your identity carries you almost most nights I mean of course you also thanks for pointing out the obvious you also have to use the regular season to be able to figure out what you're good at and what you might need as a curveball come the playoffs. So ultimately a couple things about what head coach Chris Finch said during media day and some things I didn't cover. There were some training wheel comments about Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball and essentially saying you no longer have Mike Connolly from a veteran leadership perspective it's your team take the team and run with it from a leadership perspective. I think what we see with this Timberwolves team at this point and what we see from what head coach Chris Finch said is they're going to go back to some basics during training camp. He believes this team is actually going to and I emphasize believes that this team is actually going to play hard during the preseason which inevitably is going to get the team off to a good start during the regular season and then during the regular season they'll make the necessary adjustments. All right love to get your thoughts your opinions in North America please go ahead and drop them in. As always for the Timberwolves Digest I'm David Duvall wishing you all a tremendous rest of your sports viewing day.