Dads And Dunks: Your To-The-Point Wolves Talk Podcast

Wolves are out. Spurs in 6. Tom and Josh break down the playoff exit, the offseason questions, and the reasons for hope.Topics include:The Denver win we'll never forget (Ayo's 43, Jaden's smack talk, Rudy shutting down Jokic)The Spurs reality check (Wemby is real, and not as ethical as advertised)Ant's cagey postgame and what it really meantDDV's absence and what it cost usChampionship habits and the regular-season slideThe Julius Randle problem and why he might be playing himself off the rosterNaz Reid to the starting lineupWhy Tom wants Kyrie Irving (yes, really)Reasons for hope: Beringer's flash, TJ Shannon's leap, Ayo as the closer, Bones bringing the joy, Rocco cooking in IowaSpurs vs Thunder and who we're rooting forHit us up: dadsanddunks@gmail.com | @dadsanddunks on Instagram and Twitter

The Wolves are moving on. Tom and Josh break down a Game 6 win in Minneapolis that had no business happening on paper. No Anthony Edwards. No Donte DiVincenzo. No Ayo Dosunmu. No Slo Mo. And the Wolves still ran Denver out of Target Center 110-98 to close the series.In this episode:Jaden McDaniels' legacy game (career-high 32 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, zero turnovers in 45 minutes) and the Jamal Murray lockdown job that came with it. Terrence Shannon Jr.'s breakout (24 points, 6 boards, zero turnovers in 35 minutes) and what an Ant–TJ–Ayo athletic core looks like going forward. Rudy Gobert as our Dads and Dunks Series MVP for what he did to Jokic across six games. Naz showing up when the Wolves needed scoring depth. Mike Conley keeping it together with 95 percent of the guard minutes unavailable. Why Denver should be in full panic mode about the Christian Braun extension and the David Adelman experience.Then a quick look ahead to the Spurs. Wemby in the paint changes everything about how the Wolves will try to score, and we get into it on the next pod as we drop our first-ever double header. Spurs preview pod is up next!

Wolves take a 2-1 series lead with a statement Game 3 win at Target Center, 113-96. Tom and Josh break down the blowout on the first-ever instant reaction Fast Break pod.Jaden McDaniels backed up his postgame comments from Game 2 with 20 points, 10 rebounds, a block, and 41 minutes of setting the tone. Ayo Dosunmu erupted off the bench for 25 points and 9 assists on 66.7% shooting. Rudy Gobert held Jokic and the Nuggets to 9 points on 4-of-12 shooting as the primary defender, added 10 and 12 with 3 blocks, and went +18. DDV stayed plus-20 again. The Wolves dropped 66 points in the paint, past the 62-point threshold where Denver was 1-9 this season. Wolves shot 26% from three and still won by 17.We get into the Jaden tone-setter, Ayo as the story of the game, Rudy flowers part three, Ant's foul trouble, the Scott Foster officiating, the Wolves in 5 chant, Aaron Gordon's absence, and what to look for in Game 4 Saturday night at Target Center.

Game 1 is in the books, and Tom and Josh are calling an audible for the playoffs: 15 to 25-minute drops after every game. Denver takes the opener 116-105, and there's a lot to unpack.First, the officiating. Jamal Murray shot 16 for 16 from the line. The Wolves as a team shot 19. We get into the uneven whistle, the Jaden flagrant, the Jokic-McDaniels scrum, and why Murray's free-throw rate was way above his season norm.Then the basketball. Rudy Gobert's best playoff game since the Lakers' closeout, a finishing package we haven't seen, and hands active on Jokic. Ant looked rusty and maybe not 100 percent on the knee. Julius had a rough night on both ends. Naz is still not himself with his shoulder. Jaden brought a first quarter. DDV and Ayo hustled.Plus, the lineup that broke the second quarter. Why Finch rolled out Conley, Slo Mo, Ayo, Bones, and Naz together with a 10-point lead is beyond us. Pace dropped to 13 percent transition (season average 18), and Denver erased the cushion.Game 2 is Monday, 9:30 Central. We think the Wolves steal it.

The Wolves go 1-3 this week, and it is not great. Tom took his five-year-old, Julien, to his first Wolves game on Easter Sunday against Charlotte -- spoiler, they left at halftime, and it was the right call. We break down the week, talk about what Ant and Jaden being hurt actually means heading into a first-round matchup with Denver, dig into the stat that shows Ant elevates against the best teams while Rudy quietly does the opposite, and close out with KG returning to Target Center on April 12th for the first time since 2018. Meaningless game. Still a sellout. Still a Howl.