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Dunks After Dusk

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Bluesky home of the “world” “famous” Minnesota Timberwolves post-game reaction podcast. The quantity of posts here may not be high, but the quality… may not be high either. But there are dozens of us! @Petes2321.bsky.social @Royals37hawk.bsky.social

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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Isn’t Stad just the money though? He’s the new owner, but the day-to-day governance is going to be done by his wife? Definitely don’t understand ownership structures enough, but seems like Stad will be just like Lore - focusing on other things. Just feels weird.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Looks like it is finally official!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I know I know. May as well have some fun until he decides to go elsewhere.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I’ve never been a big LaMelo fan and would caution all fans leaving Target Center to look both ways crossing the street after games should the Wolves make a deal… But his offensive EPM this season was only behind Jokic and Kawhi. Wolves’ offense would be lights out.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
From Sam Veccine - had him in his “summer league” player tier. 74th overall rank.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A bit of a cold water splash for those of us who were hoping this was the first of a series of trades. Mix that with tone of @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social most recent article, seems the most likely offseason path involves a good player at the MLE and then rounding out the roster with bargain/min vets
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A lot has been made about Brunson signing a very team friendly deal, but Bridges, Hart, and OG also took under market value deals to help round out the roster. Assuming there are no Joe Smith shenanigans going on 😬, that’s 4 players in their prime making a financial sacrifice to win it all.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The best net/offensive rating in 4-man lineup combinations? Naz + the starters. And look! Randle's best lineup combo comes with Ant and Rudy off the floor where he can be more of an offense initiator with better spacing. Start Naz Reid.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
There is just one 3-man lineup that has a positive net rating for the Wolves in this series: Ant-Naz-Rudy. It is not a coincidence that this group easily has the best offensive rating as well. Start Naz Reid.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The eye test and the numbers tell the same story about this series: Julius Randle's ineffectiveness is killing the Wolves offense. Here are the two-man lineups that have played 30+ minutes together sorted by offensive rating: You beat the Spurs with spacing/shooting and ball movement. Naz Reid.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Avatar state Ant.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My greatest hope for tonight is that I get to use this gif because we get a special kind of playoff Ant performance.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
7. The EPM team ratings ended up pretty alarming: - Offensive rating finished 19th - Defensive rating finished 11th - Overall net rating finished 19th Near the halfway mark of the season, they were top 5 net rated EPM team; a tier below the contenders but in the mix as a very good team.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
End of regular season update! 1. Final EPM and Net Rating Champs: Rudy Gobert and Donte DiVincenzo 2. Offensive Rating and EPM Champ: Anthony Edwards 3. Defensive Rating and EPM Champ: Rudy Gobert (Since the SloMo acquisition, his defensive rating would rank #1) 4. Most Improved: Bones Hyland
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
At the game tonight so gonna post less - but gonna be cheering hard for Conley tonight. With all the sacrifices he’s made, he deserves a moment this season. A really nice start so far!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
4. The Wolves are now next to the Clippers, Blazers and Warriors for season long EPM (AKA play-in central) 5. The offensive rating is the big culprit, dropping to 19th on the season with a negative EPM - defense holding steady at 9th. 6. Outside of Ayo Dosunmo, hard to find statistical optimism!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Game 71 Update: 1. It's rough for everyone but Ayo who has been the Wolves best net-rated player (with Bones) over the last five games. 2. Everyone but Ayo and TJ Shannon saw drops in their net ratings, some pretty significant. 3. For context, this update starts with the victory over Denver.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Worth keeping an eye on…
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Absolutely going to be more reactive as a fan when it negatively affects my team - won’t pretend otherwise. But this was just two games back
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Have the rule with my youngest that if there is a Wolves game, he can stay up past bedtime and watch with me. Always my favorite games when they end like this!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Since this photo was taken, the Wolves have been the worst team in the league, including having a worse defensive rating than the team that is actively tanking and just gave up an 83-point performance.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Since this photo, the Wolves offense has the worst net rating in the league - about as potent as ARod was as a batter before his use of PEDs. Is there a way to direct all karmic repercussions of meeting with a warmongering pedophile to just the individual responsible and not the team/fans? Thanks!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Some Avatar State basketball from Ant to start this one!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Since Ayo Dosunmo has joined the Wolves, they've played at a pace of 102.72 possessions per 48, 10th in the NBA in that stretch. If 102.72 was their season long number, it would rank 4th overall in the NBA. As Dosunmo settles more in his role, this will be a weapon for the Wolves come playoff time
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
4. *Dosunmo's net rating is his Wolves tenure only. Small sample size - but hoping last night is more of a sign of things to come for him. 5. Team Net and EPM ratings have both dropped to being 9th and 10th in the league - Sunday's game looms as a chance to kick things into contender gear.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Game 60 Update: 1. For context, the past 10 games trace back to February 2nd, prior to the trade deadline. 2. First update this season where not a single player had an increase in their net rating - telling about the quality of team basketball. 3. Randle has reached his lowest EPM of the season
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Out on Lake Phalen tonight
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How would we feel about this? With Morant saying he’d prefer Miami or Minnesota, this felt like the most simple deal to make.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
From a team EPM perspective, they fall from 5th to 7th. But it basically goes Thunder #1, then teams 2-9 are all within striking distance of each other with a very good (or bad) week/month.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
50 game update: 1. EPM had the most movement of the season with Ant reclaiming the top spot, Donte vaulting into 3rd, Naz joining the starters in that 84th%+ range, and Clark rising above Conley. 2. Beringer had the biggest net rating rise, but Naz, Ant, and Jaylen Clark also had a very good month.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Going to be a fascinating week. I would still bet on a sub $12 million backcourt player being the final outcome - immediately plugged in as the 7th man.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
In the 10 games the Wolves play in February, just two are against teams over .500 (Raptors and 76ers).
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Really well put by @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social. It’s the same feeling as a fan! You can see a team that is stuck in the doldrums of January, but Beringer (literally) leaps off the screen.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I got permission from a friend of mine who is an immigration lawyer to share their Instagram post on my feed here. If you are looking directly for another place to help/direct aid, I know they are close to reaching their goal and every little bit helps!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@themichaelgrady.bsky.social Michael Grady’s Instagram story
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Privileged today to be able to stand alongside so many friends and neighbors in support of our immigrant community. Proud to call myself a Minnesotan, but the best part is… We have friends everywhere.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
From the Timberwolves Instagram account:
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In 2026, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been the best team in basketball: - 6-1 record (most wins of any team) - 1st in NET rating and Offense - 9th in defensive rating - 4th in Reb % - 1st in TS% and EFG% - 3rd in pace Since the ATL no-show, this has been a different team.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Update through 40 games: 1. DiVincenzo's leap is the story of the past 10 games - now 2nd in net rating and on the tail of Randle for EPM. 2. Rudy Gobert is now the league leader(!) in defensive EPM. 3. As a whole, the Wolves are now 5th in EPM net rating as a team, sliding into contender status.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Mitch and I got there at 1:15, shortly before the march started. Made our way to the front of the rally a mile down Lake Street. Walked back that mile so we could get a sense of the crowd… tail end hadn’t even started moving yet with tons of people waiting. 10,000+ people easy. 💜 Minnesotans
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Someone going out of their way in an “unsubscribe” episode comment to say that we have “solid hoop takes” is actually pretty endearing 😂
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Looking forward to standing with my neighbors on Saturday
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Over the weekend, it really struck me how arbitrary that 14 minute number was. Clark played 14:47 in the loss on Saturday, and as an avid basketball watcher, I could tell he needed another 13 seconds to turn the game around. Breaking: The Wolves are 13-0 when Clark plays at least 15 minutes!
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
😬😬😬
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The stand-out stat for struggling TJ Shannon lineups: Ast Ratio. Effective team ball movement dries up and all of the sudden, 7 of the top 8 worst effective passing lineups contain Shannon. Conley is on the other side of it - effective ball movement next to every starter but Ant.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
There is one stand out negative combo in our 2-man lineups that plays big minutes: Edwards and Conley together have a -15.0 net rating, and when you sort by 3-man lineup combos, you still can't find a positive net rating for them. Ant has a positive net-rating with every other "lead" guard.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Since today is a post-holiday recovery day for everyone in my house, gonna spend some time looking at lineup stats. Here’s the different sides of the two-man net rating: Cheering for TJ like every Wolves fan, but Finch’s preference for him over the other young guys has been baffling.
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Dunks After Dusk @dunksafterdusk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Update through 30 games: 1. This is all about Bones Hyland as he has stormed to the front of net rating and jumped Clark and Conley in EPM. 2. Rudy Gobert has passed Ant in EPM for the first time since I've been keeping track (3 years) - he's been an all-star the last month. 3. Defensive EPMs 📈
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