Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 8hJalen Duren is not playing the second half and it's easy to understand why. Thoroughly dominated the Wolves in the paint, shooting 8/8 in there, en route to scoring 24 points with 3 stocks. Defending burly, bruising centers will be a challenge Minnesota has to answer this year 001
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 8hTimberwolves first half rotation vs the Pistons - Great end to the 1Q for Bones/Ayo/JK/TJ/Joan - Offense dried up in 2Q - Rough Trey Lyles + Jaden + Ant minutes (gave up 18 pts) 000
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 8hFirst half shot chart from Wolves/Pistons - Detroit up 34-16 in the paint, only took 10 threes - Minnesota struggles in the lane (8/17, 47%) - 3 lob dunks for the Pistons - Wolves need to generate more 3s vs a strong interior D 000
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 9hJaden McDaniels is 7/7 from the free throw line here in the first quarter. Last season, he had two (2) games with more than 6 free throw attempts McDaniels only has 13 games in his career, RS + playoffs, with 7+ free throw attempts, per @stathead.com 120
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Rotation from tonight's Wolves preseason win over the Knicks: - Tale of 2 halves for all the main rotation players - LaMelo/Ant continue to stagger the Q1/Q2 bridge - Blended lineups struggled - Twin Turbos cooked in Q2, Q3 - Cody Williams fit in nicely w/ the starters 160
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Pretty ideal Jaden McDaniels shot chart in this Wolves offense. Of note, he played 21:38 of his 23:50 with LaMelo Ball. Wolves posted a 129.5 ORTG during that time 0162
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026However, where he has a strength and size deficit, he will almost always have a quickness, vertical and second-jump advantage. Dominating one of the greatest rebounders of all-time for a quick stretch. 150
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Excited to see if Bones Hyland can deliver another big-time showing tonight in New York. Wolves ORTG was 131.3 w/ Bones ON (91st %ile) and 108.8 w/ him OFF (27th %ile) Saturday at Miami. 4 AST, 0 TOV with 3 steals will play, too. Paired nicely w/ TJ Shannon and Jaylen Clark. 050
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Timberwolves' 1H rotation + notes: - 11 men in 1H - Jaylen Clark the 9th man in (was Trey Lyles in G1) - Anthony Edwards enters when LaMelo Ball exits in 2Q - 2nd unit struggled w/ Pacers small-ball, ball pressure - TJ/Ayo/Kuminga need time to gel offensively 080
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Timberwolves first half rotation notes - 10 players - LaMelo first starter back in to run w/ Beringer - Jaden, Kuminga start 2Q to insulate Joan + lean into O - Ayo, TJ play all their minutes together - Lyles only really played w/ Joan (minus a couple foul trouble Rudy minutes) 0140
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ayo, TJ, Joan in as the first subs for LaMelo, JK, Rudy Trey Lyles in there as the 9th man LaMelo is the first starter back on the floor to run with Joan 060
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Mario Hezonja and Trey Lyles were teammates for Real Madrid last season. Striking out on LeBron and turning to a duo from the EuroLeague would be something. But Tim Connelly hasn’t been afraid to think outside the box and his team has done extensive scouting in Europe. 040
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026That’s a wrap on Year 7! I’m extremely grateful to everyone who follows, listens, subscribes to the Locked on Wolves postcasts, Sam Ekstrom for the opportunity, my brother Luke Inman for riding with me all year long, and the Wolves letting me in the building. Onward 🐺 3451
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Game 3 of Wolves/Spurs about to get goin Minnesota has to do better work than Game 2 in transition, from 3, and in the non-Wemby minutes if they want to re-take the lead in the series Should be fun 010
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The Wolves were abysmal in the Rudy Gobert ON, Victor Wembanyama ON minutes in the lone matchup both Frechmen played. RS --> Lost 50-19 in 16:26 Tonight --> Lost 45-40 in 21:32 - Held Spurs to 104.7 ORTG on 42.7% TS - 84.2% DREB% - 7 stocks - 11 2C PTS 📊 @pivotfade.com 180
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026If Ant does come off the bench, the non-Wemby minutes become even more important The middle part of the first and second quarters become critical Wolves won the 38 minutes this season w/ Wemby OFF 91-71 030
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Anthony Edwards is psychotic in the best possible way Can never question the guy's heart and will 1271
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026TJ Shannon has been highly productive when given a longer runway. He's played only 12 games w/ 20 minutes or more, but averages nearly 17 PPG and 3.2 AST to 1.3 TOV per game. I understand the hesitancy from Chris Finch on defense, but he needs to play through mistakes in G6. 050
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Mentioned this on last night's Locked on Wolves Postcast (link below), but Julius Randle changed the tenor of the game w/ his physicality in 3Q. Went right at Gordon/Jokić 3x for scores/fouls, then drew two for a hockey assist 3. Fueled a 9-0 run. Exactly how he needs to play 290
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Pretty much best case scenario for the Wolves Makes closing out Denver very important to give Ant some more time to heal 2131
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Mike Conley this season has been the biggest beneficiary in terms of minutes when Anthony Edwards doesn't play, but that was pre-trade deadline. Expect Julius, Jaden, Ayo, Donte to shoot considerably more, with Naz and Julius to score more efficiently on higher volume. 040
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Julius Randle with a game-high 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and ZERO turnovers in the first half in OKC. Better numbers than his last 5 games vs OKC as a whole www.sports-reference.com/stathead/bas... (h/t @stathead.com) 0151
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Anthony Edwards with an emphatic block to cap off his most impressive half in a while Game-high 20 points (6 middy, 6 3PT, 8 FT) 3-5 2PT | 2-5 3PT | 8-8 FT 6 rebounds 3 assists / 0 turnovers Beautiful shot chart. Got others involved, then took over. Perfect formula. 070
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Anthony Edwards' 17-point 1Q this afternoon is his 9th quarter with at least 17 points this season, per @stathead.com It is his highest-scoring opening frame of the season www.sports-reference.com/stathead/bas... 000
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Is Kyle Anderson the same player he was two years ago? I'm not sure. But 2024 Slow-Mo fit *extremely* well next to: - Ant and Naz (+14.8 NET in 594 minutes) - Ant and Rudy (+11.6 NET in 482 minutes) Both groups had sub-105 DRTGs (ELITE) -- OKC's DRTG this year is 106.4 (#1) 161
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 25/02/20264 blocks now for McDaniels, becoming the 7th player in the NBA this season to have at least 4 blocks in a quarter. He's the only player with 4 blocks and a steal in a quarter this season, per @stathead.com. www.sports-reference.com/stathead/bas... 050
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026His TS% on creation plays (Iso/PnR/Post-up) keeps going up, as does the rate he is blitzed/trapped. So why can't he create more looks for his teammates off of it? He's surrounded by mostly elite shooters and has a great rolling big. 100
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The Wolves are 2nd-worst in AST% (55.8%) and last in AST (21.6 per game) over their L5 games. Anthony Edwards is averaging just 3.6 AST (2nd-lowest of career) and 8.9 potential AST per 100 poss. this year (lowest of his career); he has the fewest POT AST among high-share handlers. 152
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Julius Randle went for 31 in the second half tonight, becoming the 9th player in franchise history with a half of 30+ points. Anthony Edwards has done so twice this season (1-17 at SAS, 12-2 at NOP). @stathead.com www.sports-reference.com/stathead/bas... 091
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Awesome welcome back to Target Center for Nickeil Alexander-Walker, forever a fan favorite of Wolves faithful 181
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I asked Chris Finch before the game if there's levers he and his staff can pull to inspire more connectivity with the group, following up on a Julius Randle soundbite from last night: "Focus less on some of the mistakes but more on what the rhythm and connectivity looks like" Full quote: 150
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I have some custom scripts that fetch NBA data as part of my game prep. Part of that is generating similarity score based on statistical profiles (scoring, shooting, playmaking, play style, etc.) Player most similar to Ayo Dosunmu? Nickeil Alexander-Walker (67.0% similarity) 0142
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Anthony Edwards when it’s time to lead a 4Q comeback out of nowhere when the team looks terrible for 3 quarters 0170
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This deal as reported would get the Timberwolves under the first apron, which would likely be a precursor to a second, larger deal that requires them to either 1) use the NAW TPE of $7.58M, or BAE/TP MLE in a trade 2) take back more than 100% of outgoing salary 4293
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Bones Hyland has been at his best this season without Anthony Edwards (12 games entering tonight) Averaging 2.5 more PPG w/o Ant than with him (31 G) on much better 3PT shooting (37.2% vs 31.4%) and much higher +/- (+5.7 vs +1.7). Bones has a game-high 12 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 030
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Updated status report for the tonight's Warriors/Wolves rematch: Warriors notables: - Steph Curry QUESTIONABLE (right knee inflammation) - Draymond Green QUESTIONABLE (back soreness) - Horford/Melton OUT, which Kerr said was the plan pregame yesterday 031
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The Timberwolves before today’s game against the Warriors held a moment of silence in memory of Alex Pretti. 0124
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026McDaniels' 9 free throw attempts are one shy of his career high, which came back in 2022 against the Thunder, per @stathead.com. Tonight is his 3rd career game of at least 9 FTA, the other also coming against OKC, in that thrilling win last February. 010
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Good sign that Naz Reid has not immediately been ruled out. 150
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Every player who played in the first half for the Wolves was a +11 or better +24 on the 3PT line +13 in PTS off turnovers +10 in the paint +10 in assists +9 on the bench All while... -7 in FTA 070
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I also asked Micah Nori if Joan Beringer's lack of minutes in the flow of the game to this point being more about prioritizing Julius/Naz/Rudy or that Joan isn't quite ready yet. "It's kind of like being the backup shortstop for the Yankees for 20 years" Full quote: 151
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I asked Micah Nori if the team had in mind this past summer Anthony Edwards going to the post more as a counter to getting blitzed: "I think the one thing that he talked about was going into the post a little bit more after the way people were defending him in the playoffs." 020
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Some first half notes: - MIN wins 36-15 on 3PT line - DDV/Naz/Ant shoot 9-13 from 3 - MIN up 9-4 in stocks, but force just 2 TOs - CLE's 9 FB PTS drives 28-18 paint adv. - MIN 18 AST on 25 FGM (72.0% AST); 3-1 when 18+ AST in 1H - CLE up 13-4 in FTA - MIN bench up 24-14 030
Jack Borman @jackborman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Very nice half for the Wolves bench, who outscored the Cavs reserves 24-14. Naz Reid and Co. shot 3-6 from 2, 5-6 from 3, 3-4 from the FT line and dropped 8 dimes to 2 turnovers. Maintained good flow offensively as a driving force behind a 14-2 run early in the 2Q. 070