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Dane Moore
Dane Moore is Zone Coverage's staff writer covering the Minnesota Timberwolves. Dane has been covering the Wolves in various capacities since the inception of the Tom Thibodeau era -- which was a really weird place to start his NBA writing career.
You can find Dane's coverage of the Timberwolves and the NBA with Charlie Johnson at Zone Coverage and on The Dane Moore NBA Podcast. The goal is perpetuating a love of the game and elevating the basketball conversation -- because that's what Nikola Pekovic would want. (Will talk about jump hooks.)
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3/17 RECAP: Second Unit Derails Wolves in San Antonio
By Dane Moore - Mar 17, 2018
For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 2017-18 season had three goals: improve, coalesce, and gain playoff experience. After a 117-101 loss at the hands of the San Antonio […]
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MOORE: Is a Spurs-y Evolution Necessary For the Thibodeau-led Wolves?
By Dane Moore - Mar 17, 2018
Necessity forces innovation in Minnesota. Under Tom Thibodeau, there is a system that has specific roles and only certain players are allowed to play each role. Unless […]
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MOORE: How Missing The Playoffs Could Benefit The Wolves
By Dane Moore - Mar 14, 2018
So, here’s the deal: If the Wolves miss the playoffs, they get to keep their first-round pick this summer. If they make the playoffs, that pick is […]
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What the Timberwolves Can Learn from the Celtics During Butler’s Absence
By Dane Moore - Mar 8, 2018
Expectations are a funny thing. They’re not real, or at least they certainly are not static. No team is more emblematic of their variable nature than the […]
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Anthony Brown, Amile Jefferson and the Nature of Two-Way Contracts
By Dane Moore - Mar 6, 2018
A glance at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ roster is a different experience in 2017-18. Names like Butler, Crawford and Teague are, of course, signifiers of an influx of talent […]
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3/2 RECAP: Wolves Ride Emotional Rollercoaster In Loss to Jazz
By Dane Moore - Mar 3, 2018
With three-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter, Taj Gibson took a dribble to his right and spun back over his right shoulder for a lefty hook […]
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The Other Elite Centers: Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert
By Dane Moore - Mar 2, 2018
The Best Center In The Game conversation has narrowed. A two-player tier seems to have formed: Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid. Prior to the season, there was […]
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MOORE: The Role of Jeff Teague and the Fading Glimmer of Tyus Jones
By Dane Moore - Feb 28, 2018
I once attended a summer basketball camp run by a wildly successful high school basketball coach. Each morning, before the drills would start, the coach would give […]
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Are the Sacramento Kings Worse Than Every Wolves Team Ever?
By Dane Moore - Feb 26, 2018
It can be argued that the worst Minnesota Timberwolves team of all-time is the Isaiah Rider, Christian Laettner and Doug West-led squad from the 1994-95 season. During that season, […]
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REPORT: Justin Patton and Anthony Brown Allegedly Received ‘Extra Benefits’ While Amateurs
By Dane Moore - Feb 23, 2018
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the messy underbelly of the NCAA’s recruiting process and the roles of NBA agents. Most notably, these extensive cases cost […]
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The Two Paths of Jimmy Butler’s Next Maximum Contract
By Dane Moore - Feb 21, 2018
Forty-three players in the NBA are making more than the $19.3 million that 28-year-old Jimmy Butler will be paid this season. His deal increases by 6 percent […]
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Gorgui Dieng: The Overpaid, Undervalued, Backup Center
By Dane Moore - Feb 19, 2018
Gorgui Dieng is a backup center. For the 2017-18 season, the Wolves’ fifth-year big man is averaging 17.5 minutes per game. Two hundred eighty-two of those minutes […]