LaMelo Ball on how he taught the Wolves to be ready for his passes “Nah, just get your head up, actually I tried to hit them in the head a couple times(laughs), once you get that in the head one time, you’re always gonna have your head up, that’s how I was as a kid”

Chris Finch on how LaMelo Ball and Jonathan Kuminga have learned to play with Rudy Gobert so quickly “I mean it’s so much skill and ability to read the floor, passing is obviously elite, I think defensively those guys have done a good job of reading Rudy really quickly. JK has really done a great job of kind of playing off and around Rudy, a lot of his decision making has been quick and that allows him to read the next line of defense, which is where you can find Rudy the best”

Chris Finch on how Jonathan Kuminga has jelled so well with the Wolves “Well, he’s doing everything we asked him to do, or everything he said he wanted to do when he came here about guarding, defending, hustle plays, all that kind of stuff. Rebounding at a good clip. And then he’s just really letting the ball come to him, he’s trusting his offense, and his teammates”

Chris Finch on Terrence Shannon Jrs ability to play defense “There’s been great growth there, there really has been. His contain, his routes, he’s not fouling, he used to be a high foul guy. You know the only missing piece for him now is rebounding a little better level and that’d be exactly what that lineup needs”

Chris Finch on the decision to keep LaMelo Ball in the game with four fouls in the third “He barely played, he wasn’t in a rhythm, and like if he was going to add anything to the game it was going to happen then and there, and try to play him into a rhythm.”

Rudy Gobert on if he’s played on a team that had talked more trash than the 2026-27 Wolves “(Sighs) yeah, I mean I played with Joe Ingles for many years, I’ve played with Ant for many years now… lIf we talk, we got to act, that’s the only rule I want… the talking can be fun, can be funny, but I value the actions, I always had the more humble approach… I believe in the basketball gods. You know, I always feel like when I talk to much it bites me back(laughs)”

Technically LaMelo Ball did this in 68 minutes and 22 seconds… Jaden McDaniels it took a modest 90 minutes flat.

LaMelo Ball has played 69 minutes for the TimberWolves through three games… he leads the NBA in total plus/minus at +68. I can’t put into words how good that is.

Wolves 3-0, Scottie Barnes 0-12 With Ryan Eichten xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1vJpPNyjO…

Terrence Shannon Jr on being healthy this season and cutting out candy from his diet “it’s good, my goal going into the summer was to play 82 games this year. I feel like I’m doing a really good job of taking care of my body. I made sacrifices with food” “I cut out all fat food and candy” On being a candy guy “Yeah I’m addicted to candy(laughs) gave up all of it, for the whole season”

LaMelo Ball on keeping a rhythm with three fouls and Chris Finch trusting him to stay in with his fourth “I always just keep a rhythm, I know the game, it’s a long game… there’s always two half’s to every basketball game so throw away the first half and second half try to make an impact. On Finch keeping him in with four fouls “Yeah yeah yeah, I was rocking with that for sure”

LaMelo Ball on his first game at home “Yeah, I mean it felt great, energy was high, vibes was high, we got the win so most importantly”

Calling flopping fouls on the team that’s been arguably the most anti-flopping feels petty.

Nia Brodey and Maya Caldwell in the house as well. Wolves are soon to be… 1-0 with Lynx in the building this year

Unironically… is it too early to start a DPOY campaign for Rudy Gobert? Is three games too soon?

End of 3 notebook- 90-62 Wolves lead @REichten joins me after the media stuff for the post game live 35-15 quarter. Good lord the defense might be really really good, like top 5 good. LaMelo Ball give the Wolves 8 minutes with four fouls in the third and looked great, swarming on defense, spectacular on offense. Ball +25 in 13 mins.

Massive crowd pop on the LaMelo Ball three followed by LaMelo spamming the emote button like it’s 2K is how I’d summarize the vibes of this season so far

Four fouls on LaMelo Ball 31 seconds into the second half. Traditionally Finch has a short leash with guys in foul trouble. Looks like he’s going to trust LaMelo here to not pick up a fifth.

Notebook dump at half: 51-40 Wolves lead 11 point lead with only 5 mins of LeMelo isn’t to bad, offense has remained fairly in flow, and moving. Got a little sticky with the second unit but not bad. 12 turnovers isn’t ideal. 9 offensive boards for Toronto. No fouls in 7 mins for Joan, however rebounding had been iffy.