Minnesota Timberwolves · 6 notes
Anthony Edwards is "playing off ball even more now," Minnesota's Bones Hyland said at practice, with LaMelo Ball taking "a lot of pressure off of him." Chris Finch wants Edwards and Jaden McDaniels rebounding better after the team "got crushed on the glass" playing small.
Minnesota's bench will go fast and small. "Pushing out in transition and making the game go faster will be our identity," Terrence Shannon Jr. said, with Ayo Dosunmu and Bones Hyland. Rebounding is the focus; he said it has improved since the first preseason game.
Minnesota's Bones Hyland expects a bigger role leading the second unit with Ayo Dosunmu. He says more pick-and-roll will free Rudy Gobert at the rim, Jonathan Kuminga will be a threat on the move and in transition, and "some guys may have to" sacrifice shots to win.
Hyland wants Jaden McDaniels "involved even more" on offense: "Unlock him." Half-court offense gets a "0.5 mentality" too: "Make a decision like it is transition," with cutting stressed on film. Anthony Edwards must speak up more as "the face of our franchise," he said.
Bones Hyland on the clip of Anthony Edwards trash-talking Jaylen Clark: "They had the wrong words what he said. He didn't say that." He declined to give the real ones. Hyland, Ayo Dosunmu and LaMelo Ball are the "core guys" who have hard talks with Edwards, plus Rudy Gobert.
Clark expects a fast attack, with Ayo Dosunmu and Bones Hyland among the guards "all pushing" to open lanes. The game has "finally slowed down" for him in camp. On his contract year: anyone claiming not to think about the money is "lying... that's life-changing money."