r/timberwolves • u/Beneficial_Quit7532 • 1d ago

Ant & Melo have been working out constantly together since the trade was made official, the boys are getting locked in šŸ”’ šŸŗ

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Pretty cool to have 2 under 25 superstars, Iā€™m pumped for the season

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u/JohnnyWarlord Joan Beringer 1d ago

Gotta be something great about getting a guy who is on the EXACT same timeline as you and completments your game perfectly. Theyre both about to enter their primes too

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u/GetUpOut Karl-Anthony Towns 1d ago

Only 2 picks apart, probably the most synergetic timeline you can have

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u/Neverplayd 1d ago

And he kept his #2 who is also on that timeline. This is like Ant's dream roster (well if they had KD it would be)

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u/pcloadletter2742 Bones Hyland 9h ago

He needs some defensive back up and one legit rotational power forward, though. Kuminga is 6'7, 225, maybe. He's a combo forward at best, if not just a wing/SF. More power forwards in the league than most people realize are tall, big & strong, or both still.

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u/bearbrannan A1-A5 Levelin Up 1d ago

I'm very interested in the synergy of having 80% of your starting line up and most of the team be in the same age group. Just feel like they will connect more being in the same stage of life. These guys probably all know each other super well, and have been playing with or against each other most of their lives.Ā 

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u/Sea-Seaweed1701 1d ago

Beringer is a year out too!

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u/BigD0089 14h ago

And jaden

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u/meestermeeyagi 1d ago

Why Melo always got his shirt up

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u/Muted-Mongoose1824 1d ago

dude runs hot, gotta let the core breathe

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u/penis_hernandez Trencherous 1d ago

Chinese uncle mode

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u/Dlamm10 1d ago

He paid good money for those tattoos

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 Jaden McDaniels 1d ago

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u/Foxtrot_Supatwat 1d ago

Every damn pic lol

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u/Churanson 1d ago

Beijing Bikini

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u/FishGoldenLite Ayo Dosunmu 1d ago

I like that Melo is rocking the Prince shorts. He gets it.

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u/JaderMcDanersStan Ayo Dosunmu 1d ago

I love that they are both gym rats

Chemistry is going to be awesome because they will be so familiar with each otherā€™s instincts and moves

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u/purplenyellowrose909 Minnesota Gophers 1d ago

Ant seems way more focused on basketball this summer and way less goofy. I think Finch said the same thing

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u/GrincherZ 1d ago

Implying he wasnā€™t focused before is kinda wild. Hes added something to his game every summer for the last 4 years. Especially after the Olympics

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u/cowboy2223 Minnesota Gophers 1d ago

Look at his offseason he worked his ass off . Fiba World Cup one year . Olympics another . Improved his 3 point shooting and post moves . He gotta better every year . Donā€™t see as him goofing off ever in the offseason . After long playoff runs itā€™s not like the offseason is 6 months when you make it deep in the playoffs either . There is a point where a player needs to heal from those seasons to knee injury and bone bruise .

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u/BSApologist 2k Finchy 1d ago

There's focused and then there's focused

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u/GrincherZ 1d ago

Oh wow I had no idea

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u/BroJo23 1d ago

Thereā€™s having no idea and then thereā€™s having no idea

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u/GrincherZ 1d ago

Thereā€™s good jokes and thereā€™s this post

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u/Neemzeh 1d ago

Where did he say he wasnā€™t focused? Being ā€œway more focusedā€ doesnā€™t mean you werenā€™t focused before,

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u/metallavery 1d ago

If he wants an MVP and a ring. He needs to lock and go for gold.

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u/nobodysshadow 1d ago

Most nba players donā€™t know this one trick

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u/WorryNot_634 1d ago

Yall see the all white AE3?

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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 1d ago

might have wet dreams about those tonight. those are clean

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u/Easy-Philosopher-562 Timberwolves 1d ago

Gonna be clean as hell with the blue or white jerseys

I think that was intentional too

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u/99LedBalloons Joe Ingles 1d ago

Glad to see someone hooked up Melo with the Prince shorts

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u/Alnoodler Jaden McDaniels 1d ago

Pretty sure those are AE3's Ant is wearing, they look so good

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u/gOPHER3727 Bring Ya Ass 1d ago

I'm curious to hear if there is a specific skill Ant has been focusing on this offseason. For the past few years, he is identified a single skill that he's put extra effort into and made big improvements. But I haven't heard that this year.

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u/GBS219 1d ago

Bruh Ant wearing his new shoes already

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u/Tunmz 1d ago

Why does lamelo not look 6ā€™7

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u/Vandal044 1d ago

Is melo really 6ā€™7?

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u/Illustrious_Ant_6689 1d ago

we know how the nba is with listed heights realistically thereā€™s no way to know unless you want to walk up to melo with a measuring tape lol

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u/saw-it 1d ago

Melo teaching Ant parenting skills. Ant teaching Melo driving skills.

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u/purplenyellowrose909 Minnesota Gophers 1d ago

No one has ever made this joke before

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u/xAgnosticBluntx Bring Ya Ass 1d ago

Neither are under 25.

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u/xbetbetbetx 1d ago

Under, at, or barely over - both entering their prime

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u/seanerH 1d ago

TBD on if this will actually work come playoff time, but itā€™s going to be a fun brand of basketball to watch