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Sep 2023
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Chris Finch

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The coaching series is BACK with a banger. This week we welcome in Minnesota Timberwolves head coach, Chris Finch. We are so grateful for the time he gave us and hope you all enjoy the episode. Topics include: Chris coaching JJ Redick on The New Orleans Pelicans, his unique coaching journey in Europe, coaching for The Houston Rockets G-League team, experimenting in the G-League, balancing analytics and personnel, figuring out how to use Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert, the evolution of Anthony Edwards, learning from the playoffs, the very public bench fight between Rudy Gobert and Kyle Anderson and dealing with team conflict and so much more.


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