Craig Fulgency

@JonKrawczynski Elite play from Ayo!

Ayo Dosunmu has his second career triple-double: He's up to 14p, 14r, 10a. The 16th player in Wolves history to do it.

@mikerenner_ A separate but related business could have been Be the GM by PFF, a fantasy football league backed by pro level player data.

@mikerenner_ They could not expand their consumer market share. A strategy they were counting on to scale the business. A classic case of not understanding your audience. Should have tied directly to a fantasy football partner or acquired one via M&A.

Got word earlier that today is effectively the last day of PFF’s consumer product as we know it with mass layoffs amid their sale to Teamworks. A couple weeks ago I walked through the PFF office one last time before it closed for good to reminisce with former coworkers and play one last game of beer die on the roof. I came across an item collecting dust on the wall that I found incredibly telling: the PFF MVP Belt that used to be given out every year but hadn’t been updated since 2021. That coincided with the year that Neil Hornsby was forced out of the company he founded. His departure was followed by Austin Gayle and Eric Eager leaving the following year - the leaders of PFF’s Consumer and Analytics products respectively. I often think back to those times with equal parts nostalgia and regret. Nostalgia for when PFF was truly the most passionate football company in America. Say what you want about the grades and the stats, but there was no company outside of football teams that cared more about ball circa 2021. Unfortunately, PFF operated as if that was a given for the industry and made the common error of valuing outside talent and new revenue sources (i.e. the PFF app) as more important than the people that got them to where they were. It’s to my great shame that I didn’t advocate more forcefully for those guys in negotiations on their way out. To make things worse, I then proceeded to take the cowardly way out myself. After numerous disputes with management that spring, I left the week before the 2023 NFL draft with no job lined. Instead of rallying the troops and becoming a leader at the company, I ran away and I regret it to this day. The passion I had felt only a couple years earlier was gone by then. The story of PFF is just that: a company that lost its passion. Instead of empowering those who cared the most, they often stifled them and took them for granted until they checked out or left. There’s no substitute in any organization for people who will do whatever it takes to get the job done and there was a time where that described every single employee at PFF. Even after seeing all the negative effects of their inability to retain employees that truly give a shit, they again showed even more guys that fit that description the door today. I still believe in the ethos of PFF. Better analysis, smarter fans. It’s a brand that can very easily be revived if they started putting people first again. Until then, though, the half-decade long tailspin will only continue.

@JonKrawczynski This could be the game that defines the season. A tipping point for the Wolves!

That's the win of the season right there for the Timberwolves. My goodness.

@JonKrawczynski I turned this game off with 3 min to go in OT… a 15-0 run in 3 minutes!?! Just unreal after letting Houston back in the game.

@TWolvesLead I think there is a lot of respect between these two teams. Connelly, of course, is a key connector, but both teams play the game the right way.

Timberwolves and Nuggets are officially tied in the standings for 4th in the West They will battle on Sunday

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

@JonKrawczynski Kyle Anderson would be a natural fit, but Memphis doesn’t appear in a hurry to cut him. Who could provide bench depth and play significant minutes for a playoff push?

Special mail bag edition of the Jon Krawczynski Show today. Send Wolves/NBA questions here and we will get to as many as possible on the show today.

@JonKrawczynski If Finch doesn't pull this group together, Mika Nouri will be the head coach within 2 weeks.

@CraigFulgency Ant and Julius are good enough to deserve it, though

The Wolves @JonKrawczynski are starting to feel eerily similar to the Wild teams of Parise and Suter who received preferential treatment that divided the locker room. This time around its Ant and Julius.

@DripMasterFlex1 6-4 as a starter.

i’m not giving up on this after 10 games

So here’s the final deal, per sources: Wolves get Ayo Dosunmu, Julian Phillips. Bulls get: Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, four seconds

Love it, just don’t love that he’ll be a FA

@SleeperTWolves I'm thrilled to get Ayo. Julian Phillips is a project that doesn't interest me much.

Timberwolves fans, How do you feel about the Ayo Dosunmu trade?? 🤔 Let’s hear it ⬇️

@SleeperTWolves I wouldn’t be surprised if the wolves traded for Ayo tonight and put an end to this Giannis drama.

Under 24 Hrs until the trade deadline hits. What do you think the Wolves are gonna do?? Does Connelly got any magic in him? #NBATradeDeadline

@esidery I have to disagree with you. Get your picks and prospects by trading away Randle and Gobert. The only question then is the centerpiece. Jaden is the piece Milwaukee wants, buy Connelly will not give him up. Now its a matter of who/if anyone blinks.

Joan Beringer is another player the Timberwolves will need to include in a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade. Selected No. 17 overall last year, the 19-year-old 7-footer has flashed intriguing upside. Beringer and Jaden McDaniels would be sent to the Bucks in a potential framework.

@DraftKings Rudy would limit Giannis's effectiveness. A redundant player among starters. Keep Naz and space the floor a bit more.

IMAGINE the Minnesota Timberwolves rotation with Giannis Antetokounmpo 👀 Instant title contenders? 🏆

@asiddiqui15 Ayo Dosunmu

It’ll be very disappointing if the wolves get neither

@Gaardsy @Gaardsy wherever Morant lands it will likely be on his back.

Everybody wants to play here.

Is @Giannis_An34 still worth the equivalent of 7 first round picks? Milwaukee thinks so, but do other GMs? He's still in his prime, but only in the 75% of games he actually plays. So no, 5 firsts seem more realistic. Well, maybe 6 because he's Giannis.