Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the end for the Wild. A disappointing season came to a fitting end Thursday with a 4-3 loss to Seattle. The Wild were neither good enough to make the playoffs nor bad enough to truly rebuild. Now the question is whether what figures to be a similar roster next year can get out of that murky middle. Also, the Gophers women’s basketball team landed a key transfer.
Inside the Naz Reid story with Chris Hine; Justin Jefferson trade idea
On Friday’s Daily Delivery podcast, Star Tribune Timberwolves writer Chris Hine joined host Michael Rand to talk about the upcoming playoff series against Phoenix and his excellent profile of center Naz Reid.
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April 19, 2024 at 3:37PM
8:00: Star Tribune Timberwolves writer Chris Hine joins Rand for a look ahead to the start of the playoffs Saturday against Phoenix. Minnesota went 0-3 against the Suns in the regular season. Can that change in the playoffs? Plus Hine goes into detail on his excellent Naz Reid profile.
37:00: A Justin Jefferson trade idea.
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