Timberwolves coach Chris Finch pokes enjoyable at JJ Redick on podcast look

The Minnesota Timberwolves weren’t afraid of trash speak throughout and instantly after their playoff sequence win over the Los Angeles Lakers final spring, and a brand new NBA season doesn’t imply the chatter has stopped. The dialogue continued Thursday, when Minnesota coach Chris Finch made an look on “The Zach Lowe Show.”

During a reside episode filmed in Minneapolis, Finch made some playful quips within the opening moments of his visitor look. Lowe, a media persona and the present’s host, started by speaking about his six-month break from the sport in between his departure from ESPN and becoming a member of the Ringer, noting how a lot he appreciated the downtime.

“I bet three-quarters of these people are going to go home and do a podcast tonight,” Finch stated.

Lowe responded, “You’re going with the anti-media tropes right out of the gate.”

Then, Finch took a lighthearted jab at Lakers coach JJ Redick. “I mean, it’ll qualify you to coach the Lakers,” he said.

The crowd loudly reacted, and it left Lowe smiling. He paused earlier than responding.

“That’s fair,” Lowe stated. “Can’t argue with it.”

Finch and Redick have a long-standing relationship spanning again to 2019. When Redick performed for the New Orleans Pelicans, Finch was an assistant on head coach Alvin Gentry’s employees. The two developed a pleasant bond that included some banter. That carried into the primary recreation of this season between the Timberwolves and Lakers on Oct. 24. Redick joked in a pregame information convention that Finch instructed Redick he was taking too many mid-range pictures throughout his time in New Orleans, regardless of his effectivity from that space of the courtroom.

Near the top of his taking part in profession in 2020, Redick launched “The Old Man and the Three” podcast within the NBA bubble. He developed a big following for his basketball evaluation and joined forces with LeBron James for a brand new podcast in March 2024. However, Redick was employed to educate the Lakers that June with no teaching expertise. His podcasting profession was paused, and he was tasked with main one of the precious franchises on this planet.

Last spring, the Timberwolves spoiled the Lakers’ celebration. Minnesota was a large underdog as a No. 6 seed in its first-round matchup with Los Angeles, however the Wolves dealt with the Lakers with a dominant five-game sequence win.

The Timberwolves didn’t chorus from trash speak on and off the courtroom. The vocal Anthony Edwards was fined $50,000 for profane feedback he made to a Lakers fan in the course of the third quarter of Game 1.

After the series-clinching victory, Minnesota’s social media account leaned into trash-talking. Many had predicted the Lakers would take the sequence in 5 video games, which the Wolves’ social media staff referenced.

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Another put up featured a Lakers flight headed for Cancun — a generally invoked level of trash speak in the course of the NBA postseason that refers to a staff’s supposed plans after elimination.

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The account additionally used a section from Season 1 of Netflix’s “Starting 5,” wherein Edwards discusses hoping to beat James in a head-to-head matchup.

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If these two groups face off once more within the playoffs, there’ll seemingly be fireworks, and Finch now has the newest chuckle in his friendship with Redick.