{"id":567629,"date":"2026-01-29T03:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/567629\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:08:13","slug":"chris-finch-gushes-about-anthony-davis-amid-brutal-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/567629\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Finch gushes about Anthony Davis amid brutal injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> at American Airlines Center on Wednesday, looking to gain more momentum after recently snapping their five-game skid.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves are coming off a victory against the Golden State Warriors, 108-83, on Monday. Minnesota played without Anthony Edwards, while Golden State did not have Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-takes-blame-loss-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">While Edwards has returned to action<\/a>, Dallas is still missing <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b77109e3\/anthony-davis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Davis<\/a>. The oft-sidelined star is out for at least one more month due to a hand injury.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves coach <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/chris-finch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Finch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/2016664102215520302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">is fully aware<\/a> that the Mavericks are handicapped without Davis, who has only played 20 games this season, averaging 20.4 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.6 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazing player. One of my favorites,\u201d said Finch, as quoted by NBA insider Marc Stein.<\/p>\n<p>Stein added: \u201cFinch coached Davis in New Orleans and said he rated AD as the league&#8217;s top pick-and-roll defender among bigs until Victor Wembanyama&#8217;s arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Was Finch hinting at trying to acquire the 32-year-0ld Davis before the trade deadline? Probably not. But a reunion in Minnesota could be beneficial for both of them.<\/p>\n<p>Finch was an assistant coach of the Pelicans from 2017 to 2020, with Davis serving as the team&#8217;s centerpiece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/mavericks-dream-2026-nba-trade-deadline-scenario-anthony-davis-drama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mavericks are reportedly shopping around Davis<\/a>, but his injury history and huge contract could be off-putting for some teams. Still, he is one of the league&#8217;s players when healthy.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Timberwolves, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/timberwolves-dream-2026-nba-trade-deadline-scenario-finals-hump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julius Randle could be on the move<\/a>, even though Finch has often touted his significance to the team with his all-around skill set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves visited the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on Wednesday, looking to gain more momentum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[495,7,2026,149,307,152,3954,6,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-567629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-chris-finch","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-minnesota","13":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","14":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115976189203396814","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}