Get to know the remade Gophers with basketball writer Marcus Fuller

Intro: Michael Rand stayed up for the longest game in MLB this season, and if you did as well there was a payoff: Unlikely heroics from Miguel Sano and Matt Shoemaker, two of the most disappointing Twins players so far this season, in an 7-5 win over the Reds that lasted 12 innings and more than five hours. The Twins have won five in a row and will need more heroics like that as they try to overcome their own 31-41 start and more adversity in the form of another Byron Buxton injury.

6:00: Gophers men's basketball beat writer Marcus Fuller joins Daily Delivery to break down a completely remade roster. With Ben Johnson's arrival as coach coinciding with the ramping up of the transfer portal, you won't recognize many players on this year's Gophers. Fuller evaluates who is coming in, who might help right away and what outgoing transfers surprised him the most.

28:00: Rand can't help himself and has to talk more about a possible Ben Simmons trade — and how the Wolves can get into that mix. If you're a Wolves fan, you want to be in that discussion even after Simmons' postseason meltdown. But it would take a lot of assets to get a player like Simmons, flaws and all.

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