RandBall: If Chris Finch wants to 'lengthen the rotation,' he is free to do so

With great joy and amusement, I was able to share a television moment that has become a perfect meme on Monday's Daily Delivery podcast with Patrick Reusse.

Reusse, who has seen about 100 times more prestige TV than I have — unless we are counting animated movies in the last decade, which aside from sports is about all I have time to watch with our three young kids — was only vaguely familiar with the Netflix sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave.

And he did not know about the wonderful "hot dog costume" sketch, in which star Tim Robinson crashes a wiener-mobile into a clothing store, gets out wearing a hot dog costume and declares when the police show up, "we're all trying to find the guy who did this."

The scene is the default social media comeback whenever blame or at least ownership of a situation is obvious.

And it came to my mind immediately last week when Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, shortly after Minnesota was eliminated by Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals, said this:

"I think we definitely need to lengthen the rotation."

Finch was not wearing a hot dog costume, but he might as well have been.

Finchy, some advice: You are the guy who is in charge of doling out playing time. At any point in the past season, with numerous young players at your disposal, you could have broadened things out to include nine or 10 guys.

If this truly was an epiphany, it was extremely ill-timed.

But let's remember this next season, particularly if Finch gets stuck on his eight-player rotation again.

We're all trying to find the guy who did this.

Here are nine more things you need to know today:

• Reusse and I also talked about how we have no interest in the Wolves acquiring Kevin Durant as well as the Twins' dramatic series in Seattle. You can find the full episode here.

• The struggles of Royce Lewis, which I wrote about last week, continued in Seattle. In Sunday's loss he was hitless in two at bats as the No. 9 hitter before being pinch hit for by Brooks Lee. Lewis' batting average is down to an unsightly .127.
• Lewis was once the hottest Twins prospect, which brings about a certain pressure. Jac Caglianone, a slugging prospect with the Royals, will surely feel some of that now that he has been called up to help Kansas City.
• Every team in the WNBA has at least two losses except the Lynx and Liberty, who are both a perfect 7-0. Minnesota's last victory came Sunday over expansion Golden State. Are the Lynx and Liberty on a WNBA Finals collision course again?
• Minnesota United won at Seattle for the first time in its MLS existence Sunday, hanging on for a 3-2 win thanks to a three-goal outburst after halftime.
• Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has been known for comebacks in helping Indiana reach the NBA Finals against Oklahoma City, but he might have saved his best for a social media retort aimed at famous Knicks superfan Ben Stiller.

To Stiller's credit, he replied: "Congrats. All the best in OKC."

• Niko Medved's ninth transfer addition to the Gophers men's basketball program was a big one: Cade Tyson, a sharpshooter who played sparingly at North Carolina last season but starred previously at Belmont, could be a nice fit.
• P.J. Fleck, meanwhile, picked up five old-fashioned high school commitments for the class of 2026.
• It's been about a decade since there was this much intrigue about a young Vikings quarterback. Back then, it was Teddy Bridgewater, and the shorthand for his progress came via the oft-asked question "How's Teddy lookin'?" Fans are now asking "How's J.J. lookin'?" and the Star Tribune's Andrew Krammer will have some early answers as my expected guest on Tuesday's Daily Delivery podcast.