ducks
02-21-2005, 10:34 AM
• If former Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders ends up with the Los Angeles Lakers next season, it will be interesting to see whether the Lakers, one of the few teams that could afford Kevin Garnett, try to trade for the Wolves' star. Garnett is an unselfish player who wouldn't seem to have difficulty playing with egomaniac Kobe Bryant.
It's unclear whether the Lakers have enough players to trade for Garnett, but Devean George from Minneapolis and Augsburg would seem a cinch to be included in a deal.
• The New York Knicks remain a possibility for Saunders next season, and there is at least one prominent person in the organization who would like to see him coaching there. But Knicks chairman James Dolan is considered a meddler and a difficult person for whom to work.
Word is a handful of NBA teams already have expressed interest in Saunders, including Cleveland, Seattle, Portland and Toronto, which is managed by Rob Babcock, formerly the Timberwolves' player personnel director. Don't count out Orlando or Detroit, either.
• Saunders' agent, Mark Termini, flew into town last weekend to try to ensure that his client is to receive some $8 million he is owed by his contract, which runs through the 2005-06 season.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/football/10901309.htm?1c
It's unclear whether the Lakers have enough players to trade for Garnett, but Devean George from Minneapolis and Augsburg would seem a cinch to be included in a deal.
• The New York Knicks remain a possibility for Saunders next season, and there is at least one prominent person in the organization who would like to see him coaching there. But Knicks chairman James Dolan is considered a meddler and a difficult person for whom to work.
Word is a handful of NBA teams already have expressed interest in Saunders, including Cleveland, Seattle, Portland and Toronto, which is managed by Rob Babcock, formerly the Timberwolves' player personnel director. Don't count out Orlando or Detroit, either.
• Saunders' agent, Mark Termini, flew into town last weekend to try to ensure that his client is to receive some $8 million he is owed by his contract, which runs through the 2005-06 season.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/football/10901309.htm?1c