Flip Saunders

Sam Mitchell, head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, has something he needs to get off his chest. His players need bigger chests. And biceps. And triceps. They just need to gain weight in general. The Timberwolves, henceforth referred to as the Timberpups, are one of the NBA’s early feel-good stories. With so many projects on [...]

The entire basketball world is in shock and grieving over the loss of Flip Saunders, as the Timberwolves shared the sad news on Sunday. A few months ago, new became public that Saunders would take a leave of absence from his role as Timberwolves’ coach and GM in order to seek treatment for his Hodgkin’s [...]

Long before the Minnesota Timberwolves actually traded Kevin Love, the prevailing belief around the NBA was that they were going to move him. It wasn’t a hunch. It wasn’t an inkling. It was a fact. And then they actually moved Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers, after a brief dalliance with the Golden State Warriors. But [...]

As if Andrew Wiggins’ life wasn’t already oceans of awkward. Kevin Love has been traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. But he hasn’t really been traded, because Wiggins himself cannot be traded until August 23 after signing his rookie deal. So the deal is done, but [...]

Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is feeling nostalgic, and this obsession with the past could prevent president and coach Flip Saunders from trading Kevin Love. According to CBS Spors’ Ken Berger, Taylor is still wary of dealing Love, fully aware this reeks of the same bad juju that went down between the team [...]

Someone, anyone, must explain the Chicago Bulls’ sudden infatuation with Kevin Love. After adding Pau Gasol to a frontcourt rotation that already includes Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson, and after basically removing themselves from the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes by asking him to take a ridiculously large pay cut, the Bulls are apparently making a competitive [...]

Let’s call last year’s NBA trade deadline what it was: Awful and boring. Next, let’s guess what this year’s NBA trade deadline will be like: Potentially awful and boring. The current collective bargaining agreement has made it so NBA teams aren’t as frivolous with their spending and willingness to assume long-term contracts. Punitive luxury-tax penalties [...]

Nikola Pekovic still hasn’t signed anything, which is only weird because Brandon Jennings has. Of all the free agents, especially restricted free agents, most wouldn’t have thought Pek would be the last big name to sign. He should have been one of the first. After averaging 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds last season, a deal [...]

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March 21, 2011 – R.S. De France We see it all the time. Bad seasons often lead to coaching changes. The average tenure for an NBA Head Coach is only 3.2 seasons. Legends like Phil Jackson (in his 12th season with the Lakers) and Jerry Sloan (with Utah for 23 years) and Gregg Popovich (16th [...]