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per Pat:
The Timberwolves owe Tom Thibodeau $7 million for each of the next two seasons. Basically, that makes it a lock Ryan Saunders will be elevated from interim to head coach before he turns 33 on April 28.
The Wolves will make the case that Saunders has shown excellent head coaching potential in the three months since he replaced Thibodeau. He also has the endorsement of Karl-Anthony Towns, now as important to the also-ran Wolves as was Kevin Garnett when they were playoff regulars.
Behind the pro-Saunders rhetoric that will be forthcoming, there’s also the fact he figures to get a two-year, $4 million contract — and mostly because anything less than a couple of million per season would be an admission Ryan’s hiring was primarily because of money.
Another Minnesota guy, Dave Joerger from Staples, has done excellent work with the Sacramento Kings and would have been a more surefire hire. He also would have cost double what Saunders will be paid, and it’s now being reported that Joerger and his assistants will get a contract extension from the Kings.
http://www.startribune.com/expect-ryan-saunders-to-keep-timberwolves-coaching-job/508218862/
Go Gophers!!
The Timberwolves owe Tom Thibodeau $7 million for each of the next two seasons. Basically, that makes it a lock Ryan Saunders will be elevated from interim to head coach before he turns 33 on April 28.
The Wolves will make the case that Saunders has shown excellent head coaching potential in the three months since he replaced Thibodeau. He also has the endorsement of Karl-Anthony Towns, now as important to the also-ran Wolves as was Kevin Garnett when they were playoff regulars.
Behind the pro-Saunders rhetoric that will be forthcoming, there’s also the fact he figures to get a two-year, $4 million contract — and mostly because anything less than a couple of million per season would be an admission Ryan’s hiring was primarily because of money.
Another Minnesota guy, Dave Joerger from Staples, has done excellent work with the Sacramento Kings and would have been a more surefire hire. He also would have cost double what Saunders will be paid, and it’s now being reported that Joerger and his assistants will get a contract extension from the Kings.
http://www.startribune.com/expect-ryan-saunders-to-keep-timberwolves-coaching-job/508218862/
Go Gophers!!