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‪CJ Fogler‬: Glen Taylor owns the Star-Tribune and just made $1.1 billion selling the Timberwolves but the paper refuses to regularly fund his own beat writer's travel to cover that team. He also recently shut down the strib's printing plant, it's now printed in Iowa. Funny how quote tweets are disabled for this

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Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett has agreed to reunite with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minnesota Lynx in a new, all-encompassing role involving business, community and fan-engagement efforts and content development, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Garnett and the Timberwolves will also hold his much-awaited No. 21 jersey retirement ceremony in Minnesota over the next two seasons, sources said. Garnett had been distant from the Timberwolves' organization since his playing career ended in 2016 due to a fallout with ex-owner Glen Taylor, refusing to have his jersey retired, but built a rapport with new governors Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez and the sides found common ground on a reunion.

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Chris Hine: Glen Taylor sitting in his typical seats courtside, for those curious. He retains the seats as part of the ownership agreement.

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Pablo Torre: “What they had discovered, what they had found out is that uh Glenn Taylor in the months during this push and pull had two executives create what amounts to a burn book, as in like a Mean Girls-style list.” “A list that has been described to me as numbered and 77 items long. And this list of 77 things Glenn Taylor slash the Timberwolves hate about Mark Lore and Alex Rodriguez was communicating to the NBA and then to anyone who would listen: ‘You can't approve these guys.’”

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Pablo Torre: Glenn Taylor in the months during this push and pull had two executives create what amounts to a burn book, as in like a mean girl style list. A list that has been described to me as numbered and 77 items long. And this list of 77 things Glen Taylor/The Timberwolves hate about Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez was communicating to the NBA and then to anyone who would listen. “You can't approve these guys. Marc Lore had dinner with Kevin Garnett and never told me, Alex Rodriguez did steroids…

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Silver was asked in 2019 what it would take for him to punish a team in the same way his predecessor, David Stern, penalized the Minnesota Timberwolves a quarter-century ago. The Timberwolves signed forward Joe Smith to a series of inexpensive one-year deals with a promise to ink him to a massive future contract. The NBA fined the Timberwolves $3.5 million, stripped them of five first-round picks, voided Smith’s contract and temporarily suspended then-owner Glen Taylor and general manager Kevin McHale. “Certainly, if we had an incident along those same lines, we have the same tools available to us,” Silver said. “I think that … was just such a bright-line violation, and at the time the league office responded very forcefully. Again, I think the environment I’d say has changed in certain ways. Having been involved with the league for a long time, I know there’s been some people out there saying things have gotten much worse.

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Chris Mannix: So something I've heard owners asking is how much did this cost them? So we'll see. Ballmer in this interview said largely what I expected him to say. Now it comes down to an NBA investigation. how rigorous that investigation is and just how much proof the NBA needs to believe this to be true. Like, they're never going to find a smoking gun. They're never going to find the kind of evidence that existed back in 2000 when the NBA dinged the Timberwolves for what at the time was five first-round draft picks. They voided Joe Smith's contract. They suspended Glen Taylor and uh Kevin McHale.

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Jon Krawczynski: Wolves coach Chris Finch thanks Glen and Becky Taylor as their 30-year run as owners comes to a close.

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The leaguewide expectation, of course, is that Minnesota will ultimately sign Connelly to a new deal now that Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have at last secured operational control of the franchise from longtime owner Glen Taylor.

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Indications from both parties are that there is a willingness to put the bitterness of their dispute behind them and move forward in an amicable manner. The battle is over, so there is no desire to extend it in front of the public. It is the end of an era in Minnesota. Taylor saved the Wolves from moving to New Orleans when he swooped in and bought them in 1994. He built a Lynx organization that has won four championships and been to the WNBA Finals seven times. As he prepares to depart, the Timberwolves might be in the best shape they have ever been in from a competitive standpoint.

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One more thing to keep an eye on: they’re going to work to rekindle that relationship with Kevin Garnett. Garnett still hasn’t had his No. 21 “Big Ticket” jersey retired. He refused to do so with Glen Taylor as owner. I expect that to change, and I expect more conversations about a potential role for Garnett within the organization alongside A-Rod and Lore.

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After years long battle, Glen Taylor and Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez have agreed to complete full ownership to Lore-Rodriguez, sources tell ESPN. Taylor will not appeal Minnesota arbitrators that ruled in favor of Lore-Rodriguez in February. NBA will start transfer process.

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Shams Charania: Glen Taylor has agreed on Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez acquiring 100% ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx at the same $1.5 billion tag the sides reached in 2021, sources said.

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Jon Krawczynski: Confirmed that Glen Taylor and Marc Lore/Alex Rodriguez have an agreement in place on a transfer of ownership of the Wolves and Lynx. A long, difficult battle now goes to the NBA league approval

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