NBA Rumors: Kevin Garnett May Join Timberwolves if Sold to Marc Lore, Álex Rodríguez
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The Minnesota Timberwolves’ eventual handover from Glen Taylor to the ownership crew led by Marc Lore and Álex Rodríguez can even thaw the franchise’s icy relationship with Kevin Garnett, in step with ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.
“Assuming the transaction is finalized, there is a gamble Garnett will take a role with the organization, sources told ESPN,” Windhorst reported Monday. “He has been in a bitter dispute with Taylor and some distance-off from the franchise today.”
In 2021, Taylor agreed to a take care of Lore and Rodríguez that allowed them to frequently elevate their stake in the Timberwolves over a period of extra than one years. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported in December the pair were anticipated to situation off the option allowing them to manufacture the final 40 percent stake in the Wolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx they’re entitled to.
Ushering Taylor out the door can even attend the Timberwolves rebuild some goodwill with their biggest ever participant.
Garnett discussed his points with Taylor in a 2020 interview with The Athletic’s Shams Charania, with the weak seemingly alluding to a handshake deal the latter reneged on.
“Glen and I had an working out earlier than [head coach Flip Saunders] died, and when Flip died, that working out went with Flip,” Garnett said. “For that, I can even merely not forgive Glen. I can even merely not forgive him for that. I believed he became once a straight up particular person, straight up alternate man, and when Flip died, all the issues went with him.”
Wojnarowski famed Taylor will care for a 20 percent stake in the Wolves, so he can even merely not be some distance from the assert fully. His location as a minority shareholder might per chance well per chance nonetheless be adequate for Lore and Rodríguez to pursue a rapprochement with Garnett.