[外電] Wolves owner Taylor still a fan of Saunders, KG
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Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said he is enjoying watching former coach Flip
Saunders and ex-star player Kevin Garnett compete in the NBA Eastern
Conference Finals, and doesn't look back with regrets about the decisions
that led to their departure.
"Well, not quite like that. I'm just saying my intent is always to get a
championship, but it doesn't bother me to watch these games," Taylor said. "I
still consider Flip a friend and KG a friend. So, to me, I enjoy just the
competition. But I'm not envious or anything like that -- I enjoy watching
them. They're just both in different environments now, and I wish them well.
"As you know, it's been really competitive so it's been just really
interesting to watch it, but no, I don't have a favorite team in the playoffs
at all."
Taylor said he does try to evaluate the decisions that resulted in Saunders
being discharged and Garnett traded. And the decisions that were made to not
keep Chauncey Billups, a big star with the Pistons, and Sam Cassell, who is
with the Celtics.
"I do ... try to evaluate why we did what we did, and was there anything we
could have done differently or we should have done differently --
businesswise I do that, but not envious or second-guessing or anything like
that."
Draft to help
The Timberwolves had a 17-25 record after injured guard Randy Foye returned
to the lineup, and because of that, Taylor said he believes the current draft
will improve the team over last season.
"That's one of the reasons that I have optimism, is if we can get Randy in
there from the very beginning and doing what we felt he could do. We played
pretty darn good," he said.
However, he said he doesn't believe the team will be a title contender until
the 2009-2010 season, when they can wipe $20 million off the books being paid
to Troy Hudson, Juwan Howard and Antoine Walker. Then that money will be
freed up under the salary cap to sign some top free agents.
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