Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders believes the team built chemistry and relationships during their mini-camp, according to Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
“Our No. 1 goal within this week was to compete,” Saunders said. “Because it’s been a really long time since they’ve been able to do that in more of a structured setting. Then we also wanted to connect with this group. While you’re connecting, you also want to be able to build relationships. We talked about it where the team that is the most connected … will get a jump start on next season whenever next season starts.”
We have more on the Timberwolves:
- Team president Gersson Rosas offered support for restricted free agent Malik Beasley, who was recently arrested for narcotics possession and possession of a stolen gun, Hine writes in a separate story. Rosas has said he wants to re-sign Beasley, who was acquired from the Nuggets in February. “He’s family. We’re going to support him,” Rosas said. “We’re going to do the best that we can. But he’s got some things he’s got to take care of. The legal process has some things that have to be processed and we’ll go from there, but we’re a family and we work through things together.”
- Rosas has formed a strong bond with Saunders because they share the same vision for the franchise, according to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. “When you have a big-picture perspective and you understand that you’re trying to reset a program, you have to have that perspective in place. I’ve talked about it and I’m fortunate I have a head coach that values the same thing,” Rosas said. “We don’t want sacrifices for the sake of incremental wins. That does nothing for us in the long term.”
- What are the biggest questions surrounding the team this offseason? We took a closer look in our Offseason Preview.
Congrats Malik! Your basketball skills qualify you to be treated like “family.” Lucky you weren’t some two-bit player on a two-way contract then they would have treated you like a 4th cousin.
Now about that $3.9M qualifying offer…..
Really love what Rosas is doin’ with MIN, no doubt the future is very bright for them with a superstar like KAT, another star in D’LO & a future star if they do the right thing by picking LaMelo… boy can’t wait to see them back on the court next year, a really young & exciting team!
with zero defense, they’ll be losing 150-135 every night.
Beasley certainly fits right into the Timberwolves Family. Drugs, guns, and a hood rat mentality. The NBA family to the T.
A star in the NBA plays both ways. There is no true star unless you learn to play D, at least team D. Ball is nowhere near that. Really don’t see what people and experts see in him. Fact is with TWolves. They have to address the Beasley thing. I don’t see him there. With a felony conviction looming. Don’t know how long this takes. But the draft is in 2 wks. Season is starting soon cause of all the Issues. I don’t see this Beasley episode getting settled. They could lose him to prison. So why give him a contract. So if I’m Minny I draft Edwards and not even worry about it. When and if he comes back. We got depth or a trade chip. Beasley played well for Minny. They could have traded down and got more value for team. I just can’t see them doing this now. Edwards is a solid choice. Talent wise he’s for real. He’s already NBA size at 19 yrs old. He will fit right in and can start from day 1.
He doesn’t even have any charges against him. So doubt there is a felony charge looming.
Lamelo could be the next Jason Kidd! You don’t see that comparison?