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shrink wrote:Taylor is a snake because he shot Lincoln.
Just testing if this is the type of post thinktank And1’s.
thinktank wrote:Glen knows where I'm at, I'm not entertaining it," Garnett said. "First of all, it's not genuine. Two, he's getting pressure from a lot of fans and, I guess, the community there. Glen and I had an understanding before Flip died, and when Flip died, that understanding went with Flip. For that, I won't forgive Glen. I won't forgive him for that. I thought he was a straight up person, straight up business man, and when Flip died, everything went with him.
"There's no reason to complain. Just continue to move on. My years in Minnesota and in that community, I cherish. At this point, I don't want any dealings with Glen Taylor or Taylor Corp. or anything that has to do with him. I love my Timberwolves, I'll always love my guys, I'll always love the people who [f—] with me there. I'll always have a special place for the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota in my heart. But I don't do business with snakes. I don't do business with snake mu'[f—]as. I try not to do business with openly snakes or people who are snake-like."
Story checks out.
Baseline81 wrote:thinktank wrote:Glen knows where I'm at, I'm not entertaining it," Garnett said. "First of all, it's not genuine. Two, he's getting pressure from a lot of fans and, I guess, the community there. Glen and I had an understanding before Flip died, and when Flip died, that understanding went with Flip. For that, I won't forgive Glen. I won't forgive him for that. I thought he was a straight up person, straight up business man, and when Flip died, everything went with him.
"There's no reason to complain. Just continue to move on. My years in Minnesota and in that community, I cherish. At this point, I don't want any dealings with Glen Taylor or Taylor Corp. or anything that has to do with him. I love my Timberwolves, I'll always love my guys, I'll always love the people who [f—] with me there. I'll always have a special place for the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota in my heart. But I don't do business with snakes. I don't do business with snake mu'[f—]as. I try not to do business with openly snakes or people who are snake-like."
Story checks out.
shrink's reply:
shrink wrote:As far as Taylor being a snake with Garnett, the story we’ve heard is closer to the Lore story. We have heard (mostly from KG) that Garnett and Taylor talked about KG wanting to buy part of the team in the past. However, KG wanted to buy it at a discount price, based on the market value before he came to the Wolves. He believed that he raised the team’s value (which he certainly did), so he was entitled to he previous valuation. However, every NBA team was rising in value at the time, so the rise certainly isn’t all KG.
We don’t know what the actual deal was, or if there was a deal at all and not just talk, but this is closer to the “Taylor’s a snake” narrative that some posters are trying so hard to present.
shrink wrote:I brought this up myself on the last page.shrink wrote:As far as Taylor being a snake with Garnett, the story we’ve heard is closer to the Lore story. We have heard (mostly from KG) that Garnett and Taylor talked about KG wanting to buy part of the team in the past. However, KG wanted to buy it at a discount price, based on the market value before he came to the Wolves. He believed that he raised the team’s value (which he certainly did), so he was entitled to he previous valuation. However, every NBA team was rising in value at the time, so the rise certainly isn’t all KG.
We don’t know what the actual deal was, or if there was a deal at all and not just talk, but this is closer to the “Taylor’s a snake” narrative that some posters are trying so hard to present.
I agree that Garnett thinks Taylor is a snake. The truth is, we don’t know the facts here to know if that’s justified or not.
If that still matters to everyone.
guest81 wrote:shrink wrote:I brought this up myself on the last page.shrink wrote:As far as Taylor being a snake with Garnett, the story we’ve heard is closer to the Lore story. We have heard (mostly from KG) that Garnett and Taylor talked about KG wanting to buy part of the team in the past. However, KG wanted to buy it at a discount price, based on the market value before he came to the Wolves. He believed that he raised the team’s value (which he certainly did), so he was entitled to he previous valuation. However, every NBA team was rising in value at the time, so the rise certainly isn’t all KG.
We don’t know what the actual deal was, or if there was a deal at all and not just talk, but this is closer to the “Taylor’s a snake” narrative that some posters are trying so hard to present.
I agree that Garnett thinks Taylor is a snake. The truth is, we don’t know the facts here to know if that’s justified or not.
If that still matters to everyone.
I guess you can side with Glen in all these issues, but the guy without a doubt has a track record. So either everybody is out to get him or maybe so these people notice the same thing
thinktank wrote:Taylor’s track record:
-Cost us 5 draft picks due to a fraudulent contract that he put in writing (dumb and unethical)
-Routinely sold picks for cash instead of developing the team with them (greedy—Taylor was one of the richest owners in the league)
-Betrayed KG when he said he was dogging it (awful, awful judgement there)
-Hired David Kahn, who was a disaster (just a crazy move to hire a sports reporter as GM)
I could go on. Taylor is one of the worst owners in sports. That’s the consensus. Don’t blame us. Blame Taylor.
thinktank wrote:Taylor’s track record:
-Cost us 5 draft picks due to a fraudulent contract that he put in writing (dumb and unethical)
-Routinely sold picks for cash instead of developing the team with them (greedy—Taylor was one of the richest owners in the league)
-Betrayed KG when he said he was dogging it (awful, awful judgement there)
-Hired David Kahn, who was a disaster (just a crazy move to hire a sports reporter as GM)
I could go on. Taylor is one of the worst owners in sports. That’s the consensus. Don’t blame us. Blame Taylor.
shrink wrote:guest81 wrote:shrink wrote:I brought this up myself on the last page.
I agree that Garnett thinks Taylor is a snake. The truth is, we don’t know the facts here to know if that’s justified or not.
If that still matters to everyone.
I guess you can side with Glen in all these issues, but the guy without a doubt has a track record. So either everybody is out to get him or maybe so these people notice the same thing
What is his track record then? Lay out the case.
- Kylie says he welshed on a deal we don’t know about, and says he’s a doodoo head. “Everybody” repeats it, so it must be true.
- Vanna asks if he screwed over Joe Smith. People say they know that’s wrong, but don’t correct her. It must be true.
- Orbie takes him to court for not letting him go to the seesaw first. The judge sides with Taylor, but Orbie must be right anyway.
Last page. I laid out the facts on all three of these events. No one (yet) has argued those facts, but it looks like people are just ignoring them because they don’t match what they “feel.” If you believe it’s obvious that Taylor screws people over, then you should be able to make a legitimate case, based on facts. “Everybody says it” is too junior high for me.
thinktank wrote:KG still has 130 million. He wanted to own a piece of the org he helped built too. If Taylor wanted that to happen, it would’ve.
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