Arbitrators rule in favor of Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez over Glen Taylor as next majority owners of Timberwolves

[Hangtime84]

But do they still have the money to pay for the team?

at this point Taylor is probably fine selling as the team doesn't seem close to winning as it did last season.

This is his 2nd or 3rd attempt doing some weird stuff KG was supposed to have ownership group purchase it then he was gonna sell to to Flip Saunders, he died and next there's this

[SkyBill40]

Let the fire sale begin. They've made it clear they wish to slash payroll dramatically.

I'm always surprised how uninformed people are.

Sure, dude. As if there is a shortage of stuff that's been going around signifying precisely that since they came onto the scene. If there's anyone uninformed here, it's YOU.

If you want to be ignorant, that's your prerogative. But don't act as though you're some inside source on precisely what's going on and casting stones from your glass house. Be a shame if one came flying back, no?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39915638/alex-rodriguez-marc-lore-planned-timberwolves-roster-payroll-cuts-concerning-glen-taylor

Yeah, that's from early last year but I doubt the plan has changed too much. I guess we'll see.

[kg01]

Man, this skybill guy brought receipts.

Let's see where this goes next..

[firedavidkahn]

GLEN TAYLOR IS FINALLY GONE
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY

[Ballerhogger]

Let the fire sale begin. They've made it clear they wish to slash payroll dramatically.

I don’t think they will if they are contending

To be honest, I don't think it'll matter. They might not have the money to keep the team afloat after the sale, so time will tell just how long this ownership team lasts and what the roster looks like in the immediate term after the sale closes.

Lore and Rodriguez are barely close to a net worth valuation of maybe $1B combined. They'd better have a LOT more people lined up in the group to make this happen.

with league revenue sharing and keeping ant man they should be ok plus they have backers

[SkyBill40]

GLEN TAYLOR IS FINALLY GONE
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY

As a Suns fan, I say this: Be careful what you wish for as a new owner doesn't always turn out exactly as you hope them to be.

As a fan of the NBA in general, I truly hope Lore and Rodriguez don't go down a sharp cost cutting road and gut a franchise that's finally in a solid place after a truly long period of mediocrity.

[doogie_hauser]

Congratulations Wolves fans

Glen Taylor's reign of incompetentence, pettiness and penny pinching is over.

It's actually nice to hear one long team's suffering fanbase take a massive win with ownership after the crap going on in Dallas

[Baseline81]

As a Suns fan, I say this: Be careful what you wish for as a new owner doesn't always turn out exactly as you hope them to be.

As a fan of the NBA in general, I truly hope Lore and Rodriguez don't go down a sharp cost cutting road and gut a franchise that's finally in a solid place after a truly long period of mediocrity.

Quick question, who was the one in charge that lead to the "truly long period of mediocrity"?

Yeah, it was Taylor.

[Domejandro]

Let the fire sale begin. They've made it clear they wish to slash payroll dramatically.

If anything it's the exact opposite. That seems to be what Lore claimed, but then as soon as he decided he wasn't selling, he made that abysmal KAT trade to save money.

The NBA should undo that horrible trade since he shouldn't have been the owner when he made it.

And undo the Luka trade while they're at it.

If it was influenced by any owner, it would have been Lore/Rodriguez. Glen Taylor trusts his staff to make decisions (for better and for mostly worse), there is zero world where he pushes for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded.

Glen loved KAT as a person.

[Sealab2024]

GLEN TAYLOR IS FINALLY GONE
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY

As a Suns fan, I say this: Be careful what you wish for as a new owner doesn't always turn out exactly as you hope them to be.

As a fan of the NBA in general, I truly hope Lore and Rodriguez don't go down a sharp cost cutting road and gut a franchise that's finally in a solid place after a truly long period of mediocrity.

It's funny because Ishbia is about to buy the Twins from the even more frugal and manipulative Pohlad family. And we couldn't be happier, even knowing the mistakes he made with the suns. That's how down bad Minny sports fans have been with these 2 owners. We're celebrating Arod buying the team knowing full well he's got some major BS up his sleeve somewhere.

[Rubio9Guy]

Let the fire sale begin. They've made it clear they wish to slash payroll dramatically.

I'm always surprised how uninformed people are.

Sure, dude. As if there is a shortage of stuff that's been going around signifying precisely that since they came onto the scene. If there's anyone uninformed here, it's YOU.

If you want to be ignorant, that's your prerogative. But don't act as though you're some inside source on precisely what's going on and casting stones from your glass house. Be a shame if one came flying back, no?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39915638/alex-rodriguez-marc-lore-planned-timberwolves-roster-payroll-cuts-concerning-glen-taylor

Yeah, that's from early last year but I doubt the plan has changed too much. I guess we'll see.

You know every team has several budget sheets, right?

[Domejandro]

I am actually pretty concerned about this. Glen Taylor had an extraordinary talent for continually making bad hires, but he has always been hands off, willing to spend, and loves Minnesota.

Throughout this process, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have repeatedly struggled to meet deadlines, have had to dilute their ownership stake to a significant degree, and already have plans to wage war with the public to fund a new arena.

Having a single owner with a majority stake was extremely lucky, and I’m pretty pessimistic about the team’s willingness to spend after the next couple of seasons.

[Rubio9Guy]

I am actually pretty concerned about this. Glen Taylor had an extraordinary talent for continually making bad hires, but he has always been hands off, willing to spend, and loves Minnesota.

Throughout this process, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have repeatedly struggled to meet deadlines, have had to dilute their ownership stake to a significant degree, and already have plans to wage war with the public to fund a new arena.

Having a single owner with a majority stake was extremely lucky, and I’m pretty pessimistic about the team’s willingness to spend after the next couple of seasons.

Have the missed deadlines ever actually been proven to be true? Like, if it was substantial, I don't think A-Rod and Lore would have won today

[Domejandro]

I am actually pretty concerned about this. Glen Taylor had an extraordinary talent for continually making bad hires, but he has always been hands off, willing to spend, and loves Minnesota.

Throughout this process, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have repeatedly struggled to meet deadlines, have had to dilute their ownership stake to a significant degree, and already have plans to wage war with the public to fund a new arena.

Having a single owner with a majority stake was extremely lucky, and I’m pretty pessimistic about the team’s willingness to spend after the next couple of seasons.

Have the missed deadlines ever actually been proven to be true? Like, if it was substantial, I don't think A-Rod and Lore would have won today

They have had to exercise multiple extensions. That is not intently a bad thing, but it should raise some concern, given how much of their stake they have diluted, at this point.

[Sealab2024]

I am actually pretty concerned about this. Glen Taylor had an extraordinary talent for continually making bad hires, but he has always been hands off, willing to spend, and loves Minnesota.

Throughout this process, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have repeatedly struggled to meet deadlines, have had to dilute their ownership stake to a significant degree, and already have plans to wage war with the public to fund a new arena.

Having a single owner with a majority stake was extremely lucky, and I’m pretty pessimistic about the team’s willingness to spend after the next couple of seasons.

To be fair Target Center does need to go. It's old and it's one of the worst arenas and facilities in the league. If it wasn't for the hordes of rabid wolves fans and a production team that wakes up choosing violence every morning the place would be a dead venue. There's two beautiful, state of the art sports venues in downtown with Target Filed and US Bank Stadium, then we've got this embarrassment that is Target Center.

[YourBuddy]

Let the fire sale begin. They've made it clear they wish to slash payroll dramatically.

If anything it's the exact opposite. That seems to be what Lore claimed, but then as soon as he decided he wasn't selling, he made that abysmal KAT trade to save money.

The NBA should undo that horrible trade since he shouldn't have been the owner when he made it.

And undo the Luka trade while they're at it.

If it was influenced by any owner, it would have been Lore/Rodriguez. Glen Taylor trusts his staff to make decisions (for better and for mostly worse), there is zero world where he pushes for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded.

Glen loved KAT as a person.

This is just pure fiction, Taylor made sure than Timberwolves staff weren’t supposed to even communicate with Lore or ARod.

[firedavidkahn]

GLEN TAYLOR IS FINALLY GONE
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY

As a Suns fan, I say this: Be careful what you wish for as a new owner doesn't always turn out exactly as you hope them to be.

As a fan of the NBA in general, I truly hope Lore and Rodriguez don't go down a sharp cost cutting road and gut a franchise that's finally in a solid place after a truly long period of mediocrity.

The wolves, historically, have been by far and away the biggest embarrassment in sports. All thanks to Taylor.

Lore and arod could turn out to be just as bad but there's a CHANCE they won't. If they do turn out just as bad we continue to, historically, be an embarrassment.

At least there is finally HOPE for this organization

[Domejandro]

If anything it's the exact opposite. That seems to be what Lore claimed, but then as soon as he decided he wasn't selling, he made that abysmal KAT trade to save money.

The NBA should undo that horrible trade since he shouldn't have been the owner when he made it.

And undo the Luka trade while they're at it.

If it was influenced by any owner, it would have been Lore/Rodriguez. Glen Taylor trusts his staff to make decisions (for better and for mostly worse), there is zero world where he pushes for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded.

Glen loved KAT as a person.

This is just pure fiction, Taylor made sure than Timberwolves staff weren’t supposed to even communicate with Lore or ARod.

The reality is that it was a decision made by Tim Connelly because the Second-Apron is legitimately a disaster to be stuck in. Glen Taylor was not pushing for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded, that is a comically ridiculous suggestion. Glen’s biggest flaw is keeping staff at a detriment to the team because he likes them personally.

[Rubio9Guy]

I am actually pretty concerned about this. Glen Taylor had an extraordinary talent for continually making bad hires, but he has always been hands off, willing to spend, and loves Minnesota.

Throughout this process, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have repeatedly struggled to meet deadlines, have had to dilute their ownership stake to a significant degree, and already have plans to wage war with the public to fund a new arena.

Having a single owner with a majority stake was extremely lucky, and I’m pretty pessimistic about the team’s willingness to spend after the next couple of seasons.

Have the missed deadlines ever actually been proven to be true? Like, if it was substantial, I don't think A-Rod and Lore would have won today

They have had to exercise multiple extensions. That is not intently a bad thing, but it should raise some concern, given how much of their stake they have diluted, at this point.

Yeah fair point. I get they are pretty unknown at this point, but Taylor was one of the worst owners of the last 30 years.

And I guess I will reserve judgement on payroll. They did go out and spend a ton to get Tim Connelly, which says a lot to me on their intent on winning.

[YourBuddy]

If it was influenced by any owner, it would have been Lore/Rodriguez. Glen Taylor trusts his staff to make decisions (for better and for mostly worse), there is zero world where he pushes for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded.

Glen loved KAT as a person.

This is just pure fiction, Taylor made sure than Timberwolves staff weren’t supposed to even communicate with Lore or ARod.

The reality is that it was a decision made by Tim Connelly because the Second-Apron is legitimately a disaster to be stuck in. Glen Taylor was not pushing for Karl-Anthony Towns to be traded, that is a comically ridiculous suggestion. Glen’s biggest flaw is keeping staff at a detriment to the team because he likes them personally.

The reality is you were blaming Lore and ARod for that trade when they couldn’t even communicate with the staff, now you want to shift the goal posts to blame anyone but Taylor.