Timberwolves Owner: “KG tanked it” last season
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BillJordaniv posted 3/19/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com [flag] |
With the Minnesota Timberwolves now Kevin Garnett-less , and posting an abysmal 16-50 record, is it any wonder that there are cries from the local media for the team to start mailing it in… losing on purpose, in order to garner the best chance when it comes time to select the ping pong balls for the upcoming draft. When word from the media made its way to Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor , he ...
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