MIAMI – Timberwolves President Gersson Rosas has heard the accusations that his front office is in the midst of “tanking” — trying to better the team’s draft position by not doing everything possible to win games.
It was an accusation that became louder when the Wolves rested point guard D’Angelo Russell in just the second game back from the nine-day All-Star break.
One of Rosas’ responses came after the Wolves beat Miami 129-126 on Wednesday.
“Tank that!” Rosas wrote on Twitter.
But he elaborated in a recent conversation with the Star Tribune on why he thought that notion was unfair, why the team rested Russell and how he feels about the job coach Ryan Saunders is doing.