WASHINGTON, D.C. – Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor on Friday clarified his team’s future following the October death of part-owner, coach and president of basketball operations Flip Saunders, saying he will keep General Manager Milt Newton on the job making personnel decisions at least through July’s NBA free-agency period.
Deciding he hasn’t yet had the chance to fairly evaluate Newton’s performance, Taylor told WCCO-AM that Newton will run the June draft in which the team likely will have a top-six or -seven pick and the July free-agency period, when the league’s salary cap will balloon with the arrival of a new $24 billion television contract.