Karl-Anthony Towns was in Los Angeles, packing, preparing for his return to Minneapolis for Timberwolves training camp. Then he got a call from his financial advisor.
Big changes coming.
"My phone starting going off,'' Towns said as Wolves players reported to training camp on Monday at Mayo Clinic Courts. "Breaking news. I was like, 'Oh, you might know something.'"
DeAngelo Russell was on the golf course when he got the news. His reaction?
"I tried to focus on my next shot, to be honest,'' he said.
On the eve of training camp, in what at the time was an enormous surprise, the Timberwolves fired president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas last week.