Comments on: Taylor: KG tanked it

By: Cullen

Cullen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:50:02 +0000

Way to show what kind of people stand behind the Timberwolves organization. I sure am glad that my favorite sports teams have owners like this. Refusing to ever support franchise players with surrounding talent and then bitterly stabbing them in the back when they leave. Well played Glen Taylor. Way to take a cheap shot at the only good thing that ever happened to Minnesota basketball.

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:47:49 +0000

Glen Taylor is such an idiot, it boggles my mind. He should be kissing Kevin Garnett’s feet for what he did for the Timberwolves franchise. I guess watching his new team beat the Houston Rockets tonight might remind him of that.

By: mae

mae — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:43:30 +0000

Mr. Taylor, T-wolves’ fans are wondering aloud what you had for breakfast. You are so off-base that some of us ask that you go back and review what you did over the years to reduce KG to a phrase “tanked it.” KG gave you and your inept staff a lot. That is a “thank you.” I remind you of Joe Smith, Flip, Spree, Cassell, and more! Go look at the mirror. It may be your money, but the fans still count.

Sell the team to anyone, anyone!

By: klaw

klaw — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:09:18 +0000

Taylor tanked this team when he took a short cut on Joe Smith and lost 5 first round draft choices. KG stood in there throughout all of those days - for Taylor to jump in and get on his case for an injury at the end is actually kind of fitting - find someone to blame for a lot of bad management decisions.

By: BC Beneke

BC Beneke — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:17:15 +0000

Anyone who goes off on KG is a moron with revisionist history tendencies. KG was, and almost asuredly will always be the greatest Timberwolves player ever, and Taylor’s stupid mouth (which proves further that the brain-wizardry of the wolves are all inept from owner to coaching staff) just may have caused the Timberwolves a spot in the NBA Hall of Fame.

If I’m KG and I read that, especially on pace for an MVP, and a Ring in Boston… I might want to think about going to the HOF in Celtic Green, and that my friends is a tragedy.

Taylor can’t and won’t shoulder the blame, he refuses to put the blame on the stupidest GM/VP in the history of professional sports, or his coach who is so stupid he loses all season, and then when it’s time to tank the season he starts winning games against other teams trying to tank the season. So when we get the 4th to the 7th pick in the draft this year I want David Stern to step in and demand that Taylor sell the team!

At this point in time I’d rather have just about anyone own the team… Pohlad and Taylor can both count their billions on their time not on sports fans time! We need new blood running these organizations!

By: HockeyDude

HockeyDude — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:33:23 +0000

Screw you Taylor, saying anymore gives you more credit than you deserve. Garnett did so much for this team in the years he was here. For Taylor to be critical of him and give McHale a free pass is just plain insane. Taylor, I will NEVER go to another Wolves game again.

By: jama

jama — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:15:46 +0000

Well said Tom, I agree completely.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:37:53 +0000

Jimbo, name the 15 best players in teh NBA and they all make nearly what KG does. Secondly, NBA players are not allowed to renegotiate their contracts. Please actually know what you are talking about before you write. Finally, KG gave everything to win in this town. Anyone who says that all of the bad moves where made because he demanded them is dilusional. If any of that is true then you really should blame Mchale for being spineless. McHale is the worst GM in sports. This is not an exaggeration. It is a fact. The pattern of gross errors in judgement this moron has made is unbelievable. I still can not understand how you trade Brandon Roy for another 6′ 2″ point guard. Sorry folks…Foye will never be as good as Roy. Finally, it takes more than one great player to win a championship. Evidence of how great KG is displayed when the one time they actually surrounded him with aging talent they went to the Western Conference finals. Imagine if Mchale actually did one thing right, and surround Garnett with another young superstar…gasp….doesn’t seem like such a difficult thing for Mitch Kupchak , Popovich, Riley, and any of the other competent GMs in the league to do with their star players that make nearly as much as KG. Have any of you actually seen the rosters of the Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, and yes Celtics….funny how they manage to build contenders with the same salary cap restraints…

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:52:32 +0000

1 thing I remember… KG turned down 100 + million. GT was worried to lose his franchise KGarnett. GT paid KG 126 million and tried to get the league to not count it all against a league cap that was formed after KG signed. The league declined to give the wolves that exemption. It crippled the Twolves cap space. Forever since then, the Wolves have been in cap trouble. KG was part of the problem when he did not renegotiate to help save $$ and allow the Wolves to sign players. KG did not have to give $$ back, just get creative on the future. Instead, the franchise took chances like cASSel, Joe smith, and Spending Spree well