No trade is imminent, and Saunders is safe

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  1. Linkin

    Linkin JBB JustBBall Member

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In 10 seasons, Glen Taylor says he never has had a Timberwolves team fail so egregiously to reach its potential.

    Still, the Wolves owner said Monday he does not have a finger lingering over the panic button ? that coach Flip Saunders is not on the chopping block, that the team will not make a trade simply to shake up the roster.

    "Obviously I'm concerned," Taylor said by phone from his Mankato office Monday. "I can see what most people can see, that we have a much better team than what we're playing out on the court. ? We're just not using our total individual abilities and complementing each other."

    But fixes aren't quick and easy in Taylor's mind. The trade deadline is Feb. 24, and though the Wolves are in the market, Taylor said nothing attractive has materialized. So far, trade talk is just that.

    Meanwhile, Taylor isn't penning a pink slip with Saunders' name on it yet.

    "If I saw him give up, just say, 'I don't know what I can do,' then I think I've got a decision to make," Taylor said. "But we haven't gotten there yet. There aren't very many coaches out there that are going to change things, anyway."

    Asked if too many losses, despite Saunders' hard work, could force his hand, Taylor said, "I'm not there yet to know that. There may be a point like that, but we're not there yet."

    Taylor said the only way to turn this season into a success would be to eke out a playoff berth and make a deep run.</div>
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    Which team want any of our players? KG and Wally are off-limits. The rest can go.

    As for Flip, Glen Taylor is not going to write a blank check and fire him with several years remaning of his contract not to mention paying the new coach. Plus I am not sure if any other coach is going to do anything differently.
     

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