Written by SG
| 23 February 2010
"You always want to play against the best players," said Wolves guard Corey Brewer, who now won't have to try to defend the guy who averages 26 points a game. "You never not want to play against a guy like that. But he's not going to be there, so we have to go out there and get a win."
"I went online and kept refreshing my computer and voting myself into 'Jam,' I'm not going to lie," said Kevin Love. "'NBA Jam' was my favorite game growing up, so I was on there all day voting for myself..."
The Minnesota Timberwolves could lose about $15 million this season.
Only one organization has ever been caught in the past decade with a secret deal. Glen Taylor, the Minnesota Timberwolves owner, cut an $86 million under-the-table contract with Joe Smith(notes). He made the mistake of committing to it in writing. David Stern called it “fraud of major proportion … fraud that ripped to the heart of the [CBA] compact. The magnitude of this stuff is shocking.”
After Taylor lost some draft picks and $3.5 million in fines, do you know what the NBA did with him?
Elected him chairman of the board of governors.
Twice.