Flip Saunders hired Milt Newton as General Manager and new President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  I have no idea who he is except he was someone Saunders obviously worked with when he was Coach of the Washington Wizards.  After reading that in the morning paper a friend of mine asked ,”how does this guy keep getting jobs?”referring to Flip Saunders.   My understanding is that he bought his way into the Timberwolves hierarchy.  Years ago, I asked the same question when he was coaching. The response was “he was an outstanding offensive coach”. So, not being able to keep my big mouth shut, I said so how come his players didn’t listen to him? I hope he is not going to find an opportunity to come back and coach again.

Over the years,I have asked that same question of a lot of NBA people and there are quiet a few.  When my book comes out, you can find out who they all are.

The second thing that caught my eye today was the DeAndre Liggins, Oklahoma City player, was put on waivers after being charged with domestic violence. Isn’t that nice-let him go so someone else can deal with him.  If you can’t put numbers to it these guys don’t know what to do.  ###