Wolves Updates 6/5

Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site talks to Ryan Gomes about the finals matchup between the Celtics and Lakers.

Ryan Gomes played with Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins in
Boston, and went against Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Vlad Rad when
Minnesota faced L.A. … He’s taking the Lakers.

 

 

 

From East Bay RI.com:

Former Boston Celtic and Providence Friar Ryan Gomes is one of several athletes running various camps for All Pro Sports in Rhode Island this summer. 

  

 

 

From Charley Walters/Pioneer Press:

For billionaire Glen
Taylor, owning the Timberwolves is equally as enjoyable and important
as owning the Lynx, his WNBA team that is off to a 5-0 start.

 

"There are two parts to
that: the emotional part — wanting to win and knowing the staff and the
members, the people part," Taylor said. "To me, people-wise, that’s
equal. These are people that I enjoy and value. I can’t sort out that
some people are more important to me than other people. My big business
or my little business, I like all the people, and I want them all to be
successful.

 

"Where it’s different is
the financial risk, business-wise, money-wise. One (Timberwolves) is a
huge amount of money and opportunity and reward. The other (Lynx) is
that if you do the very best, you’re going to hardly make anything. And
if you do worse, you’re going to lose a lot less."

 

 

From Jon Krawczynski/AP Sports:

But Timberwolves fans, the most important part of an organization, only
saw his actions on the court. Garnett’s intensity and effort were there
every single game. He never took a play off. He never settled.

 

So it is OK for Minnesotans everywhere to cheer him now that he is in Celtic green.

 

There is a sense of pride that one of the state’s own has grown up and
moved away, on to bigger and better things. He deserves that loyalty
because loyalty is what he became known for during his time here.