T'Wolves Owner Taylor Dedicated To Keeping Team In Minnesota

Taylor Not Making Any Threats To Leave Minnesota Despite Many Challenges

T'Wolves Owner Glen Taylor has the "most reason to sell or move after probably losing as much money as any pro franchise in Minnesota," yet he "never complains," according to Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. Taylor "never says a word about moving the franchise, which ranked 25th among the 30 NBA teams last season in attendance." Taylor: "I'm not making any threats or anything like that. I've just found out that during these difficult times you've got to sit down and work with people, and try to work ahead and work on common goals." Hartman noted the team may have "lost as much as $20 million last year, but Taylor said the Wolves are not the exception and he believes more than half of the teams in the NBA lost money last year because of the poor economy." He said, "If you're in the smaller markets and you don't have a winning record, you're pretty much going to lose money." Despite the team's "poor record last year," Taylor said that the T'Wolves have had a "higher renewal of season tickets than in the past couple of years." Meanwhile, Taylor, who serves as NBA BOG Chair, said of the league's CBA talks, "Our goal is to sit down with the union -- we have a year left and my hope, as with I think every team owner's hope, [is] that we will find a mutual way to come out with an agreement so that we can play next year" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 7/11).