The legal battle that will decide who controls this Timberwolves According to sources, the issue will not be resolved until January at the earliest Just Novy-Williams and Michael McCann from Sportico.
As the Sportico duo explains, they are the legal representatives of the current team owner Glen Taylor and potential owners Marc Lore And Alex Rodríguez will answer “final clarification questions” from the three-person arbitration panel handling the case in early January. The Panel is not expected to make its final decision on this matter any time after these questions are answered.
Even if the arbitration process is completed, the dispute over the Timberwolves' ownership likely will not be finally resolved. Novy-Williams and McCann note that the losing side could petition a federal judge to overturn the arbitration award. Additionally, if the arbitrators rule in favor of Lore and Rodriguez, the new ownership group would still need to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors.
Here's more from the Northwest:
- It was a challenging start to the season for them Timberwolvesbut there was no bad body language and there were no worrying postgame quotes after a stunning win over the Lakers on Monday night. Chris Hine of The Star Tribune has the story of the encouraging victory and the good vibes it created.
- In his first game back after missing ten games due to a calf strain, Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon came off the bench within a minute on Sunday and served as a player Nikola Jokic's backup, writes Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. While Gordon was far more effective as a second-line center than Dario Saric, Zeke Nnajior DeAndre Jordan have – Denver was +3 with Jokic off the court against the Clippers – he is the least sustainable option to continue as a backup five over a full 82-game season given his typical role alongside Jokic, notes Durando.
- Aside from his below-average shooting percentages (.375 FG%, .336 3PT%), turnovers and defense were also an issue Keyonte Georgeaccordingly Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribunewho proposes the second year jazz The guard hasn't inspired confidence as a ball-handling point guard and doesn't shoot well enough to be a full-time shooting guard. George is just 21 years old and works hard, Larsen writes, but needs to make significant progress to become the player the Jazz hoped he would be when they drafted him in 2023.
- jazz Head coach Will Hardy admitted he made a mistake the previous Sunday when he took a timeout Collin Sexton had a chance to attempt a basket in the final seconds of Utah's game against the Lakers that would have been the go-ahead shot (Twitter video link). After the game, Sexton said he understood why Hardy made that decision and didn't blame him at all. As Tony Jones of The Athletic writes that even if the one-point defeat was difficult to swallow, the mature way in which this moment was handled showed that there is trust between the head coach and his players, an important sign in a challenging year of reconstruction.
