Topic: Flip Saunders
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KG was huge in the fourth with scoring, taking the big shots, and finding guys like Wally (Szczerbiak) open for shots
Minnesota 92, Utah 85 Feb 27, 2003
We had a great walk-through (in practice Wednesday morning) and great concentration
Minnesota 95; L.A. Clippers 64 Jan 16, 2003
It's a shame because we've been able to play him at a lot of different positions
In Sports from United Press International Oct 22, 2002
It's a shame because we've been able to play him at a lot of different positions
In Sports from United Press International Oct 22, 2002
He's really ahead of where we anticipated, but we're being really conservative right now
Antawn Jamison out up to 5 weeks Oct 23, 2009
Phillip "Flip" Saunders (born February 23, 1955) is an American head coach of the Washington Wizards. He previously coached the Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Saunders was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was an All-America basketball player at Cuyahoga Heights High School in suburban Cleveland. In his senior season, 1973, he was named Ohio's Class A High School Basketball Player of the Year, leading the state in scoring average with 32.0 points per game. At the University of Minnesota he started 101 of his 103 career contests and as a senior teamed with Ray Williams, Mychal Thompson, Kevin McHale (who was part of the Boston Celtics legacy of the 1980s, and more recently, was the Minnesota Timberwolves' vice president of basketball operations). Together they led the Gophers to a school-best 24–3 record.
While at Minnesota, he was a teammate and roommate of retired NFL head coach Tony Dungy.
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