WEBVTT - J. Lo Makes Major Impact on Timberwolves Ownership

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Minnesota. For the last twelve months, things have been

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<v Speaker 1>going exceedingly well. It's probably too well when you think

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<v Speaker 1>about the history of this franchise, what they have gotten,

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<v Speaker 1>what they deserve. These last twelve months have been a dream.

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<v Speaker 1>You locked up into Anthony Edwards. You ended up getting

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<v Speaker 1>j Lo and a Rod buying your team with a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who has more money than God. They want to

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<v Speaker 1>change things around. They hire someone from Clutch Sports to

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<v Speaker 1>fix the culture inside of Minnesota. You end up making

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. You end up getting Rudy Go Bear. Things

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<v Speaker 1>are by all definitions of fantasy world for Minnesota Timberwolves fans,

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<v Speaker 1>and now we have our first hole, the first crack

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<v Speaker 1>in the foundation that might have you saying rot Row,

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<v Speaker 1>rot Row, Scooby, something is a miss out. J Lo

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<v Speaker 1>might be the key and the disruptor and the impetus

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<v Speaker 1>that has fucked up the entire Timberwolves ownership group. She

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<v Speaker 1>does look great, she is banging. I do understand why

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<v Speaker 1>someone would want to do business and pay billions of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars just to be near her. How this happens wild story.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone knows. Last year, a partnership between a Rod and

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Laurie won the bid to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves

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<v Speaker 1>for two point two billion dollars. A Rod and Laurie

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<v Speaker 1>were supposed to be fifty to fifty partners, but when

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<v Speaker 1>the down payment came, things got a little suss. July

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one. A Rod, obviously might make sense, just

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<v Speaker 1>fell a little short by making his payment. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>just a down payment on a Kia either. This wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just like a down payment on a nice home in Minneapolis.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a down payment worth two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars to pay twenty percent of the team. And

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<v Speaker 1>guess what, my man, A Rod couldn't exactly find the

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<v Speaker 1>change under his couch in order to make that two

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two fifty. Sources say a Rod had to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Mark Lori to help him out. Hey, I need

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<v Speaker 1>you to spot me some couple of million. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how much million, but it was significant. Sources close

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<v Speaker 1>to the situation say Laurie had to cover the balance

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<v Speaker 1>for a Rod. The result is that Lauri now owns

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen percent of the team, a Rod just seven. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not really spotting you if you don't end up getting

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<v Speaker 1>the equity in the company. They just now have bought

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<v Speaker 1>it from you. It gets better, though, so much better.

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<v Speaker 1>The next down payment is due by year's end. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>a Rod is scrambling around like a DC rat trying

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<v Speaker 1>to make that payment as well. An NBA source reports quote,

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<v Speaker 1>I would not be surprised if a Rod becomes a

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<v Speaker 1>subservient number two to Laurie. The same source told Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Cosmon at The New York Post that he predicted that

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<v Speaker 1>Laurie would end up buying more than half and controlling

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<v Speaker 1>the Timberwolves. Also, it appears that there's a cooling off

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<v Speaker 1>personally between Louri and a Rod. Why, you may ask,

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<v Speaker 1>what would cause Mark Lourie to want to spend less

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<v Speaker 1>time around a rod? Well, no, Jlo. Of course, Jlo

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<v Speaker 1>is the reason. Apparently, according to a source, said Mark

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<v Speaker 1>got completely mesmerized by the Jelo thing. The Jlo thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me say that again, Mark Glory was completely mesmerized

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<v Speaker 1>by the Jelo thing. That is what we call a booty.

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<v Speaker 1>He was mesmerized by the Ja Loo booty. And now

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<v Speaker 1>that Jlo, the Jaylo thing is out of the picture,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a Rod is out of the picture too. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you get friends with someone because they've got

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<v Speaker 1>a famous friend, and it's like, oh yeah, me and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Me and Drake are no longer friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, I just got real busy, just got who's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be at the club? No, Drake, I'm still in

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<v Speaker 1>my sweatpants. Only one personal probably very happy about this,

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<v Speaker 1>you guessed it. Maybe one of the worst owners in

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<v Speaker 1>all of sports. Glenn Taylor, current owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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<v Speaker 1>He believes currently that this franchise is worth more than

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<v Speaker 1>the two billion dollars that he sold it for. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, maybe because they made the playoffs, Maybe because

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<v Speaker 1>Aunt Edwards started in a movie. Maybe because a Rod

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<v Speaker 1>This a Rod Jlo thing has added a little mystique

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<v Speaker 1>to the team. So you can imagine him just wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to swim in his little swim swimming pool full of

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<v Speaker 1>gold doubloons, just trying to eat up and soak up

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<v Speaker 1>more money from the last vestige of owning this franchise,

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<v Speaker 1>hoping that the deal falls through, because what would happen, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Glenn Taylor will get to keep the down payments. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you get to keep the down payments. Those things are

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<v Speaker 1>not refundable, and he would get to resell the team

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<v Speaker 1>to someone else for even more money. God, I hope

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't happen, because then Glenn Taylor will get to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the team for another two more years. The regime

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<v Speaker 1>of sort of tom foolery and cheapness miser lee ways

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<v Speaker 1>that he has is the last thing that this team

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<v Speaker 1>needs when they're trying to make a push to contend

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