Jaylen Tatum
Superstar
RIP Flip 
Flip Saunders passed away
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Nick Barnes
All Star
Gonna miss seeing him on the sidelines
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
Stage 4 cancer is basically a death sentence. If you survive a year after that your extremely lucky.
I had though it was stage 3 from what was reported.
Regardless RIP to Flip
Point Blank
...
Damn RIP
G-Zeus
G-Zeus Chrystler...the brehsident
Rip
NigerianDonDada
FFOE
RIP Flip
l just heard he was suck. So damn sad. Rip flip and peace&positive energy to all who loved him.
USSInsiders
Banned
I talked a lot of shyt to him when he was the pistons coach but it's never that serious. Seemed like a good man. RIP
My condolences to his family. Rip Coach
Terrible news
This was 3 weeks ago BTW
Flip Saunders Is Dead At 60
In August the Timberwolves announced that head coach/president of basketball operations Flip Saunders had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but planned to continue coaching. After he suffered a setback that plan became unworkable, and three weeks ago Saunders took a leave of absence from the team.
In a live chat today Star Tribune beat writer Jerry Zgoda provided an update on Saunders’s condition, and things seem pretty grim (emphasis mine):
There’s no question things have changed dramatically since the team announced his diagnosis in August, back when it quoted his doctors saying the cancer was very treatable and curable. Since then there have been changes to the way his body handled the chemotherapy (and maybe how much cancer they’ve found) that have made it life threatening. Everyone involved has gone radio silent because of the family’s request for privacy and federal patient-privacy laws, etc., but between the complete silence, the lack of people visiting as far as I can tell apart from his immediate family and very inner circle while he remains hospitalized here in Minneapolis and the things I’m hearing second-hand, well, none of it is good. I’ll just say this, and this is just my own opinion, if he pulls through this: I doubt very much he’s back this year, it’s probably unlikely he coaches again just because of the stress inherent doing both those jobs and I think there’s a pretty good chance he doesn’t return full time to either job. As far as the franchise goes, that will put them in a holding pattern for some time. I can’t see Glen Taylor allowing Milt Newton and Sam to make a major decision until they know more about Flip’s future and Glen decides who will run his team for the long term. I wouldn’t assume it’ll be Milt and Sam going forward, that’s just for the short term until things become clearer.
Flip Saunders Is Dead At 60
In August the Timberwolves announced that head coach/president of basketball operations Flip Saunders had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but planned to continue coaching. After he suffered a setback that plan became unworkable, and three weeks ago Saunders took a leave of absence from the team.
In a live chat today Star Tribune beat writer Jerry Zgoda provided an update on Saunders’s condition, and things seem pretty grim (emphasis mine):
There’s no question things have changed dramatically since the team announced his diagnosis in August, back when it quoted his doctors saying the cancer was very treatable and curable. Since then there have been changes to the way his body handled the chemotherapy (and maybe how much cancer they’ve found) that have made it life threatening. Everyone involved has gone radio silent because of the family’s request for privacy and federal patient-privacy laws, etc., but between the complete silence, the lack of people visiting as far as I can tell apart from his immediate family and very inner circle while he remains hospitalized here in Minneapolis and the things I’m hearing second-hand, well, none of it is good. I’ll just say this, and this is just my own opinion, if he pulls through this: I doubt very much he’s back this year, it’s probably unlikely he coaches again just because of the stress inherent doing both those jobs and I think there’s a pretty good chance he doesn’t return full time to either job. As far as the franchise goes, that will put them in a holding pattern for some time. I can’t see Glen Taylor allowing Milt Newton and Sam to make a major decision until they know more about Flip’s future and Glen decides who will run his team for the long term. I wouldn’t assume it’ll be Milt and Sam going forward, that’s just for the short term until things become clearer.
Damn, just found out today while I watching football game and the news appeared on Flip Sanders....damn breh...
RIP
RIP