Las Vegas-Alex Rodriguez stood near his courtside seat. I was unaware of the few fans who were taking a brief photo of him as they passed by.
He instead watched the Minnesota Timberwolves warm up.
Rodriguez is now part of Timberwolves’ owning group, and he and his business partner Marc Lore have taken control of Glen Taylor and are planning to become the main owners next year, he said Wednesday. From player to executive. He said he was still learning.
“That is, I’m thinking from a different perspective and have been involved in baseball for about a quarter of a century. Now that I’m a major league baseball player, broadcaster, and now I’m the owner here, I can’t take my experience. It’s interesting, “Rodriguez said. In an interview with The Associated Press before watching the Minnesota Summer League match against Milwaukee in Las Vegas. “It was great. The NBA opened their arms and welcomed me.”
And since Rodriguez and Lore started the ownership process, the wolf hasn’t sat exactly vaguely.
Minnesota is one of the biggest stories in the league this off-season, initially pulling executive Tim Connelly away from the Denver Nuggets to become president of the Timberwolves.Then trade came and bought Rudy Gobert A move from Utah where Gobert played together and probably created the NBA’s top frontline for a large number of players and draft topics. Karl-Anthony Towns..
“It’s all about Minnesota fans. I think they deserve the winner,” Rodriguez said. “They deserve consistency, deserve continuity. And I’ve seen it overall …. If you’re a fan, there’s a lot to cheer for. There’s a lot of excitement. And I I think it’s good for the energy of the town when you can predict the predictability. “
Last year, Taylor agreed to sell Timberwolves to Lore and Rodriguez for $ 1.5 billion. Lore became Wal-Mart’s e-commerce chief in 2016 when a retail giant acquired a Jet.com startup to boost its online business.
Rodriguez, along with the New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, hit 696 home runs in 22 major league seasons. The last season in his field was 2016, marking the end of his career contaminated by the use of performance-enhancing drugs he later admitted. He has invested in a variety of businesses other than basketball and is a councilor at the University of Miami. He has never played in a hurricane, but he is a baseball field named after him and is now learning a new game.
But he already talks about it like a veteran pro and talks about what the wolf protects. D’Angelo Russell What you can do in a pick-and-roll situation, Gobert, a three-time defensive player this year, is aggressively undervalued, and why it was important to extend Chris Finch’s contract this spring.
It’s busy, and that’s what he wants.
“The team is owned 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” Rodriguez said. [NBA commissioner] Adam Silver and his team were great, but they are even better than they expected. His senior management team has always been, they are really great. They add a lot of value. And I think they are good at welcoming people, whether you are a player, media, owner or executive. They know how to do it better than anyone else. “
