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Taylor is willing to add payroll if Kahn and coach Rick Adelman sell him on a free agent. 1500ESPN.com

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Taylor said that he's in no hurry to complete an ownership transaction and that nothing's new in that regard, reiterating that he expects to be the majority owner for at least two more years. 1500ESPN.com

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Joan Nielsen: Glen Taylor on possibility of roster moves after Love's injury: “I haven’t talked to David, and I haven’t talked to the coach. Initially my thoughts are we have two young guys on the team who want to play and want more time; let’s look at them first. But I think the answer to your question is I think all options are open at this time, and you’ll look at all possibilities.” Twitter

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Joan Nielsen: Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said that he doesn't have many details on Love's injury, just got a call this morning about the hurt hand. Twitter @JoanNiesen

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Darren Wolfson: Spoke briefly w/ Glen Taylor - he wanted to get back to debate analysis. We'll get closure on M. Webster compensation claim in Dec. Both the #Twolves and #Blazers have lawyers. MN hoping for draft pick and/or financial compensation. Claim Webster was damaged goods. Twitter @DarrenWolfson

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Glen Taylor: “Brandon Roy, you might think that is the coach, but that is more David. I think it is David saying, ‘Let give this player to Rick and get the backup in place in case it doesn’t work out.’ Because Rick keeps saying to me, ‘I don’t know if he can play!’ And I tell him, ‘Rick, I don’t know if he can play either!’ So the Brandon Roy thing is a risk.” Minnesota Post

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But most of the Wolves-related headlines concerned [GM David] Kahn’s persistent attempts to upgrade the talent on the roster. Behind the scenes, as promised, Adelman was providing input and helping with the decisions. “Most of the moves David is making are heavily influenced by what Rick has asked of us. But when it comes to finances, David will tell Rick no,” Taylor reveals. “At the end of the year, Rick gives me a report of what he thinks of each player. He tells me it’s the same one he gave David and that David knows he is giving it to me. Then he goes through the list. He says, ‘This is the first one I want gone’—that was [underachieving veteran center] Darko [Milicic]. ‘This is the second one I want gone. This is what I think of this player.’ “ NBA.com

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Glen Taylor no longer is considering just one prospect to succeed him as majority owner of the Timberwolves. Taylor, 71, revealed in July that he had a confidential, out-of-state prospect interested in buying a stake in the NBA team and eventually acquiring controlling interest. St. Paul Pioneer Press

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That person, though, no longer has exclusive rights to buy. "At first I opened it up to just one person and said I would 'hold it for you for a while,' but when we didn't get a deal done, I told that person there are other people who had made inquiries and that I'm going to talk to them, and that's what I'm doing now," Taylor said Tuesday, Sept. 18. St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Taylor wouldn't reveal the new interested parties, but including the initial prospect there now are believed to be three inquiring about obtaining majority interest in the Wolves. "I continue to meet with several different parties who appear to have interest in completing a deal," he said. "I'll be patient and see if it works out." St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, Glen Taylor 

Taylor, 71, revealed in July that he had a confidential, out-of-state prospect interested in buying a stake in the NBA team and eventually acquiring controlling interest. That person, though, no longer has exclusive rights to buy. "At first I opened it up to just one person and said I would 'hold it for you for a while,' but when we didn't get a deal done, I told that person there are other people who had made inquiries and that I'm going to talk to them, and that's what I'm doing now," Taylor said Tuesday, Sept. 18. St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minnesota Timberwolves, Glen Taylor 

Taylor wouldn't reveal the new interested parties, but including the initial prospect there are now believed to be three inquiring about obtaining majority interest in the Wolves. "I continue to meet with several different parties who appear to have interest in completing a deal," he said. "I'll be patient and see if it works out." Taylor said whomever ends up with the Wolves, that person or group would be required to keep the franchise in Minnesota. He also said he's received calls from people who would try to move the Timberwolves if they could buy the team. "But that's not part of the conversation," he said. St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Glen Taylor, who has owned the Timberwolves for 18 seasons and the Lynx for 13, has found the successor he has been looking for. In the near future, Taylor will close a deal to sell 25 percent of the franchises, and eventually the new owner will own the majority. Unfortunately, the buyer is from outside the Twin Cities, but Taylor insists he will continue to own a share of the two teams and will make sure that they don't move out of the state. "Yes, I have [found a buyer], and we're working on trying to put a deal together, and it would be a deal that would leave me involved for a number of years yet, but it would be a good transition," Taylor said Sunday. "I will be an owner for a number of years but gradually bring in a partner, if this would work out. I'd bring in a partner and ... we'd work together. In the initial years, he would have less than 50 percent and then in the later years he would have more than 50 percent and would have the ownership." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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Until the papers are signed, Taylor refuses to reveal the future owner's name. Apparently, though, he has agreed to keep the two teams in Minnesota as a part of the purchase agreement. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that his team would sign Batum to a four-year, $46.5 million offer sheet “by the end of business” Thursday, offering hope that the drawn-out negotiations between the sides finally had progressed. Oregonian

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Jerry Zgoda: Blog update: Glen Taylor says Wolves submitting $46.5M offer sheet to NBA by end of business today, gives Blazers one last chance for S-T Twitter

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Jerry Zgoda: Taylor said Wolves priority if Blazers re-sign Batum, priority isn't a wing. "We need big guys," he said. Team has pursued Steimsma and Hill Twitter

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Darren Wolfson: Batum was here for 2 days. Came in w/ his wife/agent. Agent spent a lot of time with Kahn. Batum/wife had dinner with Taylor/wife. #twolves Twitter

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Darren Wolfson: Taylor, Kahn, Adelman, and a trainer met with Roy, his agent, and one of Roy's close friends in Seattle last Friday. #Twolves Twitter

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On Sunday night in downtown Minneapolis, owner Glen Taylor and his wife had dinner with Portland Trail Blazers restricted free agent Nicolas Batum and his wife. Earlier in the day, Batum had a lengthy chat with Wolves coach Rick Adelman and president of basketball operations David Kahn. According to a source with intimate knowledge of those discussions, Batum is the Wolves' Plan A in free agency -- and he told the Wolves he has legitimate interest in coming. ESPN.com

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