There’s been plenty of chaos since the Minnesota Timberwolves surprisingly parted ways with president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas and put executive vice president of basketball operations Sachin Gupta in charge of basketball decisions.
But in all the info dumps about how the decision came to be and the hand-wringing over continued evidence of dysfunction in the franchise, only one outside name made its way into the related reporting: that of Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand.
Minnesota Timberwolves: What would Elton Brand bring to the front office?
Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported on Wednesday that soon-to-be Timberwolves owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez are “fond of” Brand and that he could be a potential option for the top job.