It's finally time for Flip Saunders to shift from Timberwolves president to Timberwolves coach, and he is clearly looking forward to returning to the bench after two years away.
When Rick Adelman retired at the end of a disappointing season last year, Saunders named himself as the replacement, believing that he was the best person to turn things around and end the league's longest active playoff drought.
''When you're the president or GM, you don't have any say on what they do on the floor,'' Saunders said. ''The coach takes over at training camp. You're there to help them both communicating with the players and make it an easier camp. But the coach is the one that sets the tone on the type of camp you're going to have.''
When camp begins, Saunders will focus more on the day-to-day grind of coaching while handing more of the daily front office responsibilities to Milt Newton.