Players and teams around the NBA react to the passing of Flip Saunders

Players and teams around the NBA shared their condolences to the Saunders family on Sunday.

Flip Saunders, who was the Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations and head coach, passed away Sunday. He was 60.

In August, the Timberwolvesannounced Saunders had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In September, he was admitted to the hospital after experiencing complications from chemotherapy treatment. The Minneapolis Star-Tribunereported earlier this month Saunders’s health had taken a downturn.

Saunders began a second coaching stint with the Timberwolves in June 2014, one year after becoming president of basketball operations. Saunders originally coached Minnesota from ’95–05.

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Players and teams around the NBA shared their condolences to the Saunders family.

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