http://goo.gl/CVne8y On Friday, Saunders had a happier one. As the Timberwolves coach and president for basketball operations, he had the privilege to formally introduce two first-rounders, Karl-Anthony Towns (No. 1 overall) and Tyus Jones (No. 24), to a media horde and also to fans watching from above in the atrium of the team’s practice facility. I’ve been at this for a while. I saw Mike Modano, and Kevin Garnett, and Joe Mauer introduced as teenagers coming to teams here. I’ve seen a hundred of these new-draft-choice press conferences. The best first impression I’ve seen made came from Towns on Friday. That impression was a 19-year-old who is humorous, smart and personable. If Towns wasn’t the best player in the draft, if he was evaluated a tick below D’Angelo Russell or Jahlil Okafor, I might have went with him anyway based on the rest of it. Intangibles. Character. Makeup. Those are the terms team officials use. And you’re right … you never can be sure what goes around in the minds of men, so that’s the disclaimer. 蛮有趣的观察，相较於过往teenager新秀记者会，Towns 留给在场资深记者非常好印象， 因为他的幽默风趣以及平易近人。这种性格、无形资产能为球队带来另一层面贡献。 --- Saunders was asked if the awful experience in Washington — after Arenas and Crittenton — has made him more determined to rely on athletes with a head on their shoulders (rather than knotheads) in undertaking this rebuild with the Wolves. “I’ve always believed in that,” Saunders said. “When I was moving into a new office here, I found a copy of something I wrote for [owner] Glen Taylor in 1996, on how to build a championship team. “The first thing on the list was character. Also very high was to find guys who wanted to be here, who wanted to win in Minnesota. “We thought we were headed there when we added Stephon Marbury to KG in 1996, but then the NBA salary rules changed, and Stephon got upset about making less money. Steph wasn’t a bad guy, and he would’ve stayed and tried to win here, but jealousy over the contract got to him. “Andrew Wiggins, and Zach [LaVine], and now Karl-Anthony and Tyus, and rest of our young guys … I really think we have the talent and the personalities, and the commitment to stay in Minnesota, to win here.” 显然老桑在收集这些天份过程中，性格因素摆在首位，这一切都在他计画之中。而且最 重要，他也没忘记历史给他的教训，不管是巫师时期，甚至更早以前马大少。现在就等 这群年轻球员成长茁壮了。 --

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