http://0rz.tw/e249Y Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said he is enjoying watching former coach Flip Saunders and ex-star player Kevin Garnett compete in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, and doesn't look back with regrets about the decisions that led to their departure. "Well, not quite like that. I'm just saying my intent is always to get a championship, but it doesn't bother me to watch these games," Taylor said. "I still consider Flip a friend and KG a friend. So, to me, I enjoy just the competition. But I'm not envious or anything like that -- I enjoy watching them. They're just both in different environments now, and I wish them well. "As you know, it's been really competitive so it's been just really interesting to watch it, but no, I don't have a favorite team in the playoffs at all." Taylor said he does try to evaluate the decisions that resulted in Saunders being discharged and Garnett traded. And the decisions that were made to not keep Chauncey Billups, a big star with the Pistons, and Sam Cassell, who is with the Celtics. "I do ... try to evaluate why we did what we did, and was there anything we could have done differently or we should have done differently -- businesswise I do that, but not envious or second-guessing or anything like that." Draft to help The Timberwolves had a 17-25 record after injured guard Randy Foye returned to the lineup, and because of that, Taylor said he believes the current draft will improve the team over last season. "That's one of the reasons that I have optimism, is if we can get Randy in there from the very beginning and doing what we felt he could do. We played pretty darn good," he said. However, he said he doesn't believe the team will be a title contender until the 2009-2010 season, when they can wipe $20 million off the books being paid to Troy Hudson, Juwan Howard and Antoine Walker. Then that money will be freed up under the salary cap to sign some top free agents. --

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