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. 蠻有趣的觀察，相較於過往teenager新秀記者會，Towns 留給在場資深記者非常好印象， 因為他的幽默風趣以及平易近人。這種性格、無形資產能為球隊帶來另一層面貢獻。 --- 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.” 顯然老桑在收集這些天份過程中，性格因素擺在首位，這一切都在他計畫之中。而且最 重要，他也沒忘記歷史給他的教訓，不管是巫師時期，甚至更早以前馬大少。現在就等 這群年輕球員成長茁壯了。 --

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