Garnett, who played 14 of his 21 seasons with the Timberwolves, had a longstanding feud with former owner Glen Taylor.

As most of a nearly yearlong arbitration process against Glen Taylor played out, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez didn’t comment publicly on the process that determined the future ownership of the Timberwolves and Lynx.

Kevin Garnett is generally regarded as the best player in Minnesota Timberwolves history, something the franchise's new ownership group would like to remind people of in a way that wasn't possible when Glen Taylor was steering the ship.