Flip Saunders Suggests NBA Silenced Him On Kevin Love

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders hinted Tuesday that the NBA doesn’t want him talking about former player and current Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love.

On Monday, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders suggested that former T-Wolves star Kevin Love would be harshly booed on Tuesday when the power forward faces his old team as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On Tuesday, Saunders refused to talk about Love and it doesn’t appear that was by choice. Saunders hinted that the NBA silenced him on Love, presumably because of his comments on Monday.

For some reason, T-Wolves coach Flip Saunders said he wasn't at liberty to talk about #Cavs F Kevin Love. Says the league gave him a call.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) December 23, 2014

Flip Saunders declines to talk about Kevin Love b4 game vs Cavs: "League policy is not to talk about players on other teams."
— Ethan J. Skolnick, 5 Reasons Sports (@EthanJSkolnick) December 23, 2014

It’s undoubtedly strange that the NBA would silence Saunders. But it would seem the league simply doesn’t want Saunders to further incite boos from the T-Wolves crowd in a game that will be aired on NBATV, which is what Saunders essentially did with his comments to the AP Monday:

"“Minnesota people are pretty loyal. You turn on Minnesota, they don’t forgive you,” Saunders said after practice on Monday. “So I think people probably appreciated him while he was here. But you leave under the terms that he did, just the way Minnesota people are, they’re not pretty forgiving along those lines.”"

The Wolves traded Love to the Cavaliers this summer and received a multi-player package in return that included Andrew Wiggins.

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