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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves best days came with Flip Saunders on the sideline. Wholesale NMD . Now that the organization is shrouded in uncertainty surrounding the long-term future of star forward Kevin Love, Saunders is returning to the bench to try revive a franchise that hasnt made the playoffs in 10 years. With the teams coaching search complicated by Loves status, the Timberwolves decided the best course of action was to have Saunders, who was hired last season as president of basketball operations, step in for a second stint as coach until the situation stabilized, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not officially announced the move. A news conference was scheduled for Friday. Saunders previously coached the Timberwolves from 1995-2005. He won 411 games in 10 1/2 seasons in Minnesota and guided the Wolves to the only eight playoff appearances in franchise history, including the Western Conference finals in 2004. He has a career record of 638-526 in 16 seasons as an NBA head coach, a career that also includes stops in Detroit and Washington. Saunders is joining a short list in the NBA of coaches that also have final-say executive authority, one that includes newly hired Stan Van Gundy in Detroit, Doc Rivers with the Los Angeles Clippers and, to a certain extent, Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. Saunders will continue to work closely with GM Milt Newton in the front office while handling coaching duties. When Rick Adelman retired at the end of the regular season, he did so in part to try to help the Timberwolves move forward with a plan to show Love, a three-time All-Star who can opt out of his contract next summer, that there was a long-term plan in place for success. But Loves tenuous situation didnt help the search process, with trade rumours serving as a caution sign for several high-profile candidates. Saunders was in the market for a coach with extensive head coaching experience, either in the NBA or at a major college program, one that could command the respect of a young locker room and also handle the media scrutiny that comes with the questions surrounding Love. Names like Tom Izzo, Billy Donovan and Fred Hoiberg came and went without any traction. The Wolves hosted Memphis coach Dave Joerger for an interview two weekends ago, but Grizzlies owner Robert Pera sweetened his contract to keep him around. Sam Mitchell, Lionel Hollins, Scott Skiles and several others received consideration as well. Unable to find what they felt was the right fit for a delicate job, Saunders and owner Glen Taylor met this week to reassess the situation. Taylor said when he brought Saunders back as team president that he would not put him back on the bench. He fired Saunders as coach once before, in 2005 when Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell, unhappy with their contracts, submarined the follow-up to the teams stirring run to the Western Conference finals. Saunders was also hopeful that he could find someone other than himself to take over the team. But with Loves status preventing them from pursuing the coaches they felt would fit best, the two decided that Saunders should take over for at least this season if not longer. The Timberwolves have not given up on convincing Love to play out this season in Minnesota and re-sign next summer to a contract that can pay him and extra year and about $26.5 million more than any other team. It was not immediately clear what the appointment of Saunders would do for Loves desires to stay or go. Love has yet to make the playoffs in his six seasons in the league and is believed to be growing impatient with the Wolves, who finished 40-42 and in 10th place in the West this year. Love created a stir when he spent last weekend in Boston, where the Celtics are rumoured to be making a run at trading for the 25-year-old power forward before the June 26 draft. Just how long Saunders will coach remains to be seen. There is the possibility that Saunders will add assistants to his staff who could be groomed to eventually take over. The Wolves were expected to reach out to Mitchell, a former Timberwolves player and Raptors head coach, and David Blatt, who has spearheaded Russias return to Olympic relevance and coaches in Israel, to gauge their interest in joining his staff. Cheap Mens Adidas NMD Shoes . Canada Day is here and with it comes Free Agent Frenzy as the NHLs 30 teams storm out of the gate for signing season. Adidas NMD R1 Triple Black . Jimmy Howard made 44 saves and Henrik Zetterberg scored two goals, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. http://www.cheapnmdonline.com/authentic-pharrell-williams-x-adidas-nmd-human-race-eqt-yellow-unisex.html . Weise left the arena with a splint on his wrist and underwent tests to determine whether the tendon is torn. Winger Travis Moen will also miss some time after suffering a concussion in Mondays contest.Christian Benteke has the necessary attributes to succeed at Crystal Palace, according to former Eagles striker Leon McKenzie. Palace made a £25m bid for the Liverpool striker at the start of July as boss Alan Pardew tries to add firepower to a side which ended last term as joint-third lowest scorers in the Premier League.Benteke joined Liverpool in a £32.5m move from Aston Villa last summer but started just eight games for the Reds under manager Jurgen Klopp last season. Bentekes agent told Sky Sports News HQ last week there is nothing in reports the striker is set to leave Liverpool, but McKenzie believes a move to Selhurst Park can help the Belgian get his career back on track.Crystal Palace need an out-and-out goalscorer who is fast, sharp and brings something a little bit different. Christian Benteke certainly has those attributes, footballer-turned boxer McKenzie told Sky Sports. Benteke appears to have slipped behind compatriot Divock Origi in the Liverpool pecking order I think he would be a good addition and he needs to rediscover what made him such a valuable player in the first place.A lot of it is down to man-management and Alan Pardew will always be able to get the best out of certain players. Leon McKenzie parades his International Masters title belt at Selhurst Park Pardew could perhaps get Benteke back to where he was before. Adidas NMD R2 Cheap. . It would be good move for him and hopefully Palace can get him.Palace have shown their ambition ahead of next season with the acquisitions of England international Andros Townsend, defender James Tomkins and French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, who joined the club from Marseille. McKenzie made his Crystal Palace debut in the 1995-96 season McKenzie, who began his career at Palace, is not surprised his boyhood club are strengthening, insisting their big-money attempt to secure Bentekes services is a measure of how far the club has progressed in recent seasons.Crystal Palace are an established Premier League team now, he added.There is no yo-yo aspect involved with the club any more. They hold their own and have done so for several years now. That sort of money is now available as a result of staying in the Premier League. Also See: Palace goalless in Philadelphia Benteke not close to exit Klopp: Team spirit is key Flexible Brannagan aids Klopp ' ' '