Jimmy Haslam, the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, is the latest potential buyer to explore a bid for the Timberwolves, according to Scott Soshnick of Sportico.
When we last checked in on the possibility of a Timberwolves sale, former Grizzlies minority shareholder Daniel Straus was said to be in advanced discussions about a potential purchase. However, while The Straus Group did enter into exclusive talks to buy the Wolves, no agreement was reached by the time that window expired, according to Soshnick.
That doesn’t mean that Straus is out of the mix as a potential buyer — Soshnick hears that he remains in talks to potentially purchase the franchise. However, it does open the door for other bidders, such as Haslam, to enter the picture.
Haslam is the CEO of truck stop company Pilot Flying J. Multiple top executives of the company committed multi-million dollar fraud and were sentenced to jail time, but Haslam wasn’t charged as a result of that investigation and has denied any wrongdoing, Soshnick notes. Forbes estimates that the Browns owner is worth about $2.9 billion.
Haslam’s résumé as an NFL team owner likely won’t inspire much enthusiasm among Timberwolves fans — in seven full seasons since he assumed control of the Browns, the team has an overall record of 28-83-1, with no winning seasons and an 0-16 campaign (in 2017).
At least one previous report has indicated that current Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is seeking an amount in the $1.2 billion range for the franchise. His WNBA club, the Minnesota Lynx, is expected to be part of any sale as well.
The NBA should be disbanded if they allow this CLOWN to even submit a bid. What a joke owner he is and too allow him to buy into the NBA would be JOKE
they dont care if he give good bid.
Surely he can’t own two franchises. He would have to sell the Browns.
YES YES YES
No he wouldn’t. Bills and Sabers are ownee by the same guy.
Jerry Reinsdorf, bulls and white sox.
Benson owns the Saints and Hornets
Three examples there thanks. The situation in NOLA is confusing (the Pelicans) but that is the only NBA team like that and may be due just to that situation, where a previous owner was theNBA/DavidStern and there was a crisis of some kind.
I doubt Haslem could get that kind of approval from other owners or the commissioner.
He’s a pretty awful NFL owner, and if even half of the stuff in this article is true, I feel bad for any NBA franchise this moron could potentially buy:
link to espn.com
Crappy team connoisseur