 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutanga kwokuguma kwechibvumirano chisiri pamutemo kwakauya apo mumiririri waSmith, Andrew Miller, akasiya kambani yokushambadzira mitambo yaitungamirirwa naEric Fleisher ndokuchengeta Smith naGarnett sevatengi. Fleisher akamhanara, uye mashoko echibvumirano chisiri pamutemo akabuda pachena mukuwanwa. Mumiriri weNBA David Stern akaranga Timberwolves zvakasimba mukupindura. Akabhadharisa chikwata chacho 3.5 miriyoni ndokukanzura zvibvumirano zvenguva pfupi zvose zviri zvitatu - uye pamwe chete nazvo, kodzero dzeshiri dzaSmith. Akarambidzawo Taylor kuva nechero basa mumabasa eTimberwolves kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 31, 2001, uye akamanikidza McHale kutora zororo risina kubhadharwa kusvika Chikunguru 31, 2001. Zvakakomba zvikuru mukufamba kwenguva, Stern akabvisa Timberwolves pakusarudza kwavo kworutivi rwokutanga muna 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 na2005 kunyange zvazvo 2003 na2005 vakasarudzwa pakupedzisira vakadzorerwa. 