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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flip Saunders, who was the Minnesota&amp;nbsp;Timberwolves&amp;nbsp;president of basketball operations and head coach,&amp;nbsp;passed&amp;nbsp;away Sunday. He was 60.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In August, the Timberwolves&amp;nbsp;announced&amp;nbsp;Saunders had been diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma. In September, he was admitted to the hospital after experiencing complications from chemotherapy treatment. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Minneapolis Star-Tribune&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;reported&amp;nbsp;earlier this month Saunders\u2019s health had taken a downturn.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saunders began a second coaching stint with the Timberwolves in June 2014, one year after becoming president of basketball operations. Saunders originally coached Minnesota from \u201995\u201305.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;GOLLIVER: Saunders lived a life of basketball&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;VAULT: Life on the Flip Side&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Players and teams around the NBA shared their condolences to the Saunders family.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Kenny Ducey and Rohan Nadkarni&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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