Fifteen minutes later, Taylor received a phone call from Silver. Twenty-six years later, Silver and more than a dozen others still have a clear picture of those harrowing days during the summer of ’94 when the future of the Timberwolves was hanging in the balance. Every person interviewed includes their job title at the time of the transaction. “It was a difficult situation, there’s no question, until Glen emerged and put the deal together,” Silver said in a phone call from Orlando, where the NBA is finishing out the 2020 season. “It was very unclear we would’ve been able to keep the team there. Glen saved the team in Minneapolis.”