Thibodeau’s winning percentage wasn’t enough to save him, as Minnesota hired Ryan Saunders, the son of a legend Flip Saunders, and the Wolves stand at 19-45. “The character assassination from ownership and management circles in Chicago and Minnesota were horrific,’’ the NBA source said. “Owners don’t like to be wrong. They covered their tracks. In Minnesota, there was a deep history of failure and you have to shock them into knowing how bad they’ve been.