BREAKING: Flip Saunders passes away

[Uncle Drew]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSLmr9vUEAAZOLe.jpg

[Legends66NBA7]

Aw man, horrible news.

[Akrazotile]

I am shocked.

I knew they reported a setback recently but... Couldnt have imagined this..


This is a day ruiner. RIP Flip :cry:

[Fallen Angel]

what the **** nooo

[Uncle Drew]

Better be fake


Edit: ESPN has it :cry:
Doubt it is

https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR

[Fallen Angel]

All of this happened so fast

[EricGordon23]

Very sad news. Rip champ!

[WallIn]

Cancer?

RIP Coach

[inclinerator]

wasnt he healthy last season?

rip

[Hey Yo]

Damn.

another good guy lost to soon.

RIP Flip

[smoovegittar]

Had heard he took a turn for the worse. Sucks.

...and a good reason to stop using the term "cancer" when describing a lousy player. Man up.

[fpliii]

RIP. Cancer f*ckig sucks...

[MP.Trey]

Nooo. Always been a fan of this guy as a coach and personality. Sad to hear. R.I.P.

:(

[MEB2kDeez]

Damn may he r.i.p

My grandfather had Hodgkin's lymphoma too, he was alright until the last 3 weeks of his life then just passed.

[magmo68]

Damn...RIP Flip

[BasedTom]

:(

[Fallen Angel]

Flip would be proud with the foundation he built for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He'll be engraved in the hearts of that franchise for the next decade.

[FireMcFailPlease]

this one hurts. RIP Flip!

[Young X]

Damn, terrible news. RIP.

[LoneyROY7]

Damn. RIP.

[houston]

rip flip

[JimmyMcAdocious]

**** cancer.

RIP, Flip.

[iTare]

Rest in Peace buddy.

[Smook A.]

Wow, RIP.

[kennethgriffin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDfgSkzysKU

[Harison]

Unexpected.. :( :(

[CurryOverLebron]

One of my favorite coaches

[GIF REACTION]

This one's for you champ. Show em' how we rock up there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f4Jtm4hTAU

[sportjames23]

:( :( :(

[Draz]

Rip. Cancer? Wow. Fcking cancer

[pegasus]

Very sad news. RIP, Flip.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Damn :( And he wasn't even that old... ****ed up...

RIP

[aquaadverse]

Damn, this sucks. RIP.

[outbreak]

Didnt realise he'd gotten bad i thought he'd improved. That sucks

[Dr Hawk]

Didn't even know.......

RIP Flip

[Uncle Drew]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSL77a9W0AAhtH1.png

[catch24]

Great coach... Will always remember Flip leading those darkhorse Minny teams. RIP

[AirFederer]

Very sad. RIP.

[Derka]

RIP Flip :(

F*ck you, cancer.

[Pointguard]

RIP he loved the game and his job. Had a ton of style and was crazy cool.

[GoatBoy]

Too sad.

RIP Flip. Hope Minnesota stays together and wins a chip in the next few years in his honor.

[ArbitraryWater]

Damn.. RIP

[FireDavidKahn]

What the ****.

Man.

****.

Flip didn't deserve this.:cry:

[Dom213]

RIP Flip.

[stalkerforlife]

Now THIS is phucking sad. Lamar's situation is sad, too, but he inflicted it upon himself, partly.

PHUCK.

R.I.P., Flip.

[ShaqTwizzle]

Lost my pops to that shit.
Rest in peace Flip.

[coin24]

Rip flip :cheers: loved how he came in and gave the young guys burn last season, after adelman proved to be garbage..

[Foster5k]

Really hate to hear this news. Praying for his family.

[sdot_thadon]

R.I.P. coach

[L.Kizzle]

RIP. Flip was always a cool dude and underrated coach.

[Duderonomy]

I've been in shock since I heard. Very sad he was a quality coach and human. Everyone of us has a clock but how much time we have is never known. RIP Flip

[Noob Saibot]

goes to show tomorrow is not promised. sad news indeed.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Never cared for him as a coach, but I loved his personality and character. big RIP, truly sad to hear this.

[Angel Face]

RIP

What kind of cancer did he had?

[FireDavidKahn]

RIP

What kind of cancer did he had?
hodgkin's lymphoma...which is one of the most treatable forms of cancer and has something like a 90% success rate.

He first sought treatment (or announced, we wont ever know for sure how long he knew) in August and 2 months later he died.

This sh!t just isn't fair.:cry:

[SaltyMeatballs]

RIP. I did not see this coming.

[fsvr54]

A damn shame

RIP Flip

[Psileas]

Wow, I can't believe that just yesterday I was reading an article with some statement regarding him not coming back soon to coach because "it would be too hard for him" at his serious condition, making it sound like, while very ill, he wasn't very close to death and leaving maybe some small posibility of a comeback much later. RIP...

[BurningHammer]

RIP Coach Flip

[KyrieTheFuture]

**** man. RIP

[aj1987]

Wow! How many is it this year? Sad AF. RIP.

**** cancer!

[RoseCity07]

I think they knew for a while. Especially when they said he wouldn't be back all year and that his family wasn't talking. RIP. He coached some really good Wolves teams. They were a fun team in the 2004 playoffs.

[Le Shaqtus]

Happened so quick, cancer.. God damn.

RIP Flip.

[ClipperRevival]

Came out of nowhere. I remember people were saying his cancer is completely treatable. Just goes to show how fragile life is. RIP.

[bladefd]

Was hard to believe.. I was watching a football game, and it showed Flip passed away.. :( :(

I didn't know the people side of his, but everything I hear is nothing but positive. From the NBA side, he was a very good offensive coach that quickly turned the TWolves' organization for the better. As a Lakers fan, I used to fear playing the TWolves. They were a threat even to the great Shaq/Kobe Lakers because of KG and very good coaching. They were not particularly talented beyond KG, Sam Cassell, and Lattrell Sprewell so Flip made them play better than what they were lacking in talent.

Flip afterwards went to the Pistons. I felt they underperformed in playoffs, but in regular season they were awesome. I thought he was doing a good job with his 2nd run with TWolves rebuild. Disappointing to hear the cancer news and then this?? It shows you how vulnerable we all are at the end of the day. Enjoy life & don't ever take it for granted because you can lose everything you hold dear without notice.

RIP Flip. You will be missed.

[Bosnian Sajo]

rip Flip, sad news man, always felt for the guy because he was kind of labeled an underachiever. Lost in the conf finals 4/5 consecutive years, but anyways cancer is scary af and I don't wish it upon even my worst enemy.


I didn't even know it was this bad, this must really make Sager and Karl think and be greatful.

[Sportal]

I thought he was getting better though.... what the **** man.................

[Lebron23]

Wow, This is such a tragedy. RIP Flip Saunders.

[PHILA]

RIP :(

http://i.imgur.com/zZVSCTN.jpg

[CarlosBoozer]

#ripflip :(

[LikeMike]

RIP Flip :(

[I<3NBA]

why is everybody here cursing Kobe?

[FrenchDude]

hodgkin's lymphoma...which is one of the most treatable forms of cancer and has something like a 90% success rate.

He first sought treatment (or announced, we wont ever know for sure how long he knew) in August and 2 months later he died.

This sh!t just isn't fair.:cry:

I am myself recovering from the same lymphoma.

It is true that it is curable nowadays and one of the reason why success rate is high is because its mostly young people who are diagnosed with this type of cancer.
Treatment is very harsh, without strong kidneys and heart it can take a turn for the worst.

RIP coach :( .

[CeltsGarlic]

Rip this guy.. Always liked Flip, he seemed like pretty straight forward guy..

Sad day

[tomtucker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSL77a9W0AAhtH1.png

damn, he was only about 20 years older then garnett...........scary that alot of folks and players could only have 20 years left to live

[fiddy]

Rip :(

[robert de niro]

that was so fast :(

[Detroit]

Couldn't believe it when I got the alert. RIP Flip:(

[$LakerGold]

Rip :(

[Elosha]

RIP to a good man.

[stalkerforlife]

Yo wtf? Dude is rich and I hear his particular disease is cured 90% of the time.

WTF HAPPENED?!!

[CeltsGarlic]

Yo wtf? Dude is rich and I hear his particular disease is cured 90% of the time.

WTF HAPPENED?!!

Death happened. Sometimes things go that way

[Fiasco]

The picture of KG sitting in front of Flip's parking spot always gets to me.

[k0kakw0rld]

RIP

Fxck u cancer :wtf:

[Dr Hawk]

Couldn't believe it when I got the alert. RIP Flip:(

Same man... I was like what the hell... I didn't even know he had cancer :(

RIP Flip

[kennethgriffin]

why is everybody here cursing Kobe?


kobe put lamar in the hospital by not giving him a job with the lakers

[tomtucker]

Yo wtf? Dude is rich and I hear his particular disease is cured 90% of the time.

WTF HAPPENED?!!

10% happened ..........:eek:

[AnaheimLakers24]

RIP
its sad that he was in a coma for weeks.

[WorldWarriors]

Somebody posted about a month back that he was really ill and it wasn't looking good for him. RIP

[ronnymac]

So sad. Way to young to go at 60!. Rest in peace coach.