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The NBA world was caught off guard this week when the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to fire their team president, Gersson Rosas, weeks before training camp. There were rumors that perhaps the new ownership group didn’t get along with Rosas or whatever but it’s still silly to fire an exec after allowing him to lead decision-making over the draft and free agency.
Turns out, Rosas was fired for having an affair with a team staffer. Yike.
Ownership was made aware of Rosas’ transgressions with the staffer when team officials were provided with photographic evidence of their connection, sources said. It seems few if any in Minnesota and around the league had general knowledge of Rosas’ relationship until Wednesday, when the news quickly spread throughout the organization, and to rival team personnel, like wildfire.
Rosas and the woman, each of whom is married, were seen kissing in a suite during a Minnesota United FC game last Saturday at Allianz Field, sources said. The soccer club was told to reserve luxury seating for several Timberwolves players and personnel, including assistant coach Pablo Prigioni. Two seats were filled by Rosas and the staffer.
You’d think Rosas would get fired for having a 42-94 record in his two seasons as the Wolves exec with the greatest shooting big man in NBA history under contract just sitting there wasting away. Or he was fired for acquiring Pat Beverley a couple weeks ago for absolutely no reason.
But nope, this genius was banging a woman that is not his wife in a very public forum. To make matters worse, that woman who is not his wife is actually an employee that works for him which is just a terrible optic for a guy who many Timberwolves employees have complained about.
You never want to work for the old creepy guy who is clearly favoring the cute girls in the office like it’s the 1950’s.
You also expect your team president to be the smartest person in the room. There is nothing smart about petting your secretary in the suite of a local soccer game where everyone can see you are licking a woman’s gums and that woman is not your wife.
Gersson Rosas is 43 years old. This level of horniness and terrible decision making is teenage-esque.
I’d be remiss to not point out that this is for sure the most action that has ever occurred at a Major League Soccer game.
Free Karl-Anthony Towns from this misery. This man lost so many of his family members to coronavirus and his former teammate, Andrew Wiggins, is like ‘I need more data’ before getting vaccinated. Towns has been surrounded by enemies for most of his time in Minnesota and now this team is going into camp with a team president because Rosas needed to nut.
Don’t ever tell me the Knicks are dysfunctional ever again.
Also real quick, laugh out loud at Alex Rodriguez taking over the Timberwolves and firing the team president for cheating on his wife while A-Rod has had as many affairs in his life than he’s had home runs. Minnesota is doomed.
