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Tim Connelly

Tim Connelly

President of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Oct 19, 2026

3:18
Wise shoulders on a young man.
3:22
Look, Brett, I can tell you, it was his first time that he went to the grass courts this year and had some incredible results, beating Sam Schroeder, in Eastbourne, and people might remember Sam Schroder.
3:34
He was the one who sort of ruined Dylan's party when he was Australian of the Year and played on Centre Court on that Thursday.
3:41
So, you know, Sam's an amazing player.
3:43
So that was Ginny's first win over Sam, who's two in the world, and also now he's doubles partner.
3:48
And then he went on to win that title at Eastbourne, and then the second week at Roehampton, which was the lead into Wimbledon.
3:55
he actually took out Niels Wink, world number one, who went on to win Wimbledon.
4:45
I mean, how does Gin go sort of, we've got about a minute or two here, just interacting with these guys that he sees quite regularly now?
37:59
Wise shoulders on a young man.
38:04
Look, Brett, I can tell you, it was his first time that he went to the grass courts this year and had some incredible results, beating Sam Schroeder in Eastbourne.
38:14
And people might remember Sam Schroeder.
38:16
He was the one who sort of ruined Dylan's party when he was Australian of the Year and played on Centre Court on that Thursday.
38:22
So, you know, Sam's an amazing player.
38:24
So that was Ginny's first win over Sam, who's two in the world, and also now he's doubles partner.
38:30
And then...
39:26
I mean, how does Gin go sort of, we've got a bit of mineral or two here, just interacting with these guys that he sees quite regularly now?
14:42
[laughs]
14:42
And now that group is much bigger.
14:43
Um, so I, I think the...
14:46
Look, we, we had the Julius Th- there's the realities of the first and second apron, right? We've been a tax team for the last couple years, so there's financial realities we have to be cognizant of.
14:54
So the Julius thing happens.
14:56
Um, and we, we were having countless conversations about numerous players and how to try to maximize that, kind of that, that trade.
15:04
Um, we knew we had a little bit of a window prior to July 1st kicking in.

13 MINS LATER

27:43
Like, it was totally easy, yeah.
15:12
[laughs]
15:12
And now that group is much bigger.
15:14
Um, so I, I think the...
15:16
Like we, we had the Julius th- there's the realities of the first and second apron, right? We've been a tax team for the last couple years, so there's financial realities we have to be cognizant of.
15:24
So the Julius thing happens.
15:26
Um, and we, we were having countless conversations about numerous players and how to try to maximize that, kind of that, that trade.
15:34
Um, we knew we had a little bit of a window prior to July 1st kicking in.

13 MINS LATER

28:13
Like, it was totally easy, yeah.

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